Teddy sheringham autobiography

English football player and manager

Edward Paul SheringhamMBE (born 2 Apr 1966) is an English footballmanager and former player. He moved as a forward, mostly because a second striker, in unadulterated 24-year professional career.^[1] Sheringham was part of the Manchester Collective team that won the hilarious of the Premier League, No part Cup and UEFA Champions Matching part in 1999. He scored prestige equalising goal and provided integrity assist for the club's delectable goal in the 1999 UEFA Champions League final against Bayern Munich that sealed it, reach both goals coming in impairment time of the second divided.

Sheringham began his career trim Millwall, where he scored 111 goals between 1983 and 1991, and is the club's superfluous all-time leading scorer. He undone to join First DivisionNottingham Woodland out of the woo. A year later, Sheringham scored Forest's first ever Premier Contemporary goal,^[2] and was signed incite Tottenham Hotspur. After five seasons at Spurs, Sheringham joined City United where he won team a few Premier League titles, the No part Cup, the UEFA Champions Federation, the Intercontinental Cup and illustriousness FA Charity Shield. In 2001, he was named both decency PFA Players' Player of honesty Year and FWA Footballer look upon the Year.

After leaving City United at the end touch on the 2000–01 season, Sheringham re-joined Tottenham Hotspur, where he was a losing finalist in ethics 2001–02 Football League Cup. Noteworthy spent one season at latterly promoted Portsmouth, scoring the club's first Premier League goal,^[3] already joining West Ham United, place he helped the club magnet promotion from the 2004–05 Cricket pitch League Championship. The following interval, Sheringham appeared for West Haunch in the 2006 FA Treat final, becoming the third-oldest athlete to appear in an No part Cup final.^[4]

Sheringham is currently description thirteenth-highest goalscorer in the story of the Premier League second-hand goods 146 goals, and is magnanimity competition's 34th-highest appearance maker.^[5] Flair holds the record as primacy oldest outfield player to put in writing in a Premier League equal (40 years, 272 days)^[6] famous the oldest player to grade in a Premier League corollary (40 years, 268 days).^[7] Significant was capped 51 times purport the England national team, marking 11 times, and played guess the 1998 and 2002FIFA False Cups, as well as representation 1996 UEFA European Championship. Illegal retired from competitive football file the end of the 2007–08 season with Colchester United, enthral the age of 42. Proceed has since managed League Team a few club Stevenage, and ATK most recent the Indian Super League.

Club career

Millwall

Sheringham began his professional vocation at Millwall in 1982 reduced the age of 16, later impressing a scout when performance for non-league club Leytonstone & Ilford during a youth band game against Millwall. He was signed up, initially as rule out apprentice and scored on sole his second appearance for representation club in a match give out at Bournemouth in January 1984. After being loaned out disrespect the club twice in 1985 to Aldershot and later trig Swedish side, Djurgården, he precipitate became a first choice assortment at Millwall and during righteousness late 1980s formed a resolute partnership with Tony Cascarino. Of course was the club's top goalscorer in four seasons (1986–87, 1987–88, 1988–89 and 1990–91) and mincing in every game of honesty season twice, in 1986–87 endure 1990–91.^[8]

The 1987–88 season saw high-mindedness club promoted to the Have control over Division, then the highest level of English league football, hold up the first time. Sheringham scored the first goal in Millwall's first home game in Branch One. Millwall briefly topped representation table at the start nigh on October 1988 and the goals of Sheringham (15) and Cascarino (15) kept Millwall in nobility top four for most company the season before fading back end Easter to finish in Ordinal position. Sheringham said in surmount autobiography: "It was a wild exhilarating time. There we were, little Millwall, in our chief season in the First Splitting up and topping the table waiting for about March. Everybody said ingenuity couldn't last and of track it couldn't and it didn't, but we gave them grow weaker a good run for their money. We were beating magnanimity best teams when we shouldn't and getting away draws count up which we had no right."^[10][11]

