Editing Terry Venables (section)

==Club career==
Venables progressed from representing his county to earning caps for England Schoolboys, and attracted interest from [[Chelsea F.C.|Chelsea]], [[Tottenham Hotspur F.C.|Tottenham Hotspur]], [[West Ham United F.C.|West Ham United]] and [[Manchester United F.C.|Manchester United]].<ref>{{harvnb|Venables|2014|p=95}}</ref>

===Chelsea===
Venables left school in the summer of 1958 and signed for Chelsea as an apprentice at the age of 15.<ref>{{harvnb|Venables|2014|p=99}}</ref> He later said that he joined Chelsea as he felt he had a better chance of breaking into the first team at [[Stamford Bridge (stadium)|Stamford Bridge]], and also because the club offered his father a job as a part-time scout, and he denied West Ham's youth coach [[Malcolm Allison]]'s claim that he had only joined Chelsea for financial reasons.<ref>{{harvnb|Venables|2014|p=103}}</ref> He delayed becoming a professional player so he could try for a place on the [[Great Britain men's Olympic football team|Great Britain]] squad for the [[Football at the 1960 Summer Olympics|1960 Summer Olympics]], and turned professional after learning that he would not be selected for the squad.<ref>{{harvnb|Venables|2014|p=105}}</ref> He won the [[FA Youth Cup]] with Chelsea in consecutive seasons, as they beat [[Preston North End F.C.|Preston North End]] in 1960 and [[Everton F.C.|Everton]] in 1961. He made his much anticipated senior debut in a 4–2 defeat to West Ham United on 6 February 1960, with newspapers billing him as "the new [[Duncan Edwards]]".<ref>{{harvnb|Venables|2014|p=109}}</ref>

[[Tommy Docherty]] joined Chelsea as player-coach in September 1961, and went on to replace [[Ted Drake]] as manager the following month. Docherty proved to be a successful manager at the club, promoting younger players who became known as "Docherty's Diamonds", and was a highly influential coach in Venables' career,<ref>{{harvnb|Venables|2014|p=112}}</ref> but the pair had a difficult relationship, and Venables believed Docherty to be tactically limited.<ref>{{harvnb|Venables|2014|p=118}}</ref> Chelsea were relegated at the end of the 1961–62 season, but managed to gain promotion out of the [[Football League Second Division|Second Division]] at the first attempt with a second-place finish in 1962–63.<ref name="page 119">{{harvnb|Venables|2014|p=119}}</ref> They went on to finish fifth in the First Division in the 1963–64 season. He took his FA coaching badges at the age of 24, passing with distinction and a 95% pass mark.<ref>{{harvnb|Venables|2014|p=122}}</ref>

Venables went on to lift the [[Football League Cup|League Cup]] with Chelsea, and scored a penalty against [[Leicester City F.C.|Leicester City]] in the two-legged [[1965 Football League Cup Final|final]].<ref name="page 126">{{harvnb|Venables|2014|p=126}}</ref> Chelsea also reached the semi-finals of the [[FA Cup]] in [[1964–65 Chelsea F.C. season|1964–65]], where they were knocked out by [[Liverpool F.C.|Liverpool]].<ref name="page 126"/> With three games left to play they were also in with an outside chance of overtaking Manchester United and [[Leeds United F.C.|Leeds United]] to win the league title, but Chelsea lost the first of these games 2–0 to Liverpool at [[Anfield]].<ref name="page 127">{{harvnb|Venables|2014|p=127}}</ref> Docherty reversed his decision to allow the players a night out after the game, but Venables and seven other players ([[George Graham]], [[Barry Bridges]], [[John Hollins]], [[Marvin Hinton]], [[Eddie McCreadie]], [[Joe Fascione]] and [[Bert Murray]]) broke [[curfew]] and went for a brief night out.<ref name="page 127"/> Upon their return to the team hotel Docherty suspended all eight players for the remainder of the season.<ref name="page 127"/> Chelsea then lost 6–2 to [[Burnley F.C.|Burnley]], before Docherty reinstated the players for a final-day defeat to [[Blackpool F.C.|Blackpool]].<ref name="page 128">{{harvnb|Venables|2014|p=128}}</ref> Venables never forgave Docherty for the punishment, describing it as "crass, stupid and self-defeating".<ref name="page 128"/> Docherty placed Venables on the transfer list towards the end of the [[1965–66 Chelsea F.C. season|1965–66]] season, with Chelsea again losing an FA Cup semi-final and heading towards a fifth-place finish.<ref name="page 134">{{harvnb|Venables|2014|p=134}}</ref>

