Teddy sheringham autobiography

English football player and manager

Edward Paul SheringhamMBE (born 2 Apr 1966) is an English footballmanager and former player. He assumed as a forward, mostly in the same way a second striker, in simple 24-year professional career.^[1] Sheringham was part of the Manchester Combined team that won the threefold of the Premier League, Nobody Cup and UEFA Champions Confederation in 1999. He scored authority equalising goal and provided say publicly assist for the club's amiable goal in the 1999 UEFA Champions League final against Bayern Munich that sealed it, show both goals coming in harm time of the second division.

Sheringham began his career bulk Millwall, where he scored 111 goals between 1983 and 1991, and is the club's in two shakes all-time leading scorer. He undone to join First DivisionNottingham Also woods coppice. A year later, Sheringham scored Forest's first ever Premier Coalition goal,^[2] and was signed wishywashy Tottenham Hotspur. After five seasons at Spurs, Sheringham joined Metropolis United where he won two Premier League titles, the Nil Cup, the UEFA Champions Confederacy, the Intercontinental Cup and description FA Charity Shield. In 2001, he was named both class PFA Players' Player of rendering Year and FWA Footballer sight the Year.

After leaving Metropolis United at the end bequest the 2000–01 season, Sheringham re-joined Tottenham Hotspur, where he was a losing finalist in rank 2001–02 Football League Cup. Crystal-clear spent one season at just now promoted Portsmouth, scoring the club's first Premier League goal,^[3] beforehand joining West Ham United, turn he helped the club take promotion from the 2004–05 Province League Championship. The following course, Sheringham appeared for West Simulate in the 2006 FA Beaker final, becoming the third-oldest contender to appear in an Nobody Cup final.^[4]

Sheringham is currently high-mindedness thirteenth-highest goalscorer in the representation of the Premier League deal in 146 goals, and is rendering competition's 34th-highest appearance maker.^[5] Be active holds the record as honourableness oldest outfield player to turn up in a Premier League hostility (40 years, 272 days)^[6] contemporary the oldest player to reckoning in a Premier League equivalent (40 years, 268 days).^[7] Explicit was capped 51 times solution the England national team, do 11 times, and played boardwalk the 1998 and 2002FIFA Universe Cups, as well as primacy 1996 UEFA European Championship. Agreed retired from competitive football close by the end of the 2007–08 season with Colchester United, lessons the age of 42. Operate has since managed League Bend over club Stevenage, and ATK strip off the Indian Super League.

Club career

Millwall

Sheringham began his professional employment at Millwall in 1982 recoil the age of 16, funds impressing a scout when conduct for non-league club Leytonstone & Ilford during a youth plan game against Millwall. He was signed up, initially as cease apprentice and scored on inimitable his second appearance for justness club in a match diminish at Bournemouth in January 1984. After being loaned out lump the club twice in 1985 to Aldershot and later tidy Swedish side, Djurgården, he gladly became a first choice variety at Millwall and during influence late 1980s formed a awe-inspiring partnership with Tony Cascarino. Recognized was the club's top goalscorer in four seasons (1986–87, 1987–88, 1988–89 and 1990–91) and impressed in every game of class season twice, in 1986–87 bid 1990–91.^[8]

The 1987–88 season saw position club promoted to the Cap Division, then the highest echelon of English league football, sale the first time. Sheringham scored the first goal in Millwall's first home game in Breaking up One. Millwall briefly topped excellence table at the start censure October 1988 and the goals of Sheringham (15) and Cascarino (15) kept Millwall in depiction top four for most take up the season before fading rear 1 Easter to finish in Ordinal position. Sheringham said in sovereign autobiography: "It was a unhinged exhilarating time. There we were, little Millwall, in our leading season in the First Component and topping the table on hold about March. Everybody said encourage couldn't last and of complete it couldn't and it didn't, but we gave them integral a good run for their money. We were beating position best teams when we shouldn't and getting away draws tablet which we had no right."^[10][11]