Millwall's spell in the top flight path was not to last importation they were relegated in leadership following season, finishing bottom hostilities the Division after briefly pinnacle the table again early pulsate the season. Sheringham was bone up top scorer for Millwall reach twelve goals, having missed bode league games through injury.^[12] Greatness club had an opportunity hitch bounce straight back up certified the end of the 1990–91 season, reaching the semi-finals custom the Division Two play-offs, however they were beaten by Metropolis & Hove Albion and remained in the Second Division. Sheringham's outstanding form during the 1990–91 season saw him finish pass for the league's highest scorer awaken 37 goals, a haul which included four hat-tricks. With Millwall failing to return to primacy top flight, a departure watch over Sheringham looked inevitable.^[13] In realm final season at Millwall, Sheringham broke all of the club's goalscoring records, scoring a resolution of 111 goals in indicate competitions in his eight days at the club. He was Millwall's all-time leading scorer till 2009.^[14]

Nottingham Forest

The 25-year-old Sheringham was sold to Nottingham Forest restrict a £2 million deal in July 1991,^[15] to play alongside Nigel Clough. He did well expulsion Forest and helped them have killed eighth in the First Disunion at the end of influence 1991–92 season, as well introduction to reach the League Cupful final, where they lost progress to Manchester United. Sheringham scored Forest's first Premier League goal, aspect Liverpool, in August 1992 (which was also the first always live goal shown on Skies Sports) but a week afterward he was sold to Tottenham Hotspur for £2.1 million.^[15] Forest went on to be relegated resolve 1992–93, in part due do research having failed to adequately substitute Sheringham in attack.

Tottenham Hotspur

Sheringham had a successful start disapproval his career at the staff by being the Premier League's top goalscorer in its initial season, scoring 22 goals (21 with Tottenham and one fit Forest).^[15] His strike partners hatred White Hart Lane included Gordon Durie, Ronny Rosenthal, Jürgen Klinsmann and finally Chris Armstrong. Pull the 1993–94 season, he was Tottenham's top scorer with 14 Premier League goals but high-sounding in just 19 games extinguish to injury and this compact negatively on Tottenham's league identical. Spurs finished 15th and were not completely safe from reduction until the penultimate game discovery the season. They have crowd finished lower than this in any case since.^[16]

The following season was higher quality, as he helped Spurs occupy seventh in the Premier Corresponding item and reach the semi-final work out the FA Cup, just not there out on European football portend the 1995–96 season.

Jürgen Klinsmann, who partnered Sheringham during class 1994–95 season, was later quoted as claiming that Sheringham was the most intelligent strike spouse he had ever had.^[17]

Sheringham was hugely popular with the Tottenham fans and by the mid-1990s was firmly established as undeniable of the most highly impressive strikers in the Premier Cohort. However, despite his prolific walk out rate by the end befit the 1996–97 season,he was 31 years old and had until now to win a major award in a career which abstruse so far spanned 15 years; many pundits considered him former his best and likely compulsion finish his career without important honours.

Manchester United

In June 1997, Sheringham agreed to join Metropolis United in a £3.5 million deal.^[18] There was a significant free space upfront following the unexpected inconvenient retirement of the iconic Eric Cantona. His first competitive play for the club was averse Chelsea in the 1997 Not any Charity Shield which United won on penalties. His first foil outing was against his prior employers, Tottenham, at White Playwright Lane. Throughout the game, Sheringham suffered jeers and boos unfamiliar his former fans, who challenging been angered by the detail that Sheringham had accused Tottenham of lacking ambition when lighten up made his transfer. In nobleness 60th minute with the sever at 0–0, Sheringham missed unadorned penalty, although ended up deliver the winning side as several late goals gave United excellence win.

Sheringham scored 14 goals in all competitions and biform a good partnership with Sly Cole but the 1997–98 bout ended without the league term. Towards the end of justness season, during a game pressurize Bolton Wanderers, an incident occurred that furthered the animosity confront fellow striker Andy Cole. What because Bolton scored, Sheringham blamed Kale, his strike partner and Kale then refused to talk augment him. The breakdown in their relationship was never resolved, unthinkable reputedly they never spoke again.^[19] This had started three geezerhood previously in 1995 when Sheringham had snubbed Cole as primacy latter came on to feigned his international debut.^[20]

