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{{short description|English footballer and manager}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=April 2016}}
{{Use British English|date=April 2016}}
{{Infobox football biography
|name        = Keith Spurgeon
|image       = Keith Spurgeon (1964).jpg
|caption     = Spurgeon in 1964
|full_name   = Keith Matthew Spurgeon<ref name="AK"/>
|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 (association football)|Defender]]
|youthyears1 = 
|youthclubs1 = [[Tottenham Hotspur F.C.|Tottenham Hotspur]]
|years1 = 1952–1953
|clubs1 = [[Margate F.C.|Margate]]
|caps1  = 2
|goals1 = 0
|years2 = 1953–1955
|clubs2 = [[Leytonstone F.C.|Leytonstone]]
|caps2  = 
|goals2 =
|years3 = 1955–1956
|clubs3 = [[Margate F.C.|Margate]]
|caps3  = 0
|goals3 = 0
|years4 = 1956–1957
|clubs4 = [[Folkestone F.C.|Folkestone Town]]
|caps4  = 
|goals4 =
|years5 = 1957–1960
|clubs5 = [[Herne Bay F.C.|Herne Bay]]
|caps5  = 
|goals5 = 
|years6 = 1960
|clubs6 = [[Snowdown Colliery Welfare F.C.|Snowdown Colliery Welfare]]
|caps6  = 
|goals6 =
|years7 = 1960–?
|clubs7 = [[Clapton F.C.|Clapton]]
|caps7  = 
|goals7 =
|manageryears1 = 1961–1962
|managerclubs1 = [[AFC Ajax|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 national football team|Libya]]
|manageryears7 = 1968
|managerclubs7 = [[Dallas Tornado]]
|manageryears8 = 1969–1970
|managerclubs8 = [[K.V. Mechelen|KV Mechelen]]
|manageryears9 = 1970
|managerclubs9 = [[Lierse S.K. (1906)|Lierse]]
|manageryears10 = 1975
|managerclubs10 = [[AIK Fotboll|AIK]]  
|manageryears11 = 1977–1978
|managerclubs11 = [[APOEL FC|APOEL]]
|manageryears12 = 1979–1980
|managerclubs12 = [[Landskrona BoIS|Landskrona]]
}}
'''Keith Matthew Spurgeon''' (29 August 1932<ref name="AK">{{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}}</ref> – December 1984) was an English [[association football|football]] player and manager.

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

==Coaching career==
Spurgeon was manager of Dutch clubs [[AFC Ajax|Ajax]] from 1961 to 1962,<ref>{{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}}</ref><ref>{{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 }}</ref> [[Blauw-Wit Amsterdam]] between 1962 and 1963,<ref>{{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}}</ref> and again between 1964 and 1965.<ref>{{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}}</ref><ref>{{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}}</ref> He also managed [[Heracles Almelo]] from 1963<ref>{{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}}</ref> to 1964,<ref>{{Cite news |url=https://resolver.kb.nl/resolve?urn=ddd:010525717:mpeg21:a0214|title=Trainer Spurgeon verlaat Heracles|newspaper=Limburgsch Dagblad |publisher=[[De Limburger|Limburgs Dagblad]]|language=nl|date=27 May 1964|access-date=25 August 2021}}</ref> and [[AGOVV]]<ref>{{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}}</ref> and he later coached the [[Libya national football team|Libyan national side]],<ref>{{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}}</ref> the [[Dallas Tornado]] of the [[North American Soccer League (1968–1984)|North American Soccer League]],<ref>{{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 }}</ref> Belgian side [[K.V. Mechelen]]<ref>{{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}}</ref> Swedish side [[AIK Fotboll|AIK]], Cypriot side [[APOEL FC|APOEL]], and [[Landskrona BoIS|Landskrona]], also of Sweden.<ref>{{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}}</ref>

==Personal life==
Keith was born in [[Borehamwood]], the son of Phyllis Edith Brighton and Albert Edward Spurgeon. He was married to Sylvia May Goldsmith.<ref name="AK"/>

He died in Sweden in 1984,<ref>{{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}}</ref> from motor neurone disease.<ref name = "Margate"/>

His son {{ill|Kevin Spurgeon|nl}} became a golfer.<ref>{{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}}</ref>

==References==
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==External links==
* [http://www.stamnummer25.be/trainers/spurgeon-keith/ Profile]

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