Millwall's spell in the top excursion was not to last although they were relegated in grandeur following season, finishing bottom pattern the Division after briefly property the table again early mop the floor with the season. Sheringham was brighten top scorer for Millwall do better than twelve goals, having missed fair league games through injury.^[12] Leadership club had an opportunity call by bounce straight back up shake-up the end of the 1990–91 season, reaching the semi-finals believe the Division Two play-offs, on the contrary 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 sort the league's highest scorer reliable 37 goals, a haul which included four hat-tricks. With Millwall failing to return to grandeur top flight, a departure have a handle on Sheringham looked inevitable.^[13] In queen final season at Millwall, Sheringham broke all of the club's goalscoring records, scoring a undivided faultless of 111 goals in chic competitions in his eight adulthood at the club. He was Millwall's all-time leading scorer unsettled 2009.^[14]

Nottingham Forest

The 25-year-old Sheringham was sold to Nottingham Forest upgrade a £2 million deal in July 1991,^[15] to play alongside Nigel Clough. He did well funding Forest and helped them cease eighth in the First Ingredient at the end of say publicly 1991–92 season, as well importation to reach the League Jug final, where they lost curb Manchester United. Sheringham scored Forest's first Premier League goal, antithetical Liverpool, in August 1992 (which was also the first sly live goal shown on Indistinct Sports) but a week after he was sold to Tottenham Hotspur for £2.1 million.^[15] Forest went on to be relegated coop 1992–93, in part due slate having failed to adequately supersede Sheringham in attack.

Tottenham Hotspur

Sheringham had a successful start conjoin his career at the baton by being the Premier League's top goalscorer in its speech season, scoring 22 goals (21 with Tottenham and one arrange a deal Forest).^[15] His strike partners enthral White Hart Lane included Gordon Durie, Ronny Rosenthal, Jürgen Klinsmann and finally Chris Armstrong. Domestic animals the 1993–94 season, he was Tottenham's top scorer with 14 Premier League goals but awkward in just 19 games terminate to injury and this compact negatively on Tottenham's league convulsion. Spurs finished 15th and were not completely safe from consignment until the penultimate game personal the season. They have grizzle demand finished lower than this at any point since.^[16]

The following season was bigger, as he helped Spurs disconnect seventh in the Premier Confederacy and reach the semi-final surrounding the FA Cup, just deficient out on European football compel the 1995–96 season.

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

Sheringham was hugely popular with the Tottenham fans and by the mid-1990s was firmly established as tighten up of the most highly exacting strikers in the Premier Combine. However, despite his prolific blockage rate by the end care for the 1996–97 season,he was 31 years old and had up till to win a major prize in a career which abstruse so far spanned 15 years; many pundits considered him dead and buried his best and likely upon finish his career without larger honours.

Manchester United

In June 1997, Sheringham agreed to join City United in a £3.5 million deal.^[18] There was a significant distance upfront following the unexpected apparent retirement of the iconic Eric Cantona. His first competitive affair for the club was break the rules Chelsea in the 1997 Bugger all Charity Shield which United won on penalties. His first matching part outing was against his one-time employers, Tottenham, at White Playwright Lane. Throughout the game, Sheringham suffered jeers and boos breakout his former fans, who esoteric been angered by the reality that Sheringham had accused Tottenham of lacking ambition when sharp-tasting made his transfer. In depiction 60th minute with the feature at 0–0, Sheringham missed unmixed penalty, although ended up dependable the winning side as several late goals gave United rendering win.

Sheringham scored 14 goals in all competitions and in the know a good partnership with Exceptional Cole but the 1997–98 edible ended without the league baptize. Towards the end of justness season, during a game pressurize Bolton Wanderers, an incident occurred that furthered the animosity mount fellow striker Andy Cole. During the time that Bolton scored, Sheringham blamed Colewort, his strike partner and Borecole then refused to talk hit upon him. The breakdown in their relationship was never resolved, unacceptable reputedly they never spoke again.^[19] This had started three age previously in 1995 when Sheringham had snubbed Cole as illustriousness latter came on to trade mark his international debut.^[20]

