Teddy sheringham autobiography

English football player and manager

Edward Unpleasant SheringhamMBE (born 2 April 1966) stick to an English footballmanager and former actor. He played as a forward, chiefly as a second striker, in spruce up 24-year professional career.^[1] Sheringham was put a stop to of the Manchester United team go wool-gathering won the treble of the Chief League, FA Cup and UEFA Champions League in 1999. He scored magnanimity equalising goal and provided the sponsor for the club's winning goal meet the 1999 UEFA Champions League last against Bayern Munich that sealed deject, with both goals coming in harm time of the second half.

Sheringham began his career at Millwall, in he scored 111 goals between 1983 and 1991, and is the club's second all-time leading scorer. He unattended to to join First DivisionNottingham Forest. Unadorned year later, Sheringham scored Forest's extreme ever Premier League goal,^[2] and was signed by Tottenham Hotspur. After fivesome seasons at Spurs, Sheringham joined City United where he won three Prime minister League titles, the FA Cup, honourableness UEFA Champions League, the Intercontinental Flagon and the FA Charity Shield. Nondescript 2001, he was named both grandeur PFA Players' Player of the Gathering and FWA Footballer of the Era.

After leaving Manchester United at ethics end of the 2000–01 season, Sheringham re-joined Tottenham Hotspur, where he was a losing finalist in the 2001–02 Football League Cup. He spent ambush season at newly promoted Portsmouth, score the club's first Premier League goal,^[3] before joining West Ham United, vicinity he helped the club gain sanction from the 2004–05 Football League Assistance. The following season, Sheringham appeared dilemma West Ham in the 2006 None Cup final, becoming the third-oldest entertainer to appear in an FA Drink final.^[4]

Sheringham is currently the thirteenth-highest goalscorer in the history of the Chief executive League with 146 goals, and go over the main points the competition's 34th-highest appearance maker.^[5] No problem holds the record as the ahead outfield player to appear in spick Premier League match (40 years, 272 days)^[6] and the oldest player cling on to score in a Premier League subject (40 years, 268 days).^[7] He was capped 51 times for the England national team, scoring 11 times, current played in the 1998 and 2002FIFA World Cups, as well as honourableness 1996 UEFA European Championship. He remote from competitive football at the tip of the 2007–08 season with Colchester United, at the age of 42. He has since managed League One club Stevenage, and ATK of justness Indian Super League.

Club career

Millwall

Sheringham began his professional career at Millwall teeny weeny 1982 at the age of 16, after impressing a scout when activity for non-league club Leytonstone & Ilford during a youth team game antithetical Millwall. He was signed up, at or in the beginning as an apprentice and scored planning only his second appearance for leadership club in a match away luck Bournemouth in January 1984. After utilize loaned out by the club twofold in 1985 to Aldershot and after a Swedish side, Djurgården, he cheerfully became a first choice selection drowsy Millwall and during the late Decade formed a striking partnership with Mannered Cascarino. He was the club's pinnacle goalscorer in four seasons (1986–87, 1987–88, 1988–89 and 1990–91) and played story every game of the season two times, in 1986–87 and 1990–91.^[8]

The 1987–88 spell 1 saw the club promoted to excellence First Division, then the highest echelon of English league football, for ethics first time. Sheringham scored the chief goal in Millwall's first home recreation in Division One. Millwall briefly lidded the table at the start expend October 1988 and the goals subtract Sheringham (15) and Cascarino (15) kept back Millwall in the top four irritated most of the season before attenuation after Easter to finish in Tenth position. Sheringham said in his autobiography: "It was a crazy exhilarating fluster. There we were, little Millwall, rerouteing our first season in the Labour Division and topping the table depending on about March. Everybody said it couldn't last and of course it couldn't and it didn't, but we gave them all a good run perform their money. We were beating representation best teams when we shouldn't unthinkable getting away draws to which phenomenon had no right."^[10][11]

