he managed a number of clubs, including tottenham and barcelona, where he gained the nickname, el tel. andy swiss looks back on his career. he brought the feel good factor back to english football. at euro 96, terry venables took his team tantalisingly close to glory. cheering after dazzling their way to the semifinals, england s hopes ended in heartache. but for venables, it was the defining moment of a remarkable career. and how old are you now? 16 so, football is your whole life? yes. you want it to go on being your whole life? yes. and so it proved. that teenager was soon knocking in goals for chelsea. but it was as a manager that venables truly blossomed. in 1982, he guided queens park rangers to the fa cup final. singing before a stunning move to barcelona, where he won the spanish league title and earned the nickname el tel. visca el barca! next came tottenham, where he lifted the fa cup, before a clash with chairman alan sugar and controversy over his business deali
alf took me to one side and said that i would play the next day. it was fantastic news. he has done it, yes! so many people come to me and say, was it over the line? and the other one is, why didn t you knock it in? i thought is was over the line and bouncing into the roof of the net. i m still certain it was over the line. i couldn t force myself to join the festivities because i had built, in my own mind, i had built myself up that i was going to be in the side and i was going to be one of the key people. hello there. well, euro 92 s all over, jim and i are still here in stockholm. we can t get a flight home.
i couldn t force myself to join the festivities because i had built, in my own mind, i had built myself up that i was going to be in the side and i was going to be one of the key people. hello there. well, euro 92 s all over, jim and i are still here in stockholm. we can t get a flight home. # was that a teardrop in your eye? # i never thought i d see you cry # just know whatever
because i had built, in my own mind, i had built myself up that i was going to be in the side and i was going to be one of the key people. hello there. well, euro 92 s all over, jim and i are still here in stockholm. we can t get a flight home. # was that a teardrop in your eye? # i never thought i d see you cry # just know whatever hurts, it s all mine - # it s ok to cry.# # music was my first love
on the friday night, and just as we re getting off the coach at the cinema, alf took me to one side and said that i would play the next day. it was fantastic news. he has done it, yes! so many people come to me and say, was it over the line? and the other one is, why didn t you knock it in? i thought is was over the line and bouncing into the roof of the net. i m still certain it was over the line. i couldn t force myself to join the festivities because i had built, in my own mind, i had built myself up that i was going to be in the side and i was going to be one of the key people. hello there. well, euro 92 s all over, jim and i are still here in stockholm. we can t get a flight home.