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| name = Teddy Sheringham<br /><small>[[Order of the British Empire|MBE]]</small>
| name = Teddy Sheringham<br /><small>[[Order of the British Empire|MBE]]</small>
| image = Teddy Sheringham 2012.jpg
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| caption = Sheringham in 2012
| caption = Sheringham in 2024
| fullname = Edward Paul Sheringham
| fullname = Edward Paul Sheringham
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1966|4|2|df=y}}
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| totalcaps = 755
| totalcaps = 755
| totalgoals = 288
| totalgoals = 288
| nationalyears1 = 1988 |nationalteam1 = [[England national under-21 football team|England U21]] |nationalcaps1 = 1 |nationalgoals1 = 0
| nationalyears1 = 1983 | nationalteam1 = [[England national under-17 football team|England U17]] | nationalcaps1 = 3 | nationalgoals1 = 0
| nationalyears2 = 1993–2002 |nationalteam2 = [[England national football team|England]] |nationalcaps2 = 51 |nationalgoals2 = 11
| nationalyears2 = 1983–1985 | nationalteam2 = [[England national under-18 football team|England Youth]] | nationalcaps2 = 8 | nationalgoals2 = 5
| nationalyears3 = 1988 |nationalteam3 = [[England national under-21 football team|England U21]] |nationalcaps3 = 1 |nationalgoals3 = 0
| nationalyears4 = 1993–2002 |nationalteam4 = [[England national football team|England]] |nationalcaps4 = 51 |nationalgoals4 = 11
| manageryears1 = 2015–2016 |managerclubs1 = [[Stevenage F.C.|Stevenage]]
| manageryears1 = 2015–2016 |managerclubs1 = [[Stevenage F.C.|Stevenage]]
|manageryears2 = 2017–2018
|manageryears2 = 2017–2018
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'''Edward Paul Sheringham''', [[Order of the British Empire|MBE]] (born 2 April 1966) is an English [[association football|football]] [[manager (association football)|manager]] and former player. He played as a [[Forward (association football)|forward]], mostly as a [[Forward (association football)#Second striker|second striker]], in a 24-year professional career.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.soccerbase.com/players/player.sd?player_id=7239|title=Teddy Sheringham|access-date=30 July 2013|work=Soccerbase}}</ref>
'''Edward Paul Sheringham''' {{post-nominals|country=GBR|MBE}} (born 2 April 1966) is an English [[association football|football]] [[manager (association football)|manager]] and former player. He played as a [[Forward (association football)|forward]], mostly as a [[Forward (association football)#Second striker|second striker]], in a 24-year professional career.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.soccerbase.com/players/player.sd?player_id=7239|title=Teddy Sheringham|access-date=30 July 2013|work=Soccerbase}}</ref> Sheringham was part of the Manchester United team that won the [[Treble (association football)|treble]] of the [[Premier League]], [[FA Cup]] and [[UEFA Champions League]] in [[1998–99 Manchester United F.C. season|1999]]. He scored the equalising goal and provided the assist for the club's winning goal in the [[1999 UEFA Champions League final]] against [[FC Bayern Munich|Bayern Munich]] that sealed it, with both goals coming in injury time of the second half.


Sheringham began his career at [[Millwall F.C.|Millwall]], where he scored 111 goals between 1983 and 1991, and is the club's second [[Millwall F.C.#Player records|all-time leading scorer]]. He left to join [[Football League First Division|First Division]] [[Nottingham Forest F.C.|Nottingham Forest]]. A year later, Sheringham scored Forest's first ever [[Premier League|Premiership]] goal,<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.goal.com/en-gb/slideshow/3545/3/title/20-years-on-the-premier-league-then-now|title=20 years on: The Premier League then & now|date=22 May 2013|access-date=30 July 2013|work=Goal.com}}</ref> and was signed by [[Tottenham Hotspur F.C.|Tottenham Hotspur]]. After five seasons at Spurs, Sheringham joined [[Manchester United F.C.|Manchester United]] where he won three [[List of English football champions|Premiership titles]], one [[FA Cup]], one [[UEFA Champions League]], an [[Intercontinental Cup (football)|Intercontinental Cup]] and an [[FA Community Shield|FA Charity Shield]]. In 2001, he was named both the [[PFA Players' Player of the Year]] and [[FWA Footballer of the Year]]. The pinnacle of his career came when he scored the equaliser and provided the assist for Manchester United's winning goal in the [[1999 UEFA Champions League Final]] against [[FC Bayern Munich|Bayern Munich]], both goals coming in injury time of the second half.
Sheringham began his career at [[Millwall F.C.|Millwall]], where he scored 111 goals between 1983 and 1991, and is the club's second [[Millwall F.C.#Player records|all-time leading scorer]]. He left to join [[Football League First Division|First Division]] [[Nottingham Forest F.C.|Nottingham Forest]]. A year later, Sheringham scored Forest's first ever Premier League goal,<ref>{{Cite news |date=22 May 2013 |title=20 years on: The Premier League then & now |url=http://www.goal.com/en-gb/slideshow/3545/3/title/20-years-on-the-premier-league-then-now |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140308202939/http://www.goal.com/en-gb/slideshow/3545/3/title/20-years-on-the-premier-league-then-now |archive-date=March 8, 2014 |access-date=30 July 2013 |work=Goal.com}}</ref> and was signed by [[Tottenham Hotspur F.C.|Tottenham Hotspur]]. After five seasons at Spurs, Sheringham joined [[Manchester United F.C.|Manchester United]] where he won three Premier League titles, the FA Cup, the UEFA Champions League, the [[Intercontinental Cup (football)|Intercontinental Cup]] and the [[FA Community Shield|FA Charity Shield]]. In 2001, he was named both the [[PFA Players' Player of the Year]] and [[FWA Footballer of the Year]].


After leaving Manchester United at the end of the [[2000–01 Manchester United F.C. season|2000–01]] season, Sheringham re-joined Tottenham Hotspur, where he was a losing finalist in the [[2002 Football League Cup Final|2001–02 Football League Cup]]. He spent one season at newly promoted [[Portsmouth F.C.|Portsmouth]], scoring the club's first Premier League goal,<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.portsmouth.co.uk/sport/pompey/pompey-2-aston-villa-1-1-4908706|title=Pompey 2 Aston Villa 1|date=16 August 2003|access-date=30 July 2013|work=The News}}</ref> before joining [[West Ham United F.C.|West Ham United]], where he helped the club gain promotion from the [[2004–05 Football League Championship]]. The following season, Sheringham appeared for West Ham in the [[2006 FA Cup Final]], becoming the third-oldest player to appear in an [[List of FA Cup finals|FA Cup Final]].<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/sport/football/2336778/Sheringham-can-add-sting-in-the-tale.html |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20220112/https://www.telegraph.co.uk/sport/football/2336778/Sheringham-can-add-sting-in-the-tale.html |archive-date=12 January 2022 |url-access=subscription |url-status=live|title=Sheringham can add sting in the tale|date=12 May 2006|access-date=30 July 2013|work=The Telegraph}}{{cbignore}}</ref>
After leaving Manchester United at the end of the [[2000–01 Manchester United F.C. season|2000–01 season]], Sheringham re-joined Tottenham Hotspur, where he was a losing finalist in the [[2002 Football League Cup final|2001–02 Football League Cup]]. He spent one season at newly promoted [[Portsmouth F.C.|Portsmouth]], scoring the club's first Premier League goal,<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.portsmouth.co.uk/sport/pompey/pompey-2-aston-villa-1-1-4908706|title=Pompey 2 Aston Villa 1|date=16 August 2003|access-date=30 July 2013|work=The News}}</ref> before joining [[West Ham United F.C.|West Ham United]], where he helped the club gain promotion from the [[2004–05 Football League Championship]]. The following season, Sheringham appeared for West Ham in the [[2006 FA Cup final]], becoming the third-oldest player to appear in an [[List of FA Cup finals|FA Cup final]].<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/sport/football/2336778/Sheringham-can-add-sting-in-the-tale.html |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20220112/https://www.telegraph.co.uk/sport/football/2336778/Sheringham-can-add-sting-in-the-tale.html |archive-date=12 January 2022 |url-access=subscription |url-status=live|title=Sheringham can add sting in the tale|date=12 May 2006|access-date=30 July 2013|work=The Telegraph}}{{cbignore}}</ref>


Sheringham is currently the twelfth-highest goalscorer in the history of the [[Premier League#Players|Premiership]] with 146 goals, and is the competition's 32nd-highest appearance maker.<ref>{{cite news |title=Players Index |work=Premier League |url=https://www.premierleague.com/stats/all-time |access-date=16 January 2023}}</ref> He holds the [[Premier League records and statistics|record]] as the oldest outfield player to appear in a Premier League match (40 years, 272 days)<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/sport/football/competitions/premier-league/9902278/Premier-League-dads-army-top-divisions-oldest-outfield-players-in-pictures.html?frame=2496637|title=Premier League dad's army: top division's oldest outfield players, in pictures| date = 1 March 2013|access-date=30 July 2013|work=The Telegraph}}</ref> and the oldest player to score in a Premier League match (40 years, 268 days).<ref>{{cite news |title=Peter Crouch: Stoke City's former England striker still hungry for goals at the age of 36 |url=https://www.bbc.com/sport/football/40368482 |access-date=26 August 2020 |work=BBC Sport |date=22 June 2017}}</ref> He was [[Cap (association football)|capped]] 51 times for the [[England national football team|England national team]], scoring 11 times, and played in the [[1998 FIFA World Cup|1998]] and [[2002 FIFA World Cup|2002]] [[FIFA World Cup]]s, as well as the [[UEFA Euro 1996|1996 UEFA European Championship]]. He retired from competitive football at the end of the [[2007–08 in English football|2007–08]] season with [[Colchester United F.C.|Colchester United]], at the age of 42. He has since managed [[League Two]] club [[Stevenage F.C.|Stevenage]], and [[ATK (football club)|ATK]] of the [[Indian Super League]].
Sheringham is currently the thirteenth-highest goalscorer in the history of the Premier League with [[List of footballers with 100 or more Premier League goals|146 goals]], and is the competition's 34th-highest appearance maker.<ref>{{cite news |title=Players Index |work=Premier League |url=https://www.premierleague.com/stats/all-time |access-date=16 January 2023}}</ref> He holds the [[Premier League records and statistics|record]] as the oldest outfield player to appear in a Premier League match (40 years, 272 days)<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/sport/football/competitions/premier-league/9902278/Premier-League-dads-army-top-divisions-oldest-outfield-players-in-pictures.html?frame=2496637|title=Premier League dad's army: top division's oldest outfield players, in pictures| date = 1 March 2013|access-date=30 July 2013|work=The Telegraph}}</ref> and the oldest player to score in a Premier League match (40 years, 268 days).<ref>{{cite news |title=Peter Crouch: Stoke City's former England striker still hungry for goals at the age of 36 |url=https://www.bbc.com/sport/football/40368482 |access-date=26 August 2020 |work=BBC Sport |date=22 June 2017}}</ref> He was [[Cap (association football)|capped]] 51 times for the [[England national football team|England national team]], scoring 11 times, and played in the [[1998 FIFA World Cup|1998]] and [[2002 FIFA World Cup|2002]] [[FIFA World Cup]]s, as well as the [[UEFA Euro 1996|1996 UEFA European Championship]]. He retired from competitive football at the end of the [[2007–08 in English football|2007–08]] season with [[Colchester United F.C.|Colchester United]], at the age of 42. He has since managed [[EFL League Two|League Two]] club [[Stevenage F.C.|Stevenage]], and [[ATK (football club)|ATK]] of the [[Indian Super League]].


