Terry Fenwick

Terence William Fenwick (born 17 November 1959) is an English former football manager and player who played either as a centre-back or a full-back.

During his playing career, he made a total of 455 appearances in the English Football League for Crystal Palace, Queens Park Rangers, Tottenham Hotspur, Leicester City and Swindon Town. Fenwick made twenty appearances for the England national football team from 1984 to 1988, and represented the country at the 1986 FIFA World Cup.

Fenwick began his managerial career in the mid-1990s with Portsmouth F.C. From 1995 to 1998. He later had executive and managerial stints at Southall, Ashford Town and Northampton Town. Since the early 2000s, Fenwick is primarily managing Trinidad and Tobago, where he has been in charge of San Juan Jabloteh (on three occasions), Central and the Trinidad and Tobago national team. [Football Factory Trinidad]

Club career Crystal Palace Fenwick began his youth career at Crystal Palace, where he was part of the team that won the FA Youth Cup in both 1977 and 1978, scoring the only goal in each final in two 1–0 wins over Everton and Aston Villa respectively. He signed professional terms with Palace in December 1976, Fenwick started the next season as first choice left-back after the departure of Kenny Sansom.

Tottenham Hotspur In December 1987 Fenwick was again signed by Terry Venables for Tottenham Hotspur, for a fee of £550,000

Swindon Town In 1993, Fenwick signed for Swindon Town, at that time a newly promoted Premier League team. His first season, saw Swindon winning only 5 games of a total 42, conceding 100 goals and being relegated. Fenwick played 28 games during this season, and was noted for involvement in an incident which resulted in a broken leg for Paul Warhurst. He played only two games the following season, was released in December 1994, and ended his playing career shortly thereafter.

International career Fenwick made his international debut for the full England side in May 1984 as a substitute for Alvin Martin at Wrexham,

Managerial career After retiring as a player Fenwick moved into football management. In 1995, he replaced Jim Smith as manager for Portsmouth. After a poor first full season in charge, during which the club only avoided relegation on goal difference, an improved second season saw the club miss out on a play-off spot by one place, while they also eliminated then-Premier League Leeds United from the FA Cup. Fenwick left Portsmouth in January 1998 with the club bottom of the Division One table. Fenwick then followed Terry Venables to Crystal Palace, where he served as assistant manager.

In a turn of events, Fenwick was canvassed by a businessman and coerced to become the new public face of beleaguered non-league outfit Southall between 2000 and 2001. It led to fellow Queens Park Rangers teammate Mike Fillery being installed to take charge of first team affairs, before both were ousted amid the debacle surrounding the club's ownership.

After managing San Juan Jabloteh, where he won the TT Pro League in back-to-back seasons, Fenwick returned to England to take charge of Northampton Town. The next five games saw just two draws and three more defeats. His last game in charge was against Bristol City. He was replaced by Martin Wilkinson. In September 2004, Fenwick became director of football at Isthmian League side Ashford Town. The following month, Fenwick was appointed manager by owner Tim Thorogood. He resigned in January 2005, after a poor run of form, as well as failing to have a consistent line-up due to a turnover of players.

Since his managerial days in England, Fenwick has spent a considerable amount of time in Trinidad and Tobago, where he has enjoyed a great degree of managerial success – winning the country's professional football league on four occasions (2002, 2003, 2007 and 2008). After securing a place in the Caribbean Champions League for Central, Fenwick signed for Visé in the Belgian Second Division. However, in October 2014, the club was declared bankrupt.

On 19 December 2019, Fenwick was appointed as the head coach of the Trinidad and Tobago national team on a two-year contract commencing on 1 January 2020. Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, he did not take charge of his first match until 31 January 2021, in a 7–0 loss to the United States, equalling the biggest defeat in Trinidad and Tobago's history. Despite being favoured to qualify out of their first round group, Trinidad and Tobago had eight points from four matches, finishing one point behind Saint Kitts and Nevis. On 11 June, Fenwick had his contract "terminated" by the Trinidad and Tobago Football Association.

Personal life Fenwick received a four-month prison sentence in September 1991 after being convicted of drink-driving. He served two months of his sentence.

Honours Queens Park Rangers FA Cup runner-up: 1981–82