Legendary man, my username was inspired by him
I hated his opinions, I hated his punditry. But he was a lovely guy and gone far too soon. Very sad.
I don’t recall him being controversial or a bad pundit,what opinions did you hate? He always seemed quite genuine to me.
I always felt he was pretty biased towards a couple of clubs. That said, just because I disagreed with him I didn’t respect him less. I’m sometimes biased to my own club.
He was a great guy that worked hard for his country.
Yeah I always liked him,apart from murdering Elvis’s If I can dream lol he was a good lad.
The coolest England manager ever and the best since Ramsey. Rip, El Tel.
Better than Bobby Robson? Hmmm.
RIP. He managed Barcelona as well as many other clubs as well as England in his career. He secured crystal palace as a first division club (he did kinda get them relegated the first time around though) twice over 2 stints.
Australia too, will always be remembered fondly down here. We had a good team beaten by 5 minutes of madness. RIP.
El Tel Fell to Hell?
-The Sun
Thank you for England 4-1 Netherlands, and letting us believe, sir. Magic summer.
The BBC Sport news article included highlights of that match. I just watched it and got so much nostalgia. What a tournament we were lucky to have him as a manager.
Sheringham’s dummied-layoff to Shearer to leather it top-bins was magical.
Shearer to leather it top-bins
Beauty in written form
RIP 🕊️
This is really sad news. El Tel was a proper legend. Would’ve been interesting to see how he did with the talent that emerged under his successor.
RIP El Tel. A real character.
I was born at the end of 85 so don’t really recall Sir Bobbys England. But Terry gave me the most magical summer of my childhood, it was an absolute dream. There’s a certain age group of kids who will never forget that time period.
Great manager, but I think the revelations about his finacial affairs were the first time I had ever realised some of the “dark practices” taking place in football.
Mihir Bose alledged that some huge percentage of the wages that Crystal Palace were paying their players, actually went straight to a Venables owned company. After he left as England manager, and became involved in Portsmouth , similar concerns were raised about half a dozen Australian players who joined the club, but never got anywhere near the first team.
He was disqualified from being a director in England because of the dodgy shit he did at Spurs. He was a fraud, a con man, a terrible manager.
RIP
Always seemed really sound. Rest in peace, Terry!
Much respect! RIP!
rip terry venables. thanks for the memories, legend. 🌹