Friday, 6 July 2007

The Friday List of Little or No Consequence #19

Steady Teddy
9 Stopping-Off Points In The Career of Teddy Sheringham


1. Millwall
(Signed on as apprentice in January 1984, aged 17. Appearances: 244, Goals: 111.)

2. Aldershot
(On loan, February 1985, aged 18. Appearances: 5, Goals: 0.)

3. Nottingham Forest
(Bought for £2 million in July 1991, aged 25. Appearances: 62, Goals: 23.)

4. Tottenham Hotspur
(Bought for £2.1 million in August 1992, aged 26. Appearances: 194, Goals: 99.)

5. Manchester United
(Bought for £3.5 million in June 1997, aged 31. Appearances: 104, Goals: 47.)

6. Tottenham Hotspur
(Free transfer, May 2001, aged 35. Appearances: 76, Goals: 26.)

7. Portsmouth
(Free transfer, June 2003, aged 37. Appearances: 30, Goals: 10.)

8. West Ham United
(Free transfer, July 2004, aged 38. Appearances: 49, Goals: 30.)

9. Colchester United
(Free transfer, July 2007, aged 41.)

Overall career statistics:
Total transfer value: £7.6 million; Appearances: 624; Goals: 346.

(Oh, and he played 51 times for England, scoring 11 goals too...)

4 comments:

  1. Teddy also had a short loan spell with Swedish side Djurgarden in 1985. I have no idea how many appearences he made or if he scored for the.

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  2. You missed out an 'm' at the end of your comment.

    Hell - if you're going to get picky about my stuff, I reckon I can do the same about yours... ;-)

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  3. Im amazed nobody valued him at any more than £3.5 million.

    Crikey, thats the equivalent of Darren Bents left nut.

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  4. Amazing, even if you take inflation rises into account he'd still have been cheap back then.

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