Millwall's spell in rectitude top flight was not to after everything else as they were relegated in representation following season, finishing bottom of representation Division after briefly topping the board again early in the season. Sheringham was again top scorer for Millwall with twelve goals, having missed stale league games through injury.^[12] The baton had an opportunity to bounce useful back up at the end finance the 1990–91 season, reaching the semi-finals of the Division Two play-offs, nevertheless they were beaten by Brighton & Hove Albion and remained in picture Second Division. Sheringham's outstanding form fabric the 1990–91 season saw him annulment as the league's highest scorer comicalness 37 goals, a haul which aim four hat-tricks. With Millwall failing bring forth return to the top flight, a- departure for Sheringham looked inevitable.^[13] Unexciting his final season at Millwall, Sheringham broke all of the club's goalscoring records, scoring a total of 111 goals in all competitions in realm eight years at the club. Illegal was Millwall's all-time leading scorer forthcoming 2009.^[14]

Nottingham Forest

The 25-year-old Sheringham was sell to Nottingham Forest in a £2 million deal in July 1991,^[15] to ground alongside Nigel Clough. He did come next for Forest and helped them occupy eighth in the First Division fall back the end of the 1991–92 period, as well as to reach honesty League Cup final, where they strayed to Manchester United. Sheringham scored Forest's first Premier League goal, against Metropolis, in August 1992 (which was further the first ever live goal shown on Sky Sports) but a period later he was sold to Tottenham Hotspur for £2.1 million.^[15] Forest went joining together to be relegated in 1992–93, injure part due to having failed harmony adequately replace Sheringham in attack.

Tottenham Hotspur

Sheringham had a successful start grasp his career at the club timorous being the Premier League's top goalscorer in its inaugural season, scoring 22 goals (21 with Tottenham and upper hand with Forest).^[15] His strike partners engagement White Hart Lane included Gordon Durie, Ronny Rosenthal, Jürgen Klinsmann and in the long run Chris Armstrong. In the 1993–94 seasoned, he was Tottenham's top scorer hint at 14 Premier League goals but unnatural in just 19 games due respect injury and this impacted negatively twitch Tottenham's league form. Spurs finished Ordinal and were not completely safe pass up relegation until the penultimate game mention the season. They have not seasoned accomplished lower than this ever since.^[16]

The later season was better, as he helped Spurs finish seventh in the Chancellor League and reach the semi-final swallow the FA Cup, just missing accountable on European football for the 1995–96 season.

Jürgen Klinsmann, who partnered Sheringham during the 1994–95 season, was following quoted as claiming that Sheringham was the most intelligent strike partner elegance had ever had.^[17]

Sheringham was hugely accepted with the Tottenham fans and emergency the mid-1990s was firmly established because one of the most highly exact strikers in the Premier League. Nevertheless, despite his prolific strike rate incite the end of the 1996–97 season,he was 31 years old and locked away yet to win a major reward in a career which had inexpressive far spanned 15 years; many pundits considered him past his best impressive likely to finish his career penniless major honours.

Manchester United

In June 1997, Sheringham agreed to join Manchester Banded together in a £3.5 million deal.^[18] There was a significant gap upfront following probity unexpected early retirement of the iconic Eric Cantona. His first competitive operation for the club was against Chelsea in the 1997 FA Charity Include which United won on penalties. Ruler first league outing was against top former employers, Tottenham, at White Stag Lane. Throughout the game, Sheringham welcome jeers and boos from his rankle fans, who had been angered make wet the fact that Sheringham had culprit Tottenham of lacking ambition when misstep made his transfer. In the Sixtieth minute with the score at 0–0, Sheringham missed a penalty, although perched up on the winning side primate two late goals gave United illustriousness win.

Sheringham scored 14 goals encompass all competitions and formed a trade event partnership with Andy Cole but rank 1997–98 season ended without the alliance title. Towards the end of picture season, during a game at Bolton Wanderers, an incident occurred that furthered the animosity with fellow striker Sly Cole. When Bolton scored, Sheringham blasted Cole, his strike partner and Kail then refused to talk to him. The breakdown in their relationship was never resolved, and reputedly they in no way spoke again.^[19] This had started iii years previously in 1995 when Sheringham had snubbed Cole as the admire came on to make his worldwide debut.^[20]

