RIP Terry Venables

[JadeWolf]

Former England manager Venables dies

Former England manager Terry Venables dies at the age of 80 after a long illness.

www.bbc.co.uk

Very sad news.

 

[SuperGran]

Passed away aged 80

 

[SingYourHeartsOut]

Proper football man. Such a shame we didn't win Euro 96, the best football England have ever played.

 

[Mile End Wanderer]

RIP TERRY

GOOD ENGLAND MANAGER HAS TO BE SAID

 

[SA Wolf]

I remember him as a player, let alone a manager. Makes me feel old that he was 80. Condolences to his family and friends.

 

[Wolf316]

Great England manager. I’m still surprised he got the job as he’s not the typical FA boring safe choice. RIP El Tel.

 

[MolineuxMixer]

Very sad news, RIP Terry Venables.

 

[Timberwolf]

Great England manager. I’m still surprised he got the job as he’s not the typical FA boring safe choice. RIP El Tel.

I do seem to remember there was actually a lot of objections in the halls of the F.A to him getting the job, because of his ‘extra business activities’.
I still think Graham Kelly was a ****ing spineless toad but he did get that appointment right.

 

[Scallywolf]

I loved watching his teams play.

Great footballing brain, innovative, exciting, attacking teams.

Top, top manager who was also a real nice man.

RIP Terry Venables. Condolences to all family and friends.

 

[Hsvwolf]

Proper football man. Such a shame we didn't win Euro 96, the best football England have ever played.

So sad …. From a football perspective gave me the best two weeks of my life …. Travelling down to London in a convoy of fellow Wolves fans from the Great Western to every England game at Euro 96

RIP and thanks

 

[SA Wolf]

So sad …. From a football perspective gave me the best two weeks of my life …. Travelling down to London in a convoy of fellow Wolves fans from the Great Western to every England game at Euro 86

RIP and thanks

Euro 96, surely. I went to Wembley when Gazza scored 'that goal' against Scotland.

 

[Frank Lincoln]

A very decent player, but he didn’t always get on with some of his managers. Though when he went into management he showed how good he was. Terry Venables was probably the best England manager since Sir Alf Ramsey. El Tel was also very popular with Barcelona fans,

R.I.P.

 

[derbyrameater]

the man who arguably started the the corruption at the top and we are paying for it now, I don't like whitewashing even for someone who has died.

hypocrisy !

 

[Jack Russell]

Very sad news. I saw him play for Chelsea several time in the early 1960's along with Bonetti, Brabrook, Greaves, Tindall and Tambling. I always admired him as a player and a manager. RIP El Tel, you certainly left a very good mark on the game.

 

[Jefe]

I’m still surprised he got the job as he’s not the typical FA boring safe choice. RIP El Tel.

That's what I liked about him, antithetical to the bland cardboard cutout the FA would love to appoint from a factory line in perpetuity. Seemed like a bloke you could enjoy a pint with. Plus, his side's Euro 96 run was what kick-started me into following Football in earnest. I still remember running out into the street after we scored the fourth against Holland, every house all the way down the road was roaring. I beheld the power of Football to unite for the first time.

 

[Jefe]

the man who arguably started the the corruption at the top and we are paying for it now, I don't like whitewashing even for someone who has died. hypocrisy !

Time and a place, mate.

 

[Axle]

Gotta be up there with Bobby Robson as my favourite England manager.

Should have had a tilt at the World Cup as well.

I didn’t know he was ill so was a real shock to me.

You know you are aging when your heroes as young man start dying.

Rest in Peace El Tel.

 

[Axle]

the man who arguably started the the corruption at the top and we are paying for it now, I don't like whitewashing even for someone who has died.

hypocrisy !

Give it a break. It’s not classy to speak ill of the dead

 

[Scallywolf]

Time and a place, mate.

Hear, hear.

 

[Scallywolf]

the man who arguably started the the corruption at the top and we are paying for it now, I don't like whitewashing even for someone who has died.

hypocrisy !

That is a really, really poor post!

 

[Boss Hogg]

I hadn’t realised how old he was but even so it’s sad news. A really innovative coach and should have had the England job much earlier. RIP.

 

[TheStalePolice]

A charmer, a geyser, a little bit wo and little bit wey.

Also a novelist, singer and recording artist and inventor of a board game.

 

[manchesterwolf17]

Brilliant manager.

There are few things more painful as an England fan than Anderton and Gascoigne's misses in Euro 96. With Czech Republic waiting in the final as well ffs.

RIP Terry.

 

[WickedWolfie]

the man who arguably started the the corruption at the top and we are paying for it now, I don't like whitewashing even for someone who has died.

hypocrisy !

Really? Too young to remember Don Readies? Doubtless there were others before him too....

RIP Terry.

 

[SuperGran]

the man who arguably started the the corruption at the top and we are paying for it now, I don't like whitewashing even for someone who has died.

hypocrisy !

This is not the place for that

 

[Timberwolf]

the man who arguably started the the corruption at the top and we are paying for it now, I don't like whitewashing even for someone who has died.

hypocrisy !

What the **** are you on about? The English F.A didn’t need Terry Venables to be corrupt. If you didn’t have such a hatred, you’d accept how Venables patched up the growing disconnect between the England team and the fans and reignited the passion we had all lost.

 

[jrpb-3]

RIP Terry

 

[old wittonian]

RIP Terry.
Many years ago I met him at Gatwick Airport and had a chat.
Stole was our manager at the time and I asked what he thought of him.
He replied 'He was a good player ".
That spoke volumes really.

 

[arctic rime]

Time and a place, mate.

Yes and it ain't now. RIP X

 

[Stourport wolf]

Great manager that improved teams, won trophies, won La Liga and the Spanish Cup, at a time Barca hadn't won La Liga in about 10 years. Semi Finals with England, did excellently at Crystal Palace, getting them promoted and to their highest ever League position. He did well as Spurs too.
Rest in peace Terry.

 

[Stourport wolf]

the man who arguably started the the corruption at the top and we are paying for it now, I don't like whitewashing even for someone who has died.

hypocrisy !

Not the right time to post that and not respectful of a recently deceased person

You are better than that mate.

 

[HICKO]

RIP

 

[Hsvwolf]

the man who arguably started the the corruption at the top and we are paying for it now, I don't like whitewashing even for someone who has died.

hypocrisy !

Give it a rest mate ….. God you live in a bitter sad world

 

[Pagey]

Rip sir, 96 was the first time I recall a nation united behind the football team, a great summer.

 

[Flump]

How sad.

But what an impact he's left - there must be a very wide generation of people for whom the summer of 96 was one of the most fun periods of their life - I was reasonably young for it, but it was just perfect. The sun was out, we played some great football, and were obviously about to bring football home.

He was on a 96 nostalgia programme a couple of years ago, looking very happy running a nice hotel in Spain.

 

[old wittonian]

My English friend lives on Majorca. In his heyday in Spain the locals referred to him as Terry Ven Ab Les

 

[Golden Arrow]

My heartfelt condolences to his family and friends.

 

[Macman]

Its only when you hear this sad news you realise that El Tel hasnt been a pundit, or on TV for a few years now. You naturally think they are living a nice retirement, and you dont hear so much about their decline in health.

a great England manager, but strangely I remember him most as Barcelona manager and having Lineker and Mark Hughes playing for him.

RIP El Tel.

 

[Ercall Wolves]

What an absolute tragedy
A great great man and manager
Will always remember him for a fantastic euro championships in 1996
Thoughts and prayers to all his family and friends at this sad time

 

[Ercall Wolves]

Time and a place, mate.

Exactly