23 Facts About Tim Sherwood

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Timothy Alan Sherwood was born on 6 February 1969 and is an English professional football manager and former player who played as a midfielder.

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Tim Sherwood played for Watford, Norwich City, Tottenham Hotspur, Portsmouth and Coventry City.

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Tim Sherwood made three appearances for the England national team in 1999.

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Tim Sherwood resumed his managerial career at Aston Villa in February 2015, taking them to that season's FA Cup final and saving them from relegation from the Premier League, until being sacked in October 2015.

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Tim Sherwood was director of football at Swindon Town from November 2016 until June 2017.

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Tim Sherwood made his debut for Watford against Sheffield Wednesday on 12 September 1987.

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Tim Sherwood made a total of 32 league appearances in Division Two for Watford before moving to Norwich City in July 1989.

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Tim Sherwood played 88 games scoring 13 goals for Norwich before joining Blackburn Rovers in February 1992.

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Tim Sherwood was cup-tied for their victory in the 1999 Football League Cup Final.

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Tim Sherwood won a runners-up medal with Spurs in the 2002 League Cup Final, when they were beaten by his former club Blackburn.

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In January 2003, Tim Sherwood informed the press that he had had a major argument with Spurs manager Glenn Hoddle and that Hoddle had told him that he would never play for the club again.

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On 9 July 2004, Tim Sherwood signed for Peter Reid's Coventry City on a two-year deal with Coventry and said that he would "desperately like to achieve promotion" with the club.

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Tim Sherwood parted company with the Sky Blues by mutual consent on 1 July 2005.

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In October 2008, Tim Sherwood joined Tottenham Hotspur as assistant first team coach, under new manager Harry Redknapp.

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Tim Sherwood became Technical Director in 2012 and in that role led Spurs' Under-21 side in the inaugural Under-21 Premier League season, guiding the side to finish top in both group and elite stages.

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On 16 December 2013, Tottenham announced that Tim Sherwood would "assume first team coaching duties" following the departure of Andre Villas-Boas as the manager.

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Tim Sherwood was best known for being on the receiving end of Jorge Jesus' famous touchline dance, when he held up 3 fingers to indicate that Benfica had just scored 3 goals during their Europa League tie in 2014.

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Tim Sherwood was sacked by chairman Daniel Levy on 13 May 2014.

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On 14 February 2015, Tim Sherwood was appointed as the new manager of Aston Villa.

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On 10 November 2016, Tim Sherwood was appointed director of football at League One side Swindon Town.

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On 14 June 2017, it was confirmed that Tim Sherwood would leave his post, following the club's relegation to League Two.

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Tim Sherwood has often appeared as footballing pundit on Al-Jazeera Sport offering comments on English football.

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Tim Sherwood was a pundit for Setanta Sports for their Premier League coverage.