Terry Butcher

**Terence Ian "Terry"  Butcher** (born 28 December 1958 in Singapore) is the manager of the Scottish Premier League side Inverness Caledonian Thistle.

He was once a professional player. He played as defender with Ipswich Town and Rangers in the 1980s. He was also a captain of England and won 77 caps in his career of ten years.

## Early life

He was born in Singapore but spent his childhood in Lowestoft, Suffolk. There he attended The Denes High School. He also met his wife Rita there. He got a chance to join Norwich City youth team, but refused it.

### Club career

Butcher made his debut for Ipswich against Everton in the First Division on 15 April 1978. Over the next eight seasons, he became the club's central defender. His good performance was noticed by then England coach Ron Greenwood. He gave him his debut in a friendly against Australia in 1980.

In 1981, Butcher played in the Ipswich side that won the UEFA Cup under Bobby Robson. That year the club cape close to its first League title since 1962. However Aston Villa defeated them and won the title.

In 1986, Butcher left Ipswich when they were relegated. He became one of the first 'English invasion' players to join Scottish club Rangers. This was after Graeme Souness became its manager. Souness, the former Liverpool player, paid Ipswich £725,000 for him in July 1986.

As captain, he led them to three League titles in four seasons. They also won two Scottish League Cups.

In November 1987 he broke his leg during Scottish Premier Division fixture against Aberdeen. He could not play for the rest of the season. Before he was injured, Butcher was close to signing a £1million return to England with Manchester United. His injury cancelled this signing. United manager Alex Ferguson signed Norwich City's Steve Bruce instead.

His last Rangers game came in September 1990. Rangers lost 2-1 league against Dundee United in the match. His performance in that match was bad and he was dropped from the side. Leeds United manager Howard Wilkinson talked with Graeme Souness about bringing Butcher back to England, but when Butcher did depart from Ibrox it was in a £400,000 deal to become player-manager of Coventry City on 15 November 1990. http://www.sporting-heroes.net/football-heroes/displayhero_club.asp?HeroID=36514

### Club

|rowspan="2"|Club|rowspan="2"|Season|colspan="3"|League|colspan="2"|National Cup|colspan="2"|League Cup|colspan="2"|Continental|colspan="2"|Total||
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
|rowspan="10"|Ipswich Town|1977–78|rowspan="9"|First Division|3|0|||||||3|0|
|1978–79|21|2|1|0|2|0|||24|2|||||
|1979–80|36|2|4|0|2|0|4|0|46|2|||||
|1980–81|40|4|7|0|5|0|12|2|64|6|||||
|1981–82|27|1|1|0|6|0|2|0|36|1|||||
|1982–83|42|0|3|0|2|0|2|1|49|1|||||
|1983–84|34|1|2|0|4|0|||40|1|||||
|1984–85|42|2|5|0|9|0|||56|2|||||
|1985–86|27|4|5|0|2|2|||34|6|||||
|rowspan="6"|Rangers|1986–87|rowspan="5"|Scottish Premier Division|43|2|1|0|5|0|6|0|55|2|
|1987–88|11|1|0|0|3|0|4|0|18|1|||||
|1988–89|34|2|8|0|5|0|4|1|51|3|||||
|1989–90|34|3|2|0|5|0|2|0|43|3|||||
|1990–91|5|0|0|0|3|1|1|0|9|1|||||
|rowspan="3"|Coventry City|1990–91|rowspan="2"|First Division|6|0|||||||||
|1991–92|0|0|||||||||||||
|Sunderland|1992–93|First Division|38|0|||||||||||
|Clydebank|1993–94|Scottish First Division|3|0|||||||||||

