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Terry Butcher

Personal information
Full name	Terence Ian Butcher
Date of birth	28 December 1958 (1958-12-28) (age 52)
Place of birth	Singapore
Height	6 ft 4 in (1.93 m)
Playing position	Centre-back, sweeper
Club information
Current club	Inverness Caledonian Thistle (manager)
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps†	(Gls)†
1976–1986	Ipswich Town	271	(16)
1986–1990	Rangers	127	(9)
1990–1992	Coventry City	6	(0)
1992–1993	Sunderland	38	(0)
1993	Clydebank	3	(0)
Total		445	(25)
National team
1979–1980	England U21	7	(0)
1980–1990	England	77	(3)
Teams managed
1990–1992	Coventry City
1993	Sunderland
2002–2006	Motherwell
2006–2007	Sydney FC
2007	Brentford
2009–	Inverness Caledonian Thistle
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. † Appearances (Goals).

Terence Ian "Terry" Butcher is an English football manager and former player. He was a highly successful football player and made his name as an uncompromising defender with Ipswich Town and Rangers in the 1980s. He was also a captain of England and won 77 caps in a ten-year international career. He has subsequently had a lengthy managerial and coaching career and is currently with Inverness Caledonian Thistle in the Scottish Premier League.

Contents 1 Early life 2 Playing career 2.1 Club career 2.2 International career 3 Managerial career 3.1 Coventry City 3.2 Sunderland 3.3 Motherwell 3.4 Sydney FC 3.5 Brentford 3.6 Scotland 3.7 Inverness CT 4 Other activities 5 Career statistics 6 Personal awards and achievements 7 References 8 External links

[edit] Early life

Although he was born in Singapore, he spent his childhood in Lowestoft, Suffolk, where he attended Kirkley High School and met his future wife Rita. He famously turned down the chance to join Norwich City youth team, as like his father he was a fan of Ipswich Town – Norwich's fiercest rivals.^[1]

[edit] Playing career

[edit] Club career

Butcher made his debut for Ipswich against Everton in the First Division on 15 April 1978 and over the next eight seasons would establish himself as the club's top central defender, combining leadership with great aerial ability and amazing courage. This was soon noticed by England manager Ron Greenwood who gave him his debut in a friendly against Australia in 1980.^[2]

In 1981, Butcher was part of the Ipswich side that won the UEFA Cup under Bobby Robson (later Sir) and came close to their first League title since 1962, though they were pipped at the post by Aston Villa.

In 1986, Butcher left Ipswich when they were relegated, and became one of the first 'English invasion' players to join Scottish club Rangers following the appointment of Graeme Souness as manager. Souness, the former Liverpool player, paid Ipswich £725,000 for him in July 1986.^[3]

As captain, he led them to three League titles in four seasons, plus two Scottish League Cups.

In November 1987 he broke his leg during Scottish Premier Division fixture against Aberdeen and ruled him out for the rest of the season. Before he was injured, Butcher was close to signing a £1million return to England with Manchester United, but his injury saw the transfer cancelled and United manager Alex Ferguson signed Norwich City's Steve Bruce instead.^[4]

In April 1988 Butcher was convicted of disorderly conduct and breach of the peace due to his behaviour in an Old Firm match in November 1987.^[5] He was fined £250.^[6] In October 1988 Butcher was the subject of a police investigation when he kicked the referee's room door off its hinges after a match at Pittodrie. No criminal charges were brought, but the SFA fined Butcher £1500.^[6][7]

His last Rangers game came in September 1990, in a 2–1 league defeat against Dundee United. His performance in that match was dismal and largely blamed on both of the opposition's goals, leading to him being dropped from the side. Leeds United manager Howard Wilkinson was soon in talks with Graeme Souness about bringing Butcher back south of the border, but when Butcher did depart from Ibrox it was in a £400,000 deal to become player-manager of Coventry City on 15 November 1990.^[4]

Butcher made six league appearances for the Sky Blues as they finished 16th in the 1990–91 First Division and then retired as a player, remaining as Coventry's manager until his dismissal on 6 January 1992.

