| Personal information | |||||||||||||||||
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| Full name | Terence Lionel Paine | ||||||||||||||||
| Date of birth | (1939-03-23)23 March 1939 (age 86) | ||||||||||||||||
| Place of birth | Winchester, England | ||||||||||||||||
| Height | 5 ft 7 in (1.70 m) | ||||||||||||||||
| Position | Forward | ||||||||||||||||
| Youth career | |||||||||||||||||
| 1954–1956 | Winchester City | ||||||||||||||||
| 1956–1957 | Southampton | ||||||||||||||||
| Senior career* | |||||||||||||||||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) | ||||||||||||||
| 1957–1974 | Southampton | 713 | (160) | ||||||||||||||
| 1974–1977 | Hereford United | 111 | (8) | ||||||||||||||
| 1979–1980 | Cheltenham Town | ||||||||||||||||
| Total | 824 | (168) | |||||||||||||||
| International career | |||||||||||||||||
| 1963–1966 | England | 19 | (7) | ||||||||||||||
| Managerial career | |||||||||||||||||
| 1980 | Cheltenham Town | ||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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| * Club domestic league appearances and goals | |||||||||||||||||
Terence Lionel PaineMBE (born 23 March 1939) is an English former professionalfootballer. Originally fromWinchester, Paine is best known for his career withSouthampton, for whom he made a club-record 808 appearances across 18 seasons. He played primarily as awinger, but was also comfortable in other midfield positions and as aforward.
Paine began his career as a youth player with local clubWinchester City, before signing professional terms with Southampton in 1956. He quickly became a regular for the team as a right-sided winger, and was also on occasion played on the left wing, in the centre of midfield, or up front. In 1960, he was a part of the squad which won the club's onlyThird Division title, and in 1966 helped the club to its first promotion to theFirst Division. Paine left Southampton in 1974, after the club was relegated back to the Second Division.
For the last three years of his playing career, Paine played forHereford United, helping the club win its first Third Division title in 1976 and thus achieve promotion to the Second Division. He retired at the end of the1976–77 season, and held a number of coaching roles before taking on the job of first team manager at Cheltenham Town in 1980, where he also played the occasional match. He left after just half a season. He has since held a number of coaching roles at various clubs and worked as asports pundit in South Africa.
At international level, Paine representedEngland between 1963 and 1966. He was part of the victorious1966 World Cup squad. At the tournament, Paine only played one match, against Mexico in which he was injured. As only the 11 players on the field in the final received medals, he had to wait until 2009 to receive a winners' medal.
Paine worked as a coach-builder atEastleigh's British Railways depot, and played his early football for his local club,Winchester City and featured in their Amateur Cup run in1956–57.[1] He had trials at bothPortsmouth andArsenal (for whom he scored twice in a trial match) but Winchester's manager was former Saints playerHarry Osman who alertedTed Bates to Paine's potential and in August 1956, the Football Echo reported "Terry Paine, a Winchester City forward, in whom Arsenal were interested has been added to the playing staff list."[1] Paine had been deemed "a bit small" at an earlier trial at Arsenal.[1]
Paine signed amateur forms with Southampton in August 1956 and then in February 1957, Saints signed Paine as a full-timer when he appeared in a reserve game againstBristol Rovers.[1] The following month he made his League debut at home toBrentford, just a week before his 18th birthday.[2] Paine did not score in the 3–3 draw but the crowd were impressed by his ball-juggling skills, pace and ability to use either foot.[2] Paine's rise to stardom was meteoric and, following just one outing in the Reserves, he was given his first team debut. A week later, on his birthday, he scored in a 1–1 draw againstAldershot.[1] By the end of his first season he had become a virtual regular, switching from left wing to right wing and over the next 17 years, he only missed 22 league games.[1]
Oozing confidence, the young winger often ruffled a few feathers among his more senior colleagues and some raised their eyebrows at the rapid promotion of Paine.[1]
Possessing superb ball-crossing skills, Paine could "land a ball on a sixpence" andDerek Reeves andGeorge O'Brien were the first of many forwards to capitalise on the expertise of Paine, when Saints wereThird Division champions in1959–60.[2][3]
Paine was the regular replacement when a goalkeeper became injured (this was before substitutes were allowed). In the first match of the1961–62 season, at home toPlymouth Argyle on 19 August,Ron Reynolds broke his ankle. Paine replaced him in goal but let in 2 goals so he in turn was replaced byCliff Huxford; unfortunately Paine was unable to create the equalising goal and Saints lost 2–1.[4]
Over the next few seasons Paine, with help from fellow-wingerJohn Sydenham, provided the pinpoint crosses on which forwards such asRon Davies andMartin Chivers were to thrive. Gradually, with the almost total demise of wingers, Paine took his passing proficiencies into midfield and his dextrous distribution was partially instrumental in the launching ofMick Channon's rise to prominence. Steering clear of serious injury in a remarkable way, Paine was often guilty of committing petty fouls and any games missed were usually the result of suspensions arising from such indiscretions.[1]
In his Southampton career, Paine made 713 league appearances, scoring 160 goals, plus a further 102 cup and other appearances, with another 27 goals.[1] This places him fourth on the club's list of all-time goalscorers.[5] He was an "ever-present" for a record number of 7 seasons.[1]
An era ended when Bates retired from management in 1973 and Paine moved toHereford United in the summer of 1974 to make a further 106 appearances thus establishing an all-time league record of 819 appearances.Tony Ford and goalkeeperPeter Shilton have since passed that figure, but the achievement contributed to Paine being awarded theMBE for his services to football.
