Keith Spurgeon

{{Infobox football biography

|name = Keith Spurgeon

|image = Keith Spurgeon (1964).jpg

|caption = Spurgeon in 1964

|full_name = Keith Matthew Spurgeon

|birth_date = {{birth date|1932|8|29|df=y}}

|birth_place = Borehamwood, England

|death_date = {{death date and age|1984|12||1932|8|29|df=y}}

|death_place = Sweden

|position = Defender

|youthyears1 =

|youthclubs1 = Tottenham Hotspur

|years1 = 1952–1953

|clubs1 = Margate

|caps1 = 2

|goals1 = 0

|years2 = 1953–1955

|clubs2 = Leytonstone

|caps2 =

|goals2 =

|years3 = 1955–1956

|clubs3 = Margate

|caps3 = 0

|goals3 = 0

|years4 = 1956–1957

|clubs4 = Folkestone Town

|caps4 =

|goals4 =

|years5 = 1957–1960

|clubs5 = Herne Bay

|caps5 =

|goals5 =

|years6 = 1960

|clubs6 = Snowdown Colliery Welfare

|caps6 =

|goals6 =

|years7 = 1960–?

|clubs7 = Clapton

|caps7 =

|goals7 =

|manageryears1 = 1961–1962

|managerclubs1 = Ajax

|manageryears2 = 1962–1963

|managerclubs2 = Blauw-Wit Amsterdam

|manageryears3 = 1963–1964

|managerclubs3 = Heracles Almelo

|manageryears4 = 1964–1966

|managerclubs4 = Blauw-Wit Amsterdam

|manageryears5 = 1966–1967

|managerclubs5 = AGOVV

|manageryears6 = 1967–1968

|managerclubs6 = Libya

|manageryears7 = 1968

|managerclubs7 = Dallas Tornado

|manageryears8 = 1969–1970

|managerclubs8 = KV Mechelen

|manageryears9 = 1970

|managerclubs9 = Lierse

|manageryears10 = 1975

|managerclubs10 = AIK

|manageryears11 = 1977–1978

|managerclubs11 = APOEL

|manageryears12 = 1979–1980

|managerclubs12 = Landskrona

}}

Keith Matthew Spurgeon (29 August 1932{{Cite web |url=https://archief.amsterdam/indexen/deeds/985333e7-f882-56a3-e053-b784100ade19|title=Keith Matthew Spurgeon|publisher=Stadsarchief Amsterdam|language=nl|access-date=25 August 2021}} – December 1984) was an English football player and manager.

Playing career

Spurgeon played for Tottenham Hotspur, Margate, Leytonstone, Folkestone Town, Herne Bay and Snowdown Colliery Welfare.{{cite web|url=http://www.margatefootballclubhistory.com/keithspurgeon.shtml|title=Profile|publisher=Margate FC History|access-date=22 May 2019}} In October 1960 he was hired as a coach by Clapton, where he also had been used as a player to cover for injuries, on at least one occasion.{{cite news|title=Clapton Coach at Left-Half|publisher=Daily Telegraph|location=London|date=14 October 1960|page=10}}

