Terry Venables, the former Crystal Palace and England manager, has died at the age of eighty.
A statement from the Venables family announced that he died on Saturday after a long illness.
In a letter to the League Managers’ Association, the Venables family said: “We are completely devastated by the loss of a wonderful husband and father who died peacefully yesterday after a long illness.” We would like privacy during this extremely sad time to allow us to mourn the loss of this wonderful man who we were so fortunate to have in our lives.”
Richard Bevan, League Managers’ Association (LMA) chief executive, said: “The LMA is profoundly saddened to hear of the passing of an LMA member and former LMA
“Our thoughts are very much with Yvette and all of Terry’s family at this time.”
The former midfielder made over 500 games for Chelsea, QPR, Crystal Palace, and Tottenham.
In his first senior management position, Venables assembled a youthful team at Selhurst Park made up primarily of youth team players and free transfer acquisitions, which the media called the “Team of the Eighties” and won promotion to the First Division.
In the 1998–99 season, he returned to manage the South Londoners for the second time.
Between 1994 and 1996, Venables managed the England men’s national team, leading the Three Lions to the semi-finals of the 1996 European Championships.
He also held managerial positions at Barcelona, QPR, and Tottenham Hotspur.