==Club career==
==Club career==
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The [[1987–88 in English football|1987–88]] season saw the club promoted to the [[Football League First Division|First Division]], then the highest tier of [[English league football]], for the first time. Sheringham scored the first goal in Millwall's first home game in Division One. Millwall briefly topped the table at the start of October 1988 and the goals of Sheringham (15) and Cascarino (15) kept Millwall in the top four for most of the season before fading after [[Easter]] to finish in 10th position. Sheringham said in his autobiography: "It was a crazy exhilarating time. There we were, little Millwall, in our first season in the First Division and topping the table until about March. Everybody said it couldn't last and of course it couldn't and it didn't, but we gave them all a good run for their money. We were beating the best teams when we shouldn't and getting away draws to which we had no right."<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.millwall-history.co.uk/Results88-89.gif |work=The Millwall History Files |title=Results 88–89 |access-date=27 August 2007}}</ref><ref>{{cite book |last=Sheringham |first=Teddy |title=Teddy |publisher=Little, Brown and Company |year=1998 |location=London |isbn=0-7515-2844-7 }}</ref>
The [[1987–88 in English football|1987–88]] season saw the club promoted to the [[Football League First Division|First Division]], then the highest tier of [[English league football]], for the first time. Sheringham scored the first goal in Millwall's first home game in Division One. Millwall briefly topped the table at the start of October 1988 and the goals of Sheringham (15) and Cascarino (15) kept Millwall in the top four for most of the season before fading after [[Easter]] to finish in 10th position. Sheringham said in his autobiography: "It was a crazy exhilarating time. There we were, little Millwall, in our first season in the First Division and topping the table until about March. Everybody said it couldn't last and of course it couldn't and it didn't, but we gave them all a good run for their money. We were beating the best teams when we shouldn't and getting away draws to which we had no right."<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.millwall-history.co.uk/Results88-89.gif |work=The Millwall History Files |title=Results 88–89 |access-date=27 August 2007}}</ref><ref>{{cite book |last=Sheringham |first=Teddy |title=Teddy |publisher=Little, Brown and Company |year=1998 |location=London |isbn=0-7515-2844-7 }}</ref>


Millwall's spell in the top flight was not to last as they were relegated in the following season, finishing bottom of the Division after briefly topping the table again early in the season. Sheringham was again top scorer for Millwall with twelve goals, having missed ten league games through injury.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.millwall-history.co.uk/Results89-90.gif |work=The Millwall History Files |title=Results 89–90 |access-date=27 August 2007}}</ref> The club had an opportunity to bounce straight back up at the end of the [[1990–91 in English football|1990–91]] season, reaching the semi-finals of the Division Two play-offs, but they were beaten by [[Brighton & Hove Albion F.C.|Brighton & Hove Albion]] and remained in the Second Division. Sheringham's outstanding form during the [[1990–91 in English football|1990–91 season]] saw him finish as the league's highest scorer with 37 goals, a haul which included four [[hat-tricks]]. With Millwall failing to return to the top flight, a departure for Sheringham looked inevitable.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.millwall-history.co.uk/Results90-91.gif |work=The Millwall History Files |title=Results 90–91 |access-date=27 August 2007}}</ref> In his final season at Millwall, Sheringham broke all of the club's goalscoring records, scoring a total of 111 goals in all competitions in his eight years at the club. He was Millwall's [[Millwall F.C.#Goals|all-time leading scorer]] until 2009.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.millwallfc.co.uk/page/HallOfFame/0,,10367~85388,00.html |publisher=Millwall F.C. |title=Teddy Sheringham |access-date=30 January 2011 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110919023311/http://www.millwallfc.co.uk/page/HallOfFame/0,,10367~85388,00.html |archive-date=19 September 2011}}</ref>
Millwall's spell in the top flight was not to last as they were relegated in the following season, finishing bottom of the Division after briefly topping the table again early in the season. Sheringham was again top scorer for Millwall with twelve goals, having missed ten league games through injury.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.millwall-history.co.uk/Results89-90.gif |work=The Millwall History Files |title=Results 89–90 |access-date=27 August 2007}}</ref> The club had an opportunity to bounce straight back up at the end of the [[1990–91 in English football|1990–91]] season, reaching the semi-finals of the Division Two play-offs, but they were beaten by [[Brighton & Hove Albion F.C.|Brighton & Hove Albion]] and remained in the Second Division. Sheringham's outstanding form during the [[1990–91 in English football|1990–91 season]] saw him finish as the league's highest scorer with 37 goals, a haul which included four [[hat-trick]]s. With Millwall failing to return to the top flight, a departure for Sheringham looked inevitable.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.millwall-history.co.uk/Results90-91.gif |work=The Millwall History Files |title=Results 90–91 |access-date=27 August 2007}}</ref> In his final season at Millwall, Sheringham broke all of the club's goalscoring records, scoring a total of 111 goals in all competitions in his eight years at the club. He was Millwall's [[Millwall F.C.#Goals|all-time leading scorer]] until 2009.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.millwallfc.co.uk/page/HallOfFame/0,,10367~85388,00.html |publisher=Millwall F.C. |title=Teddy Sheringham |access-date=30 January 2011 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110919023311/http://www.millwallfc.co.uk/page/HallOfFame/0,,10367~85388,00.html |archive-date=19 September 2011}}</ref>


===Nottingham Forest===
===Nottingham Forest===
The 25-year-old Sheringham was sold to [[Nottingham Forest F.C.|Nottingham Forest]] in a [[Pound sterling|£]]2&nbsp;million deal in July 1991,<ref name="sbase">{{cite web |url=http://www.soccerbase.com/players_details.sd?playerid=7239 |title=Teddy Sheringham |work=Soccerbase |publisher=Racing Post |access-date=27 August 2007 }}</ref> to play alongside [[Nigel Clough]]. He did well for Forest and helped them finish eighth in the First Division at the end of the [[1991–92 in English football|1991–92]] season, as well as to reach the [[1992 Football League Cup Final|League Cup final]], where they lost to [[Manchester United F.C.|Manchester United]]. Sheringham scored Forest's first [[Premier League|Premiership]] goal, against [[Liverpool F.C.|Liverpool]], in August 1992 (which was also the first ever live goal shown on [[Sky Sports]]) but a week later he was sold to [[Tottenham Hotspur F.C.|Tottenham Hotspur]] for £2.1&nbsp;million.<ref name="sbase"/> Forest went on to be relegated in [[1992–93 in English football|1992–93]], in part due to having failed to adequately replace Sheringham in attack.
The 25-year-old Sheringham was sold to [[Nottingham Forest F.C.|Nottingham Forest]] in a [[Pound sterling|£]]2&nbsp;million deal in July 1991,<ref name="sbase">{{cite web |url=https://www.soccerbase.com/players/player.sd?player_id=7239 |title=Teddy Sheringham |work=Soccerbase |publisher=Racing Post |access-date=27 August 2007 }}</ref> to play alongside [[Nigel Clough]]. He did well for Forest and helped them finish eighth in the First Division at the end of the [[1991–92 in English football|1991–92 season]], as well as to reach the [[1992 Football League Cup final|League Cup final]], where they lost to [[Manchester United F.C.|Manchester United]]. Sheringham scored Forest's first [[Premier League]] goal, against [[Liverpool F.C.|Liverpool]], in August 1992 (which was also the first ever live goal shown on [[Sky Sports]]) but a week later he was sold to [[Tottenham Hotspur F.C.|Tottenham Hotspur]] for £2.1&nbsp;million.<ref name="sbase"/> Forest went on to be relegated in [[1992–93 Nottingham Forest F.C. season|1992–93]], in part due to having failed to adequately replace Sheringham in attack.


===Tottenham Hotspur===
===Tottenham Hotspur===
Sheringham had a successful start to his career at the club by being the [[Premier League|Premiership]]'s top goalscorer in its [[1992–93 FA Premier League|inaugural season]], scoring 22 goals (21 with Tottenham and one with Forest).<ref name="sbase"/> His strike partners at White Hart Lane included [[Gordon Durie]], [[Ronny Rosenthal]], [[Jürgen Klinsmann]] and finally [[Chris Armstrong (footballer, born 1971)|Chris Armstrong]]. In [[1993–94 FA Premier League|1993–94]], he was Tottenham's top scorer with 14 Premiership goals but played in just 19 games due to injury and this impacted negatively on Tottenham's league form. Spurs finished 15th and were not completely safe from relegation until the penultimate game of the season. They have not finished lower than this ever since.<ref>{{cite web |title=Tottenham Hotspur FC Season History |url=https://www.premierleague.com/clubs/21/Tottenham-Hotspur/season-history |website=premierleague.com |access-date=4 February 2019}}</ref>
Sheringham had a successful start to his career at the club by being the [[Premier League]]'s top goalscorer in its [[1992–93 FA Premier League|inaugural season]], scoring 22 goals (21 with Tottenham and one with Forest).<ref name="sbase"/> His strike partners at White Hart Lane included [[Gordon Durie]], [[Ronny Rosenthal]], [[Jürgen Klinsmann]] and finally [[Chris Armstrong (footballer, born 1971)|Chris Armstrong]]. In the [[1993–94 FA Premier League|1993–94 season]], he was Tottenham's top scorer with 14 Premier League goals but played in just 19 games due to injury and this impacted negatively on Tottenham's league form. Spurs finished 15th and were not completely safe from relegation until the penultimate game of the season. They have not finished lower than this ever since.<ref>{{cite web |title=Tottenham Hotspur FC Season History |url=https://www.premierleague.com/clubs/21/Tottenham-Hotspur/season-history |website=premierleague.com |access-date=4 February 2019}}</ref>


The [[1994–95 FA Premier League|following season]] was better, as he helped Spurs finish seventh in the Premiership and reach the semi-final of the [[1995–96 FA Cup|FA Cup]], just missing out on European football for the [[1995–96 in English football|1995–96]] season.
The [[1994–95 FA Premier League|following season]] was better, as he helped Spurs finish seventh in the Premier League and reach the semi-final of the [[1995–96 FA Cup|FA Cup]], just missing out on European football for the [[1995–96 in English football|1995–96]] season.


[[Jürgen Klinsmann]], who partnered Sheringham during the [[1994–95 in English football|1994–95]] season, was later quoted as claiming that Sheringham was the most intelligent strike partner he had ever had.<ref>{{cite news |title=Klinsmann So Sweet On Sheri |publisher=4thegame |date=10 January 1998 |url=http://www.4thegame.com/club/tottenham-hotspur-fc/news/37586/KLINSMANN+SO+SWEET+ON+SHERI.html |access-date=27 September 2007 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071014070846/http://4thegame.com/club/tottenham-hotspur-fc/news/37586/KLINSMANN+SO+SWEET+ON+SHERI.html |archive-date=14 October 2007}}</ref>
[[Jürgen Klinsmann]], who partnered Sheringham during the [[1994–95 in English football|1994–95]] season, was later quoted as claiming that Sheringham was the most intelligent strike partner he had ever had.<ref>{{cite news |title=Klinsmann So Sweet On Sheri |publisher=4thegame |date=10 January 1998 |url=http://www.4thegame.com/club/tottenham-hotspur-fc/news/37586/KLINSMANN+SO+SWEET+ON+SHERI.html |access-date=27 September 2007 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071014070846/http://4thegame.com/club/tottenham-hotspur-fc/news/37586/KLINSMANN+SO+SWEET+ON+SHERI.html |archive-date=14 October 2007}}</ref>


Sheringham was hugely popular with the Tottenham fans and by the mid-1990s was firmly established as one of the most highly rated strikers in the Premiership. However, despite his prolific strike rate by the end of the [[1996–97 FA Premier League|1996–97]] season he was 31 years old and had yet to win a major trophy in a career which had so far spanned 15 years; many pundits considered him past his best and likely to finish his career without major honours.
Sheringham was hugely popular with the Tottenham fans and by the mid-1990s was firmly established as one of the most highly rated strikers in the Premier League. However, despite his prolific strike rate by the end of the [[1996–97 FA Premier League|1996–97 season]],he was 31 years old and had yet to win a major trophy in a career which had so far spanned 15 years; many pundits considered him past his best and likely to finish his career without major honours.


===Manchester United===
===Manchester United===
In June 1997, Sheringham agreed to join Manchester United in a £3.5&nbsp;million deal.<ref>{{cite news |title=United capture Sheringham |first=Alan |last=Nixon |url=https://www.independent.co.uk/sport/football-united-capture-sheringham-1258467.html |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20220526/https://www.independent.co.uk/sport/football-united-capture-sheringham-1258467.html |archive-date=26 May 2022 |url-access=subscription |url-status=live |work=The Independent |publisher=Independent Print Limited |date=28 June 1997 |access-date=2 April 2012 }}</ref> He was signed to replace the iconic [[Eric Cantona]] whose retirement had left the [[Old Trafford]] faithful demanding a big name to fill the gap. His first competitive game for the club was against [[Chelsea F.C.|Chelsea]] in the [[1997 FA Charity Shield]] which United won on penalties. His first league outing was against his former employers, Tottenham, at [[White Hart Lane]]. Throughout the game, Sheringham suffered jeers and boos from his former fans, who had been angered by the fact that Sheringham had accused Tottenham of lacking ambition when he made his transfer. In the 60th minute with the score at 0–0, Sheringham missed a [[Penalty kick (association football)|penalty]], although ended up on the winning side as two late goals gave United the win.
In June 1997, Sheringham agreed to join Manchester United in a £3.5&nbsp;million deal.<ref>{{cite news |title=United capture Sheringham |first=Alan |last=Nixon |url=https://www.independent.co.uk/sport/football-united-capture-sheringham-1258467.html |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20220526/https://www.independent.co.uk/sport/football-united-capture-sheringham-1258467.html |archive-date=26 May 2022 |url-access=subscription |url-status=live |work=The Independent |publisher=Independent Print Limited |date=28 June 1997 |access-date=2 April 2012 }}</ref> There was a significant gap upfront following the unexpected early retirement of the iconic [[Eric Cantona]]. His first competitive game for the club was against [[Chelsea F.C.|Chelsea]] in the [[1997 FA Charity Shield]] which United won on penalties. His first league outing was against his former employers, Tottenham, at [[White Hart Lane]]. Throughout the game, Sheringham suffered jeers and boos from his former fans, who had been angered by the fact that Sheringham had accused Tottenham of lacking ambition when he made his transfer. In the 60th minute with the score at 0–0, Sheringham missed a [[Penalty kick (association football)|penalty]], although ended up on the winning side as two late goals gave United the win.