In July 1974, Paine became player-coach atHereford United where, alongside managerJohn Sillett, and serving prolific scorerDixie McNeil, he helped United romp away with the Division Three championship.[1]
Paine was recognised at England Under-23 level and scored in anEngland Under-23 match against Holland in March 1960. In 1963, he won his first full cap and later that year he scored a hat trick at Wembley againstNorthern Ireland to become the first outside-right to score three goals for England since Stanley Matthews in 1937.[1]
Paine featured in England managerAlf Ramsey's plans and he was one of the 22-man squad for the1966 World Cup. He played in only one match, against Mexico, and was injured in his 19th and, as it turned out, his last international.[6][7] Paine was one of four England players to play for England in the tournament without playing in the final itself, the others beingJimmy Greaves,John Connelly andIan Callaghan.
In the1966 World Cup final only the 11 players on the pitch at the end of the 4–2 win over West Germany received medals.[8] Following aFootball Association led campaign to persuadeFIFA to award medals to all the winners' squad members, Paine was presented with hismedal byGordon Brown at a ceremony at10 Downing Street on 10 June 2009.[9][8]
Upon retirement, Paine decided to remain in football concentrating on coaching, including a spell as manager of non-leagueCheltenham Town, combining his role at Cheltenham with running a pub in Cheltenham town centre called the Prince of Wales on Portland Street.[10] Much of the 1980s were spent in Johannesburg where he went on to coachWits University Football Club, but in 1988 he returned to England to work atCoventry City with John Sillett, previously his manager at Hereford.[11]
Paine previously worked as a football presenter on digital satellite TV sports channelSuperSport in South Africa.[12] He often appeared alongside formerManchester UnitedgoalkeeperGary Bailey, onEnglish Premiership andUEFA Champions League matches.[12]
Paine has been honoured by having one of the hospitality suites at theSt Mary's Stadium named after him.[2][13]
In 2009, Paine was awarded an honorary degree bySolent University.[14]
During the run up to South Africa's successful2010 World Cup bid, Paine was a "Bid Ambassador" and was part of the delegation inZürich when South Africa's victory in the bidding was announced.[15][16]
On 1 January 2013, Paine took up the appointment of Honorary President of Southampton, which includes a remit to act as a club ambassador, both home and abroad.[17]
| Season | Club | Division | League | FA Cup | League Cup | Other | Total | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | |||
| 1956–57 | Southampton | Third Division South | 9 | 2 | 0 | 0 | – | – | 9 | 2 | ||
| 1957–58 | 44 | 12 | 2 | 0 | – | – | 46 | 12 | ||||
| 1958–59 | Third Division | 46 | 13 | 3 | 1 | – | – | 49 | 14 | |||
| 1959–60 | 46 | 8 | 6 | 3 | – | – | 52 | 11 | ||||
| 1960–61 | Second Division | 42 | 18 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 4 | – | 50 | 23 | ||
| 1961–62 | 41 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | – | 45 | 8 | |||
| 1962–63 | 42 | 10 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 2 | – | 52 | 13 | |||
| 1963–64 | 41 | 21 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | – | 43 | 22 | |||
| 1964–65 | 42 | 14 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 1 | – | 46 | 15 | |||
| 1965–66 | 40 | 16 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | – | 43 | 17 | |||
| 1966–67 | First Division | 42 | 11 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 1 | – | 48 | 12 | ||
| 1967–68 | 41 | 9 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | – | 46 | 9 | |||
| 1968–69 | 42 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 0 | – | 50 | 11 | |||
| 1969–70 | 36 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 2 | 47 | 6 | ||
| 1970–71 | 41 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | – | 46 | 3 | |||
| 1971–72 | 40 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 46 | 2 | ||
| 1972–73 | 37 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 1 | – | 42 | 1 | |||
| 1973–74 | 41 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 0 | – | 48 | 2 | |||
| Total[1] | 713 | 160 | 51 | 11 | 36 | 10 | 8 | 2 | 808 | 183 | ||
| 1974–75 | Hereford United | Third Division | 40 | 4 | ? | ? | ? | ? | – | 40 | 4 | |
| 1975–76 | 44 | 1 | ? | ? | ? | ? | – | 44 | 1 | |||
| 1976–77 | Second Division | 27 | 3 | ? | ? | ? | ? | – | 27 | 3 | ||
| 1979–80 | Cheltenham Town | Southern League Midlands Division | No data available | |||||||||
| Career total | 824 | 168 | 51 | 11 | 36 | 10 | 8 | 2 | 919 | 191 | ||
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