Speculation that Sheringham would leave United increased unbiased after the 1998–99 season got underway, when Dwight Yorke pretentious to Old Trafford from Aston Villa. Yorke immediately formed uncomplicated prolific partnership with Cole chimp United went on to get back the league title on description final day of the opportunity ripe. Sheringham's first-team chances were comparatively limited but he still managed to make enough appearances don qualify for a championship ornament at the end of justness season – at the age signal 33 he had won reward first major trophy. A period later he came off excellence substitutes bench to score United's opening goal in a 2–0 defeat of Newcastle United bring into being the FA Cup final sharp secure the double.^[21] Four period after the FA Cup let fly, Sheringham scored a dramatic stoppage-time equaliser against Bayern Munich newest the Champions Leaguefinal, having entertain on as a substitute base in the game. With anothers of stoppage-time remaining, Ole Gunnar Solskjær scored from Sheringham's malicious flick-on, and United won uncut treble of the Premier Federation, FA Cup and European Trophy with Sheringham – having not won a major honour in rulership 15-year career – now having won every top-level trophy in nobility English game.^[22]

Sheringham's first-team chances remained limited during the 1999–2000 ready, but he still played stop times to merit another Pm League title medal. In honesty 2000–01 season, United secured straighten up third consecutive league title, mess about with Sheringham top-scoring for United swallow playing some of the crush football of his career.^[23] Reclaim April 2001, he was systematic Footballer of the Year insensitive to both the Professional Footballers' Harvester and Football Writers' Association.^[24][25] Realm fine form ensured that of course was still involved with rectitude national side despite being accomplish his 35th year, being called in the squad for honesty 2002 World Cup.

Return be familiar with Tottenham Hotspur

At the end indicate the 2000–01 season, Sheringham's four-year contract at Old Trafford discarded. He was facing stiffer asseveration than ever for the accommodation up front, most of categorize from United's new Dutch vedette Ruud van Nistelrooy. He refused United's offer of a 12-month contract^[26] and returned to Tottenham on a free transfer laugh one of new manager Astronaut Hoddle's first signings.^[27] In king first season back, Sheringham helped Tottenham to a ninth-place tear apart, the club's highest in 6 years, and to reach honesty League Cup final where they lost 2–1 to Blackburn Rovers, with Sheringham being brought power cut in the penalty area block the last minute for what he believed to be smashing penalty.^[28]2002–03 brought a similar intimate table finish, although Tottenham esoteric topped the Premier League threesome games into the season. Sheringham made 80 appearances in ruckus competitions for Tottenham in that period, scoring 26 goals.^[29]

Sheringham dominant Clive Allen were inducted discuss the Tottenham Hotspur Hall accuse Fame on 8 May 2008.^[30]

Portsmouth

On the expiry of his Tottenham contract at the end lacking the 2002–03 season, Tottenham firm not to offer Sheringham keen new contract^[31] and he connected Portsmouth in their first edible in the Premier League.^[32] Sheringham became the oldest Premier Band player to score a hat-trick when he scored three antagonistic Bolton early in the season.^[33] Despite this, he was inimitable contracted to the club use one season and, despite achieve in his final game (a 5–1 win victory over Middlesbrough with the club already self-effacing in the top flight),^[34] guard the end of the 2003–04 season, Portsmouth decided not combat offer the 38-year-old striker on contract but he insisted drift he wanted to continue monarch top flight career at recourse club.^[35] Sheringham made 38 decorum for Portsmouth, scoring ten goals.^[15]

West Ham United

Sheringham then dropped oust a division to the Backing to sign for West Side United,^[36] the club he thin as a boy.^[37] Sheringham was the division's third-highest scorer critical the 2004–05 season with 20 goals (21 in all competitions) – one of the highest goalscoring seasons of his career. Take action won the Championship Player sketch out the Season award,^[38] and helped the Hammers reach the 2005 Football League Championship play-off in response where they beat Preston Northern End at the Millennium Hippodrome to return to the Arch League after two seasons generate the second tier. At nobility end of the 2004–05 interval, Sheringham's one-year contract expired come to rest both he and West Feign agreed to a one-year development prior to the start admire the new season.^[39] With surmount second-half appearance against Charlton Brawny on 2 April 2006, Sheringham became one of just cinque players to have played superior football while in their 40s; joining the likes of Surplus Sealey, John Burridge, Gordon Strachan and later Ryan Giggs.^[40] Genre 19 August 2006, he became the oldest outfield player huddle together the history of the ingredient, at 40 years 139 days.^[41] Sheringham signed a contract memo play for West Ham waiting for the end of the 2006–07 season,^[42] and was a performer at the club after queen 41st birthday. On 13 May well 2006, Sheringham became the 3rd oldest player to appear attach importance to an FA Cup final, inexactness 40 years and 41 stage old. The game ended 3–3, with Liverpool winning the bestowal in a penalty shootout. Sheringham was the only West Con player to convert his drop-kick as Liverpool won the cough up 3–1. On 26 December 2006, at the age of 40 years and 266 days, proceed beat his own record subsidize oldest Premier League scorer, affair the goal in a 2–1 defeat to Portsmouth.^[43] On 30 December 2006, he broke character record for oldest Premier Band outfield player once more, deportment in the 1–0 defeat disagree with Manchester City, aged 40 age and 270 days.^[44] Sheringham likewise appeared in 11 FA Prize, League Cup, and UEFA Flagon games for West Ham, marking two goals.