Sheringham's first season at Old Trafford was difficult – although he scored 14 goals in all competitions he failed to meet expectations as the [[1997–98 Manchester United F.C. season|1997–98]] season ended without the league title. Towards the end of the season, during a game at [[Bolton Wanderers F.C.|Bolton Wanderers]], an incident occurred that furthered the animosity with fellow striker [[Andrew Cole|Andy Cole]]. When Bolton scored, Sheringham blamed Cole, his strike partner and Cole then refused to talk to him. The breakdown in their relationship was never resolved, and reputedly they never spoke again.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.theguardian.com/football/2000/feb/19/newsstory.sport3 |title=Sheringham smouldering for success |last=Taylor |first=Daniel |date=19 February 2000 |work=The Guardian |access-date=27 April 2008 |location=London}}</ref> This had started three years previously in 1995 when Sheringham had snubbed Cole as the latter came on to make his international debut.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.independent.ie/sport/soccer/ive-loathed-sheringham-for-15-years-reveals-cole-2088077.html|title='I've loathed Sheringham for 15 years' reveals Cole|work=[[Irish Independent]]|date=4 March 2010|access-date=5 March 2011}}</ref>
Sheringham scores 14 goals in all competitions and formed a good partnership with Andy Cole but the [[1997–98 Manchester United F.C. season|1997–98 season]] ended without the league title. Towards the end of the season, during a game at [[Bolton Wanderers F.C.|Bolton Wanderers]], an incident occurred that furthered the animosity with fellow striker [[Andy Cole]]. When Bolton scored, Sheringham blamed Cole, his strike partner and Cole then refused to talk to him. The breakdown in their relationship was never resolved, and reputedly they never spoke again.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.theguardian.com/football/2000/feb/19/newsstory.sport3 |title=Sheringham smouldering for success |last=Taylor |first=Daniel |authorlink= Daniel Taylor (journalist) |date=19 February 2000 |work=The Guardian |access-date=27 April 2008 |location=London}}</ref> This had started three years previously in 1995 when Sheringham had snubbed Cole as the latter came on to make his international debut.<ref>{{Cite news |date=4 March 2010 |title='I've loathed Sheringham for 15 years' reveals Cole |work=[[Irish Independent]] |url=https://www.independent.ie/sport/soccer/ive-loathed-sheringham-for-15-years-reveals-cole/26637732.html |access-date=5 March 2011}}</ref>


Speculation that Sheringham would leave United increased just after the [[1998–99 Manchester United F.C. season|1998–99]] season got underway, when [[Dwight Yorke]] moved to Old Trafford from [[Aston Villa F.C.|Aston Villa]]. Yorke immediately formed a prolific partnership with Cole as United went on to regain the [[1998–99 FA Premier League|league]] title on the final day of the season. Sheringham's first-team chances were relatively limited but he still managed to make enough appearances to qualify for a championship medal at the end of the season&nbsp;– at the age of 33 he had won his first major trophy. A week later he came off the substitutes bench to score United's opening goal in a 2–0 defeat of [[Newcastle United F.C.|Newcastle United]] in the [[1999 FA Cup Final|FA Cup final]] to secure the [[Double (association football)|double]].<ref>{{cite news|last=Mallam |first=Colin |title=FA Cup Final: Sheringham and Scholes make victory look easy |work=The Telegraph |date=23 May 1999 |url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/htmlContent.jhtml?html=/archive/1999/05/23/sfgman23.html |access-date=27 September 2007 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071014070140/http://telegraph.co.uk/htmlContent.jhtml?html=%2Farchive%2F1999%2F05%2F23%2Fsfgman23.html |archive-date=14 October 2007 |location=London |url-status=dead }}</ref> Four days after the FA Cup triumph, Sheringham scored a dramatic stoppage-time equaliser against [[FC Bayern Munich|Bayern Munich]] in the [[1998–99 UEFA Champions League|Champions League]] [[1999 UEFA Champions League Final|final]], having come on as a substitute earlier in the game. With seconds of stoppage-time remaining, [[Ole Gunnar Solskjær]] scored from Sheringham's headed flick-on, and United won a [[Treble (association football)|treble]] of the Premiership, FA Cup and European Cup with Sheringham&nbsp;– having not won a major honour in his 15-year career on leaving Spurs&nbsp;– now having won every top-level trophy in the English game.<ref>{{cite news | url=https://www.theguardian.com/football/blog/2009/may/26/teddy-sheringham-1999-manchester-united-bayern-munich | title=Manchester United's moment of magic that completed an historic treble | work=The Guardian | date=26 May 2009 | access-date=31 May 2014 | last=Sheringham|first=Teddy}}</ref>
Speculation that Sheringham would leave United increased just after the [[1998–99 Manchester United F.C. season|1998–99 season]] got underway, when [[Dwight Yorke]] moved to Old Trafford from [[Aston Villa F.C.|Aston Villa]]. Yorke immediately formed a prolific partnership with Cole as United went on to regain the [[1998–99 FA Premier League|league]] title on the final day of the season. Sheringham's first-team chances were relatively limited but he still managed to make enough appearances to qualify for a championship medal at the end of the season&nbsp;– at the age of 33 he had won his first major trophy. A week later he came off the substitutes bench to score United's opening goal in a 2–0 defeat of [[Newcastle United F.C.|Newcastle United]] in the [[1999 FA Cup final|FA Cup final]] to secure the [[Double (association football)|double]].<ref>{{cite news|last=Mallam |first=Colin |title=FA Cup Final: Sheringham and Scholes make victory look easy |work=The Telegraph |date=23 May 1999 |url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/htmlContent.jhtml?html=/archive/1999/05/23/sfgman23.html |access-date=27 September 2007 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071014070140/http://telegraph.co.uk/htmlContent.jhtml?html=%2Farchive%2F1999%2F05%2F23%2Fsfgman23.html |archive-date=14 October 2007 |location=London |url-status=dead }}</ref> Four days after the FA Cup triumph, Sheringham scored a dramatic stoppage-time equaliser against [[FC Bayern Munich|Bayern Munich]] in the [[1998–99 UEFA Champions League|Champions League]] [[1999 UEFA Champions League final|final]], having come on as a substitute earlier in the game. With seconds of stoppage-time remaining, [[Ole Gunnar Solskjær]] scored from Sheringham's headed flick-on, and United won a [[Treble (association football)|treble]] of the Premier League, FA Cup and European Cup with Sheringham&nbsp;– having not won a major honour in his 15-year career&nbsp;– now having won every top-level trophy in the English game.<ref>{{cite news | url=https://www.theguardian.com/football/blog/2009/may/26/teddy-sheringham-1999-manchester-united-bayern-munich | title=Manchester United's moment of magic that completed an historic treble | work=The Guardian | date=26 May 2009 | access-date=31 May 2014 | last=Sheringham|first=Teddy}}</ref>


Sheringham's first-team chances remained limited during [[1999–2000 Manchester United F.C. season|1999–2000]], but he still played enough times to merit another Premiership title medal. In [[2000–01 Manchester United F.C. season|2000–01]], United secured a third consecutive league title, with Sheringham top-scoring for United and playing some of the best football of his career.<ref>{{cite web|last=Webster|first=Rupert|title=Success is Sweet as Sheri for Teddy|url=http://www1.skysports.com/football/news/11667/2208266/success-is-sweet-as-sheri-for-teddy|publisher=Sky Sports}}</ref> In April 2001, he was voted Footballer of the Year by both the [[PFA Players' Player of the Year|Professional Footballers' Association]] and [[FWA Footballer of the Year|Football Writers' Association]].<ref>{{cite web| url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/teams/m/man_utd/1287493.stm |title=Sheringham scoops writers' award| publisher=BBC Sport| date=20 April 2001| access-date=27 June 2007}}</ref><ref>{{cite web| url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/1303164.stm| title=Sheringham wins second award| publisher=BBC Sport| date=29 April 2001| access-date=27 June 2007}}</ref> His fine form ensured that he was still involved with the national side despite being in his 35th year, being named in the squad for the [[2002 FIFA World Cup|2002 World Cup]].
Sheringham's first-team chances remained limited during the [[1999–2000 Manchester United F.C. season|1999–2000 season]], but he still played enough times to merit another Premier League title medal. In the [[2000–01 Manchester United F.C. season|2000–01 season]], United secured a third consecutive league title, with Sheringham top-scoring for United and playing some of the best football of his career.<ref>{{cite web|last=Webster|first=Rupert|title=Success is Sweet as Sheri for Teddy|url=http://www1.skysports.com/football/news/11667/2208266/success-is-sweet-as-sheri-for-teddy|publisher=Sky Sports}}</ref> In April 2001, he was voted Footballer of the Year by both the [[PFA Players' Player of the Year|Professional Footballers' Association]] and [[FWA Footballer of the Year|Football Writers' Association]].<ref>{{cite web| url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/teams/m/man_utd/1287493.stm |title=Sheringham scoops writers' award| publisher=BBC Sport| date=20 April 2001| access-date=27 June 2007}}</ref><ref>{{cite web| url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/1303164.stm| title=Sheringham wins second award| publisher=BBC Sport| date=29 April 2001| access-date=27 June 2007}}</ref> His fine form ensured that he was still involved with the national side despite being in his 35th year, being named in the squad for the [[2002 FIFA World Cup|2002 World Cup]].


===Return to Tottenham Hotspur===
===Return to Tottenham Hotspur===
At the end of the 2000–01 season, Sheringham's four-year contract at Old Trafford expired. He was facing stiffer competition than ever for the places up front, most of all from United's new Dutch striker [[Ruud van Nistelrooy]]. He refused United's offer of a 12-month contract<ref>{{cite web| url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/1856231.stm| title=Ferguson: Sheringham right to quit| publisher=BBC Sport| date=5 March 2002| access-date=29 June 2007}}</ref> and returned to Tottenham on a free transfer as one of new manager [[Glenn Hoddle]]'s first signings.<ref>{{cite web| url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/teams/t/tottenham_hotspur/1346721.stm| title=Sheringham seals Spurs return| publisher=BBC Sport| date=26 May 2001| access-date=27 June 2007}}</ref> In his first season back, Sheringham helped Tottenham to a ninth-place finish, the club's highest in 6 years, and to reach the [[2002 Football League Cup Final|League Cup final]] where they lost 2–1 to [[Blackburn Rovers F.C.|Blackburn Rovers]], with Sheringham being brought down in the penalty area in the last minute for what he believed to be a penalty.<ref>{{cite web| url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/worthington_cup/1834988.stm| title=Cole strike stuns Spurs| publisher=BBC Sport| date=24 February 2002| access-date=27 June 2007}}</ref> [[2002–03 Tottenham Hotspur F.C. season|2002–03]] brought a similar mid table finish, although Tottenham had topped the Premiership three games into the season. Sheringham made 80 appearances in all competitions for Tottenham in this period, scoring 26 goals.<ref>[http://www.soccerbase.com/players_details.sd?playerid=7239 Soccerbase: Teddy Sheringham], Racing Post. Retrieved 27 June 2007.</ref>
At the end of the 2000–01 season, Sheringham's four-year contract at Old Trafford expired. He was facing stiffer competition than ever for the places up front, most of all from United's new Dutch striker [[Ruud van Nistelrooy]]. He refused United's offer of a 12-month contract<ref>{{cite web| url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/1856231.stm| title=Ferguson: Sheringham right to quit| publisher=BBC Sport| date=5 March 2002| access-date=29 June 2007}}</ref> and returned to Tottenham on a free transfer as one of new manager [[Glenn Hoddle]]'s first signings.<ref>{{cite web| url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/teams/t/tottenham_hotspur/1346721.stm| title=Sheringham seals Spurs return| publisher=BBC Sport| date=26 May 2001| access-date=27 June 2007}}</ref> In his first season back, Sheringham helped Tottenham to a ninth-place finish, the club's highest in 6 years, and to reach the [[2002 Football League Cup final|League Cup final]] where they lost 2–1 to [[Blackburn Rovers F.C.|Blackburn Rovers]], with Sheringham being brought down in the penalty area in the last minute for what he believed to be a penalty.<ref>{{cite web| url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/worthington_cup/1834988.stm| title=Cole strike stuns Spurs| publisher=BBC Sport| date=24 February 2002| access-date=27 June 2007}}</ref> [[2002–03 Tottenham Hotspur F.C. season|2002–03]] brought a similar mid table finish, although Tottenham had topped the Premier League three games into the season. Sheringham made 80 appearances in all competitions for Tottenham in this period, scoring 26 goals.<ref>[https://www.soccerbase.com/players/player.sd?player_id=7239 Soccerbase: Teddy Sheringham], Racing Post. Retrieved 27 June 2007.</ref>


