Terry Butcher

English footballer and manager (born 1958)

Terence Ian "Terry" Butcher (born 28 December 1958 in Singapore) is the manager of the Scottish Premier League side Inverness Caledonian Thistle.

Terry Butcher
Butcher as Inverness Caledonian Thistle manager in 2010
Personal information
Full name Terry Ian Butcher[1]
Date of birth (1958-12-28) 28 December 1958 (age 65)[1][2]
Place of birth Singapore[1][2]
Height 1.93 m (6 ft 4 in)[3]
Position(s) Centre back, sweeper
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1976–1986 Ipswich Town 271 (16)
1986–1990 Rangers 127 (8)
1990–1992 Coventry City 6 (0)
1992–1993 Sunderland 38 (0)
1993 Clydebank 3 (0)
Total 445 (24)
National team
1979–1980 England U21 7 (0)
1980–1990 England 77 (3)
Teams managed
1990–1992 Coventry City
1993 Sunderland
2002–2006 Motherwell
2006–2007 Sydney FC
2007 Partick Thistle (caretaker)
2007 Brentford
2009–2013 Inverness Caledonian Thistle
2013–2014 Hibernian
2015 Newport County
2018 Philippines
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only

He was once a professional player. He played as defender with Ipswich Town and Rangers in the 1980s. He was also a captain of England and won 77 caps in his career of ten years.

Early life

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He was born in Singapore but spent his childhood in Lowestoft, Suffolk. There he attended The Denes High School. He also met his wife Rita there. He got a chance to join Norwich City youth team, but refused it.

Playing career

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Club career

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Butcher made his debut for Ipswich against Everton in the First Division on 15 April 1978. Over the next eight seasons, he became the club's central defender. His good performance was noticed by then England coach Ron Greenwood. He gave him his debut in a friendly against Australia in 1980.[4]

In 1981, Butcher played in the Ipswich side that won the UEFA Cup under Bobby Robson. That year the club cape close to its first League title since 1962. However Aston Villa defeated them and won the title.

In 1986, Butcher left Ipswich when they were relegated. He became one of the first 'English invasion' players to join Scottish club Rangers. This was after Graeme Souness became its manager. Souness, the former Liverpool player, paid Ipswich £725,000 for him in July 1986.[4]

As captain, he led them to three League titles in four seasons. They also won two Scottish League Cups.

In November 1987 he broke his leg during Scottish Premier Division fixture against Aberdeen. He could not play for the rest of the season. Before he was injured, Butcher was close to signing a £1million return to England with Manchester United. His injury cancelled this signing. United manager Alex Ferguson signed Norwich City's Steve Bruce instead.[4]

His last Rangers game came in September 1990. Rangers lost 2-1 league against Dundee United in the match. His performance in that match was bad and he was dropped from the side. Leeds United manager Howard Wilkinson talked with Graeme Souness about bringing Butcher back to England, but when Butcher did depart from Ibrox it was in a £400,000 deal to become player-manager of Coventry City on 15 November 1990. [1]

Career statistics

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Appearances and goals by club, season and competition[5][6]
Club Season League National Cup League Cup Continental Total
Division Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Ipswich Town 1977–78 First Division 3 0 3 0
1978–79 21 2 1 0 2 0 24 2
1979–80 36 2 4 0 2 0 4 0 46 2
1980–81 40 4 7 0 5 0 12 2 64 6
1981–82 27 1 1 0 6 0 2 0 36 1
1982–83 42 0 3 0 2 0 2 1 49 1
1983–84 34 1 2 0 4 0 40 1
1984–85 42 2 5 0 9 0 56 2
1985–86 27 4 5 0 2 2 34 6
Total 272 16 28 0 32 2 20 3 352 21
Rangers 1986–87 Scottish Premier Division 43 2 1 0 5 0 6 0 55 2
1987–88 11 1 0 0 3 0 4 0 18 1
1988–89 34 2 8 0 5 0 4 1 51 3
1989–90 34 3 2 0 5 0 2 0 43 3
1990–91 5 0 0 0 3 1 1 0 9 1
Total 127 8 11 0 21 1 17 1 176 10
Coventry City 1990–91 First Division 6 0
1991–92 0 0
Total 6 0
Sunderland 1992–93 First Division 38 0
Clydebank 1993–94 Scottish First Division 3 0
Career total 446 24

Managerial

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As of 21 April 2023
Team League (s) From To Record
G W D L Win %
Coventry City English Division One 14 November 1990 6 January 1992 60 20 14 26 033.33
Sunderland Championship 5 February 1993 26 November 1993 43 13 8 22 030.23
Motherwell Scottish Premier League 24 April 2002 17 May 2006 175 60 37 78 034.29
Sydney Australian A-League 17 May 2006 8 February 2007 23 9 8 6 039.13
Brentford English League Two 7 May 2007 11 December 2007 23 5 5 13 021.74
Inverness CT Scottish First Division
Scottish Premiership
27 January 2009 11 November 2013 208 86 57 65 041.35
Hibernian Scottish Premiership 12 November 2013 10 June 2014 29 6 8 15 020.69
Newport County English League Two 2 May 2015 1 October 2015 12 1 3 8 008.33
Total 571 200 140 231 035.03

Honours

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Player

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Ipswich Town

Rangers[7]

Individual

Manager

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Inverness Caledonian Thistle

Individual

References

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  1. 1.0 1.1 1.2 Butcher, Terry; Harris, Bob (2005). My Autobiography – Butcher. Highdown. p. 327. ISBN 1-905156-00-6.
  2. 2.0 2.1 "Terry Butcher". Barry Hugman's Footballers.
  3. "Player profile of Terry Butcher". eurosport.co.uk. Retrieved 6 May 2020.
  4. 4.0 4.1 4.2 "Football photographic encyclopedia, footballer, world cup, champions league, football championship, olympic games & hero images by sporting-heroes.net". www.sporting-heroes.net.
  5. "World-Soccer.org". World-Soccer.org. Archived from the original on 1 February 2009. Retrieved 30 April 2015.
  6. "Butcher, Terry". FitbaStats.com. Bobby Sinnet & Thomas Jamieson. Retrieved 28 April 2015.
  7. 7.0 7.1 "Terry Butcher - Rangers FC". Sporting-heroes.net. Retrieved 21 August 2010.
  8. "All time England Caps". The Football Association. Archived from the original on 29 October 2007. Retrieved 26 October 2007.
  9. "Four Town players in Hall of Fame". East Anglian Daily Times. 17 April 2010. Archived from the original on 20 April 2013. Retrieved 21 March 2014.
  10. Pattullo, Alan (14 November 2011). "Pat Crerand and Terry Butcher among new boys in Hall of Fame". The Scotsman. Retrieved 14 November 2011.
  11. "Terry Butcher - National Football Museum". National Football Museum. 15 June 2021. Retrieved 15 June 2021.
  12. 12.0 12.1 12.2 "Scottish Premier League Manager, Player & Young Player of the Month Awards". My Football Facts. Retrieved 21 April 2017.
  13. "Monthly award for Inverness manager Terry Butcher". BBC Sport. 4 November 2010. Retrieved 4 November 2010.
  14. "Inverness CT sweep Clydesdale Bank SPL November awards". BBC Sport. BBC. 6 December 2012. Retrieved 10 December 2012.
  15. "SPFL monthly awards". www.spfl.co.uk. Scottish Professional Football League. Archived from the original on 14 June 2018. Retrieved 4 September 2018.