He re-registered himself as a player in August 1992, when he signed for Sunderland – founder members of the new Division One, which was the second tier of English football following the creation of the new FA Premier League. He played 38 times for the Wearside club in 1992–93, becoming player-manager following the dismissal of manager Malcolm Crosby in January 1993 and securing their Division One survival by a single place. He never played again for the club and was sacked on 26 November 1993 after a disappointing start to the 1993–94 season saw them battling against relegation once again – with the battle being won under Butcher's successor Mick Buxton.^[8]

Butcher then played three games for Clydebank before finally retiring as a player.

[edit] International career

Butcher's impressive performances for Ipswich were noticed by England manager Ron Greenwood who gave him his debut in a friendly against Australia in 1980.

In 1982, Butcher was the youngest member of the back four which featured at the World Cup in Spain. He remained England's first choice centre back for the rest of the decade, playing in the 1986 World Cup, infamously trying to tackle Diego Maradona with some desperation as the Argentina skipper slotted in his wondrous second goal in the quarter-final, which England lost 2–1.

A broken leg meant that Butcher was not in the England side which was torn apart in all three group games at the 1988 European Championship, and his absence proved crucial as Robson was forced to rely on an inexperienced defensive partnership of Tony Adams and Mark Wright. Then, on 6 September 1989, while playing for England in a vital World Cup qualifier in Sweden, Butcher suffered a deep cut to his forehead early in the game. Butcher had some impromptu stitches inserted by the physiotherapist and, swathed in bandages, continued playing. His constant heading of the ball – unavoidable when playing in the centre of defence – disintegrated the bandages and reopened the cut to the extent that his white England shirt was almost entirely red by the end of the game.^[9] This match remains his defining moment as one of England's great footballing heroes, especially as England got the draw they needed to qualify for the 1990 competition, and is often used when referencing Butcher even today.

England made the semi-finals of the 1990 World Cup with Butcher at the helm of a slightly more cautious back five (Butcher with Wright and Des Walker in the centre, plus full backs Stuart Pearce and – initially – Gary Stevens, later Paul Parker); he also took over the captaincy after an injury ended Bryan Robson's tournament prematurely. A memorable image of the contest was of Butcher and team-mate Chris Waddle dancing with triumph in front of the England supporters after beating Belgium in the second round. A photograph of this was later placed on a T-shirt range under the heading 'Let's All Have A Disco'.

After the World Cup, Butcher quit international football with 77 caps and three goals to his name.

[edit] Managerial career

[edit] Coventry City

He left Rangers on 15 November 1990 to become player-manager of Coventry City (as successor to John Sillett), at one month short of 32 he was the youngest manager in the Football League on his appointment.

Under Sillett, Coventry had won the FA Cup in 1987 and finished as high as seventh in the First Division in 1989, and a dismal start to the 1990–91 season had seen Coventry fall back into the relegation battle that had been all too familiar occurrence at Highfield Road since Coventry first reached the top flight in 1967. With Butcher's appointment as manager, Coventry were intent on returning to their winning ways.

The early signs were promising. Butcher steered Coventry to 16th place and safety in 1990–91, and they entered 1992 in a secure 13th place, so it was something of a surprise on 6 January 1992 when Butcher was sacked as manager.

Butcher had played six league games for Coventry in the 1990–91 season before announcing his retirement as a player.

[edit] Sunderland

It was to be 13 months before Butcher returned to football, when in February 1993 he was named manager of Sunderland, re-registering himself as a player, some two years after his last game. He achieved survival at the end of the 1992–93 season, but was sacked the following December with Sunderland still struggling at the wrong end of Division One.

Surprisingly, Butcher agreed a short term contract at Clydebank making his debut at East End Park against Dunfermline. Sadly, he was not match fit and looked totally out of place in the Bankies defence. The experiment was cut short after just three unsuccessful appearances.

[edit] Motherwell

In October 2001, he became assistant to Eric Black at Motherwell in the Scottish Premier League, taking over from Black a year later as the club was forced to deal with severe financial difficulties, which have since largely abated and Butcher has been praised by the club's supporters and media for his performance under those difficult circumstances. Motherwell reached the 2005 Scottish League Cup final, where his old team Rangers defeated them 5–1.

