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Terry Anderson

Terry Anderson

Footballer

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Career & Clubs

Career

Born in Woking, Anderson joined Arsenal at the age of 15 in 1959, playing in the club's youth and reserve teams, and was at this time capped by England youth. Regarded by then-Arsenal manager Cliff Bastin as one of the best left-wing prospects of his generation, he signed a professional deal in August 1961 and made his league debut for the Gunners in a 4–0 victory at West Ham United in March 1963. Anderson, who featured in the first-ever game televised on Match of the Day in August 1964, scored six goals in 26 league games for Arsenal before signing for Norwich City for £15,000 in February 1965. During the 1971–72 campaign, in which Norwich gained promotion to the First Division for the first time, Anderson featured outside of his regular position in the centre of defence in the absence of captain Duncan Forbes through injury. He scored in City's first ever top flight victory over rivals Ipswich Town in a 2–1 win. He also played in every League Cup game on the road to the final at Wembley in the same season. The following season saw Anderson join Colchester United on loan. Signed by Jim Smith as a temporary replacement for Paul Aimson, Anderson made four appearances and helped the club to promotion to the Third Division. After leaving Norwich, having made 236 appearances and scored 16 goals, Anderson joined North American Soccer League team Baltimore Comets. He made 17 appearances in the 1974 season, providing four assists. He returned to England to play for Scunthorpe…

Club
Colchester United F.C. (1974–1974)
Club
Arsenal F.C. (1962–1965)
Club
Baltimore Comets (1974–1974)
Club
Crewe Alexandra F.C. (1974–1974)
Club
Scunthorpe United F.C. (1974–1974)
Club
Norwich City F.C. (1965–1974)
Club
Baltimore Comets (1975–1975)
Club
Colchester United F.C. (1975–1976)
League
North American Soccer League

Personal

Personal life

Following his retirement from playing, Anderson became the landlord of the Castle Hotel in Caister-on-Sea in Norfolk and worked in a sports shop.

Legacy

Honours

Norwich City

Football League Second Division: 1971–72 Football League Cup runner-up: 1972–73

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Identifiers & aliases
Description

English association footballer (1944-1980)

Position

wing half

Extract from Wikipedia

Terence Keith Anderson was an English footballer who played as a winger in the Football League, most notably for Norwich City, where he made 236 league appearances between 1965 and 1974.

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