William John Terence Neill was a Northern Irish football player and manager.
11 Facts About Terry Neill
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Terry Neill spent a year in Arsenal's youth side, before making his debut against Sheffield Wednesday on 23 December 1960, aged eighteen.
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Terry Neill became a first-choice player through the mid-sixties, playing over 40 games a season for three consecutive seasons, and playing in the 1968 Football League Cup Final against Leeds United, which Arsenal lost.
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Terry Neill retired from playing in 1973, by which time he had won 59 caps for Northern Ireland, breaking Danny Blanchflower's record.
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Terry Neill left Hull a year later to succeed Bill Nicholson as manager of Arsenal's fiercest rivals, Tottenham Hotspur.
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Terry Neill managed Spurs for two seasons, narrowly avoiding relegation in his first term.
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In 1979, Terry Neill came close, but was unsuccessful in his attempt to pull off a major transfer coup for Arsenal by signing Diego Maradona as a highly rated teenager from Argentinos Juniors.
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Terry Neill wanted to sign midfielder Glenn Hoddle from Spurs, but Hoddle had reservations about moving across North London to join his team's arch rival.
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Terry Neill guided Arsenal to the 1980 final of the UEFA Cup Winners' Cup.
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Terry Neill subsequently retired from football when only 41 years old.
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Terry Neill headed up the business development department of The Hub, a total media management company in the City.