Sheringham and [[Clive Allen]] were inducted into the Tottenham Hotspur Hall of Fame on 8 May 2008.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.tottenhamhotspur.com/news/articles/teddycliveinhalloffame040408.html|title=Teddy, Clive in Hall of Fame| date=4 April 2008| publisher=Tottenham Hotspur F.C.| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080621233946/https://www.tottenhamhotspur.com/news/articles/teddycliveinhalloffame040408.html| archive-date=21 June 2008| url-status=dead}}</ref>
Sheringham and [[Clive Allen]] were inducted into the Tottenham Hotspur Hall of Fame on 8 May 2008.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.tottenhamhotspur.com/news/articles/teddycliveinhalloffame040408.html|title=Teddy, Clive in Hall of Fame| date=4 April 2008| publisher=Tottenham Hotspur F.C.| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080621233946/https://www.tottenhamhotspur.com/news/articles/teddycliveinhalloffame040408.html| archive-date=21 June 2008| url-status=dead}}</ref>


===Portsmouth===
===Portsmouth===
On the expiry of his Tottenham contract at the end of the 2002–03 season, Tottenham decided not to offer Sheringham a new contract<ref>{{cite web| url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/eng_prem/3006665.stm| title=Sheringham left 'disappointed'| publisher=BBC Sport| date=8 May 2003| access-date=25 June 2007}}</ref> and he joined [[Portsmouth F.C.|Portsmouth]] in their first season in the Premier League.<ref>{{cite web| url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/3026070.stm| title=Sheringham signs for Pompey| publisher=BBC Sport| date=30 June 2003| access-date=25 June 2007}}</ref> Sheringham became the oldest Premiership player to score a hat-trick when he scored three against Bolton early in the season.<ref>{{cite web| url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/eng_prem/3156181.stm| title=Portsmouth top Premier League| publisher=BBC Sport| date=26 August 2003| access-date=16 February 2011}}</ref> Despite this, he was only contracted to the club for one season and, despite scoring in his final game (a 5–1 win victory over [[Middlesbrough F.C.|Middlesbrough]] with the club already secure in the top flight),<ref>{{cite web| url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/eng_prem/3696223.stm| title=Portsmouth 5–1 Middlesbrough| publisher=BBC Sport| date=15 May 2004| access-date=16 February 2011}}</ref> at the end of the [[2003–04 Portsmouth F.C. season|2003–04 season]], Portsmouth decided not to offer the 38-year-old striker another contract but he insisted that he wanted to continue his top flight career at another club.<ref>{{cite web| url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/teams/p/portsmouth/3708541.stm| title=Sheringham exit confirmed| publisher=BBC Sport| date=13 May 2004| access-date=25 June 2007}}</ref> Sheringham made 38 appearances for Portsmouth, scoring ten goals.<ref name="sbase"/>
On the expiry of his Tottenham contract at the end of the 2002–03 season, Tottenham decided not to offer Sheringham a new contract<ref>{{cite web| url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/eng_prem/3006665.stm| title=Sheringham left 'disappointed'| publisher=BBC Sport| date=8 May 2003| access-date=25 June 2007}}</ref> and he joined [[Portsmouth F.C.|Portsmouth]] in their first season in the Premier League.<ref>{{cite web| url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/3026070.stm| title=Sheringham signs for Pompey| publisher=BBC Sport| date=30 June 2003| access-date=25 June 2007}}</ref> Sheringham became the oldest Premier League player to score a hat-trick when he scored three against Bolton early in the season.<ref>{{cite web| url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/eng_prem/3156181.stm| title=Portsmouth top Premier League| publisher=BBC Sport| date=26 August 2003| access-date=16 February 2011}}</ref> Despite this, he was only contracted to the club for one season and, despite scoring in his final game (a 5–1 win victory over [[Middlesbrough F.C.|Middlesbrough]] with the club already secure in the top flight),<ref>{{cite web| url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/eng_prem/3696223.stm| title=Portsmouth 5–1 Middlesbrough| publisher=BBC Sport| date=15 May 2004| access-date=16 February 2011}}</ref> at the end of the [[2003–04 Portsmouth F.C. season|2003–04 season]], Portsmouth decided not to offer the 38-year-old striker another contract but he insisted that he wanted to continue his top flight career at another club.<ref>{{cite web| url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/teams/p/portsmouth/3708541.stm| title=Sheringham exit confirmed| publisher=BBC Sport| date=13 May 2004| access-date=25 June 2007}}</ref> Sheringham made 38 appearances for Portsmouth, scoring ten goals.<ref name="sbase"/>


===West Ham United===
===West Ham United===
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Sheringham then dropped down a division to the [[EFL Championship|Championship]] to sign for [[West Ham United F.C.|West Ham United]],<ref>{{cite news |title=Sheringham joins West Ham |publisher=BBC Sport |date=14 July 2004 |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/teams/w/west_ham_utd/3892367.stm |access-date=26 June 2007 }}</ref> the club he supported as a boy.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.whufc.com/news/articles/2020/june/13-june/how-and-why-i-joined-west-ham-united-teddy-sheringham|title = How and why I joined West Ham United – Teddy Sheringham &#124; West Ham United F.C.}}</ref> Sheringham was the division's third-highest scorer in 2004–05 with 20 goals (21 in all competitions)&nbsp;– one of the highest goalscoring seasons of his career. He won the Championship Player of the Season award,<ref>{{cite news |title=Championship award for Sheringham |publisher=BBC Sport |date=17 May 2005 |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/eng_div_1/4556421.stm |access-date=1 March 2008 }}</ref> and helped the ''Hammers'' reach the [[2005 Football League Championship play-off Final]] where they beat [[Preston North End F.C.|Preston North End]] at the [[Millennium Stadium]] to return to the [[Premier League|Premiership]] after two seasons in the [[Football League|second tier]]. At the end of the [[2004–05 West Ham United F.C. season|2004–05]] season, Sheringham's one-year contract expired and both he and West Ham agreed to a one-year extension prior to the start of the new season.<ref>{{cite news |title=Sheringham re-signs for Hammers |publisher=BBC Sport |date=11 June 2005 |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/teams/w/west_ham_utd/4083762.stm |access-date=1 March 2008 }}</ref> With his second-half appearance against [[Charlton Athletic F.C.|Charlton Athletic]] on 2 April 2006, Sheringham became one of just five players to have played top-flight football while in their 40s; joining the likes of [[Les Sealey]], [[John Burridge]], [[Gordon Strachan]] and later [[Ryan Giggs]].<ref>{{cite news |title=West Ham 0–0 Charlton |publisher=BBC Sport |date=2 June 2004 |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/eng_prem/4842482.stm |access-date=1 March 2008 }}</ref> On 19 August 2006, he became the oldest [[Outfield#In football (soccer)|outfield]] player in the history of the division, at 40 years 139 days.<ref>{{cite news |last=Harlow |first=Phil |title=West Ham 3–1 Charlton |publisher=BBC Sport |date=19 August 2006 |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/eng_prem/4786591.stm |access-date=1 March 2008 }}</ref> Sheringham signed a contract to play for West Ham until the end of the [[2006–07 in English football|2006–07]] season,<ref>{{cite news |title=West Ham extend Sheringham's deal |publisher=BBC Sport |date=6 March 2006 |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/teams/w/west_ham_utd/4767118.stm |access-date=1 March 2008}}</ref> and was a player at the club after his 41st birthday. On 13 May 2006, Sheringham became the third oldest player to appear in an [[2006 FA Cup Final|FA Cup final]], at 40 years and 41 days old. The game ended 3–3, with [[Liverpool F.C.|Liverpool]] winning the trophy in a [[penalty shoot-out (association football)|penalty shootout]]. Sheringham was the only West Ham player to convert his kick as Liverpool won the shootout 3–1. On 26 December 2006, at the age of 40 years and 266 days, he beat his own record for oldest Premiership scorer, with the goal in a 2–1 defeat to Portsmouth.<ref>{{cite news |title=Premier League records |url=https://www.bbc.com/sport/football/40829547 |access-date=30 August 2020 |work=BBC Sport |date=7 August 2017}}</ref> On 30 December 2006, he broke the record for oldest Premiership outfield player once more, playing in the 1–0 defeat against [[Manchester City F.C.|Manchester City]], aged 40 years and 270 days.<ref>{{cite web |title=West Ham's oldest Premier Leagu |url=https://www.whufc.com/news/articles/2017/july/14-july/west-hams-oldest-premier-league-xi |website=West Ham United |access-date=30 August 2020 |date=14 July 2017}}</ref> Sheringham also appeared in 11 [[FA Cup]], [[Football League Cup|League Cup]], and [[UEFA Cup]] games for West Ham, scoring two goals.
Sheringham then dropped down a division to the [[EFL Championship|Championship]] to sign for [[West Ham United F.C.|West Ham United]],<ref>{{cite news |title=Sheringham joins West Ham |publisher=BBC Sport |date=14 July 2004 |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/teams/w/west_ham_utd/3892367.stm |access-date=26 June 2007 }}</ref> the club he supported as a boy.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.whufc.com/news/articles/2020/june/13-june/how-and-why-i-joined-west-ham-united-teddy-sheringham|title = How and why I joined West Ham United – Teddy Sheringham &#124; West Ham United F.C.}}</ref> Sheringham was the division's third-highest scorer in the 2004–05 season with 20 goals (21 in all competitions)&nbsp;– one of the highest goalscoring seasons of his career. He won the Championship Player of the Season award,<ref>{{cite news |title=Championship award for Sheringham |publisher=BBC Sport |date=17 May 2005 |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/eng_div_1/4556421.stm |access-date=1 March 2008 }}</ref> and helped the ''Hammers'' reach the [[2005 Football League Championship play-off final]] where they beat [[Preston North End F.C.|Preston North End]] at the [[Millennium Stadium]] to return to the [[Premier League]] after two seasons in the [[Football League|second tier]]. At the end of the [[2004–05 West Ham United F.C. season|2004–05 season]], Sheringham's one-year contract expired and both he and West Ham agreed to a one-year extension prior to the start of the new season.<ref>{{cite news |title=Sheringham re-signs for Hammers |publisher=BBC Sport |date=11 June 2005 |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/teams/w/west_ham_utd/4083762.stm |access-date=1 March 2008 }}</ref> With his second-half appearance against [[Charlton Athletic F.C.|Charlton Athletic]] on 2 April 2006, Sheringham became one of just five players to have played top-flight football while in their 40s; joining the likes of [[Les Sealey]], [[John Burridge]], [[Gordon Strachan]] and later [[Ryan Giggs]].<ref>{{cite news |title=West Ham 0–0 Charlton |publisher=BBC Sport |date=2 June 2004 |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/eng_prem/4842482.stm |access-date=1 March 2008 }}</ref> On 19 August 2006, he became the oldest outfield player in the history of the division, at 40 years 139 days.<ref>{{cite news |last=Harlow |first=Phil |title=West Ham 3–1 Charlton |publisher=BBC Sport |date=19 August 2006 |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/eng_prem/4786591.stm |access-date=1 March 2008 }}</ref> Sheringham signed a contract to play for West Ham until the end of the [[2006–07 in English football|2006–07 season]],<ref>{{cite news |title=West Ham extend Sheringham's deal |publisher=BBC Sport |date=6 March 2006 |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/teams/w/west_ham_utd/4767118.stm |access-date=1 March 2008}}</ref> and was a player at the club after his 41st birthday. On 13 May 2006, Sheringham became the third oldest player to appear in an [[2006 FA Cup final|FA Cup final]], at 40 years and 41 days old. The game ended 3–3, with [[Liverpool F.C.|Liverpool]] winning the trophy in a [[penalty shoot-out (association football)|penalty shootout]]. Sheringham was the only West Ham player to convert his kick as Liverpool won the shootout 3–1. On 26 December 2006, at the age of 40 years and 266 days, he beat his own record for oldest Premier League scorer, with the goal in a 2–1 defeat to Portsmouth.<ref>{{cite news |title=Premier League records |url=https://www.bbc.com/sport/football/40829547 |access-date=30 August 2020 |work=BBC Sport |date=7 August 2017}}</ref> On 30 December 2006, he broke the record for oldest Premier League outfield player once more, playing in the 1–0 defeat against [[Manchester City F.C.|Manchester City]], aged 40 years and 270 days.<ref>{{cite web |title=West Ham's oldest Premier League |url=https://www.whufc.com/news/articles/2017/july/14-july/west-hams-oldest-premier-league-xi |website=West Ham United |access-date=30 August 2020 |date=14 July 2017}}</ref> Sheringham also appeared in 11 [[FA Cup]], [[EFL Cup|League Cup]], and [[UEFA Europa League|UEFA Cup]] games for West Ham, scoring two goals.