### Managerial

|rowspan="2!" style="width:120px;"|Team|rowspan="2!" style="width:140px;"|League (s)|rowspan="2!" style="width:140px;"|From|rowspan="2!" style="width:140px;"|To|colspan=6|Record|
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
|align=left|Coventry City|English Division One|align=left|14 November 1990|align=left|6 January 1992||||
|align=left|Sunderland|Championship|align=left|5 February 1993|align=left|26 November 1993||||
|align=left|Motherwell|Scottish Premier League|align=left|24 April 2002|align=left|17 May 2006||||
|align=left|Sydney|Australian A-League|align=left|17 May 2006|align=left|8 February 2007||||
|align=left|Brentford|English League Two|align=left|7 May 2007|align=left|11 December 2007||||
|align=left|Inverness CT|Scottish First Division Scottish Premiership|align=left|27 January 2009|align=left|11 November 2013||||
|align=left|Hibernian|Scottish Premiership|align=left|12 November 2013|align=left|10 June 2014||||
|align=left|Newport County|English League Two|align=left|2 May 2015|align=left|1 October 2015||||

### Player

**Ipswich Town**
- UEFA Cup: 1980–81

**Rangers**
- Scottish Football League Premier Division: 1986–87, 1988–89, 1989–90
- Scottish League Cup: 1986–87, 1988–89

**Individual**
- Ipswich Town Player of the Year: 1984–85, 1985–86
- Rangers Hall of Fame: inducted 2000
- Ipswich Town Hall of Fame: Inducted 2010
- Scottish Football Hall of Fame: inducted 2011
- English Football Hall of Fame: Inducted 2021

### Manager

**Inverness Caledonian Thistle**
- Scottish First Division (second tier): 2009–10

**Individual**
- Scottish Premiership Manager of the Month: February 2004, September 2004, March 2006, October 2010, November 2012, August 2013

## Infobox (football biography)

- **name**: Terry Butcher
- **image**: TerryButcherMay2010.jpg
- **upright**: 1.3
- **caption**: Butcher as Inverness Caledonian Thistle F.C., Inverness Caledonian Thistle manager in 2010
- **fullname**: Terry Ian Butcher
- **birth place**: Colony of Singapore, Singapore
- **position**: Centre back, sweeper (association football), sweeper
- **years1**: 1976–1986
- **clubs1**: Ipswich Town F.C., Ipswich Town
- **caps1**: 271
- **goals1**: 16
- **years2**: 1986–1990
- **clubs2**: Rangers F.C., Rangers
- **caps2**: 127
- **goals2**: 8
- **years3**: 1990–1992
- **clubs3**: Coventry City F.C., Coventry City
- **caps3**: 6
- **goals3**: 0
- **years4**: 1992–1993
- **clubs4**: Sunderland A.F.C., Sunderland
- **caps4**: 38
- **goals4**: 0
- **years5**: 1993
- **clubs5**: Clydebank F.C. (1965), Clydebank
- **caps5**: 3
- **goals5**: 0
- **totalcaps**: 445
- **totalgoals**: 24
- **nationalyears1**: 1979–1980
- **nationalteam1**: England national under-21 football team, England U21
- **nationalcaps1**: 7
- **nationalgoals1**: 0
- **nationalyears2**: 1980–1990
- **nationalteam2**: England national football team, England
- **nationalcaps2**: 77
- **nationalgoals2**: 3
- **manageryears1**: 1990–1992
- **managerclubs1**: Coventry City F.C., Coventry City
- **manageryears2**: 1993
- **managerclubs2**: Sunderland A.F.C., Sunderland
- **manageryears3**: 2002–2006
- **managerclubs3**: Motherwell F.C., Motherwell
- **manageryears4**: 2006–2007
- **managerclubs4**: Sydney FC
- **manageryears5**: 2007
- **managerclubs5**: Partick Thistle F.C., Partick Thistle (caretaker)
- **manageryears6**: 2007
- **managerclubs6**: Brentford F.C., Brentford
- **manageryears7**: 2009–2013
- **managerclubs7**: Inverness Caledonian Thistle F.C., Inverness Caledonian Thistle
- **manageryears8**: 2013–2014
- **managerclubs8**: Hibernian F.C., Hibernian
- **manageryears9**: 2015
- **managerclubs9**: Newport County A.F.C., Newport County
- **manageryears10**: 2018
- **managerclubs10**: Philippines national football team, Philippines