Ian Spence (footballer)

Ian Spence
Personal information
Playing position	Inside forward
Youth career
–1957	Armadale Thistle
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps^†	(Gls)^†
1957–1959	Stirling Albion^[1]	79	(35)
1959–1960	Raith Rovers^[2]	37	(9)
1960–1962	Stirling Albion^[1]	41	(10)
1962	Stenhousemuir^[3]	6	(1)
1962–1963	Third Lanark^[4]	17	(4)
1963–1964	Berwick Rangers^[5]	17	(1)
Total		197	(60)
Teams managed
1963–1966	Berwick Rangers
1967–1968	Dumbarton
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. † Appearances (goals)

Ian Spence is a Scottish former football player and manager.

Football career

Spence's footballing career started at junior side Armadale Thistle.^[6] In January 1957 he joined Stirling Albion. An attacking player, Spence was top scorer in the 1957/58 season with 20 goals helping Stirling Albion to win the league and gain promotion to the first division.^[6] He spent a brief spell at Raith Rovers between October 1959 and January 1960 before returning to Stirling Albion where he captained the side.^[6] He was released by the club in 1961 and the then moved to Stenhousemuir. In 1963 he joined Berwick Rangers as player/manager and in 1964 he took them to the semi-final of the Scottish League Cup losing 4-0 to Rangers. After leaving Berwick Rangers in 1966 he managed Dumbarton.

References

Berwick Rangers F.C. – managers

Ancell (1950–52)
Thompson (1952–53)
Kerr (1953–54)
McLennan (1957–60)
McIntosh (1960–63)
Spence (1963–66)
Wallace (1966–69)
Melrose (1969–75)
Galbraith (1975)
Haig (1975–76)
D. Smith (1976–80)
Connor (1980–82)
McSherry (1982–83)
Tait (1983–87)
Thomson (1987–88)
Jefferies (1988–90)
Callachan (1990–92)
Crease (1992–94)
Hendrie (1994–96)
Ross (1996)
Thomson (1996–97)
P. Smith (1997–04)
Clark (2004–05)
Coughlin (2005–07)
Renwick (2007–08)
McGonigal (2008)
Crease (2008–11)
Little (2011–14)
Cameron (2014–15)
Coughlin (2015–)

Dumbarton F.C. – managers

Collins (1914–19)
Livingstone (1919–20)
Collins (1920–21)
Travers (1921–22)
Colman (1922–31)
Donovan (1931–39)
Smith (1939–40)
Donovan (1940–44)
Guthrie (1944–45)
Milne (1945–46)
Guthrie (1946–50)
Irvine (1950–54)
McGown (1954–59)
Combe (1959–60)
Campbell (1961–62)
Fearn (1962–64)
Toner (1964–67)
Spence (1967–68)
Stewart (1968–73)
Wright (1973–77)
Wilson (1977–80)
S. Fallon (1980–81)
Lamont (1981–84)
Wilson (1984–86)
Whiteford (1986)
Totten (1986–87)
Clougherty (1987–88)
Auld (1988)
George (1988–90)
Lamont (1990–93)
MacLeod (1993–95)
J. Fallon (1995–96)
Wallace (1996–99)
Brown (1999–2000)
Carson (2000–02)
Winnie (2002–03)
Fairley (2003–04)
Martin (2004–06)
McCabe (2006–07)
Chapman (2007–10)
Adamson (2010–12)
Murray (2012–15)
Aitken (2015–)

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