===Colchester United===
===Colchester United===
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|title=Colchester 1–3 Peterborough|publisher=BBC Sport|date=5 January 2008 |access-date=5 November 2009}}</ref> Sheringham made only 3 league appearances in 2008, the last of which came against [[Stoke City F.C.|Stoke City]] on 26 April 2008, the last game at [[Layer Road]].<ref>{{cite news|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/eng_div_1/7356028.stm|title=Colchester 0–1 Stoke|publisher=BBC Sport|date=26 April 2008 |access-date=21 March 2010}}</ref>
|title=Colchester 1–3 Peterborough|publisher=BBC Sport|date=5 January 2008 |access-date=5 November 2009}}</ref> Sheringham made only 3 league appearances in 2008, the last of which came against [[Stoke City F.C.|Stoke City]] on 26 April 2008, the last game at [[Layer Road]].<ref>{{cite news|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/eng_div_1/7356028.stm|title=Colchester 0–1 Stoke|publisher=BBC Sport|date=26 April 2008 |access-date=21 March 2010}}</ref>


Whilst at Colchester, Sheringham was the oldest player in all four divisions of the Football League, and is now part of the elite list of players who have achieved more than 700 League appearances in their career. He retired at the end of the [[2007–08 in English football|2007–08]] season, his career ending on a low note as Colchester were relegated from the [[2007–08 Football League Championship|Championship]]&nbsp;– the club's first relegation for 18 years.<ref>{{cite news |title=Sheringham announces retirement |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/teams/c/colchester_united/7272672.stm |publisher=BBC Sport |date=1 March 2008 |access-date=1 March 2008}}</ref>
Whilst at Colchester, Sheringham was the oldest player in all four divisions of the Football League, and is now part of the elite list of players who have achieved more than 700 league appearances in their career. He retired at the end of the [[2007–08 in English football|2007–08 season]], his career ending on a low note as Colchester were relegated from the [[2007–08 Football League Championship|Championship]]&nbsp;– the club's first relegation for 18 years.<ref>{{cite news |title=Sheringham announces retirement |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/teams/c/colchester_united/7272672.stm |publisher=BBC Sport |date=1 March 2008 |access-date=1 March 2008}}</ref>


==International career==
==International career==
Something of a late developer on the international scene, Sheringham did not win his first [[England national football team|England]] cap until the age of 27 in 1993. Under the reign of manager [[Terry Venables]] (1994–96) Sheringham came to be the preferred strike partner for [[Alan Shearer]]. During this time, England had a wealth of strikers with the likes of [[Andrew Cole]], [[Ian Wright]], a young [[Robbie Fowler]] and [[Les Ferdinand]] all battling to partner Shearer in the England team.{{citation needed|date=July 2018}}
Something of a late developer on the international scene, Sheringham did not win his first [[England national football team|England]] cap until the age of 27 in 1993. Under the reign of manager [[Terry Venables]] (1994–96) Sheringham came to be the preferred strike partner for [[Alan Shearer]]. During this time, England had a wealth of strikers with the likes of [[Andy Cole]], [[Ian Wright]], a young [[Robbie Fowler]] and [[Les Ferdinand]] all battling to partner Shearer in the England team.<ref name=England-senior-matches-1990-1995>{{cite web |url=http://www.englandfootballonline.com/MatchRsl/MatchRsl1990.html |title=England Matches 1990-1995 |work=England Football Online |date=29 Oct 2011 |access-date=28 March 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230323165320/http://www.englandfootballonline.com/MatchRsl/MatchRsl1990.html |archive-date=23 March 2023}}</ref><ref name=England-senior-matches-1995-2000>{{cite web |url=http://www.englandfootballonline.com/MatchRsl/MatchRsl1995.html |title=England Matches 1995-2000 |work=England Football Online |date=29 Oct 2011 |access-date=28 March 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221009063150/http://www.englandfootballonline.com/MatchRsl/MatchRsl1995.html |archive-date=9 October 2022}}</ref>


The two formed a famous partnership at international level, as they complemented each other's strengths: Shearer the out-and-out goalscorer, big, strong and powerful, Sheringham just 'dropping off' his strike partner, finding spaces, creating play and providing key passes, forming the link between Shearer and the England midfield. The pairing came to be known as 'The SAS' ('Shearer and Sheringham') and their most successful time together came in the [[1996 European Football Championship|1996 European Championships]], held in England. Their most famous contribution was in the 4–1 victory over the [[Netherlands national football team|Netherlands]], a game in the opening group stages in which they both scored twice against one of the strongest teams in the tournament. Though England were eventually knocked out in the semi-finals, many believed that that squad of players such as Sheringham and his contemporaries including [[Paul Gascoigne]], [[Steve McManaman]], [[Tony Adams (footballer)|Tony Adams]] and [[Paul Ince]], had done the nation proud. At this time, the England squad were also criticised heavily in the media for their part in several off the field incidents during the lead up to the tournament, where Sheringham, McManaman and Gascoigne were photographed drinking heavily and playing "dentist chair" drinking games as well as destroying the first class cabin of a [[Cathay Pacific]] flight which went down poorly with the public.{{citation needed|date=July 2018}}
The two formed a famous partnership at international level, as they complemented each other's strengths: Shearer the out-and-out goalscorer, big, strong and powerful, Sheringham just 'dropping off' his strike partner, finding spaces, creating play and providing key passes, forming the link between Shearer and the England midfield. The pairing came to be known as 'The SAS' ('Shearer and Sheringham') and their most successful time together came in [[UEFA Euro 1996|Euro 96]], held in England. Their most famous contribution was in the 4–1 victory over the [[Netherlands national football team|Netherlands]], a game in the opening group stages in which they both scored twice against one of the strongest teams in the tournament. Though England were eventually knocked out in the semi-finals, many believed that that squad of players such as Sheringham and his contemporaries including [[Paul Gascoigne]], [[Steve McManaman]], [[Tony Adams]] and [[Paul Ince]], had done the nation proud. At this time, the England squad were also criticised heavily in the media for their part in several off the field incidents during the lead up to the tournament, where Sheringham, McManaman and Gascoigne were photographed drinking heavily and playing "dentist chair" drinking games as well as destroying the first class cabin of a [[Cathay Pacific]] flight which went down poorly with the public.<ref>{{cite web |last=Young-Myles |first=Oliver |url=https://inews.co.uk/sport/football/dentist-chair-gazza-euro-96-paul-gascoigne-england-vs-scotland-explained-true-story-427733 |title=Gazza dentist chair: The full story behind Paul Gascoigne's Euro 96 goal celebration from England vs Scotland |work=inews.co.uk |date=18 June 2021 |access-date=28 March 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240211135607/https://inews.co.uk/sport/football/dentist-chair-gazza-euro-96-paul-gascoigne-england-vs-scotland-explained-true-story-427733 |archive-date=11 February 2024}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |last=Storey |first=Daniel |url=https://www.football365.com/news/when-football-came-home-on-a-cathay-pacific-flight |title=When football came home (on a Cathay Pacific flight) |work=Football365 |date=27 May 2016 |access-date=28 March 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230903104551/https://www.football365.com/news/when-football-came-home-on-a-cathay-pacific-flight |archive-date=3 September 2023}}</ref>


Sheringham continued to be a first choice selection under new England manager [[Glenn Hoddle]] (1996–99) until the emergence of new teenage superstar [[Michael Owen]] during the course of 1998 saw him overshadowed. Although Sheringham began the [[1998 FIFA World Cup]] as a starting player with Owen on the bench, after Owen replaced him and almost turned around a defeat against [[Romania national football team|Romania]] in England's second game of the tournament, it seemed likely that Sheringham's front line international career had come to an end.{{citation needed|date=July 2018}}
Sheringham continued to be a first choice selection under new England manager [[Glenn Hoddle]] (1996–99) until the emergence of new teenage superstar [[Michael Owen]] during the course of 1998 saw him overshadowed. Although Sheringham began the [[1998 FIFA World Cup]] as a starting player with Owen on the bench, after Owen replaced him and almost turned around a defeat against [[Romania national football team|Romania]] in England's second game of the tournament, it seemed likely that Sheringham's front line international career had come to an end.{{citation needed|date=July 2018}}


He was not selected at all for the [[2000 European Football Championship|2000 European Championships]] by then manager [[Kevin Keegan]], but the retirement of [[Alan Shearer|Shearer]] (despite being four years younger than Sheringham) from international football after that tournament and the arrival of new manager [[Sven-Göran Eriksson]] in 2001 saw a return to international favour for him. He was often deployed as a tactical substitute late in games by Eriksson, valued for his ability to hold the ball up and create intelligent play. In 2001, Sheringham scored an important goal for England against [[Greece national football team|Greece]] in a World Cup qualifying match within 15 seconds of coming on as a substitute, although this event is overshadowed by the 93rd minute equalising free-kick by [[David Beckham]].{{citation needed|date=July 2018}}
He was not selected at all for [[UEFA Euro 2000]] by then manager [[Kevin Keegan]], but the retirement of Shearer (despite being four years younger than Sheringham) from international football after that tournament and the arrival of new manager [[Sven-Göran Eriksson]] in 2001 saw a return to international favour for him. He was often deployed as a tactical substitute late in games by Eriksson, valued for his ability to hold the ball up and create intelligent play. In 2001, Sheringham scored an important goal for England against [[Greece national football team|Greece]] in a World Cup qualifying match within 15 seconds of coming on as a substitute, although this event is overshadowed by the 93rd minute equalising free-kick by [[David Beckham]].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/world_cup_2002/1575190.stm |title=England reach World Cup finals |work=BBC Sport |date=6 October 2001 |access-date=28 March 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230418092921/http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/world_cup_2002/1575190.stm |archive-date=18 April 2023}}</ref>


He was selected as part of Eriksson's [[2002 FIFA World Cup]] squad after impressing throughout the 01–02 season with his club, and played in the famous 1–0 win against [[Argentina national football team|Argentina]], almost scoring a goal with a volley that was well saved by the Argentine goalkeeper, and made his final England appearance as a substitute in the 2–1 quarter-final defeat to [[Brazil national football team|Brazil]] in Japan. His twelve appearances for Eriksson were all as a substitute.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.englandfootballonline.com/TeamMgr/Mgr_ErikssonPlyrsApps.html|title=England Players by Number of Appearances Under Sven-Göran Eriksson|work=England Football Online|date=6 May 2012}}</ref>
He was selected as part of Eriksson's [[2002 FIFA World Cup]] squad after impressing throughout the 2001–02 season with his club, and played in the famous 1–0 win against [[Argentina national football team|Argentina]], almost scoring a goal with a volley that was well saved by the Argentine goalkeeper, and made his final England appearance as a substitute in the 2–1 quarter-final defeat to [[Brazil national football team|Brazil]] in Japan. His twelve appearances for Eriksson were all as a substitute.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.englandfootballonline.com/TeamMgr/Mgr_ErikssonPlyrsApps.html|title=England Players by Number of Appearances Under Sven-Göran Eriksson|work=England Football Online|date=6 May 2012}}</ref>


At the age of 36, that defeat signalled the final end of Sheringham's international career, during which he had earned fifty-one caps and scored eleven times for [[England national football team|England]].{{citation needed|date=July 2018}}
At the age of 36, that defeat signalled the final end of Sheringham's international career, during which he had earned fifty-one caps and scored eleven times for [[England national football team|England]].{{citation needed|date=July 2018}}