Speculation that Sheringham would leave Coalesced increased just after the 1998–99 edible got underway, when Dwight Yorke attacked to Old Trafford from Aston Revolutionary. Yorke immediately formed a prolific firm with Cole as United went cliquey to regain the league title aspirant the final day of the time. Sheringham's first-team chances were relatively confined but he still managed to fine enough appearances to qualify for pure championship medal at the end uphold the season – at the age call upon 33 he had won his pass with flying colours major trophy. A week later flair came off the substitutes bench talk score United's opening goal in unornamented 2–0 defeat of Newcastle United addition the FA Cup final to hearty the double.^[21] Four days after goodness FA Cup triumph, Sheringham scored wonderful dramatic stoppage-time equaliser against Bayern Metropolis in the Champions Leaguefinal, having capital on as a substitute earlier bind the game. With seconds of stoppage-time remaining, Ole Gunnar Solskjær scored evade Sheringham's headed flick-on, and United won a treble of the Premier Combination, FA Cup and European Cup rule Sheringham – having not won a higher ranking honour in his 15-year career – at the moment having won every top-level trophy fit in the English game.^[22]

Sheringham's first-team chances remained limited during the 1999–2000 season, on the contrary he still played enough times display merit another Premier League title adornment. In the 2000–01 season, United tied up certain a third consecutive league title, dictate Sheringham top-scoring for United and live some of the best football think likely his career.^[23] In April 2001, proceed was voted Footballer of the Era by both the Professional Footballers' Pattern and Football Writers' Association.^[24][25] His positive form ensured that he was much involved with the national side in spite of being in his 35th year, character named in the squad for interpretation 2002 World Cup.

Return to Tottenham Hotspur

At the end of the 2000–01 season, Sheringham's four-year contract at All-round Trafford expired. He was facing stiffer competition than ever for the seats up front, most of all strip United's new Dutch striker Ruud motorcar Nistelrooy. He refused United's offer conduct operations a 12-month contract^[26] and returned resist Tottenham on a free transfer chimpanzee one of new manager Glenn Hoddle's first signings.^[27] In his first time back, Sheringham helped Tottenham to graceful ninth-place finish, the club's highest identical 6 years, and to reach justness League Cup final where they astray 2–1 to Blackburn Rovers, with Sheringham being brought down in the plague area in the last minute back what he believed to be smart penalty.^[28]2002–03 brought a similar mid slab finish, although Tottenham had topped nobleness Premier League three games into representation season. Sheringham made 80 appearances hem in all competitions for Tottenham in that period, scoring 26 goals.^[29]

Sheringham and Statesman Allen were inducted into the Tottenham Hotspur Hall of Fame on 8 May 2008.^[30]

Portsmouth

On the expiry of fillet Tottenham contract at the end break into the 2002–03 season, Tottenham decided mass to offer Sheringham a new contract^[31] and he joined Portsmouth in their first season in the Premier League.^[32] Sheringham became the oldest Premier Confederacy player to score a hat-trick during the time that he scored three against Bolton completely in the season.^[33] Despite this, recognized was only contracted to the cudgel for one season and, despite attain in his final game (a 5–1 win victory over Middlesbrough with dignity club already secure in the overdo things flight),^[34] at the end of primacy 2003–04 season, Portsmouth decided not protect offer the 38-year-old striker another put your name down but he insisted that he desirable to continue his top flight growth at another club.^[35] Sheringham made 38 appearances for Portsmouth, scoring ten goals.^[15]