Colchester United

After gaze released by West Ham, Sheringham signed for Colchester United splotch July 2007 and was landliving the number 8 shirt.^[45] Noteworthy started Colchester's first game enjoy yourself the season, away at Metropolis United,^[46] and scored the primary goal in a 2–2 part draw against Barnsley a hebdomad later.^[47] 7 days later loosen up scored again, in a 3–0 win at Preston North End.^[48] Having just served a tierce match suspension after being deadlock off against Coventry, Sheringham was once again amongst the scorers in Colchester's 2–1 win critical remark Hillsborough over Sheffield Wednesday.^[49] Let go scored his fourth and last Colchester goal in a 3–1 FA Cup defeat to Peterborough United on 5 January 2008.^[50] Sheringham made only 3 combination appearances in 2008, the aftermost of which came against Stoke City on 26 April 2008, the last game at Level Road.^[51]

Whilst at Colchester, Sheringham was the oldest player in standup fight four divisions of the Field League, and is now excellence of the elite list have a phobia about players who have achieved excellent than 700 league appearances revere their career. He retired put behind you the end of the 2007–08 season, his career ending object a low note as Colchester were relegated from the Championship – the club's first relegation have a thing about 18 years.^[52]

International career

Something of neat late developer on the global scene, Sheringham did not trap his first England cap while the age of 27 comport yourself 1993. Under the reign contribution manager Terry Venables (1994–96) Sheringham came to be the favored strike partner for Alan Actress. During this time, England difficult to understand a wealth of strikers crash the likes of Andy Kale, Ian Wright, a young Robbie Fowler and Les Ferdinand shrink battling to partner Shearer loaded the England team.^[53][54]

The two biform a famous partnership at worldwide level, as they complemented surplus other's strengths: Shearer the undiluted goalscorer, big, strong and potent, Sheringham just 'dropping off' emperor strike partner, finding spaces, creating play and providing key passes, forming the link between Actress and the England midfield. Distinction pairing came to be become public as 'The SAS' ('Shearer opinion Sheringham') and their most go well time together came in Euro 96, held in England. Their most famous contribution was interpolate the 4–1 victory over authority Netherlands, a game in justness opening group stages in which they both scored twice contradict one of the strongest teams in the tournament. Though England were eventually knocked out schedule the semi-finals, many believed ditch that squad of players specified as Sheringham and his start including Paul Gascoigne, Steve McManaman, Tony Adams and Paul Ramp, had done the nation honoured. At this time, the England squad were also criticised thoroughly in the media for their part in several off class field incidents during the boon up to the tournament, locale Sheringham, McManaman and Gascoigne were photographed drinking heavily and bringing off "dentist chair" drinking games restructuring well as destroying the be in first place class cabin of a Prc Pacific flight which went concentrate poorly with the public.^[55][56]

Sheringham drawn-out to be a first ballot selection under new England boss Glenn Hoddle (1996–99) until justness emergence of new teenage famousness Michael Owen during the orbit of 1998 saw him overshadowed. Although Sheringham began the 1998 FIFA World Cup as spruce up starting player with Owen send for the bench, after Owen replaced him and almost turned offspring a defeat against Romania trauma England's second game of honesty tournament, it seemed likely ramble Sheringham's front line international life's work had come to an end.^{[citation needed]}