Speculation that Sheringham would leave United increased stiff-necked after the 1998–99 season got underway, when Dwight Yorke spurious to Old Trafford from Aston Villa. Yorke immediately formed spruce prolific partnership with Cole monkey United went on to acquire the league title on nobility final day of the bout. Sheringham's first-team chances were somewhat limited but he still managed to make enough appearances count up qualify for a championship accolade at the end of rank season – at the age boss 33 he had won wreath first major trophy. A workweek later he came off position substitutes bench to score United's opening goal in a 2–0 defeat of Newcastle United small fry the FA Cup final smash into secure the double.^[21] Four period after the FA Cup flip, Sheringham scored a dramatic stoppage-time equaliser against Bayern Munich find guilty the Champions Leaguefinal, having walk on as a substitute previously in the game. With in a few words of stoppage-time remaining, Ole Gunnar Solskjær scored from Sheringham's bound flick-on, and United won swell treble of the Premier Foil, FA Cup and European Cupful with Sheringham – having not won a major honour in rule 15-year career – now having won every top-level trophy in probity English game.^[22]

Sheringham's first-team chances remained limited during the 1999–2000 term, but he still played generous times to merit another Chancellor League title medal. In depiction 2000–01 season, United secured ingenious third consecutive league title, be infatuated with Sheringham top-scoring for United esoteric playing some of the outrun football of his career.^[23] Confine April 2001, he was fast Footballer of the Year unwelcoming both the Professional Footballers' Concern and Football Writers' Association.^[24][25] Monarch fine form ensured that crystal-clear was still involved with loftiness national side despite being knoll his 35th year, being first name in the squad for greatness 2002 World Cup.

Return become Tottenham Hotspur

At the end admonishment the 2000–01 season, Sheringham's four-year contract at Old Trafford elapsed. He was facing stiffer difference than ever for the accommodation up front, most of ruckus from United's new Dutch vidette Ruud van Nistelrooy. He refused United's offer of a 12-month contract^[26] and returned to Tottenham on a free transfer by the same token one of new manager Senator Hoddle's first signings.^[27] In coronate first season back, Sheringham helped Tottenham to a ninth-place conclusion, the club's highest in 6 years, and to reach dignity League Cup final where they lost 2–1 to Blackburn Rovers, with Sheringham being brought rock-hard in the penalty area observe the last minute for what he believed to be copperplate penalty.^[28]2002–03 brought a similar standard table finish, although Tottenham abstruse topped the Premier League brace games into the season. Sheringham made 80 appearances in scale competitions for Tottenham in that period, scoring 26 goals.^[29]

Sheringham subject Clive Allen were inducted clogging the Tottenham Hotspur Hall albatross Fame on 8 May 2008.^[30]

Portsmouth

On the expiry of his Tottenham contract at the end make a rough draft the 2002–03 season, Tottenham definite not to offer Sheringham ingenious new contract^[31] and he united Portsmouth in their first interval in the Premier League.^[32] Sheringham became the oldest Premier Foil player to score a hat-trick when he scored three desecrate Bolton early in the season.^[33] Despite this, he was sole contracted to the club unmixed one season and, despite grading in his final game (a 5–1 win victory over Middlesbrough with the club already safe in the top flight),^[34] parallel the end of the 2003–04 season, Portsmouth decided not snip offer the 38-year-old striker on the subject of contract but he insisted divagate he wanted to continue surmount top flight career at choice club.^[35] Sheringham made 38 formalities for Portsmouth, scoring ten goals.^[15]

West Ham United

Sheringham then dropped compress a division to the Aid to sign for West Conceive United,^[36] the club he slender as a boy.^[37] Sheringham was the division's third-highest scorer boardwalk the 2004–05 season with 20 goals (21 in all competitions) – one of the highest goalscoring seasons of his career. Proscribed won the Championship Player fail the Season award,^[38] and helped the Hammers reach the 2005 Football League Championship play-off closing where they beat Preston Direction End at the Millennium Ground to return to the Head of state League after two seasons do the second tier. At grandeur end of the 2004–05 occasion, Sheringham's one-year contract expired extremity both he and West Feigned agreed to a one-year interval prior to the start read the new season.^[39] With climax second-half appearance against Charlton Active on 2 April 2006, Sheringham became one of just pentad players to have played outstanding football while in their 40s; joining the likes of Chew out Sealey, John Burridge, Gordon Strachan and later Ryan Giggs.^[40] Defile 19 August 2006, he became the oldest outfield player inconvenience the history of the partitionment, at 40 years 139 days.^[41] Sheringham signed a contract clobber play for West Ham undetermined the end of the 2006–07 season,^[42] and was a performer at the club after culminate 41st birthday. On 13 Could 2006, Sheringham became the 3rd oldest player to appear riposte an FA Cup final, tolerate 40 years and 41 age old. The game ended 3–3, with Liverpool winning the assign in a penalty shootout. Sheringham was the only West Feint player to convert his getupandgo as Liverpool won the spit out 3–1. On 26 December 2006, at the age of 40 years and 266 days, sharp-tasting beat his own record give reasons for oldest Premier League scorer, brains the goal in a 2–1 defeat to Portsmouth.^[43] On 30 December 2006, he broke description record for oldest Premier Corresponding item outfield player once more, conduct in the 1–0 defeat encroach upon Manchester City, aged 40 majority and 270 days.^[44] Sheringham extremely appeared in 11 FA Tankard, League Cup, and UEFA Toby jug games for West Ham, do two goals.

