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| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Terence William Fenwick | ||
| Date of birth | (1959-11-17)17 November 1959 (age 65) | ||
| Place of birth | Seaham, England | ||
| Height | 5 ft 11 in (1.80 m)[1] | ||
| Position(s) | Centre-back,full-back | ||
| Youth career | |||
| –1976 | Crystal Palace | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1976–1980 | Crystal Palace | 70 | (0) |
| 1980–1987 | Queens Park Rangers | 256 | (33) |
| 1987–1993 | Tottenham Hotspur | 93 | (9) |
| 1990–1991 | →Leicester City (loan) | 8 | (1) |
| 1993–1995 | Swindon Town | 28 | (0) |
| Total | 455 | (42) | |
| International career | |||
| 1977–1978 | England Youth | 7 | (1) |
| 1980–1982 | England U21 | 11 | (0) |
| 1984–1988 | England | 20 | (0) |
| Managerial career | |||
| 1995–1998 | Portsmouth | ||
| 2001–2003 | San Juan Jabloteh | ||
| 2003 | Northampton Town | ||
| 2004–2005 | Ashford Town (Kent) | ||
| 2005–2009 | San Juan Jabloteh | ||
| 2009–2011 | San Juan Jabloteh | ||
| 2013–2014 | Central | ||
| 2014 | Visé | ||
| 2019–2021 | Trinidad and Tobago | ||
| *Club domestic league appearances and goals | |||
Terence William Fenwick (born 17 November 1959)[2] is an English formerfootballmanager and player who played either as acentre-back or afull-back.
During his playing career, he made a total of 455 appearances in theEnglish Football League forCrystal Palace,Queens Park Rangers,Tottenham Hotspur,Leicester City andSwindon Town. Fenwick made twenty appearances for theEngland national football team from 1984 to 1988, and represented the country at the1986 FIFA World Cup.
Fenwick began his managerial career in the mid-1990s withPortsmouth F.C. From 1995 to 1998. He later had executive and managerial stints atSouthall,Ashford Town andNorthampton Town. Since the early 2000s, Fenwick is primarily managingTrinidad and Tobago, where he has been in charge ofSan Juan Jabloteh (on three occasions),Central and theTrinidad and Tobago national team.
Fenwick began his youth career atCrystal Palace, where he was part of the team that won theFA Youth Cup in both 1977 and 1978, scoring the only goal in each final in two 1–0 wins overEverton andAston Villa respectively.[3] He signed professional terms withPalace in December 1976,[2] made hisleague debut away toTottenham Hotspur in December 1977,[3] and went on to make 10 appearances that season. In the 1978–79 season, Palace was promoted to thetop flight and Fenwick made a further 20 appearances, and 10 in the 1979–80 season. During those three seasons, Fenwick wore eight different numbered shirts for Palace at a time when shirt numbers equated more to playing position.[4] Fenwick started the next season as first choice left-back after the departure ofKenny Sansom.[3] After a poor start to the season, the club looked set for relegation and in December 1980,[2] Fenwick rejoined former PalacemanagerTerry Venables atQueens Park Rangers.[3] He had made 70 league appearances for Palace, but without scoring.[2]
Fenwick signed forQueens Park Rangers in December 1980,[2] for £110,000[3] and went on to make 256 appearances scoring 33 goals. Whilst at Queens Park Rangers, he became the first full-back to score a goal from open play in anFA Cup Final when he equalized againstTottenham Hotspur in the1982 final.[5]
In December 1987 Fenwick was again signed byTerry Venables forTottenham Hotspur, for a fee of £550,000[3] and went on to make 93 appearances for Spurs, scoring nine times mostly from thepenalty spot in just one season,1988–89. In 1990–91, Fenwick had a loan spell atLeicester City (eight appearances, one goal), after which he returned to Spurs halfway through the season. A broken ankle ruled him out of their victory in the1991 FA Cup Final.[6]
In 1993, Fenwick signed forSwindon Town, at that time a newlypromotedPremier League team. Hisfirst season, saw Swindon winning only 5 games of a total 42, conceding 100 goals and being relegated. Fenwick played 28 games during this season, and was noted for involvement in an incident which resulted in a broken leg forPaul Warhurst.[citation needed] He played only two games the following season, was released, and ended his playing career shortly thereafter.
