Terry Venables	24 matches in charge P 24 W 11 D 12 L 1 F 35: A 13 72% successful FIFA Rankings: from 11th to 13th 1994-96 discipline: tbc tbc players managed: tbc
Profile
	Terence Frederick Venables
Birth	6 January 1943 at 313 Valence Avenue, Dagenham, London [registered in Romford, Essex, March 1943], to Fred & Myrtle, grew up in Bonham Road. He attended Valence and Lymington Schools.
first marriage	to Christine McCann on 4 April 1966 at St Cedd's Church, London [registered as Terrance, in West Ham, Essex, June 1966]
second marriage	to Yvette S. Bazire [registered in Kensington & Chelsea, December 1991].
Death	Saturday, 25 November 2023, aged 80 years 324 days
Playing Career
	Began with Dagenham Schools before joining Chelsea FC as an amateur in July 1958, turning professional in August 1960. Played 202 league matches, scoring 26 goals, before joining Tottenham Hotspur FC in May 1966 for £80,000, scoring nineteen times in 115 league matches. Joined Queen's Park Rangers FC for £70,000 in June 1969, he played 179 league appearances, scoring another nineteen times. Onto Crystal Palace FC in September 1974 in a player-swap deal, where he played fourteen league matches. QPR attempted to re-buy Venables in November 1974 after missing his worth. Palace manager Malcolm Allison called time on Venable's playing career on 1 January 1975.
	Football League Cup winners 1964-65; FA Cup winners 1966-67; Football League Division Two
Individual honours	England 1964 (two appearances), England U23 (four appearances), England amateur (one appearance), England Youth, England schoolboy. Football League (one appearance). Football League Cup winners 1964-65; FA Cup winners 1966-67;
Management Career
Club(s)	Started as coach at Crystal Palace FC at the beginning of 1975 and becoming the club's manager in June 1976. Venables was hot property and a wanted man. Arsenal FC attempted to lure him at the time too in the summer of '76, and Chelsea FC too, a year later. Venables was involved in the England U21 set-up under Ron Greenwood in January 1978, when he became Dave Sexton's coach. Birmingham City FC attempted to replace Alf Ramsey with Venables, Jimmy Armfield wanted him as his assistant at Leeds United AFC and the Australian national team wanted him, all in 1978. In December 1979, a £1m four-year contract to coach the New York Cosmos was not enough to entice Venables away from England. Venables remained loyal to Palace, but Palace were not loyal to him, so he left to take over as Queen's Park Rangers FC manager on 14 October 1980 and soon he became its second largest shareholder in November 1981. In the 1983 summer, Arsenal FC wanted him again, as did Tottenham Hotspur FC. He did however join Barcelona FC in May 1984 until his dismissal in September 1987, returning to Tottenham Hotspur FC as manager on 23 November 1987, becoming its Chief Executive in July 1991, where he remained until his acrimonious split in June 1993.
Club honours	FA Youth Cup winners 1977-78; Football League Division Two winners 1978-79, 1982-83; FA Cup runners-up 1981-82, winners 1990-91; La Liga Champions 1984-85; European Cup runners-up 1985-86; Copa de la Liga winners 1985-86; FA Charity Shield shared 1991;
Individual honours	Premio Don Balón for best coach 1985;
England Career
England tenure	Appointed national team coach 28 January 1994 under a contract expiring at the conclusion of the European Championship 1996 final tournament; Venables had decided at the Euro 96 draw in December 1995, that he would not be seeking to renew his contract the following summer. A view shared by a few within the confines of the Football Association.
Other applicants	The day after Graham Taylor's resignation, the apparent intent of the Football Association was to appoint a new manager at the end of the 1993-94 season.  In the meantime, a caretaker manager would be employed to oversee England's fixtures. This was supposed to be between Don Howe, Steve Coppell and Venables.  The FA were split as to which direction the vacancy should go.  Some favoured the inexperienced, but well-named candidates, particularly Ray Wilkins, but also Bryan Robson and Kevin Keegan or Trevor Francis.  But others wanted experience, such as Howard Kendall or Howe.  The job of finding the right man fell to Jimmy Armfield, who came up with three names, Venables, Howard Wilkinson and Gerry Francis.
First match	No. 703, 9 March 1994, England 1 Denmark 0, a friendly match at Wembley Stadium, Wembley, London, aged 51 years 62 days.
Last match	No. 726, 26 June 1996, Germany 1 England 1 (6-5 penalty kicks after extra time), a European Championship semi-final match at Wembley Stadium, Wembley, London, aged 53 years 172 days.
Major tournaments	European Championship finals 1996.
Team honours	Semi-finalist and level at third place in the European Championship 1996 final tournament.
Individual honours	None
Backroom Staff	Don Howe was his assistant. Bryan Robson the assistant coach.
Beyond England
Management Career
Club(s)	Took over as the national coach of Australia in November 1996, and at the same time the Chairman of Portsmouth FC.  He left Australia in 1997 after failure to reach the World Cup 1998 Finals, and soon left Portsmouth too.  In March 1998, he returned to Crystal Palace FC as a manager, but it promised to be a false dawn for the club as he left the following January.  Venables' remained out of work until December 2000, when he became Bryan Robson's assistant at Middlesbrough FC to help stave them from relegation. They both left the club on 12 June 2001.  Another year away from the game and he returned to manage Leeds United AFC from 8 July 2002 until his sacking on 21 March 2003.  Returned to the England set-up in August 2006 as McClaren's assistant, and left at the time of McClaren's sacking.
Club honours	None
Individual honours	Football Association Hall of Fame 2002.