[edit] Sydney FC

After being linked with a possible move to Sydney FC for several weeks, he was announced as their new head coach on 17 May 2006,^[10] signing a two-year contract. On 7 February 2007, Terry Butcher was sacked by Sydney FC after being knocked out of the finals series with a 3–2 aggregate loss to the Newcastle Jets.^[11]

[edit] Brentford

On 30 March 2007, he was appointed as assistant coach at Partick Thistle.^[12] However, this was to be a short lived appointment as he became the manager of Brentford on 24 April 2007 ^[13] (he officially took up the role on 7 May 2007).

After a poor run of results, including only 5 wins in 23 matches, and under increasing pressure from the fans who had been chanting the name of former boss Martin Allen, he left Brentford on 11 December 2007.^[14]

[edit] Scotland

Butcher was named as George Burley's assistant in 2008 during Scotland's forgettable World Cup 2010 qualifying campaign. Indeed, the most memorable period of this role came ahead of a friendly against Argentina, managed by Diego Maradona. Butcher still harboured resentment for Maradona's Hand of God goal against England 22 years earlier. In the days leading up to the game, Butcher's outspoken views of Maradona were the main talking points in the media, such as Butcher going up to Maradona and not shaking his hand as per the custom in international football between opposing management staff. Butcher took many interviews, dominating major TV stations and newspapers, with claims that Maradona was a cheat and a liar and how happy he would be to see Maradona lose. Scotland lost the game 1-0. When Maradona was asked about all the things Butcher had said about him, his response was, "Who is Butcher?" ^[15]

[edit] Inverness CT

On 27 January 2009, Butcher was announced as the new manager of Inverness Caledonian Thistle, Butcher signed an 18-month contract.^[16] Butcher was joined in Inverness by Maurice Malpas as his assistant manager.

In May 2009, Inverness were relegated from the Scottish Premier League. In November 2009 George Burley was sacked as Scotland manager and at the same time Butcher left by mutual consent.

After a bad start to the 2009/10 First Division league campaign, Butcher managed to turn things around for Inverness. The turning point many see as being the win against his former club, Motherwell, in the cup. By the end of March, Butcher had guided his club from 16 points behind league leaders Dundee, to 4 points ahead and top of the Scottish First Division. He was awarded the "Irn Bru Phenomenal" manager of the month award for March.^[17] Inverness won the Irn Bru First Division on 21 April after Dundee were beaten 1–0 by Raith Rovers clinching Inverness's return to the Scottish Premier League. As part of the push for promotion in 2009/10, ICT went on an unbeaten away run in the league that continued through the entire 2010 calendar year, culminating in a 1-1 draw against Hearts at Tynecastle on 18 December.^[18] In April 2010 his contract was extended to the end of the 2011/12 season. ^[19] Terry Butcher has been a very influential figure at Inverness Caledonian Thistle since he arrived, noticeably in the SPL 2010/2011 season where they finished 7th, narrowly missing out on a top 6 finish.

[edit] Other activities

While living in Suffolk Butcher had a chain of insurance brokers which were later acquired by the Norwich and Peterborough Building Society. Butcher can be frequently heard as a summariser, usually at England matches, on BBC Radio Five Live and occasional UEFA Cup matches on Five. He often appeared as a pundit on Setanta Sports' SPL coverage. Butcher also worked for BBC Sport during the 2006 World Cup, after which he fully recommenced his work with Sydney FC (i.e. from 10 July 2006). He was also used as an in game commentator in the first Pro Evolution Soccer video game, and the Nintendo 64 game International Superstar Soccer 2000, along with main commentator Chris James.

Butcher has consistently raised concerns over the sum impact of David Beckham's performances for and involvement with the England national football team, most notably during discussions concerning team and squad selection questions for the 2006 World Cup and Euro 2008 qualification campaign.^[20][21]

Butcher is a big fan of the British Heavy Metal band Iron Maiden ^[22] and is a good friend of the bassist and founding member Steve Harris..