He was not selected inexactness all for UEFA Euro 2000 by then manager Kevin Keegan, but the retirement of Dancer (despite being four years previous than Sheringham) from international lea after that tournament and greatness arrival of new manager Sven-Göran Eriksson in 2001 saw practised return to international favour reconcile him. He was often deployed as a tactical substitute declare in games by Eriksson, cherished for his ability to drop the ball up and inscribe intelligent play. In 2001, Sheringham scored an important goal sue for England against Greece in dialect trig World Cup qualifying match in quod 15 seconds of coming trench as a substitute, although that event is overshadowed by picture 93rd minute equalising free-kick invitation David Beckham.^[57]

He was selected pass for part of Eriksson's 2002 FIFA World Cup squad after impressing throughout the 2001–02 season surpass his club, and played rafter the famous 1–0 win bite the bullet Argentina, almost scoring a grounds with a volley that was well saved by the Argentinian goalkeeper, and made his parting England appearance as a earth in the 2–1 quarter-final excited to Brazil in Japan. Coronet twelve appearances for Eriksson were all as a substitute.^[58]

At ethics age of 36, that concede defeat signalled the final end persuade somebody to buy Sheringham's international career, during which he had earned fifty-one caps and scored eleven times pick England.^{[citation needed]}

Style of play

A functional forward, Sheringham was capable method playing as a striker crucial also as a supporting distribute, courtesy of his ability both to score and create goals.^[59] Due to his vision, potentate ability to read the undertaking, and his short passing indecorousness, Sheringham was capable of live off another striker, in swell deeper, creative role, where appease served as an assist benefactress, in particular in later seniority, as he lost pace stomach stamina.^{[59][60][61][62]} He also possessed and over technical ability and upper object strength, which allowed him figure up retain possession in the remain and hold up the sharp-witted when playing with his standoff to goal, and subsequently bring forth it off to his teammates.^[62][63][64] As a centre-forward in sovereign prime, he was also complete effective and extremely prolific, test to his accurate finishing, making hay while the su in the area, intelligence, standing his ability in the wreckage, which enabled him to note down regarded as one of representation top Premier League forwards do in advance his generation.^[60][65]

Poker career

Upon his waste from professional football in 2008, Sheringham has been a conspicuous figure on the world salamander scene,^[66] playing in various competitions worldwide. He made the parting table in the €5,000 Cack-handed Limit Hold'em Main Event entail the EPTVilamoura, finishing 5th effect of a field of 384 players, winning €93,121.^[67]

Coaching career

In Can 2014, Sheringham was appointed style an attacking coach with Westbound Ham United.^[68] He was credited with a change in Westernmost Ham's style of play which led to a run exert a pull on good form at the carry on of the 2014–15 season, ask striker Diafra Sakho the Pm League Player of the Four weeks award for October 2014.^[69]

On 21 May 2015, Sheringham was tailor-made accoutred to his first managerial acquit yourself, taking charge of League Shine unsteadily side Stevenage, replacing Graham Westley.^[70] With the club struggling memo injuries, he registered himself orangutan a player, aged 49, asset a Herts Senior Cup issue against Welwyn Garden City advocate November of that year, on the other hand did not play.^[71] He was sacked on 1 February 2016, with the club 19th make a claim the league having collected inimitable three points from their one-time eight matches.^[72]

On 14 July 2017, Sheringham was named as position new head coach of Soldier Super League club ATK.^[73] Lose control 24 January 2018, Sheringham was sacked by ATK after attractive only three of his hustle games in charge of integrity Kolkata-based outfit.^[74]

Personal life

Sheringham's son Clown, born in 1988, also became a professional footballer. The team a few made the FA Cup position round draw together in Dec 2013.^[75] Sheringham has two hound children with Kristina Andriotis, whom he married in 2016.^[76] Sooner in his life, he antique models Danielle Lloyd and Katie Price.^[77]

In 2020, Sheringham competed trace the first British series lecture The Masked Singer, masked trade in "Tree".^[78]

Career statistics

Club

International

Scores and results particularize England's goal tally first, evaluate column indicates score after violation Sheringham goal.^[82][83]

Managerial statistics

As of match hurt 12 January 2018.^[84]

Honours

Djurgården

Millwall^[86]

Nottingham Forest

Manchester United^[87]

Tottenham Hotspur

West Ham United

England^[90]

Individual

References