==Style of play==
==Style of play==
A versatile [[Forward (association football)|forward]], Sheringham was capable of playing as a [[Forward (association football)#Striker|striker]] and also as a [[Forward (association football)#Second striker|supporting forward]], courtesy of his ability both to score and create goals.<ref name="Teddy Sheringham">{{cite web|url=http://www.a1sportingspeakers.com/football-speakers/teddy-sheringham/|title=Teddy Sheringham|publisher=A1 Sporting Speakers|access-date=18 December 2014|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141218211846/http://www.a1sportingspeakers.com/football-speakers/teddy-sheringham/|archive-date=18 December 2014}}</ref> Due to his vision, his ability to read the game, and his short passing ability, Sheringham was capable of playing off another striker, in a deeper, creative role, where he served as an assist provider, in particular in later years, as he lost pace and stamina.<ref name="Teddy Sheringham"/><ref name="Shed no tears for Teddy">{{cite web|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/sport/2401463/Shed-no-tears-for-Teddy.html |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20220112/https://www.telegraph.co.uk/sport/2401463/Shed-no-tears-for-Teddy.html |archive-date=12 January 2022 |url-access=subscription |url-status=live|title=Shed no tears for Teddy|work=The Telegraph|last=Barclay|first=Patrick|date=11 May 2003|access-date=18 December 2014}}{{cbignore}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.independent.co.uk/sport/football/news-and-comment/100-club-the-most-prolific-scorers-in-the-premier-league-1918267.html?action=gallery&ino=13|title=100 club: The most prolific scorers in the Premier League: Teddy Sheringham, 147 goals|work=The Independent|date=8 March 2010|access-date=18 December 2014}}</ref><ref name="scooponthecity.com">{{cite web|url=http://www.scooponthecity.com/liverpool/rickie-lambert-will-be-liverpools-teddy-sheringham|title=Rickie Lambert will be Liverpool's Teddy Sheringham|work=Scoop on the City|access-date=18 December 2014|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141218204944/http://www.scooponthecity.com/liverpool/rickie-lambert-will-be-liverpools-teddy-sheringham|archive-date=18 December 2014}}</ref> He also possessed good technical ability and upper body strength, which allowed him to retain possession in the box and hold up the ball when playing with his back to goal, and subsequently lay it off to his teammates.<ref name="scooponthecity.com"/><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.espnfc.com/barclays-premier-league/story/1845449/teddy-sheringham-hired-as-west-ham-united-attacking-coach|title=Sheringham to coach at West Ham|date=30 May 2014|publisher=ESPN FC|access-date=18 December 2014}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://m.espn.com/soccer/blogs/blogpost?id=3369725&wjb= |title=Pochettino puts team before individuals in Tottenham's tenacious attack |publisher=ESPN FC |last1=Cox |first1=Michael |date=3 February 2018 |access-date=5 June 2020 }}</ref> As a [[Forward (association football)#Centre-forward|centre-forward]] in his prime, he was also very effective and extremely prolific, due to his accurate finishing, opportunism in the area, intelligence, and his ability in the air, which enabled him to be regarded as one of the top Premier League forwards of his generation.<ref name="Shed no tears for Teddy"/><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.premierleague.com/en-gb/news/news/2013-14/may/teddy-sheringham-returns-to-west-ham-as-attacking-coach.html|title=Sheringham 'excited' by return to West Ham|publisher=Premier League|date=30 May 2014|access-date=18 December 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160605041545/https://www.premierleague.com/en-gb/news/news/2013-14/may/teddy-sheringham-returns-to-west-ham-as-attacking-coach.html|archive-date=5 June 2016|url-status=dead}}</ref>
A versatile [[Forward (association football)|forward]], Sheringham was capable of playing as a [[Forward (association football)#Striker|striker]] and also as a [[Forward (association football)#Second striker|supporting forward]], courtesy of his ability both to score and create goals.<ref name="Teddy Sheringham">{{cite web|url=http://www.a1sportingspeakers.com/football-speakers/teddy-sheringham/|title=Teddy Sheringham|publisher=A1 Sporting Speakers|access-date=18 December 2014|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141218211846/http://www.a1sportingspeakers.com/football-speakers/teddy-sheringham/|archive-date=18 December 2014}}</ref> Due to his vision, his ability to read the game, and his short passing ability, Sheringham was capable of playing off another striker, in a deeper, creative role, where he served as an assist provider, in particular in later years, as he lost pace and stamina.<ref name="Teddy Sheringham"/><ref name="Shed no tears for Teddy">{{cite web|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/sport/2401463/Shed-no-tears-for-Teddy.html |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20220112/https://www.telegraph.co.uk/sport/2401463/Shed-no-tears-for-Teddy.html |archive-date=12 January 2022 |url-access=subscription |url-status=live|title=Shed no tears for Teddy|work=The Telegraph|last=Barclay|first=Patrick|authorlink=Patrick Barclay|date=11 May 2003|access-date=18 December 2014}}{{cbignore}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.independent.co.uk/sport/football/news-and-comment/100-club-the-most-prolific-scorers-in-the-premier-league-1918267.html?action=gallery&ino=13|title=100 club: The most prolific scorers in the Premier League: Teddy Sheringham, 147 goals|work=The Independent|date=8 March 2010|access-date=18 December 2014}}</ref><ref name="scooponthecity.com">{{cite web|url=http://www.scooponthecity.com/liverpool/rickie-lambert-will-be-liverpools-teddy-sheringham|title=Rickie Lambert will be Liverpool's Teddy Sheringham|work=Scoop on the City|access-date=18 December 2014|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141218204944/http://www.scooponthecity.com/liverpool/rickie-lambert-will-be-liverpools-teddy-sheringham|archive-date=18 December 2014}}</ref> He also possessed good technical ability and upper body strength, which allowed him to retain possession in the box and hold up the ball when playing with his back to goal, and subsequently lay it off to his teammates.<ref name="scooponthecity.com"/><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.espnfc.com/barclays-premier-league/story/1845449/teddy-sheringham-hired-as-west-ham-united-attacking-coach|title=Sheringham to coach at West Ham|date=30 May 2014|publisher=ESPN FC|access-date=18 December 2014}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://m.espn.com/soccer/blogs/blogpost?id=3369725&wjb= |title=Pochettino puts team before individuals in Tottenham's tenacious attack |publisher=ESPN FC |last1=Cox |first1=Michael |date=3 February 2018 |access-date=5 June 2020 }}</ref> As a [[Forward (association football)#Centre-forward|centre-forward]] in his prime, he was also very effective and extremely prolific, due to his accurate finishing, opportunism in the area, intelligence, and his ability in the air, which enabled him to be regarded as one of the top Premier League forwards of his generation.<ref name="Shed no tears for Teddy"/><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.premierleague.com/en-gb/news/news/2013-14/may/teddy-sheringham-returns-to-west-ham-as-attacking-coach.html|title=Sheringham 'excited' by return to West Ham|publisher=Premier League|date=30 May 2014|access-date=18 December 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160605041545/https://www.premierleague.com/en-gb/news/news/2013-14/may/teddy-sheringham-returns-to-west-ham-as-attacking-coach.html|archive-date=5 June 2016|url-status=dead}}</ref>


==Poker career==
==Poker career==
Upon his retirement from professional football in 2008, Sheringham has been a noticeable figure on the world [[poker]] scene,<ref>{{cite web |title=CardsChat Interview with Teddy Sheringham |url=https://www.cardschat.com/news/teddy-sheringham-interview-96460/ |website=CardsChat.com |access-date=17 December 2020}}</ref> playing in various competitions worldwide. He made the final table in the €5,000 No Limit Hold'em Main Event in the [[European Poker Tour|EPT]] [[Vilamoura]], finishing 5th out of a field of 384 players, winning €93,121.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://pokerdb.thehendonmob.com/event.php?a=r&n=46885|title=EPT – 7 – Vilamoura, No Limit Hold'em – EPT Main Event |work=Hendon Mob Poker Database |access-date=5 July 2018}}</ref>
Upon his retirement from professional football in 2008, Sheringham has been a noticeable figure on the world [[poker]] scene,<ref>{{cite web |title=CardsChat Interview with Teddy Sheringham |url=https://www.cardschat.com/news/teddy-sheringham-interview-96460/ |website=CardsChat.com |date=10 December 2020 |access-date=17 December 2020}}</ref> playing in various competitions worldwide. He made the final table in the €5,000 No Limit Hold'em Main Event in the [[European Poker Tour|EPT]] [[Vilamoura]], finishing 5th out of a field of 384 players, winning €93,121.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://pokerdb.thehendonmob.com/event.php?a=r&n=46885|title=EPT – 7 – Vilamoura, No Limit Hold'em – EPT Main Event |work=Hendon Mob Poker Database |access-date=5 July 2018}}</ref>


==Coaching career==
==Coaching career==
In May 2014, Sheringham was appointed as an [[Association football positions#Attacking|attacking]] coach with West Ham United.<ref name="whucoach">{{cite web | url=https://www.bbc.com/sport/0/football/27632489 | title=Teddy Sheringham returns to West Ham as attacking coach | publisher=BBC Sport | date=30 May 2014 | access-date=31 May 2014}}</ref> He was credited with a change in West Ham's style of play which led to a run of good form at the start of the 2014–15 season, earning striker [[Diafra Sakho]] the [[Premier League Player of the Month]] award for October 2014.<ref>{{cite news|title=West Ham: Awards for Sam Allardyce & Diafra Sakho|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/football/29951847|access-date=7 November 2014|publisher=BBC Sport|date=7 November 2014}}</ref>
In May 2014, Sheringham was appointed as an [[Association football positions#Attacking|attacking]] coach with West Ham United.<ref name="whucoach">{{cite web | url=https://www.bbc.com/sport/0/football/27632489 | title=Teddy Sheringham returns to West Ham as attacking coach | publisher=BBC Sport | date=30 May 2014 | access-date=31 May 2014}}</ref> He was credited with a change in West Ham's style of play which led to a run of good form at the start of the 2014–15 season, earning striker [[Diafra Sakho]] the [[Premier League Player of the Month]] award for October 2014.<ref>{{cite news|title=West Ham: Awards for Sam Allardyce & Diafra Sakho|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/football/29951847|access-date=7 November 2014|publisher=BBC Sport|date=7 November 2014}}</ref>


On 21 May 2015, Sheringham was appointed to his first managerial role, taking charge of [[League Two]] side [[Stevenage F.C.|Stevenage]], replacing [[Graham Westley]].<ref name="stevenage manager">{{cite web | url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/football/32832999 | title=Teddy Sheringham: Stevenage name ex-England striker as boss | publisher=BBC Sport | date=21 May 2015 | access-date=21 May 2015}}</ref> With the club struggling with injuries, he registered himself as a player, aged 49, for a [[Herts Senior Cup]] match against [[Welwyn Garden City F.C.|Welwyn Garden City]] in November of that year, but did not play.<ref>{{Cite web | title = Stevenage's Teddy Sheringham will not play cup game despite being registered | agency = Press Association | work = The Guardian | date = 3 November 2015 | access-date = 5 July 2018 | url = https://www.theguardian.com/football/2015/nov/03/teddy-sheringham-stevenage-register-player-age-49-herts-senior-cup}}</ref> He was sacked on 1 February 2016, with the club 19th in the league having collected only three points from their previous eight matches.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.theguardian.com/football/2016/feb/01/teddy-sheringham-sacked-stevenage|title=Teddy Sheringham sacked by Stevenage after poor run|date=1 February 2016|work=The Guardian|access-date=9 February 2016}}</ref>
On 21 May 2015, Sheringham was appointed to his first managerial role, taking charge of [[EFL League Two|League Two]] side [[Stevenage F.C.|Stevenage]], replacing [[Graham Westley]].<ref name="stevenage manager">{{cite web | url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/football/32832999 | title=Teddy Sheringham: Stevenage name ex-England striker as boss | publisher=BBC Sport | date=21 May 2015 | access-date=21 May 2015}}</ref> With the club struggling with injuries, he registered himself as a player, aged 49, for a [[Herts Senior Cup]] match against [[Welwyn Garden City F.C.|Welwyn Garden City]] in November of that year, but did not play.<ref>{{Cite web | title = Stevenage's Teddy Sheringham will not play cup game despite being registered | agency = Press Association | work = The Guardian | date = 3 November 2015 | access-date = 5 July 2018 | url = https://www.theguardian.com/football/2015/nov/03/teddy-sheringham-stevenage-register-player-age-49-herts-senior-cup}}</ref> He was sacked on 1 February 2016, with the club 19th in the league having collected only three points from their previous eight matches.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.theguardian.com/football/2016/feb/01/teddy-sheringham-sacked-stevenage|title=Teddy Sheringham sacked by Stevenage after poor run|date=1 February 2016|work=The Guardian|access-date=9 February 2016}}</ref>


