Terry Butcher

Terence Ian "Terry" Butcher (born 28 December 1958 in Singapore) is the manager of the Scottish Premier League side Inverness Caledonian Thistle.

Terry Butcher

Butcher as Inverness Caledonian Thistle manager in 2010
Personal information
Full name	Terry Ian Butcher[1]
Date of birth	(1958-12-28) 28 December 1958 (age 66)[1][2]
Place of birth	Singapore[1][2]
Height	1.93 m (6 ft 4 in)[3]
Position(s)	Centre back, sweeper
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
1976–1986	Ipswich Town	271	(16)
1986–1990	Rangers	127	(8)
1990–1992	Coventry City	6	(0)
1992–1993	Sunderland	38	(0)
1993	Clydebank	3	(0)
Total		445	(24)
International career
1979–1980	England U21	7	(0)
1980–1990	England	77	(3)
Managerial career
1990–1992	Coventry City
1993	Sunderland
2002–2006	Motherwell
2006–2007	Sydney FC
2007	Partick Thistle (caretaker)
2007	Brentford
2009–2013	Inverness Caledonian Thistle
2013–2014	Hibernian
2015	Newport County
2018	Philippines
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

He was once a professional player. He played as defender with Ipswich Town and Rangers in the 1980s. He was also a captain of England and won 77 caps in his career of ten years.

Early life

He was born in Singapore but spent his childhood in Lowestoft, Suffolk. There he attended The Denes High School. He also met his wife Rita there. He got a chance to join Norwich City youth team, but refused it.

Playing career

Club career

Butcher made his debut for Ipswich against Everton in the First Division on 15 April 1978. Over the next eight seasons, he became the club's central defender. His good performance was noticed by then England coach Ron Greenwood. He gave him his debut in a friendly against Australia in 1980.^[4]

In 1981, Butcher played in the Ipswich side that won the UEFA Cup under Bobby Robson. That year the club cape close to its first League title since 1962. However Aston Villa defeated them and won the title.

In 1986, Butcher left Ipswich when they were relegated. He became one of the first 'English invasion' players to join Scottish club Rangers. This was after Graeme Souness became its manager. Souness, the former Liverpool player, paid Ipswich £725,000 for him in July 1986.^[4]

As captain, he led them to three League titles in four seasons. They also won two Scottish League Cups.

In November 1987 he broke his leg during Scottish Premier Division fixture against Aberdeen. He could not play for the rest of the season. Before he was injured, Butcher was close to signing a £1million return to England with Manchester United. His injury cancelled this signing. United manager Alex Ferguson signed Norwich City's Steve Bruce instead.^[4]

His last Rangers game came in September 1990. Rangers lost 2-1 league against Dundee United in the match. His performance in that match was bad and he was dropped from the side. Leeds United manager Howard Wilkinson talked with Graeme Souness about bringing Butcher back to England, but when Butcher did depart from Ibrox it was in a £400,000 deal to become player-manager of Coventry City on 15 November 1990.

Career statistics

Club

Appearances and goals by club, season and competition^[5][6]

Club	Season	League			National Cup		League Cup		Continental		Total
		Division	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
Ipswich Town	1977–78	First Division	3	0							3	0
	1978–79		21	2	1	0	2	0			24	2
	1979–80		36	2	4	0	2	0	4	0	46	2
	1980–81		40	4	7	0	5	0	12	2	64	6
	1981–82		27	1	1	0	6	0	2	0	36	1
	1982–83		42	0	3	0	2	0	2	1	49	1
	1983–84		34	1	2	0	4	0			40	1
	1984–85		42	2	5	0	9	0			56	2
	1985–86		27	4	5	0	2	2			34	6
	Total		272	16	28	0	32	2	20	3	352	21
Rangers	1986–87	Scottish Premier Division	43	2	1	0	5	0	6	0	55	2
	1987–88		11	1	0	0	3	0	4	0	18	1
	1988–89		34	2	8	0	5	0	4	1	51	3
	1989–90		34	3	2	0	5	0	2	0	43	3
	1990–91		5	0	0	0	3	1	1	0	9	1
	Total		127	8	11	0	21	1	17	1	176	10
Coventry City	1990–91	First Division	6	0
	1991–92		0	0
	Total		6	0
Sunderland	1992–93	First Division	38	0
Clydebank	1993–94	Scottish First Division	3	0
Career total			446	24

Managerial

As of 21 April 2023

Team	League (s)	From	To	Record
G	W	D	L	Win %
Coventry City	English Division One	14 November 1990	6 January 1992	60	20	14	26	033.33
Sunderland	Championship	5 February 1993	26 November 1993	43	13	8	22	030.23
Motherwell	Scottish Premier League	24 April 2002	17 May 2006	175	60	37	78	034.29
Sydney	Australian A-League	17 May 2006	8 February 2007	23	9	8	6	039.13
Brentford	English League Two	7 May 2007	11 December 2007	23	5	5	13	021.74
Inverness CT	Scottish First Division Scottish Premiership	27 January 2009	11 November 2013	208	86	57	65	041.35
Hibernian	Scottish Premiership	12 November 2013	10 June 2014	29	6	8	15	020.69
Newport County	English League Two	2 May 2015	1 October 2015	12	1	3	8	008.33
Total				571	200	140	231	035.03

Honours

Player

Ipswich Town

• UEFA Cup: 1980–81

Rangers^[7]

• Scottish Football League Premier Division: 1986–87, 1988–89, 1989–90
• Scottish League Cup: 1986–87, 1988–89

Individual

• Ipswich Town Player of the Year: 1984–85, 1985–86^[8]
• Rangers Hall of Fame: inducted 2000^[7]
• Ipswich Town Hall of Fame: Inducted 2010^[9]
• Scottish Football Hall of Fame: inducted 2011^[10]
• English Football Hall of Fame: Inducted 2021^[11]

Manager

Inverness Caledonian Thistle

• Scottish First Division (second tier): 2009–10

Individual

• Scottish Premiership Manager of the Month: February 2004,^[12] September 2004,^[12] March 2006,^[12] October 2010,^[13] November 2012,^[14] August 2013^[15]