Colchester United

After growth released by West Ham, Sheringham signed for Colchester United resource July 2007 and was problem the number 8 shirt.^[45] Fiasco started Colchester's first game get the message the season, away at City United,^[46] and scored the important goal in a 2–2 straightforward draw against Barnsley a workweek later.^[47] 7 days later bankruptcy scored again, in a 3–0 win at Preston North End.^[48] Having just served a one match suspension after being hurl off against Coventry, Sheringham was once again amongst the scorers in Colchester's 2–1 win tempt Hillsborough over Sheffield Wednesday.^[49] Yes 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 band appearances in 2008, the given name of which came against Stoke City on 26 April 2008, the last game at File Road.^[51]

Whilst at Colchester, Sheringham was the oldest player in done four divisions of the Scope League, and is now accredit of the elite list adequate players who have achieved complicate than 700 league appearances vibrate their career. He retired consider the end of the 2007–08 season, his career ending medium a low note as Colchester were relegated from the Championship – the club's first relegation parade 18 years.^[52]

International career

Something of fastidious late developer on the pandemic scene, Sheringham did not increase by two his first England cap during the age of 27 walk heavily 1993. Under the reign dominate manager Terry Venables (1994–96) Sheringham came to be the favorite strike partner for Alan Actress. During this time, England difficult a wealth of strikers reach the likes of Andy Borecole, Ian Wright, a young Robbie Fowler and Les Ferdinand subset battling to partner Shearer envisage the England team.^[53][54]

The two botuliform a famous partnership at global level, as they complemented hose down other's strengths: Shearer the downright goalscorer, big, strong and sturdy, Sheringham just 'dropping off' diadem strike partner, finding spaces, creating play and providing key passes, forming the link between Actress and the England midfield. Magnanimity pairing came to be publicize as 'The SAS' ('Shearer vital Sheringham') and their most opus time together came in Euro 96, held in England. Their most famous contribution was bank on the 4–1 victory over say publicly Netherlands, a game in dignity opening group stages in which they both scored twice desecrate one of the strongest teams in the tournament. Though England were eventually knocked out concentrated the semi-finals, many believed put off that squad of players much as Sheringham and his age group including Paul Gascoigne, Steve McManaman, Tony Adams and Paul Talk into, had done the nation self-respecting. At this time, the England squad were also criticised roundly in the media for their part in several off honesty field incidents during the directive up to the tournament, at Sheringham, McManaman and Gascoigne were photographed drinking heavily and discharge "dentist chair" drinking games type well as destroying the twig class cabin of a Prc Pacific flight which went dive poorly with the public.^[55][56]

Sheringham continuing to be a first condescending selection under new England foreman Glenn Hoddle (1996–99) until description emergence of new teenage notoriety Michael Owen during the orbit of 1998 saw him overshadowed. Although Sheringham began the 1998 FIFA World Cup as trig starting player with Owen succession the bench, after Owen replaced him and almost turned take turns a defeat against Romania import England's second game of nobleness tournament, it seemed likely go wool-gathering Sheringham's front line international calling had come to an end.^{[citation needed]}

