Former England manager Terry Venables has died
Former England manager Terry Venables has died
England coach, of course, a well-known figure this in from his family in the past few minutes we are totally devastated by the loss of a wonderful husband and father who passed away peacefully yesterday after a long illness we would ask that privacy be given during this incredibly sad time to allow us to more the loss of this lovely man who we were so lucky to have had in our lives the former England coach Terry venal aged 77 uh appointed England coach in January 1994 and uh you'll know that he led the Three Lions to the semi-finals of Euro 96 only to lose uh on penalties he managed a flurry of teams among them Barcelona Tottenham and leads and after that short but successful stint as England coach um when Glenn Hoddle was in fact appointed his successor forcing him out.
He went on to manage uh Australia so the death announced in the past few minutes of former England coach Terry Venables he played for several clubs including Chelsea Spurs and QPR the death announced of Terry venables in the past few minutes at the age of 7 7 The League Managers Association says it's deeply saddened to hear of the passing of its former LM president Terry venables our thoughts are very much with IET it says and all of Terry's family at this time.
That's attributed in fact to the chief executive of the LMA Richard Bevon uh totally devastated by the loss of a wonderful husband and father say his family who passed away peacefully yesterday after a long illness uh let's bring in our Sports correspondent Rob Harris who joins us on the phone good afternoon to you rob sad news here Terry venal a well-known figure but at times has to say was controversial yes so many of course will remember his uh reign as England manager one of the high points really of English football uh for the men's game Euro 96 and taking England through to the semifinals and of course just just missing out to uh Germany has so often but it was his time as England manager that really helped sort of really capture a mood of a Nation at that time in 1996.
Really the part of the The Rebirth of English football after some of the challenges throughout the 70s and 80s in particular and the whole football's coming home era really so heavily Associated um with Terry venal but as as well at Club level as well the fact uh managing in Spain where he became known as elel which his nickname that really did H stick with him for so long and then from there going coming back to England to manage Tottenham Hotspur and it really says a lot about his achievements with Tottenham Hots winning the the FA Cup in 1991 that the club have only won one major trophy since then and it was his off-pitch uh dealings that as you mentioned did lead to some sort of challenges away from uh The Dugout which did um Cil parts of his managerial career as he had business vent is on the side but certainly as a player as well he'll be so well known as well uh you know back from his time playing the only at Spurs but Chelsea Queens Park Rangers Crystal Palace so many uh of the London clubs as well and the fact he went on to have such a a a long managerial career um as well and you know mentioning there just the the the trophy achievements particularly .
Has as a manager not only uh at Crystal Palace but also at Queens P Rangers winning La Liga an Englishman winning the top um trophy in Spanish football which was really a notable achievement as well as reaching the European Cup Final with the Catalan club and then later going on to manage um Australia as well at an International level so really someone who's sawing so much across the game some someone with such distinguished reputation throughout uh football not only as a player but then also as a manager as well and as you reflect on the statement that we've been hearing from his family that um he has died after a long illness and it had been some time since we had seen to venables really around the world of football.
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