Terry Venables was a hugely popular manager for both club and country – Getty Images/Phil Cole Terry Venables was hailed as “the most technically gifted British coach” in history as the biggest names in English football paid tribute following his death at the age of 80. The former England manager, who masterminded the 4-1 demolition … Read more
Terry Venables was so popular with the Euro 96 generation that senior England players consistently advocated his return to the country’s radioactive tracksuit. Glenn Hoddle fired? “Bring Terry back.” Kevin Keegan stops in the Wembley toilets? ‘Bring Venners back in.’ There are only echoes of it now, but for decades after 1966 English football was … Read more
Terry Venables will forever be remembered as the manager who oversaw the summer that brought football home. The charismatic boss, who has died aged 80, enjoyed a colorful and controversial career, the undoubted highlight of which was bringing England within a penalty shoot-out of reaching the European Championship final on home soil in 1996 . … Read more