John Spencer



John SpencerJohn Spencer joined Motherwell on a 3 month loan deal from Everton. In this time he scored on his debut with a fine finish against his former employer Rangers and became a very popular player with the fans. Once his loan-deal expired chairman John Boyle was tempted to splash out a fee reported fee of £500,000 to secure his services on a permanent basis, a record transfer for Motherwell. John played over 80 matches for Motherwell scoring 21 goals, he was a player who should have made a bigger impact at Fir Park, upon his Fir Park departure he headed to the United States to join Colorado Rapids, he enjoyed a lot of success in the MLS.

Name:
John Spencer
Height:
5′ 7″
Weight:
11st
Date of Birth:
11th September 1968
Place of Birth:
Glasgow
Position:
Forward
Nationality:
Scottish

Football Career:

Rangers 1988 1992
Greenock Morton (Loan) 1988 1989
Lai Sun (Loan) 1988 1989
Chelsea 1992 1997
Queen’s Park Rangers (Loan) 1996 1997
Queen’s Park Rangers 1997 1998
Everton (Loan) 1998 1999
Everton 1998 1999
Motherwell (Loan) 1998 1999
Motherwell 1999 2001
Colorado Rapids 2001 2004

Well Career:

Apps Goals
League:
66 (5) 20
Scottish Cup:
5 (1) 1
League Cup:
3 (1) 0
Other:
0 0
Total:
74 (7) 21