 Pari gbolohun ti o tẹle: Spencer ṣe bọọlu afẹsẹgba amateur agbegbe fun ọpọlọpọ awọn ẹgbẹ ni agbegbe agbegbe rẹ ṣaaju ki o to darapọ mọ ẹgbẹ Football League First Division ẹgbẹ Aston Villa lati Birchfield Trinity ni Oṣu Kẹrin ọdun 1892 bi amateur, ti o yipada ọjọgbọn ni ọdun meji lẹhinna ni Okudu 1894. Ó ṣe àkọkọ rẹ fún ẹgbẹ náà ní oṣù mẹrin lẹyìn náà ní ọjọ kẹtàlá oṣù kẹwàá ọdún 1894 nígbà tí wọn ṣẹgun West Bromwich Albion tí wọn jẹ ọtá wọn ní West Midlands 3 sí 1. Ní ìparí sáà àkọkọ rẹ pẹlú ẹgbẹ agbábọọlù náà, Spencer gbá nínú ẹgbẹ agbábọọlù : 1895 FA Cup Final victory over West Brom at the age of 18 and, the following season, helped Villa to win the First Division title. O gba ife ẹyẹ FA Cup ni ọdun 1895. O gba ife ẹyẹ FA Cup ni ọdun 1895. Eyi ni o tẹle nipasẹ liigi ati FA ife Double ti o gba akoko ti 1896-97. Spencer je egbe pataki ninu egbe Villa ti o gba oruko back-to-back ni 1898-99 ati 18991900. 