Competition Record

Tournament Record

Took charge on 28 January 1994
Friendly matches
1	703	9 March 1994 - England 1 Denmark 0 [1-0] Wembley Stadium, Wembley (71,970)	Platt	HW
2	704	17 May 1994 - England 5 Greece 0 [3-0] Wembley Stadium, Wembley (23,659)	Anderton, Beardsley, Platt (2 (1 pen)), Shearer	HW
3	705	22 May 1994 - England 0 Norway 0 [0-0] Wembley Stadium, Wembley (64,327)		HD

Season 1994-95
4	706	7 September 1994 - England 2 United States 0 [2-0] Wembley Stadium, Wembley (38,629)	Shearer (2)	HW
5	707	12 October 1994 - England 1 Romania 1 [1-1] Wembley Stadium, Wembley (48,754)	R.Lee Dumitrescu	HD
6	708	16 November 1994 - England 1 Nigeria 0 [1-0] Wembley Stadium, Wembley (37,196)	Platt	HW
7	709	15 February 1995 - Republic of Ireland vs. England Lansdowne Road, Dublin (40,000)	D.Kelly	AabD
			Abandoned after 27 minutes because of crowd violence.
8	710	29 March 1995 - England 0 Uruguay 0 [0-0] Wembley Stadium, Wembley (34,849)		HD
Umbro Cup
9	711	3 June 1995 - England 2 Japan 1 [0-0] Wembley Stadium, Wembley (21,142)	Anderton, Platt (pen) Ihara	HW
			Tetsuji Hashiratani
10	712	8 June 1995 - England 3 Sweden 3 [1-2] Elland Road, Leeds (32,008)	Sheringham, Platt, Anderton Mild (2), K.Andersson	HD
11	713	11 June 1995 - England 1 Brazil 3 [1-0] Wembley Stadium, Wembley (67,318)	Le Saux Juninho, Ronaldo, Edmundo	HL

Season 1995-96
Friendly matches
12	714	6 September 1995 - England 0 Colombia 0 [0-0] Wembley Stadium, Wembley (20,000)		HD
13	715	11 October 1995 - Norway 0 England 0 [0-0] Ullevål Stadion, Oslo (21,006)		AD
14	716	15 November 1995 - England 3 Switzerland 1 [1-1] Wembley Stadium, Wembley (29,874)	Pearce, Sheringham, Stone Knup	HW
15	717	12 December 1995 - England 1 Portugal 1 [1-0] Wembley Stadium, Wembley (28,592)	Stone P.Alves	HD
Resignation announced December 1995
16	718	27 March 1996 - England 1 Bulgaria 0 [1-0] Wembley Stadium, Wembley (29,708)	L.Ferdinand	HW
17	719	24 April 1996 - England 0 Croatia 0 [0-0] Wembley Stadium, Wembley (33,650)		HD
Glenn Hoddle announced as Venables' replacement on 2 May 1996, to take affect after Euro 96
18	720	18 May 1996 - England 3 Hungary 0 [1-0] Wembley Stadium, Wembley (34,184)	Anderton (2), Platt	HW
19	721	23 May 1996 - China 0 England 3 [0-1] Workers' Stadium, Beijing (65,000)	Barmby (2), Gascoigne	AW
European Championship Finals in England
20	722	8 June 1996 - England 1 Switzerland 1 [1-0] Wembley Stadium, Wembley (72,000/76,567)	Shearer Türkyilmaz (pen)	HD
21	723	15 June 1996 - Scotland 0 England 2 [0-0] Wembley Stadium, Wembley (76,864)	Shearer, Gascoigne	HW
22	724	18 June 1996 - Netherlands 1 England 4 [0-1] Wembley Stadium, Wembley (76,798)	Kluivert Shearer (2 (1 pen)), Sheringham (2)	HW
23	725	22 June 1996 - Spain 0 England 0 [0-0]ᴭᵀ 4-2 Penalty kicks Wembley Stadium, Wembley (75,440)		HD
24	726	26 June 1996 - Germany 1 England 1 [1-1]ᴭᵀ 6-5 on penalty-kicks Wembley Stadium, Wembley (75,862)	Kuntz Shearer	HD

Resignation took effect 26 June 1996

Notes

Terry Venables was in charge for only 23 matches, and only the last five came in serious competition.  His coaching abilities were unquestioned, and, unlike his immediate predecessor and successor, he was superb at media relations.  Still, his stay was too short to gauge how far he might have been able to take the team.  His early departure--the result of his judgment, undoubtedly accurate, that the Football Association did not completely support him because of his business and legal disputes-- was the first in a series of events that thrust the England team into long-term instability.

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