Terry Fenwick

Crystal Palace

Fenwick began his youth career at Crystal Palace, where he was part of the team that won the FA Youth Cup in both 1977 and 1978, scoring the only goal in each final in two 1–0 wins over Everton and Aston Villa respectively. He signed professional terms with Palace in December 1976, made his league debut away to Tottenham Hotspur in December 1977, and went on to make 10 appearances that season. In the 1978–79 season, Palace was promoted to the top flight and Fenwick made a further 20 appearances, and 10 in the 1979–80 season. During those three seasons, Fenwick wore eight different numbered shirts for Palace at a time when shirt numbers equated more to playing position. Fenwick started the next season as first choice left-back after the departure of Kenny Sansom. After a poor start to the season, the club looked set for relegation and in December 1980, Fenwick rejoined former Palace manager Terry Venables at Queens Park Rangers. He had made 70 league appearances for Palace, but without scoring.

Queens Park Rangers

Fenwick signed for Queens Park Rangers in December 1980, for £110,000 and went on to make 256 appearances scoring 33 goals. Whilst at Queens Park Rangers, he became the first full-back to score a goal from open play in an FA Cup Final when he equalized against Tottenham Hotspur in the 1982 final.

Tottenham Hotspur

In December 1987 Fenwick was again signed by Terry Venables for Tottenham Hotspur, for a fee of £550,000 and…

Fenwick made his international debut for the full England side in May 1984 as a substitute for Alvin Martin at Wrexham, and went on to make 20 appearances for the national side up until 1988. He holds the English record for most yellow cards, three, in a single World Cup tournament, which he achieved in the 1986 FIFA World Cup. During that World Cup, Fenwick was also noted for being dribbled past by Diego Maradona as Maradona scored the "Goal of the Century".

After retiring as a player Fenwick moved into football management. In 1995, he replaced Jim Smith as manager for Portsmouth. After a poor first full season in charge, during which the club only avoided relegation on goal difference, an improved second season saw the club miss out on a play-off spot by one place, while they also eliminated then-Premier League Leeds United from the FA Cup. Fenwick left Portsmouth in January 1998 with the club bottom of the Division One table. Fenwick then followed Terry Venables to Crystal Palace, where he served as assistant manager. In a turn of events, Fenwick was canvassed by a businessman and coerced to become the new public face of beleaguered non-league outfit Southall between 2000 and 2001. It led to fellow Queens Park Rangers teammate Mike Fillery being installed to take charge of first team affairs, before both were ousted amid the debacle surrounding the club's ownership. After managing San Juan Jabloteh, where he won the TT Pro League in back-to-back seasons, Fenwick returned to England to take charge of Northampton Town. However, he only lasted for seven games. His first game saw a 1–0 lead turn into a 2–1 defeat away to Blackpool. The next five games saw just two draws and three more defeats. His last game in charge was against Bristol City. The 2–1 defeat saw calls for his departure from fans and he left the post the following Monday. He was replaced by Martin Wilkinson. That summer, Fenwick was lined up to become the new…

Fenwick received a four-month prison sentence in September 1991 after being convicted of drink-driving. He served two months of his sentence. Fenwick was close friends with the actor Tony Selby. He has said he was his most famous friend outside of football.