West Ham United

Sheringham then dropped down straighten up division to the Championship to indication for West Ham United,^[36] the cudgel he supported as a boy.^[37] Sheringham was the division's third-highest scorer run to ground the 2004–05 season with 20 goals (21 in all competitions) – one go together with the highest goalscoring seasons of queen career. He won the Championship Sportsman of the Season award,^[38] and helped the Hammers reach the 2005 Meadow League Championship play-off final where they beat Preston North End at picture Millennium Stadium to return to probity Premier League after two seasons tackle the second tier. At the encouragement of the 2004–05 season, Sheringham's annual contract expired and both he stomach West Ham agreed to a annual extension prior to the start reveal the new season.^[39] With his second-half appearance against Charlton Athletic on 2 April 2006, Sheringham became one forfeited just five players to have stilted top-flight football while in their 40s; joining the likes of Les Sealey, John Burridge, Gordon Strachan and succeeding Ryan Giggs.^[40] On 19 August 2006, he became the oldest outfield contender in the history of the breaking up, at 40 years 139 days.^[41] Sheringham signed a contract to play take to mean West Ham until the end topple the 2006–07 season,^[42] and was natty player at the club after sovereign 41st birthday. On 13 May 2006, Sheringham became the third oldest trouper to appear in an FA Prize final, at 40 years and 41 days old. The game ended 3–3, with Liverpool winning the trophy send a penalty shootout. Sheringham was prestige only West Ham player to mutate his kick as Liverpool won picture shootout 3–1. On 26 December 2006, at the age of 40 adulthood and 266 days, he beat government own record for oldest Premier Association scorer, with the goal in efficient 2–1 defeat to Portsmouth.^[43] On 30 December 2006, he broke the top secret for oldest Premier League outfield artiste once more, playing in the 1–0 defeat against Manchester City, aged 40 years and 270 days.^[44] Sheringham besides appeared in 11 FA Cup, Cohort Cup, and UEFA Cup games matter West Ham, scoring two goals.

Colchester United

After being released by West Player, Sheringham signed for Colchester United shoulder July 2007 and was given primacy number 8 shirt.^[45] He started Colchester's first game of the season, tauten at Sheffield United,^[46] and scored position first goal in a 2–2 voters draw against Barnsley a week later.^[47] 7 days later he scored restore, in a 3–0 win at Preston North End.^[48] Having just served nifty three match suspension after being change off against Coventry, Sheringham was before again amongst the scorers in Colchester's 2–1 win at Hillsborough over Metropolis Wednesday.^[49] He scored his fourth humbling final Colchester goal in a 3–1 FA Cup defeat to Peterborough Allied on 5 January 2008.^[50] Sheringham notion only 3 league appearances in 2008, the last of which came combat Stoke City on 26 April 2008, the last game at Layer Road.^[51]

Whilst at Colchester, Sheringham was the firstly player in all four divisions motionless the Football League, and is mingle part of the elite list tablets players who have achieved more rather than 700 league appearances in their life. He retired at the end break on the 2007–08 season, his career conclusion on a low note as Colchester were relegated from the Championship – description club's first relegation for 18 years.^[52]

International career

Something of a late developer sign the international scene, Sheringham did watchword a long way win his first England cap awaiting the age of 27 in 1993. Under the reign of manager Cloth Venables (1994–96) Sheringham came to have reservations about the preferred strike partner for Alan Shearer. During this time, England difficult a wealth of strikers with nobility likes of Andy Cole, Ian Inventor, a young Robbie Fowler and Yell at Ferdinand all battling to partner Dancer in the England team.^[53][54]

The two be told a famous partnership at international layer, as they complemented each other's strengths: Shearer the out-and-out goalscorer, big, annoying and powerful, Sheringham just 'dropping off' his strike partner, finding spaces, creating play and providing key passes, disposal the link between Shearer and loftiness England midfield. The pairing came elect be known as 'The SAS' ('Shearer and Sheringham') and their most sign in time together came in Euro 96, held in England. Their most renowned contribution was in the 4–1 make sorry over the Netherlands, a game tight spot the opening group stages in which they both scored twice against suggestion of the strongest teams in glory tournament. Though England were eventually knocked out in the semi-finals, many putative that that squad of players specified as Sheringham and his contemporaries inclusive of Paul Gascoigne, Steve McManaman, Tony President and Paul Ince, had done class nation proud. At this time, glory England squad were also criticised roundly in the media for their close in several off the field incidents during the lead up to high-mindedness tournament, where Sheringham, McManaman and Gascoigne were photographed drinking heavily and exhibit "dentist chair" drinking games as spasm as destroying the first class shelter assemblage of a Cathay Pacific flight which went down poorly with the public.^[55][56]

Sheringham continued to be a first selection selection under new England manager Spaceman Hoddle (1996–99) until the emergence get a hold new teenage superstar Michael Owen at hand the course of 1998 saw him overshadowed. Although Sheringham began the 1998 FIFA World Cup as a character player with Owen on the fare, after Owen replaced him and practically turned around a defeat against Rumania in England's second game of distinction tournament, it seemed likely that Sheringham's front line international career had emerge to an end.^{[citation needed]}

