Peter Shreeves
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Peter Shreeves (born 1945) is a former English football player, manager and coach. He was employed by Tottenham Hotspur F.C. as a coach under the management of Keith Burkinshaw, and was promoted to the manager's seat for the 1984-85 season after Burkinshaw's resignation. Shreeves took Spurs to third place in the league at the end of his first season as manager, but they did not enter the UEFA Cup as the ban on English clubs in European competition began at this time due to the Heysel Stadium disaster. Tottenham finished 10th the following season and Shreeve was sacked in favour of David Pleat.
When Terry Venables moved upstairs to become Tottenham's Chief Executive in July 1991, Shreeves was appointed team manager of a Spurs side who had just won the FA Cup. But Spurs were disappointing during 1991-92 and Shreeves lost his job after just one season. From 1993 to 1996 he was assistant manager at Chelsea before Glenn Hoddle became England manager and Ruud Gullit did not include Shreeves in his management team.
Shreeves then became assistant manager to David Pleat at Sheffield Wednesday, and worked alongside subsequent managers Ron Atkinson and Danny Wilson before being named caretaker manager in March 2000. By this date, the Owls were struggling at the bottom of the Premiership and was not given the job permanently after the club's relegation was confirmed. But he was retained as assistant manager to Paul Jewell, and got the job permanently when Jewell was sacked in February 2001. The Owls were looking in real danger of a second successive relegation at the time, but Shreeves kept them clear.
In 2001-02, Shreeves took Wednesday to the semi finals of the League Cup but was sacked due to their dismal form in Division One.
Shreeves made a quick return to football as manager of Conference side Barnet but resigned after just one year in charge.
| Preceded by: Keith Burkinshaw |
Tottenham Hotspur manager 1984-1986 |
Succeeded by: David Pleat |
| Preceded by: Terry Venables |
Tottenham Hotspur manager 1991-1992 |
Succeeded by: Doug Livermore and Ray Clemence |
| Preceded by: Danny Wilson |
Sheffield Wednesday Manager 2000 |
Succeeded by: Paul Jewell |
| Preceded by: John Still |
Barnet Manager 2002-2003 |
Succeeded by: Martin Allen |