Coaching career

Spurgeon was manager of Dutch clubs Ajax from 1961 to 1962,{{cite web|url=http://english.ajax.nl/web/show/id=47817|title=Coaches|access-date=2008-05-07|publisher=AFC Ajax|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080502000219/http://english.ajax.nl/web/show/id%3D47817|archive-date=2 May 2008|url-status=dead}}{{cite web|url=http://www.ajax.nl/web/show/id=65779 |title=Keith Spurgeon |access-date=2008-05-07 |publisher=AFC Ajax |language=nl |url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080524013822/http://www.ajax.nl/web/show/id%3D65779 |archive-date=24 May 2008 }} Blauw-Wit Amsterdam between 1962 and 1963,{{Cite news |url=https://resolver.kb.nl/resolve?urn=ddd:010953888:mpeg21:a0265|title=Spurgeon traint Blauw Wit|newspaper=Het Vrĳe Volk : Democratisch-Socialistisch Dagblad |publisher=Het Vrije Volk|language=nl|date=20 July 1962|access-date=25 August 2021}} and again between 1964 and 1965.{{Cite news |url=https://resolver.kb.nl/resolve?urn=ddd:010955167:mpeg21:a0175|title=Spurgeon weer naar Blauw Wit|newspaper=Het Vrĳe Volk : Democratisch-Socialistisch Dagblad |publisher=Het Vrije Volk|language=nl|date=8 June 1964|access-date=25 August 2021}}{{Cite news |url=https://resolver.kb.nl/resolve?urn=ddd:010372721:mpeg21:a0087|title=Spurgeon weg bij Blauw-Wit|newspaper=De Waarheid|language=nl|date=22 March 1966|access-date=25 August 2021}} He also managed Heracles Almelo from 1963{{Cite news |url=https://resolver.kb.nl/resolve?urn=ddd:011233538:mpeg21:a0155|title=Spurgeon trainer van Heracles|newspaper=De Tijd De Maasbode|language=nl|date=7 August 1963|access-date=25 August 2021}} to 1964,{{Cite news |url=https://resolver.kb.nl/resolve?urn=ddd:010525717:mpeg21:a0214|title=Trainer Spurgeon verlaat Heracles|newspaper=Limburgsch Dagblad |publisher=Limburgs Dagblad|language=nl|date=27 May 1964|access-date=25 August 2021}} and AGOVV{{Cite news |url=https://resolver.kb.nl/resolve?urn=ddd:010617448:mpeg21:a0350|title=Engelsman Spurgeon trainer bij AGOVV|newspaper=Leeuwarder Courant : Hoofdblad van Friesland |publisher=Leeuwarder Courant|language=nl|date=20 May 1966|access-date=25 August 2021}} and he later coached the Libyan national side,{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=1mK2xw1E6dAC&q=Keith+Spurgeon+football&pg=PA140|title=Soccer in a Football World|access-date=2009-02-09|author=Dave Wangerin|year=2006|publisher=WSC Books Limited |isbn=9780954013479}} the Dallas Tornado of the North American Soccer League,{{cite web|url=http://home.att.net/~nasl/teams/tornado.htm |title=Tornado Team Page |access-date=2009-02-09 |publisher=NASL Archive |url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080525112023/http://home.att.net/~nasl/teams/tornado.htm |archive-date=25 May 2008 }} Belgian side K.V. Mechelen{{Cite news |url=https://resolver.kb.nl/resolve?urn=ddd:011196574:mpeg21:a0240|title=Spurgeon trainer bij Mechelen|newspaper=De Telegraaf|language=nl|date=8 January 1969|access-date=25 August 2021}} Swedish side AIK, Cypriot side APOEL, and Landskrona, also of Sweden.{{cite web|url=http://www.sheffieldfc.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=664:gloria-ajax-and-toe-komst&catid=127:rons-blog-entries&Itemid=154|title=GLORIA AJAX AND TOE KOMST|access-date=2009-02-09|date=2008-11-20|publisher=Sheffield FC}}

Personal life

Keith was born in Borehamwood, the son of Phyllis Edith Brighton and Albert Edward Spurgeon. He was married to Sylvia May Goldsmith.

He died in Sweden in 1984,{{Cite web |url=https://tidningar.kb.se/8224221/1984-12-09/edition/0/part/2/page/11/?q=Keith%20Spurgeon&from=1984-01-01&to=1984-12-31|title=Keith Spurgeon har avlidit efter en längre tids sjukdom i en ålder av 52 år|publisher=Dagens Nyheter|language=sv|date=9 December 1984|access-date=30 August 2020}} from motor neurone disease.

His son {{ill|Kevin Spurgeon|nl}} became a golfer.{{Cite web |url=https://www.europeantour.com/legends-tour/news/articles/detail/player-focus-kevin-spurgeon/|title=Player focus - Kevin Spurgeon|publisher=europeantour.com|date=10 July 2010|access-date=25 August 2021}}