[edit] Career statistics

^[23]

Club performance	League	Cup	League Cup	Continental	Total
Season	Club	League	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
England	League	FA Cup	League Cup	Europe	Total
1977–78	Ipswich Town	First Division	3	0							3	0
1978–79	21	2	1	0	2	0			24	2
1979–80	36	2	4	0	2	0	4	0	46	2
1980–81	40	4	7	0	5	0	12	2	64	6
1981–82	27	1	1	0	6	0	2	0	36	1
1982–83	42	0	3	0	2	0	2	1	49	1
1983–84	34	1	2	0	4	0			40	1
1984–85	42	2	5	0	9	0			56	2
1985–86	27	4	5	0	2	2			34	6
Scotland	League	Scottish Cup	Scottish League Cup	Europe	Total
1986–87	Rangers	Premier Division	43	3
1987–88	11	1
1988–89	34	2
1989–90	34	3
1990–91	5	0
England	League	FA Cup	League Cup	Europe	Total
1990–91	Coventry City	First Division	6	0
1991–92	0	0
1992–93	Sunderland	First Division	38	0
Scotland	League	Scottish Cup	Scottish League Cup	Europe	Total
1993–94	Clydebank	First Division	3	0
Total	England	316	16
Scotland	130	9
Career total	446	25

[edit] Personal awards and achievements

• Scottish Premier League Manager of the Month: February 2004
• Scottish Premier League Manager of the Month: March 2006
• Scottish Premier League Manager of the Month: October 2010

[edit] References

[edit] External links

• Terry Butcher's WTFC.net manager profile
• Terry Butcher management career stats at Soccerbase
• Terry Butcher on RSSSF-site
• Butcher is unable to resist chance to live high life Down Under (Times Online)

