{{Short description|English footballer (born 1968)}} {{BLP sources|date=March 2011}} {{Use dmy dates|date=April 2016}} {{Use British English|date=April 2016}} {{Infobox football biography | name = Vinny Samways | image = | fullname = Vincent Samways<ref name=Hugman>{{Hugman|17425|access-date=8 April 2020}}</ref> | birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1968|10|27|df=y}}<ref name=Hugman/> | birth_place = Bethnal Green,<ref name=Hugman/> London, England | height = {{height|ft=5|in=8}}<ref>{{cite book |title=Rothmans Football Yearbook 1987–88 |editor-first=Peter |editor-last=Dunk |publisher=Queen Anne Press |location=London |date=1987 |page=[https://archive.org/details/rothmansfootball00lond/page/372 372] |isbn=978-0-356-14354-5 |url=https://archive.org/details/rothmansfootball00lond/page/372}}</ref> | position = Central midfielder | youthyears1 = | youthclubs1 = | years1 = 1986–1994 | clubs1 = Tottenham Hotspur | caps1 = 193 | goals1 = 11 | years2 = 1994–1996 | clubs2 = Everton | caps2 = 23 | goals2 = 2 | years3 = 1995–1996 | clubs3 = → Wolverhampton Wanderers (loan) | caps3 = 3 | goals3 = 0 | years4 = 1996 | clubs4 = → Birmingham City (loan) | caps4 = 12 | goals4 = 0 | years5 = 1996–2002 | clubs5 = Las Palmas | caps5 = 160 | goals5 = 6 | years6 = 2002–2003 | clubs6 = Sevilla | caps6 = 10 | goals6 = 0 | years7 = 2003–2004 | clubs7 = Walsall | caps7 = 42 | goals7 = 2 | years8 = 2004–2005 | clubs8 = Algeciras | caps8 = 18 | goals8 = 1 | totalcaps = 461 | totalgoals = 22 | nationalyears1 = 1985–1986 | nationalteam1 = England Youth | nationalcaps1 = 5 | nationalgoals1 = 0 | nationalyears2 = 1988 | nationalteam2 = England U21 | nationalcaps2 = 5 | nationalgoals2 = 1 | manageryears1 = 2006–2008 | managerclubs1 = UD San Pedro }}

'''Vincent Samways''' (born 27 October 1968) is an English former professional footballer and manager who played as a central midfielder from 1986 until 2006.

He notably played in the Premier League for Tottenham Hotspur and Everton. He also played in the Football League for Wolverhampton Wanderers, Birmingham City and Walsall, and in Spain for Sevilla, Las Palmas and Algeciras. After retiring he went on to manage Spanish lower league side UD San Pedro.

==Club career== Samways began his football career in Tottenham Hotspur's youth system. He won the FA Cup with Tottenham in 1991, and helped them reach the semi-finals of the competition in 1993. He was a regular player in the side which reached the quarter-finals of the European Cup Winners' Cup during the 1991–92 season.

Samways was put on the transfer list in the 1992 close season, but was taken off it at his own request and spent a further two seasons at White Hart Lane.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.independent.co.uk/sport/football-rocastles-move-to-leeds-leaves-room-for-thomas-1535030.html |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20220817/http://www.independent.co.uk/sport/football-rocastles-move-to-leeds-leaves-room-for-thomas-1535030.html |archive-date=17 August 2022 |url-status=live|title=Football: Rocastle's move to Leeds leaves room for Thomas|date=23 July 1992|work=The Independent|first=Henry|last=Winter}}</ref>

He joined Everton in 1994, and was part of the Everton squad that reached the 1995 FA Cup Final, but Samways was left out of the team for the final itself.{{fact|date=June 2025}} He did however score the only goal of the 1995 Charity Shield to defeat league champions Blackburn Rovers.{{fact|date=June 2025}} In the 1995–96 season, he spent time on loan at Division One sides Wolverhampton Wanderers and Birmingham City.

Unable to settle at Everton,<ref name=WhereNow>{{cite web |title=Vinny Samways: the "foreign scum" who won the hearts of Las Palmas fans |url=https://thesefootballtimes.co/2020/03/30/vinny-samways-the-foreign-scum-who-won-the-hearts-of-las-palmas-fans/ |access-date=21 June 2022|work=These Football Times|date=30 March 2020|first=James|last=Kelly }}</ref> Samways enjoyed a degree of success in Spain with UD Las Palmas during the late 1990s and early 2000s, where he was team captain{{fact|date=June 2025}} and played a key role in the Canary Islands side.{{fact|date=June 2025}} In 2002–03, he played ten league games with Sevilla FC, becoming the first Englishman to play in the Sevilla derby against Real Betis.{{fact|date=June 2025}} He then returned to England, where he spent the 2003–04 season with Walsall in Division One.{{fact|date=June 2025}}

He then went back to Spain, joining lower league side Algeciras CF, and retired in 2005, aged 36.{{fact|date=June 2025}}

==Coaching career== After retiring Samways went on to manage Spanish lower league side San Pedro.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.where-are-they-now.co.uk/footballer/SAMWAYS+Vinny/4077|title=Vinny Samways|work=Where Are They Now?}}</ref>

==Personal life== Samways was born in Bethnal Green, London.<ref name=WhereNow/>

==Honours== '''Tottenham Hotspur''' *FA Cup: 1990–91<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.fa-cupfinals.co.uk/1991.htm|title=Tottenham Hotspur 2 Nottingham Forest 1|work=FA Cup Finals|date=18 May 1991|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071023204309/http://www.fa-cupfinals.co.uk/1991.htm|access-date=5 January 2021|archive-date=23 October 2007}}</ref> *FA Charity Shield: 1991 (shared){{citation needed|date=October 2025}}

'''Everton''' *FA Cup: 1994–95<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.independent.co.uk/sport/limpar-s-three-steps-to-heaven-1620671.html |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20220817/https://www.independent.co.uk/sport/limpar-s-three-steps-to-heaven-1620671.html |archive-date=17 August 2022 |first=Glenn|last=Moore |url-status=live|title=Limpar's three steps to heaven|work=The Independent|date=21 May 1995|accessdate=14 April 2021}}</ref> *FA Charity Shield: 1995<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.toffeeweb.com/season/95-96/reports/charity.html|title=Samways chips Everton to victory|work=Toffee Web|accessdate=14 April 2021}}</ref>

==References== {{reflist}}

==External links== * {{Soccerbase}} * {{BDFutbol|2610}}

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