Terry Venables RIP

citydad said:
Met Terry when City had a pre ssason tour in 1986, we played his Barcelona in a 4 team tournament in Huelva. He spotted me and my mate at a post match melee of a press conference and beckoned us over, After a chat where he asked us how we were. He pulled a fist full of pesetas notes out and handed some over. Proper nice man (and we had beat em on pens!!) Went the Euro 96 games they were ace and Terry didn't feel compelled to doing a pizza advert. RIP Tel.
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yes was there that night .we lost in the final.got on the pitch with the team parading the trophy. huelva now have new ground
 
silvathechihuahua said:
My favourite England manager…euro 96 was brilliant!
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It was quite boring with too many games decided on penalties and low goals per game average.

El Tel and his England team were the only good thing about it. They were the only team that made it memorable, and the only reason people still talk about it really, as well as the fact it was taking place while bands like Oasis, Ocean Colour Scene, Elastica, Sleeper, Republica, Reef, Terrorvsion etc were still a thing and thus added to the "90s vibe".

England played positive and entertaining football, while Germany were just boring and too technical. Czech Republic getting to the final was great, but they didn't qualify for France 98 soon after, they got easily found out although I knew that group was hard.

El Tel saved Euro 96 from being remembered as a bore fest. If England did badly like today, that would be talked about instead.
 
TinFoilHat said:
The FA wanted him out because of his dodgy dealings otherwise I think he'd have gone to France 98 at least.
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Didn't even make the shortlist to succeed Robson for the same reason .They kind of had nowhere else to go after Taylor. A sense of didn't get it early enough but once he got it was binned off too soon.

The irony is a role like that would have kept him away from day to day club activities like getting involved in boardroom shenanigans and transfer dealings. From an England perspective he is a bit like Gazza. Good memories but a feeling of what could have been ..... were it not for off field issues.

TinFoilHat said:
Not sure what he'd have done about Team Beckham mind.
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I reckon he would have immersed himself in the circus that the England team began to be after 98. Maybe it's better it panned out the way it did as not to tarnish the memory. RIP.
 
Alan Harper's Tash said:
He’ll probably still be smiling. Lived his best life.

England’s second greatest manager ever. Just behind Sir Gareth of Waistcoat.

Cheers Tel, thanks for the memories and RIP.
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neither ahead of Alf Ramsay surely? the only england manager to win anything?

Terry was my favorite England manager
 
It's a very sad day and it has been for a good few years as he has been ill over that time. Its a measure of the man how much he was loved by players and supporters, not just the clubs he managed and coached. Now he can join his mentor Malcolm Allison and they can talk about the beautiful game. I wish he'd managed and coached City but that was never going to happen. I liked him very much, warts 'n' all for what it's worth. Rest in peace.
 
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Sad news after a long illness One of the great thinkers about football very close to achieving two major wins with Barca first European Cup Final in 17 years loosing on pens and England European Championship loosing again on pens in the semi to German, a game that England should have won He worked under Malcolm Allsion at Palace
RiP El Tel
Commiserations to his loved ones

Darren Anderton told a lovely story about him
on BBC radio said he was like a second father and a wonderful man you could hear the emotion in his voice
 
R.I.P Terry Venables

Euro 96 - what a time to be alive.
I was fed up with football after another City relegation, but those three weeks in the summer were fantastic and I loved football again.

As a someone in their mid twenties at the time, who was a huge Oasis fan, as I said, it was a great time to be alive and I'll always be grateful to El Tel and that England team for giving me a great summer (up until the Germany result obviously - but even during that match, the 'high' of going - 1-0 up after two minutes was incredible)

There aren't many managers that transcend football club rivalry.........but I think Terry Venables does.

Was genuinely moved when I heard the news of his passing on Sunday.

It truly nearly came home that summer
 
Gordyola said:
Sad news after a long illness One of the great thinkers about football very close to achieving two major wins with Barca first European Cup Final in 17 years loosing on pens and England European Championship loosing again on pens in the semi to German, a game that England should have won He worked under Malcolm Allsion at Palace
RiP El Tel
Commiserations to his loved ones

Darren Anderton told a lovely story about him
on BBC radio said he was like a second father and a wonderful man you could hear the emotion in his voice
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Heard that lovely Anderton story. What a man.
 
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