Nigel Spackman

Nigel Spackman
Personal information
Full name Nigel James Spackman
Date of birth (1960-12-02) 2 December 1960
Place of birth Romsey, England
Height 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)
Position(s) Midfielder
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
Andover
1980–1983 AFC Bournemouth 119 (10)
1983–1987 Chelsea 141 (12)
1987–1989 Liverpool 51 (0)
1989 Queens Park Rangers 29 (1)
1989–1992 Rangers 100 (1)
1992–1996 Chelsea 67 (0)
1996–1998 Sheffield United 24 (0)
Total 521 (24)
Managerial career
1997–1998 Sheffield United (player-manager)
2001 Barnsley
2006 Millwall
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Nigel James Spackman (born 2 December 1960) is a former professional footballer and English football manager, and is a sports television pundit.

As a player he was as a midfielder from 1980 to 1998, notably for Liverpool, Chelsea and Rangers. He also played for AFC Bournemouth, Queens Park Rangers and Sheffield United. He initially started out with Non-league Andover. He took over as player-manager of Sheffield United in 1997, but lasted less than a year.

He became a full time manager from 1997 and had brief spells in charge of Barnsley in 2001 and Millwall in 2006. He now works for the Glenn Hoddle Academy as well as working as a pundit and co-commentator.