Career
He later went on to manage at Football League clubs for more than twenty years. He made his debut on Christmas Day 1920, in a 4–3 defeat to Manchester United. He was forced to retire after suffering a serious injury and, believing that he could never play again, Aston Villa released him.
However he underwent experimental surgery and was able to return to football with Tottenham Hotspur, making 169 appearances between 1927 and 1932.
Spiers was ever present in seasons 1929-1930 and 1930-1931 but missed the entire 1932-1933 season through injury. He eventually left the club and became player-coach, and subsequently, assistant manager, to Frank Buckley at Wolverhampton Wanderers.
He made eight appearances for "Wolves". In 1939 he took over as secretary-manager at Cardiff City but his rebuilding of the team was cut short following the outbreak of World World War World War II He stayed at the club throughout the war and set up a number of nursery teams, including Cardiff Nomads who would go on to bring local football talent, including Alan Harrington and Colin Baker, to the club
He fell into dispute with the club over money and left to manage Norwich City in June 1946.
He was back at Cardiff in December 1947 as manager to replace Billy McCandless, bringing the Cardiff Nomads back with him having adopted the club for Norwich when he joined. He took them to promotion during the 1951-1952 season but eventually left to manage Crystal Palace in September 1954. He later had a spell scouting for Leicester City before taking his last managerial post at Exeter City in 1962.
Spiers died on 21 May 1967 aged 65.