Terry Butcher – Navigation boxes v · d · eEngland squad – 1982 FIFA World Cup 1 Clemence • 2 Anderson • 3 Brooking • 4 Butcher • 5 Coppell • 6 Foster • 7 Keegan • 8 Francis • 9 Hoddle • 10 McDermott • 11 Mariner • 12 Mills (c) • 13 Corrigan • 14 Neal • 15 Rix • 16 Bryan Robson • 17 Sansom • 18 Thompson • 19 Wilkins • 20 Withe • 21 Woodcock • 22 Shilton • Coach: Greenwood v · d · eEngland squad – 1986 FIFA World Cup 1 Shilton • 2 Gary Stevens • 3 Sansom • 4 Hoddle • 5 Martin • 6 Butcher • 7 Bryan Robson (c) • 8 Wilkins • 9 Hateley • 10 Lineker • 11 Waddle • 12 Anderson • 13 Woods • 14 Fenwick • 15 Gary A. Stevens • 16 Reid • 17 Steven • 18 Hodge • 19 Barnes • 20 Beardsley • 21 Dixon • 22 Bailey • Coach: Bobby Robson v · d · eEngland squad – 1990 FIFA World Cup Fourth Place 1 Shilton • 2 Stevens • 3 Pearce • 4 Webb • 5 Walker • 6 Butcher • 7 Bryan Robson(c) • 8 Waddle • 9 Beardsley • 10 Lineker • 11 Barnes • 12 Parker • 13 Woods • 14 Wright • 15 Dorigo • 16 McMahon • 17 Platt • 18 Hodge • 19 Gascoigne • 20 Steven • 21 Bull • 22 Beasant • Coach: Bobby Robson v · d · eCoventry City F.C. – Managers Stanley (1883–85s) · Hathaway (1885–87s) · Morgan (1887–92s) · Kirk (1893s) · Maley (1893s) · Collins (1893–95s) · Cashmore (1895–1900s) · Newhall (1900–02s) · O'Shea (1902–05s) · Beaman (1905–08s) · Harris (1908–09s) · Buckle (1909–10) · Wallace (1910–13) · Scott-Walford (1913–15) · Howard (1915–17c) · Clayton (1919) · Pollitt (1919–20) · Evans (1920–24) · Harbourne (1924c) · Kerr (1924–28) · McIntyre (1928–31) · Slade (1931c) · Storer (1931–45) · Bayliss (1945–47) · Frith (1947–48) · Storer (1948–53) · Fairbrother (1953–54) · Elliott (1954–55c) · Carver (1955–56) · Raynor (1956) · Warren (1956–57) · Frith (1957–61) · Hill (1961–67) · Cantwell (1967–72) · Dennison (1972c) · Mercer (1972–74) · Milne (1974–81) · Sexton (1981–83) · Gould (1983–84) · Mackay (1984–86) · Curtis (1986–87) · Sillett (1987–90) · Butcher (1990–92) · Howe (1992c) · Gould (1992–93) · Neal (1993–95) · Atkinson (1995–96) · Strachan (1996–2001) · Nilsson (2001–02) · Peake (2002c) · McAllister (2002–03) · Black (2003–04) · Ogrizovic (2004c) · Reid (2004–05) · Heath (2005c) · Adams (2005–07) · Heath (2007c) · Dowie (2007–08) · Harbin & Bunn (2008c) · Coleman (2008–10) · Harrison (2010c) · Boothroyd (2010–11) · Harrison & Thorn (2011c) · Thorn (2011–) (s) secretary (c) caretaker v · d · eSunderland A.F.C. – Managers Watson (1888–96) · Campbell (1896–99) · Mackie (1899–1905) · Kyle (1905–28) · Cochrane (1928–39) · Murray (1939–57) · Brown (1957–64) · Hardwick (1964–65) · McColl (1965–68) · Brown (1968–72) · Elliott (1972) · Stokoe (1972–76) · MacFarlane (1976) · Adamson (1976–78) · Merrington (1978) · Elliott (1978–79) · Knighton (1979–81) · Docherty (1981) · Durban (1981–84) · Robson (1984) · Ashurst (1984–85) · McMenemy (1985–87) · Stokoe (1987) · Smith (1987–91) · Crosby (1991–93) · Butcher (1993) · Buxton (1993–95) · Reid (1995–2002) · Wilkinson (2002–03) · McCarthy (2003–06) · Ball (2006) · Quinn (2006) · Keane (2006–08) · Sbragia (2008–09) · Bruce (2009–) v · d · eMotherwell F.C. – Managers Hunter (1910–46) · Stevenson (1946–55) · Ancell (1955–65) · Howitt (1965–72) · St. John (1972–75) · W. McLean (1975–78) · Hynd (1978–79) · MacLeod (1979–81) · Hay (1981–82) · Wallace (1982–83) · Watson (1983–84) · T. McLean (1984–94) · McLeish (1994–98) · Kampman (1998) · Davies (1998–2001) · Philliben (2001) · Black (2001–02) · Butcher (2002–06) · Malpas (2006–07) · McGhee (2007–09) · Gannon (2009) · Brown (2009–10) · McCall (2010–) v · d · eBrentford F.C. – Managers Lewis (1900–03) · Molyneux (1903–06) · Brown (1906–08) · Halliday (1908–12) · Rhodes (1912–15) · Halliday (1915–21) · Mitchell (1921–22) · Halliday (1924–26) · Curtis (1926–49) · Gibbons (1949–52) · Bain (1952–53) · Lawton (1953) · Dodgin, Snr. (1953–57) · Macdonald (1957–65) · Cavanagh (1965–66) · Gray (1966–67) · Sirrel (1967–69) · Blunstone (1969–73) · Everitt (1973–75) · Docherty (1975–76) · Dodgin, Jnr. (1976–80) · Callaghan (1980–84) · McLintock (1984–87) · Perryman (1987–90) · Holder (1990–93) · Webb (1993–97) · May (1997) · Adams (1997–98) · Noades (1998–2000) · Lewington (2000–01) · Coppell (2001–02) · Downes (2002–04) · Allen (2004–06) · Rosenior (2006) · Fitzgerald (2006–07) · Quin (2007c) · Butcher (2007) · Scott (2007–11) · Forster (2011) · Rösler (2011–present) · (c) caretaker v · d · eSydney FC – Managers Littbarski (2005–06) · Butcher (2006–07) · Čulina (2007) · Kosmina (2007–09) · Lavička (2009–Present) v · d · eInverness Caledonian Thistle F.C. – current squad 1 Esson · 2 Proctor · 3 Tokely · 5 Golabek · 6 Cox · 7 Odhiambo · 8 Duncan · 9 Foran · 10 Rooney · 11 Hayes · 12 Tuffey · 15 Innes · 16 McBain · 17 Morrison · 19 Ross · 20 Sutherland · 21 Shinnie · 22 Johnson · 23 Sánchez · 24 Gillet · 25 MacDonald · 26 Doran · 28 Hogg · 39 Polworth · – Tadé · – Tansey · – Aldred · – Meekings · Manager: Butcher v · d · eInverness Caledonian Thistle F.C. – Managers Baltacha (1994–1995) · Paterson (1995–2002) · Robertson (2002–04) · Brewster (2004–06) · Christie (2006–07) · Brewster (2007–09) · Butcher (2009–)

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Date of birth	28 December 1958
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