Terry Dixon

Tottenham Hotspur

Dixon was invited to play for local children side Alexandra Palace by former Spurs player Garry Brooke, and at the age of eight was taken to Tottenham by Brooke, where Dixon worked his way through the junior teams at the club. He had his first serious knee injury at the age of 14, from which he took a year to recover. In the season of 2005–2006, aged 16 he played 11 games in the Under-18 side. He joined the Tottenham academy as an apprentice on 1 July 2006, but in August 2006, suffered a dislocated knee that ruled him out for the rest of the 2006–07 season. He signed a professional contract with the club on 17 January 2007 at the age of 17. Once he recovered he returned to training in order complete a possible move to Charlton Athletic on loan for the coming season, however, another dislocation of his knee cap in an academy game in September 2007 once again set him back. Following surgery and rehabilitation, the 19-year-old was released by Tottenham in March 2008.

West Ham United

In February 2009, Dixon signed for West Ham United after convincing the West Ham medical team of his fitness. Speaking of his move to West Ham, he said: "I'm pleased to have signed the contract and I'm glad to have got it sorted. I'm back in training next week and hopefully I want to push on to the first team towards the end of the season. I'm so relieved to be back to fitness as it's just so annoying to have those niggles because you have been out for so long. My…

Although born in London, Dixon opted to play for the Republic of Ireland, being eligible by virtue of his Irish-born mother, and made his under-16 debut for Ireland against Sweden in April 2005, scoring in the 47th minute. Dixon was used sparingly in the first phase of the UEFA Under-17 championship matches in Ukraine in September 2005 owing to his history of injury, but still scored a crucial equalising goal against Italy. In May 2006, he was called up to the Republic of Ireland senior squad by manager Steve Staunton at the age of 16, who said of him: "I just felt he has got a special talent and, if he progresses nicely, we will see the benefit in a couple of years. He is a young lad with great potential and, while he has got a lot to learn, he can already play with his back to goal. He is very confident on the ball and he knows where the goal is. There's not too many of them around", and was on the substitute bench for the friendly international against Chile. In August 2006, he was called up for the Republic of Ireland's Under-21 squad, and made his debut against the Belgium Under-21 side. He was awarded the Republic of Ireland's Under 17 Player of the Year 2006 trophy. In February 2010, Dixon was called up to the Irish U21 team for their friendly against Armenia. The Irish U21 manager Don Givens said of him "I have watched Terry at West Ham and he seems to be beginning to show the sort of form that made him stand out so much before his injuries. He has been terribly…

Updated 29 April 2011.

Dixon was born in Archway, Islington, London in 1990. His mother was born in Bailieborough, County Cavan, Ireland, and his father, who played for both Arsenal and Tottenham Hotspur youth teams, was born in Wood Green, London. He attended St.Ignatius College in Enfield, where he studied for GCSEs before joining Tottenham as an apprentice professional. Dixon now works for a tunnelling company, and has a son, Teddy.