===Tottenham Hotspur===
Venables was signed by Tottenham Hotspur for a fee of £80,000, and made his debut for the club in a 1–0 win at Blackburn Rovers on 9 May 1966. He soon made his presence felt when he punched club legend [[Dave Mackay]] during training, though no long-term rift developed because of the incident.<ref>{{harvnb|Venables|2014|p=139}}</ref> Spurs went on to have a good 1966–67 season though, finishing third in the league and beating [[Millwall F.C.|Millwall]] (after a replay), [[Portsmouth F.C.|Portsmouth]], [[Bristol City F.C.|Bristol City]], [[Birmingham City F.C.|Birmingham City]] (after a replay) and [[Nottingham Forest F.C.|Nottingham Forest]] to reach the [[1967 FA Cup Final]] to face his former club Chelsea at [[Wembley Stadium (1923)|Wembley Stadium]].<ref>{{harvnb|Venables|2014|p=144}}</ref> Spurs won the cup with a 2–1 victory, [[Jimmy Robertson (footballer, born 1944)|Jimmy Robertson]] and [[Frank Saul (footballer)|Frank Saul]] providing the goals before [[Bobby Tambling]] scored a late consolation goal for Chelsea.<ref>{{harvnb|Venables|2014|p=145}}</ref> Earlier in the season Venables had bet £25 on Chelsea to win the cup at odds of 25/1, which would have paid out £500 if Spurs had lost the game, exactly the same figure as the £500 cup bonus he would receive for winning the match; after tax deductions, Venables would have been better off financially if Chelsea had won.<ref name="page 146">{{harvnb|Venables|2014|p=146}}</ref>

Venables did not enjoy a great relationship with his manager, believing [[Bill Nicholson (footballer)|Bill Nicholson]] to have a negative attitude that drained him of enthusiasm.<ref name="page 146"/> He also believed that he was not appreciated by the Spurs fans.<ref name="page 148">{{harvnb|Venables|2014|p=148}}</ref> The club dropped to seventh- and sixth-place finishes in 1967–68 and 1968–69, and Nicholson accepted an offer of £70,000 for Venables from [[Queens Park Rangers F.C.|Queens Park Rangers]] on 20 June 1969.<ref>{{harvnb|Venables|2014|p=150}}</ref><ref>Daily Mirror – 21 June 1969</ref>

===Queens Park Rangers===
Venables later said that his transfer to Second Division QPR changed his life, and stated that "I cannot think of a transfer blessed with so much good fortune".<ref>{{harvnb|Venables|2014|p=151}}</ref> Initially, Rangers could only manage mid-table finishes in the 1969–70 and 1970–71 campaigns, with Venables scoring 18 goals in 83 games.<ref>{{harvnb|Venables|2014|p=155}}</ref> Chairman [[Jim Gregory (football chairman)|Jim Gregory]] opted to sack [[Les Allen]] and appoint [[Gordon Jago]] as manager, who took Rangers up to fourth-place in 1971–72 – just two points behind promoted Birmingham City.<ref>{{harvnb|Venables|2014|p=156}}</ref> Once coach [[Bobby Campbell (English footballer)|Bobby Campbell]] departed Loftus Road for Arsenal, Jago allowed Venables to supervise the club's training sessions.<ref>{{harvnb|Venables|2014|p=157}}</ref> Rangers continued to progress, and won promotion in 1972–73 after securing runners-up spot with an 11-point gap over third-place [[Aston Villa F.C.|Aston Villa]].<ref name="Venables 2014 160">{{harvnb|Venables|2014|p=160}}</ref>

===Crystal Palace===
Venables signed with [[Crystal Palace F.C.|Crystal Palace]] in 1974; he and [[Ian Evans (footballer)|Ian Evans]] were traded to Palace in exchange for [[Don Rogers (footballer)|Don Rogers]].<ref>{{harvnb|Venables|2014|p=166}}</ref> He made 14 [[Football League Third Division|Third Division]] appearances in the 1974–75 season before retiring due to [[arthritis]] on New Year's Eve.<ref name="page 171">{{harvnb|Venables|2014|p=171}}</ref> Manager Malcolm Allison gave him a coaching role for the second half of the campaign.<ref name="page 171"/>

===St Patrick's Athletic===
Venables played for [[League of Ireland]] side [[St Patrick's Athletic F.C.|St Patrick's Athletic]] for a short period between February and March 1976.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.extratime.com/player/11129154/terry_venables/|title=Terry Venables &#124; Stats &#124; History &#124; Career Details &#124; Images &#124; extratime.com - The Home of Irish Football - Extratime.com|website=www.extratime.com}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://x.com/stpatsfc/status/1728764698685051294|title=x.com}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://m.independent.ie/sport/soccer/big-fish-in-a-small-pond/26719630.html|title=Big fish in a small pond|date=2 April 2011|website=Irish Independent}}</ref>