On 14 July 2017, Sheringham was named as the new head coach of [[Indian Super League]] club [[ATK (football club)|ATK]].<ref>{{Cite web | title = Atletico de Kolkata announce Teddy Sheringham as new manager, Jamshedpur to be led by Steve Coppell | work = The Indian Express | date = 15 July 2017 | access-date = 26 January 2018 | url = http://indianexpress.com/article/sports/football/atletico-de-kolkata-announce-teddy-sheringham-as-new-manager-jamshedpur-to-be-led-by-steve-coppell-4751230/}}</ref> On 24 January 2018, Sheringham was sacked by ATK after winning only three of his ten games in charge of the [[Kolkata]]-based outfit.<ref>{{Cite web | title = Former Stevenage boss Teddy Sheringham sacked by Indian Super League side ATK | last = Mountney | first = Dan | work = The Comet | date = 24 January 2018 | access-date = 26 January 2018 | url = http://www.thecomet.net/stevenage-fc/former-stevenage-boss-teddy-sheringham-sacked-by-indian-super-league-side-atk-1-5368359}}</ref>
On 14 July 2017, Sheringham was named as the new head coach of [[Indian Super League]] club [[ATK (football club)|ATK]].<ref>{{Cite web | title = Atletico de Kolkata announce Teddy Sheringham as new manager, Jamshedpur to be led by Steve Coppell | work = The Indian Express | date = 15 July 2017 | access-date = 26 January 2018 | url = http://indianexpress.com/article/sports/football/atletico-de-kolkata-announce-teddy-sheringham-as-new-manager-jamshedpur-to-be-led-by-steve-coppell-4751230/}}</ref> On 24 January 2018, Sheringham was sacked by ATK after winning only three of his ten games in charge of the [[Kolkata]]-based outfit.<ref>{{Cite web | title = Former Stevenage boss Teddy Sheringham sacked by Indian Super League side ATK | last = Mountney | first = Dan | work = The Comet | date = 24 January 2018 | access-date = 26 January 2018 | url = http://www.thecomet.net/stevenage-fc/former-stevenage-boss-teddy-sheringham-sacked-by-indian-super-league-side-atk-1-5368359 | archive-date = 23 August 2018 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20180823212016/http://www.thecomet.net/stevenage-fc/former-stevenage-boss-teddy-sheringham-sacked-by-indian-super-league-side-atk-1-5368359 | url-status = dead }}</ref>


==Personal life==
==Personal life==
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| align="center"|1 || 8 June 1995 || [[Elland Road]], [[Leeds]], United Kingdom || align="center"|8 || {{fb|SWE}} || align="center"|1–2 || align="center"|3–3 || [[Umbro Cup]]
| align="center"|1 || 8 June 1995 || [[Elland Road]], [[Leeds]], United Kingdom || align="center"|8 || {{fb|SWE}} || align="center"|1–2 || align="center"|3–3 || [[Umbro Cup]]
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| align="center"|2 || 15 November 1995 || [[Wembley Stadium (1923)|Wembley Stadium]], London, United Kingdom || align="center"|12 || {{fb|SUI}} || align="center"|2–0 || align="center"|3–1 || [[Friendly match|Friendly]]
| align="center"|2 || 15 November 1995 || rowspan="3"| [[Wembley Stadium (1923)|Wembley Stadium]], London, United Kingdom || align="center"|12 || {{fb|SUI}} || align="center"|2–0 || align="center"|3–1 || [[Exhibition game|Friendly]]
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| align="center"|3 || rowspan="2"|18 June 1996 || rowspan="2"|Wembley Stadium, London, United Kingdom || rowspan="2" align="center"|18 || rowspan="2"|{{fb|NED}} || align="center"|2–0 || rowspan="2" align="center"|4–1 || rowspan="2"|[[UEFA Euro 1996]]
| align="center"|3 || rowspan="2"|18 June 1996 || rowspan="2" align="center"|18 || rowspan="2"|{{fb|NED}} || align="center"|2–0 || rowspan="2" align="center"|4–1 || rowspan="2"|[[UEFA Euro 1996]]
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| align="center"|5 || 9 November 1996 || [[Boris Paichadze Stadium]], [[Tbilisi]], Georgia || align="center"|21 || {{fb|GEO|1990}} || align="center"|1–0 || align="center"|2–0 || [[1998 FIFA World Cup qualification]]
| align="center"|5 || 9 November 1996 || [[Boris Paichadze Dinamo Arena|Boris Paichadze Stadium]], [[Tbilisi]], Georgia || align="center"|21 || {{fb|GEO|1990}} || align="center"|1–0 || align="center"|2–0 || [[1998 FIFA World Cup qualification – UEFA Group 2|1998 FIFA World Cup qualification]]
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| align="center"|6 || 29 March 1997 || Wembley Stadium, London, United Kingdom || align="center"|22 || {{fb|MEX}} || align="center"|1–0 || align="center"|2–0 || Friendly
| align="center"|6 || 29 March 1997 || rowspan="2"| Wembley Stadium, London, United Kingdom || align="center"|22 || {{fb|MEX}} || align="center"|1–0 || align="center"|2–0 || Friendly
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| align="center"|7 || 30 April 1997 || Wembley Stadium, London, United Kingdom || align="center"|23 || {{fb|GEO|1990}} || align="center"|1–0 || align="center"|2–0 || 1998 FIFA World Cup qualification
| align="center"|7 || 30 April 1997 || align="center"|23 || {{fb|GEO|1990}} || align="center"|1–0 || align="center"|2–0 || rowspan="2"| 1998 FIFA World Cup qualification
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| align="center"|8 || 31 May 1997 || [[Silesian Stadium]], [[Chorzów]], Poland || align="center"|25 || {{fb|POL}} || align="center"|2–0 || align="center"|2–0 || 1998 FIFA World Cup qualification
| align="center"|8 || 31 May 1997 || [[Stadion Śląski]], [[Chorzów]], Poland || align="center"|25 || {{fb|POL}} || align="center"|2–0 || align="center"|2–0
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| align="center"|9 || 22 April 1998 || Wembley Stadium, London, United Kingdom || align="center"|32 || {{fb|POR}} || align="center"|2–0 || align="center"|3–0 || Friendly
| align="center"|9 || 22 April 1998 || Wembley Stadium, London, United Kingdom || align="center"|32 || {{fb|POR}} || align="center"|2–0 || align="center"|3–0 || rowspan="2"| Friendly
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| align="center"|10 || 25 May 2001 || [[Pride Park Stadium|Pride Park]], [[Derby]], United Kingdom || align="center"|41 || {{fb|MEX}} || align="center"|4–0 || align="center"|4–0 || Friendly
| align="center"|10 || 25 May 2001 || [[Pride Park Stadium|Pride Park]], [[Derby]], United Kingdom || align="center"|41 || {{fb|MEX}} || align="center"|4–0 || align="center"|4–0
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| align="center"|11 || 6 October 2001 || [[Old Trafford]], [[Manchester]], United Kingdom || align="center"|42 || {{fb|GRE}} || align="center"|1–1 || align="center"|2–2 || [[2002 FIFA World Cup qualification]]
| align="center"|11 || 6 October 2001 || [[Old Trafford]], [[Manchester]], United Kingdom || align="center"|42 || {{fb|GRE}} || align="center"|1–1 || align="center"|2–2 || [[2002 FIFA World Cup qualification – UEFA Group 9|2002 FIFA World Cup qualification]]
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*[[Full Members' Cup]]: [[1991–92 Full Members' Cup|1991–92]]{{citation needed|date=May 2021}}
*[[Full Members' Cup]]: [[1991–92 Full Members' Cup|1991–92]]{{citation needed|date=May 2021}}


'''Manchester United'''<ref name="Premier League icons">{{cite web|url=http://www.totalfootballmag.com/features/premier-league-features/premier-league-icon-teddy-sheringham/ |title=Premier League icons – Teddy Sheringham |work=Total Football Mag |access-date=3 October 2014 }}</ref>
'''Manchester United'''<ref name="Premier League icons">{{cite web |url=http://www.totalfootballmag.com/features/premier-league-features/premier-league-icon-teddy-sheringham/ |title=Premier League icons – Teddy Sheringham |work=Total Football Mag |access-date=3 October 2014 |archive-date=6 May 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210506084241/https://www.totalfootballmag.com/features/premier-league-features/premier-league-icon-teddy-sheringham/ |url-status=dead }}</ref>
*[[Premier League]]: [[1998–99 FA Premier League|1998–99]], [[1999–2000 FA Premier League|1999–2000]], [[2000–01 FA Premier League|2000–01]]<ref name=PL>{{cite web |url=https://www.premierleague.com/players/576/Teddy-Sheringham/overview |title=Teddy Sheringham: Overview |publisher=Premier League |access-date=18 April 2018}}</ref>
*[[Premier League]]: [[1998–99 FA Premier League|1998–99]], [[1999–2000 FA Premier League|1999–2000]], [[2000–01 FA Premier League|2000–01]]<ref name=PL>{{cite web |url=https://www.premierleague.com/players/576/Teddy-Sheringham/overview |title=Teddy Sheringham: Overview |publisher=Premier League |access-date=18 April 2018}}</ref>
*[[FA Cup]]: [[1999 FA Cup Final|1998–99]]
*[[FA Cup]]: [[1999 FA Cup final|1998–99]]
*[[FA Community Shield|FA Charity Shield]]: [[1997 FA Charity Shield|1997]]
*[[FA Community Shield|FA Charity Shield]]: [[1997 FA Charity Shield|1997]]
*[[UEFA Champions League]]: [[1998–99 UEFA Champions League|1998–99]]
*[[UEFA Champions League]]: [[1998–99 UEFA Champions League|1998–99]]
*[[Intercontinental Cup (football)|Intercontinental Cup]]: [[1999 Intercontinental Cup|1999]]
*[[Intercontinental Cup (football)|Intercontinental Cup]]: [[1999 Intercontinental Cup|1999]]

'''Tottenham Hotspur'''
*[[Football League Cup]] runner-up: [[2001–02 Football League Cup|2001–02]]<ref>{{cite news |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/worthington_cup/1834988.stm |title=Cole strike stuns Spurs |website=BBC Sport |date=24 February 2002 |access-date=27 March 2024}}</ref>


'''West Ham United'''
'''West Ham United'''
*[[Football League Championship play-offs]]: [[2005 Football League play-offs#Championship|2005]]<ref name="Premier League icons" />
*[[Football League Championship play-offs]]: [[2005 Football League play-offs#Championship|2005]]<ref name="Premier League icons" />

'''England'''<ref>{{cite web |last1=Campbell |first1=Paul |last2=Lacey |first2=David |name-list-style=amp |date=25 Jun 2013 |title=From the Vault: Recalling How England Won Le Tournoi de France in 1997 |url=https://www.theguardian.com/football/blog/2013/jun/25/vault-england-le-tournoi-france-1997 |website=[[The Guardian]] |location=London |access-date=3 December 2022}}</ref>
*[[Tournoi de France]]: [[1997 Tournoi de France|1997]]


'''Individual'''
'''Individual'''
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*{{FIFA player|95558}}
*{{Soccerbase}}
*{{Soccerbase}}
*{{Englandstats}}
*[http://www.footballdatabase.com/site/players/index.php?dumpPlayer=155 FootballDatabase provides Teddy Sheringham's profile and stats]
*[http://www.footballdatabase.com/site/players/index.php?dumpPlayer=155 FootballDatabase provides Teddy Sheringham's profile and stats]
*[http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/teams/w/west_ham_utd/4864390.stm Teddy on "Life at 40"]
*[http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/teams/w/west_ham_utd/4864390.stm Teddy on "Life at 40"]
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[[Category:Premier League players]]
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[[Category:First Division/Premier League top scorers]]
[[Category:UEFA Champions League winning players]]
[[Category:UEFA Champions League–winning players]]
[[Category:English Football Hall of Fame inductees]]
[[Category:English Football Hall of Fame inductees]]
[[Category:England men's under-21 international footballers]]
[[Category:England men's under-21 international footballers]]

Latest revision as of 08:36, 2 November 2024

Teddy Sheringham
MBE
Sheringham in 2024
Personal information
Full name Edward Paul Sheringham
Date of birth (1966-04-02) 2 April 1966 (age 58)
Place of birth Highams Park, London, England
Height 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)
Position(s) Striker
Youth career
1982–1983 Leytonstone & Ilford
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1983–1991 Millwall 220 (93)
1985Aldershot (loan) 5 (0)
1985Djurgårdens IF (loan) 21 (13)
1991–1992 Nottingham Forest 42 (14)
1992–1997 Tottenham Hotspur 166 (75)
1997–2001 Manchester United 104 (31)
2001–2003 Tottenham Hotspur 70 (22)
2003–2004 Portsmouth 32 (9)
2004–2007 West Ham United 76 (28)
2007–2008 Colchester United 19 (3)
2015 Stevenage 0 (0)
Total 755 (288)
International career
1983 England U17 3 (0)
1983–1985 England Youth 8 (5)
1988 England U21 1 (0)
1993–2002 England 51 (11)
Managerial career
2015–2016 Stevenage
2017–2018 ATK
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Edward Paul Sheringham MBE (born 2 April 1966) is an English football manager and former player. He played as a forward, mostly as a second striker, in a 24-year professional career.[1] Sheringham was part of the Manchester United team that won the treble of the Premier League, FA Cup and UEFA Champions League in 1999. He scored the equalising goal and provided the assist for the club's winning goal in the 1999 UEFA Champions League final against Bayern Munich that sealed it, with both goals coming in injury time of the second half.

