Terry Howard

Terry Howard
Personal information
Date of birth26 February 1966
Place of birthStepney, England
Playing positionDefender
Youth career
Chelsea
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
1984–1986Chelsea6(0)
1985Crystal Palace (loan)4(0)
1986Chester City (loan)2(0)
1986–1995Leyton Orient328(31)
1995–1996Wycombe Wanderers59(2)
1996Woking?(?)
1998–1999Aldershot Town45(0)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only.
† Appearances (Goals).

Terry Howard (born 26 February 1966 in Stepney) is a retired English footballer who played for Chelsea, Crystal Palace, Chester City, Leyton Orient, Wycombe Wanderers, Woking and Aldershot Town.

A tall full-back, Terry Howard played for Essex Schoolboys. He signed for Chelsea as an apprentice in Feb 1983. He was a regular member of the Chelsea Football Combination Championship side in 1984-1985. Made his first team debut for Chelsea in April 1985 against Aston Villa. [1]

After loan periods with Crystal Palace and Chester City, he moved to Leyton Orient in 1986.

On 7 February 1995, Howard, in his 397th appearance for Leyton Orient,[2] was sacked at half-time by then-manager John Sitton, as featured in the Channel 4 documentary Orient: Club for a Fiver.[3]

References

  1. Chelsea Football Club The Full Statistical Story 1905-1986 by Scott Cheshire and Ron Hockings ISBN 0-9511640-0-7
  2. Gillatt, Peter (30 November 2009). Blackpool FC on This Day: History, Facts and Figures from Every Day of the Year. Pitch Publishing Ltd. ISBN 1-905411-50-2.
  3. Smyth, Rob (2006-11-01). "The Knowledge: Rubbish goalkeepers substituted before half-time". The Guardian (London). Retrieved 2008-11-24.

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