 Connor atMolineux in 2011 | |||
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Terence Fitzroy Connor[1] | ||
| Date of birth | (1962-11-09)9 November 1962 (age 62)[1] | ||
| Place of birth | Leeds,[2] England | ||
| Height | 5 ft 7 in (1.70 m)[3] | ||
| Position(s) | Striker | ||
| Team information | |||
Current team | Dagenham & Redbridge | ||
| Youth career | |||
| Leeds City | |||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1979–1983 | Leeds United | 96 | (19) |
| 1983–1987 | Brighton & Hove Albion | 156 | (51) |
| 1987–1990 | Portsmouth | 48 | (14) |
| 1990–1991 | Swansea City | 39 | (6) |
| 1991–1993 | Bristol City | 16 | (1) |
| 1992 | →Swansea City (loan) | 3 | (0) |
| 1993–1994 | Yeovil Town[4] | 14 | (0) |
| Total | 372 | (91) | |
| International career | |||
| 1980–1981 | England Youth | 9 | (4) |
| 1986 | England U21 | 1 | (1) |
| Managerial career | |||
| 2012 | Wolverhampton Wanderers | ||
| 2023–2024 | Grenada | ||
| *Club domestic league appearances and goals | |||
Terence Fitzroy Connor (born 9 November 1962) is an English football coach and former professionalfootballer who is currently a coach atDagenham & Redbridge.
He was born inLeeds and was a pupil atFoxwood School,Seacroft, Leeds.[5] As a player, Connor scored 91 goals from 358 games inthe Football League as astriker playing forLeeds United,Brighton & Hove Albion,Portsmouth,Swansea City andBristol City.[6] He wascapped once for theEngland under-21 team.
He moved into coaching following his playing retirement, briefly working as a coach at bothBristol Rovers andBristol City before joining Wolves in 1999. After holding a variety of positions he served as Wolves' manager for thirteen games duringtheir Premier League relegation in 2012.
Connor scored on his senior debut forLeeds United aged 17, in a 1–0 win overWest Bromwich Albion on 17 November 1979. He made 108 appearances in total for Leeds over four seasons, scoring 22 goals. He joinedBrighton & Hove Albion in exchange for Andy Ritchie, in March 1983. However, he was unable to appear in theirFA Cup Final appearance just months later as he was alreadycup-tied. The club ended the season relegated. The majority of Connor's games for Brighton came in theSecond Division. His form here won him anEngland under-21 cap in November 1986, when he played and scored againstYugoslavia under-21.[7] He scored 51 goals in 156 appearances before leaving Brighton as they dropped into the third tier in 1987. One of his most memorable goals for Brighton came when they knockedLiverpool out of the1983-84 FA Cup, a season in which Liverpool won theFootball League Cup,European Cup and were crownedEnglish champions.[8] He moved along the South Coast to sign forPortsmouth in a £200,000 deal.
Portsmouth were newly promoted to the First Division at the time of Connor's arrival, but despite his goals they were relegated after just one season. He remained atFratton Park for three seasons before joiningSwansea City for £150,000 in August 1990. After a solitary full season with the Swans in the third tier, he moved toBristol City in September 1991. He failed to make much impact at Bristol City, playing just 16 times and scoring once; he was also briefly loaned back to Swansea in autumn 1992. He dropped intonon-League football in summer 1993 when he signed forConference clubYeovil Town.
After retiring, he became one of the coaching staff atSwindon Town. Later, Connor and family friend Maurice Gardner turned to coaching, working underJohn Ward atBristol Rovers, before moving across the city to work atBristol City.[9]
After John Ward moved to become assistant manager atWolverhampton Wanderers, he recruited Connor to their coaching staff in August 1999.[10]
Connor served as a coach – at youth, reserve and first team level – under a succession of Wolves' managers before being promoted to assistant manager underMick McCarthy in August 2008.[11]
In February 2012, he was given the role of manager by Wolves until the end of the current season, after the sacking of Mick McCarthy.[12][13] chief executive Jez Moxey confirmed that the position was offered to one other candidate, widely considered by the media to beAlan Curbishley,[14] who refused the position before Connor was appointed.[15] This was despite Moxey previously stating that the job would be given to an experienced manager.[16]
Connor took charge with Wolves in 18th place, one of five teams at the foot of the table looking to avoid the three relegation places. His first game in charge brought a 2–2 draw atNewcastle United on 25 February 2012.[17] However, his side then suffered seven consecutive defeats which left them rooted to the bottom of the table and were relegated on 22 April after a 0–2 defeat to Manchester City.[18] In his thirteen games, he failed to achieve any wins and gained only four points from a possible 39. The team finished bottom of the table with one of the lowest points tallies in their history (25).
In May 2012 Wolves announced that Connor would be succeeded byStåle Solbakken as a permanent appointment during the summer.[19] Connor had also been interviewed for the position.[20] It was agreed that he would return to his position as assistant manager following Solbakken's appointment,[21] but he departed after just four games of the new season.[22]
On 1 November 2012, Connor renewed his working relationship withMick McCarthy, as he was appointedIpswich Town's new assistant manager after McCarthy took charge at the club.[23] On 2 February 2013, Connor took charge of Ipswich while McCarthy was ill and won 4–0 againstMiddlesbrough.
On 30 June 2014 Mick McCarthy and Terry Connor agreed a new three-year deal with Ipswich. On 10 April 2018 they left Ipswich Town and cut the contract short with a 1–0 win over Barnsley.[24]
On 25 November 2018, the FAI announced that Terry Connor would be the assistant coach of the Republic of Ireland for their upcoming European Championships 2020 campaign, joining Mick McCarthy.[25]
After his role with the Republic of Ireland, he followed McCarthy back into club football and worked on the coaching staff atAPOEL,Cardiff City and thenBlackpool.[26]
On 16 May 2023, Connor was announced as head coach of theGrenada national team.[27]
| Team | From | To | Record | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| P | W | D | L | Win % | |||
| Wolverhampton Wanderers | 24 February 2012 | 1 July 2012 | 13 | 0 | 4 | 9 | 000.0 |
| Grenada | 16 May 2023 | Present | 10 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 010.0 |
| Total | 23 | 1 | 7 | 15 | 004.3 | ||