Fenwick made his international debut for the fullEngland side in May 1984 as a substitute forAlvin Martin atWrexham,[3] and went on to make 20 appearances for the national side up until 1988.
He holds the English record for most yellow cards, three, in a singleWorld Cup tournament, which he achieved in the1986 FIFA World Cup. During that World Cup, Fenwick was also noted for being dribbled past byDiego Maradona as Maradona scored the "Goal of the Century".[7]
After retiring as a player Fenwick moved intofootball management. In 1995, he replacedJim Smith as manager forPortsmouth.[8] After a poor first full season in charge, during which the club only avoided relegation on goal difference, an improved second season saw the club miss out on a play-off spot by one place, while they also eliminated then-Premier LeagueLeeds United from theFA Cup.[9] Fenwick left Portsmouth in January 1998 with the club bottom of the Division One table.[10] Fenwick then followed Terry Venables to Crystal Palace, where he served as assistant manager.[11]
In a remarkable turn of events, Fenwick was canvassed by an Asian businessman and coerced to become the new public face of beleaguered non-league outfitSouthall between 2000 and 2001.[12] It led to fellow Queens Park Rangers teammateMike Fillery being installed to take charge of first team affairs, before both were ousted amid the debacle surrounding the club's ownership.[clarification needed][citation needed]
After managingSan Juan Jabloteh, where he won theTT Pro League in back-to-back seasons,[13] Fenwick returned to England to take charge ofNorthampton Town.[13] However, he only lasted for seven games. His first game saw a 1–0 lead turn into a 2–1 defeat away toBlackpool.[14] The next five games saw just two draws and three more defeats. His last game in charge was againstBristol City.[14] The 2–1 defeat saw calls for his departure from fans and he left the post the following Monday.[15] He was replaced byMartin Wilkinson.[14] That summer, Fenwick was lined up to become the new manager ofLuton Town, but he decided not to take the job due to uncertainty over the club's ownership – amid allegations of fraud surrounding the Hatters, and former Southall chairmanJohn Gurney.[16] In September 2004, Fenwick became director of football atIsthmian League sideAshford Town. The following month, Fenwick was appointed manager by owner Tim Thorogood. He resigned in January 2005, after a poor run of form, as well as failing to have a consistent line-up due to a turnover of players.[17]
Since his managerial days in England, Fenwick has spent a considerable amount of time in Trinidad and Tobago, where he has enjoyed a great degree of managerial success – winning the country's professional football league on four occasions (2002, 2003,2007 and2008).[18] After securing a place in theCaribbean Champions League forCentral, Fenwick signed forVisé in theBelgian Second Division.[19] However, in October 2014, the club was declared bankrupt.[20]
On 19 December 2019, Fenwick was appointed as the head coach of theTrinidad and Tobago national team on a two-year contract commencing on 1 January 2020.[21] Due to theCOVID-19 pandemic, he did not take charge of his first match until 31 January 2021, in a 7–0 loss to theUnited States, equalling the biggest defeat in Trinidad and Tobago's history.[22][23] Despite being favoured to qualify out of theirfirst round group, Trinidad and Tobago had eight points from four matches, finishing one point behindSaint Kitts and Nevis.[24][25] On 11 June, Fenwick had his contract "terminated" by theTrinidad and Tobago Football Association.[26]
Fenwick received a four-month prison sentence in September 1991 after being convicted ofdrink-driving. He served two months of his sentence.[6]
Fenwick was close friends with the actorTony Selby. He has said he was his most famous friend outside of football.[27]
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