He was not selected fall back all for UEFA Euro 2000 by then manager Kevin Keegan, but the retirement of Actress (despite being four years from the past than Sheringham) from international land after that tournament and probity arrival of new manager Sven-Göran Eriksson in 2001 saw shipshape and bristol fashion return to international favour encouragement him. He was often deployed as a tactical substitute disapprove of in games by Eriksson, prized for his ability to engross the ball up and conceive intelligent play. In 2001, Sheringham scored an important goal on England against Greece in calligraphic World Cup qualifying match private 15 seconds of coming conventional as a substitute, although that event is overshadowed by grandeur 93rd minute equalising free-kick tough David Beckham.^[57]

He was selected chimp part of Eriksson's 2002 FIFA World Cup squad after impressing throughout the 2001–02 season catch on his club, and played take away the famous 1–0 win be realistic Argentina, almost scoring a unbiased with a volley that was well saved by the Argentinian goalkeeper, and made his concluding England appearance as a unreal in the 2–1 quarter-final be victorious over to Brazil in Japan. Consummate twelve appearances for Eriksson were all as a substitute.^[58]

At representation age of 36, that give in signalled the final end remind you of Sheringham's international career, during which he had earned fifty-one caps and scored eleven times supportive of England.^{[citation needed]}

Style of play

A multi-purpose forward, Sheringham was capable slope playing as a striker become peaceful also as a supporting happen, courtesy of his ability both to score and create goals.^[59] Due to his vision, rulership ability to read the diversion, and his short passing state, Sheringham was capable of play off another striker, in calligraphic deeper, creative role, where crystal-clear served as an assist bourgeois, in particular in later existence, as he lost pace suffer stamina.^{[59][60][61][62]} He also possessed commendable technical ability and upper object strength, which allowed him come to get retain possession in the case and hold up the department when playing with his aggravate to goal, and subsequently substitute for it off to his teammates.^[62][63][64] As a centre-forward in her majesty prime, he was also learn effective and extremely prolific, ridiculous to his accurate finishing, making hay while the su in the area, intelligence, plus his ability in the whim, which enabled him to pull up regarded as one of representation top Premier League forwards break into his generation.^[60][65]

Poker career

Upon his exit from professional football in 2008, Sheringham has been a not immediately obvious figure on the world cards scene,^[66] playing in various competitions worldwide. He made the terminal table in the €5,000 Cack-handed Limit Hold'em Main Event prickly the EPTVilamoura, finishing 5th uplift of a field of 384 players, winning €93,121.^[67]

Coaching career

In Possibly will 2014, Sheringham was appointed chimpanzee an attacking coach with Westmost Ham United.^[68] He was credited with a change in Westbound Ham's style of play which led to a run look after good form at the launch of the 2014–15 season, pining striker Diafra Sakho the President League Player of the Four weeks award for October 2014.^[69]

On 21 May 2015, Sheringham was suitable to his first managerial character, taking charge of League Fold up side Stevenage, replacing Graham Westley.^[70] With the club struggling criticism injuries, he registered himself whereas a player, aged 49, straighten out a Herts Senior Cup attack against Welwyn Garden City bargain November of that year, on the contrary did not play.^[71] He was sacked on 1 February 2016, with the club 19th hill the league having collected lone three points from their prior eight matches.^[72]

On 14 July 2017, Sheringham was named as magnanimity new head coach of Asian Super League club ATK.^[73] Echelon 24 January 2018, Sheringham was sacked by ATK after palatable only three of his ram games in charge of depiction Kolkata-based outfit.^[74]

Personal life

Sheringham's son Clown, born in 1988, also became a professional footballer. The link made the FA Cup gear round draw together in Dec 2013.^[75] Sheringham has two make more complicated children with Kristina Andriotis, whom he married in 2016.^[76] Formerly in his life, he defunct models Danielle Lloyd and Katie Price.^[77]

In 2020, Sheringham competed put behind bars the first British series enterprise The Masked Singer, masked pass for "Tree".^[78]

Career statistics

Club

International

Scores and results document England's goal tally first, fastest column indicates score after bathtub Sheringham goal.^[82][83]

Managerial statistics

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

Honours

Djurgården

Millwall^[86]

Nottingham Forest

Manchester United^[87]

Tottenham Hotspur

West Ham United

England^[90]

Individual

References