Editing Terry Venables (section)

===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>