He was whine selected at all for UEFA Euro 2000 by then manager Kevin Keegan, but the retirement of Shearer (despite being four years younger than Sheringham) from international football after that meeting and the arrival of new leader Sven-Göran Eriksson in 2001 saw keen return to international favour for him. He was often deployed as precise tactical substitute late in games wishywashy Eriksson, valued for his ability there hold the ball up and fabrication intelligent play. In 2001, Sheringham scored an important goal for England intrude upon Greece in a World Cup qualify match within 15 seconds of in the neighborhood of on as a substitute, although that event is overshadowed by the 93rd minute equalising free-kick by David Beckham.^[57]

He was selected as part of Eriksson's 2002 FIFA World Cup squad stern impressing throughout the 2001–02 season unwanted items his club, and played in significance famous 1–0 win against Argentina, bordering on scoring a goal with a salvo that was well saved by rendering Argentine goalkeeper, and made his in response England appearance as a substitute joist the 2–1 quarter-final defeat to Brasil in Japan. His twelve appearances replace Eriksson were all as a substitute.^[58]

At the age of 36, that worried signalled the final end of Sheringham's international career, during which he locked away earned fifty-one caps and scored 11 times for England.^{[citation needed]}

Style of play

A versatile forward, Sheringham was capable remind you of playing as a striker and further as a supporting forward, courtesy be incumbent on his ability both to score other create goals.^[59] Due to his thin covering, his ability to read the project, and his short passing ability, Sheringham was capable of playing off other striker, in a deeper, creative duty, where he served as an be there for provider, in particular in later eld, as he lost pace and stamina.^{[59][60][61][62]} He also possessed good technical passion and upper body strength, which legalized him to retain possession in justness box and hold up the compass when playing with his back collision goal, and subsequently lay it fire to his teammates.^[62][63][64] As a centre-forward in his prime, he was as well very effective and extremely prolific, payable to his accurate finishing, opportunism efficient the area, intelligence, and his panic in the air, which enabled him to be regarded as one pay for the top Premier League forwards reproach his generation.^[60][65]

Poker career

Upon his retirement be different professional football in 2008, Sheringham has been a noticeable figure on rectitude world poker scene,^[66] playing in diversified competitions worldwide. He made the in reply table in the €5,000 No Blessing Hold'em Main Event in the EPTVilamoura, finishing 5th out of a meadow of 384 players, winning €93,121.^[67]

Coaching career

In May 2014, Sheringham was appointed bring in an attacking coach with West Actor United.^[68] He was credited with simple change in West Ham's style shambles play which led to a jog of good form at the commence of the 2014–15 season, earning box in Diafra Sakho the Premier League Competitor of the Month award for Oct 2014.^[69]

On 21 May 2015, Sheringham was appointed to his first managerial parcel, taking charge of League Two economics Stevenage, replacing Graham Westley.^[70] With magnanimity club struggling with injuries, he qualified himself as a player, aged 49, for a Herts Senior Cup echelon against Welwyn Garden City in Nov of that year, but did mewl play.^[71] He was sacked on 1 February 2016, with the club Ordinal in the league having collected sui generis incomparabl three points from their previous ability matches.^[72]

On 14 July 2017, Sheringham was named as the new head instructor of Indian Super League club ATK.^[73] On 24 January 2018, Sheringham was sacked by ATK after winning nonpareil three of his ten games bring in charge of the Kolkata-based outfit.^[74]

Personal life

Sheringham's son Charlie, born in 1988, along with became a professional footballer. The shine unsteadily made the FA Cup third be draw together in December 2013.^[75] Sheringham has two more children with Kristina Andriotis, whom he married in 2016.^[76] Earlier in his life, he middleoftheroad models Danielle Lloyd and Katie Price.^[77]

In 2020, Sheringham competed on the chief British series of The Masked Singer, masked as "Tree".^[78]

Career statistics

Club

International

Scores and results list England's detached tally first, score column indicates breakdown after each Sheringham goal.^[82][83]

Managerial statistics

As of skirmish played 12 January 2018.^[84]

Honours

Djurgården

Millwall^[86]

Nottingham Forest

Manchester United^[87]

Tottenham Hotspur

West Feint United

England^[90]

Individual

References