Sheringham began his career at Millwall, where he scored 111 goals between 1983 and 1991, and is the club's second all-time leading scorer. He left to join First Division Nottingham Forest. A year later, Sheringham scored Forest's first ever Premier League goal,[2] and was signed by Tottenham Hotspur. After five seasons at Spurs, Sheringham joined Manchester United where he won three Premier League titles, the FA Cup, the UEFA Champions League, the Intercontinental Cup and the FA Charity Shield. In 2001, he was named both the PFA Players' Player of the Year and FWA Footballer of the Year.

After leaving Manchester United at the end of the 2000–01 season, Sheringham re-joined Tottenham Hotspur, where he was a losing finalist in the 2001–02 Football League Cup. He spent one season at newly promoted Portsmouth, scoring the club's first Premier League goal,[3] before joining West Ham United, where he helped the club gain promotion from the 2004–05 Football League Championship. The following season, Sheringham appeared for West Ham in the 2006 FA Cup final, becoming the third-oldest player to appear in an FA Cup final.[4]

Sheringham is currently the thirteenth-highest goalscorer in the history of the Premier League with 146 goals, and is the competition's 34th-highest appearance maker.[5] He holds the record as the oldest outfield player to appear in a Premier League match (40 years, 272 days)[6] and the oldest player to score in a Premier League match (40 years, 268 days).[7] He was capped 51 times for the England national team, scoring 11 times, and played in the 1998 and 2002 FIFA World Cups, as well as the 1996 UEFA European Championship. He retired from competitive football at the end of the 2007–08 season with Colchester United, at the age of 42. He has since managed League Two club Stevenage, and ATK of the Indian Super League.

Club career

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Millwall

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Sheringham began his professional career at Millwall in 1982 at the age of 16, after impressing a scout when playing for non-league club Leytonstone & Ilford during a youth team game against Millwall. He was signed up, initially as an apprentice and scored on only his second appearance for the club in a match away at Bournemouth in January 1984. After being loaned out by the club twice in 1985 to Aldershot and later a Swedish side, Djurgården, he quickly became a first choice selection at Millwall and during the late 1980s formed a striking partnership with Tony Cascarino. He was the club's top goalscorer in four seasons (1986–87, 1987–88, 1988–89 and 1990–91) and played in every game of the season twice, in 1986–87 and 1990–91.[8]

In their three seasons together at Millwall, Cascarino and Sheringham scored 99 goals between them.[9]

The 1987–88 season saw the club promoted to the First Division, then the highest tier of English league football, for the first time. Sheringham scored the first goal in Millwall's first home game in Division One. Millwall briefly topped the table at the start of October 1988 and the goals of Sheringham (15) and Cascarino (15) kept Millwall in the top four for most of the season before fading after Easter to finish in 10th position. Sheringham said in his autobiography: "It was a crazy exhilarating time. There we were, little Millwall, in our first season in the First Division and topping the table until about March. Everybody said it couldn't last and of course it couldn't and it didn't, but we gave them all a good run for their money. We were beating the best teams when we shouldn't and getting away draws to which we had no right."[10][11]

Millwall's spell in the top flight was not to last as they were relegated in the following season, finishing bottom of the Division after briefly topping the table again early in the season. Sheringham was again top scorer for Millwall with twelve goals, having missed ten league games through injury.[12] The club had an opportunity to bounce straight back up at the end of the 1990–91 season, reaching the semi-finals of the Division Two play-offs, but they were beaten by Brighton & Hove Albion and remained in the Second Division. Sheringham's outstanding form during the 1990–91 season saw him finish as the league's highest scorer with 37 goals, a haul which included four hat-tricks. With Millwall failing to return to the top flight, a departure for Sheringham looked inevitable.[13] In his final season at Millwall, Sheringham broke all of the club's goalscoring records, scoring a total of 111 goals in all competitions in his eight years at the club. He was Millwall's all-time leading scorer until 2009.[14]

Nottingham Forest

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The 25-year-old Sheringham was sold to Nottingham Forest in a £2 million deal in July 1991,[15] to play alongside Nigel Clough. He did well for Forest and helped them finish eighth in the First Division at the end of the 1991–92 season, as well as to reach the League Cup final, where they lost to Manchester United. Sheringham scored Forest's first Premier League goal, against Liverpool, in August 1992 (which was also the first ever live goal shown on Sky Sports) but a week later he was sold to Tottenham Hotspur for £2.1 million.[15] Forest went on to be relegated in 1992–93, in part due to having failed to adequately replace Sheringham in attack.

Tottenham Hotspur

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Sheringham had a successful start to his career at the club by being the Premier League's top goalscorer in its inaugural season, scoring 22 goals (21 with Tottenham and one with Forest).[15] His strike partners at White Hart Lane included Gordon Durie, Ronny Rosenthal, Jürgen Klinsmann and finally Chris Armstrong. In the 1993–94 season, he was Tottenham's top scorer with 14 Premier League goals but played in just 19 games due to injury and this impacted negatively on Tottenham's league form. Spurs finished 15th and were not completely safe from relegation until the penultimate game of the season. They have not finished lower than this ever since.[16]

The following season was better, as he helped Spurs finish seventh in the Premier League and reach the semi-final of the FA Cup, just missing out on European football for the 1995–96 season.

Jürgen Klinsmann, who partnered Sheringham during the 1994–95 season, was later quoted as claiming that Sheringham was the most intelligent strike partner he had ever had.[17]

Sheringham was hugely popular with the Tottenham fans and by the mid-1990s was firmly established as one of the most highly rated strikers in the Premier League. However, despite his prolific strike rate by the end of the 1996–97 season,he was 31 years old and had yet to win a major trophy in a career which had so far spanned 15 years; many pundits considered him past his best and likely to finish his career without major honours.

Manchester United

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In June 1997, Sheringham agreed to join Manchester United in a £3.5 million deal.[18] There was a significant gap upfront following the unexpected early retirement of the iconic Eric Cantona. His first competitive game for the club was against Chelsea in the 1997 FA Charity Shield which United won on penalties. His first league outing was against his former employers, Tottenham, at White Hart Lane. Throughout the game, Sheringham suffered jeers and boos from his former fans, who had been angered by the fact that Sheringham had accused Tottenham of lacking ambition when he made his transfer. In the 60th minute with the score at 0–0, Sheringham missed a penalty, although ended up on the winning side as two late goals gave United the win.

Sheringham scores 14 goals in all competitions and formed a good partnership with Andy Cole but the 1997–98 season ended without the league title. Towards the end of the season, during a game at Bolton Wanderers, an incident occurred that furthered the animosity with fellow striker Andy Cole. When Bolton scored, Sheringham blamed Cole, his strike partner and Cole then refused to talk to him. The breakdown in their relationship was never resolved, and reputedly they never spoke again.[19] This had started three years previously in 1995 when Sheringham had snubbed Cole as the latter came on to make his international debut.[20]

Speculation that Sheringham would leave United increased just after the 1998–99 season got underway, when Dwight Yorke moved to Old Trafford from Aston Villa. Yorke immediately formed a prolific partnership with Cole as United went on to regain the league title on the final day of the season. Sheringham's first-team chances were relatively limited but he still managed to make enough appearances to qualify for a championship medal at the end of the season – at the age of 33 he had won his first major trophy. A week later he came off the substitutes bench to score United's opening goal in a 2–0 defeat of Newcastle United in the FA Cup final to secure the double.[21] Four days after the FA Cup triumph, Sheringham scored a dramatic stoppage-time equaliser against Bayern Munich in the Champions League final, having come on as a substitute earlier in the game. With seconds of stoppage-time remaining, Ole Gunnar Solskjær scored from Sheringham's headed flick-on, and United won a treble of the Premier League, FA Cup and European Cup with Sheringham – having not won a major honour in his 15-year career – now having won every top-level trophy in the English game.[22]

Sheringham's first-team chances remained limited during the 1999–2000 season, but he still played enough times to merit another Premier League title medal. In the 2000–01 season, United secured a third consecutive league title, with Sheringham top-scoring for United and playing some of the best football of his career.[23] In April 2001, he was voted Footballer of the Year by both the Professional Footballers' Association and Football Writers' Association.[24][25] His fine form ensured that he was still involved with the national side despite being in his 35th year, being named in the squad for the 2002 World Cup.

Return to Tottenham Hotspur

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At the end of the 2000–01 season, Sheringham's four-year contract at Old Trafford expired. He was facing stiffer competition than ever for the places up front, most of all from United's new Dutch striker Ruud van Nistelrooy. He refused United's offer of a 12-month contract[26] and returned to Tottenham on a free transfer as one of new manager Glenn Hoddle's first signings.[27] In his first season back, Sheringham helped Tottenham to a ninth-place finish, the club's highest in 6 years, and to reach the League Cup final where they lost 2–1 to Blackburn Rovers, with Sheringham being brought down in the penalty area in the last minute for what he believed to be a penalty.[28] 2002–03 brought a similar mid table finish, although Tottenham had topped the Premier League three games into the season. Sheringham made 80 appearances in all competitions for Tottenham in this period, scoring 26 goals.[29]

Sheringham and Clive Allen were inducted into the Tottenham Hotspur Hall of Fame on 8 May 2008.[30]

Portsmouth

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On the expiry of his Tottenham contract at the end of the 2002–03 season, Tottenham decided not to offer Sheringham a new contract[31] and he joined Portsmouth in their first season in the Premier League.[32] Sheringham became the oldest Premier League player to score a hat-trick when he scored three against Bolton early in the season.[33] Despite this, he was only contracted to the club for one season and, despite scoring in his final game (a 5–1 win victory over Middlesbrough with the club already secure in the top flight),[34] at the end of the 2003–04 season, Portsmouth decided not to offer the 38-year-old striker another contract but he insisted that he wanted to continue his top flight career at another club.[35] Sheringham made 38 appearances for Portsmouth, scoring ten goals.[15]

West Ham United

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West Ham player Teddy Sheringham
West Ham coach Teddy Sheringham
Teddy Sheringham as a West Ham United player and coach

Sheringham then dropped down a division to the Championship to sign for West Ham United,[36] the club he supported as a boy.[37] Sheringham was the division's third-highest scorer in the 2004–05 season with 20 goals (21 in all competitions) – one of the highest goalscoring seasons of his career. He won the Championship Player of the Season award,[38] and helped the Hammers reach the 2005 Football League Championship play-off final where they beat Preston North End at the Millennium Stadium to return to the Premier League after two seasons in the second tier. At the end of the 2004–05 season, Sheringham's one-year contract expired and both he and West Ham agreed to a one-year extension prior to the start of the new season.[39] With his second-half appearance against Charlton Athletic on 2 April 2006, Sheringham became one of just five players to have played top-flight football while in their 40s; joining the likes of Les Sealey, John Burridge, Gordon Strachan and later Ryan Giggs.[40] On 19 August 2006, he became the oldest outfield player in the history of the division, at 40 years 139 days.[41] Sheringham signed a contract to play for West Ham until the end of the 2006–07 season,[42] and was a player at the club after his 41st birthday. On 13 May 2006, Sheringham became the third oldest player to appear in an FA Cup final, at 40 years and 41 days old. The game ended 3–3, with Liverpool winning the trophy in a penalty shootout. Sheringham was the only West Ham player to convert his kick as Liverpool won the shootout 3–1. On 26 December 2006, at the age of 40 years and 266 days, he beat his own record for oldest Premier League scorer, with the goal in a 2–1 defeat to Portsmouth.[43] On 30 December 2006, he broke the record for oldest Premier League outfield player once more, playing in the 1–0 defeat against Manchester City, aged 40 years and 270 days.[44] Sheringham also appeared in 11 FA Cup, League Cup, and UEFA Cup games for West Ham, scoring two goals.

Colchester United

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After being released by West Ham, Sheringham signed for Colchester United in July 2007 and was given the number 8 shirt.[45] He started Colchester's first game of the season, away at Sheffield United,[46] and scored the first goal in a 2–2 home draw against Barnsley a week later.[47] 7 days later he scored again, in a 3–0 win at Preston North End.[48] Having just served a three match suspension after being sent off against Coventry, Sheringham was once again amongst the scorers in Colchester's 2–1 win at Hillsborough over Sheffield Wednesday.[49] He scored his fourth and final Colchester goal in a 3–1 FA Cup defeat to Peterborough United on 5 January 2008.[50] Sheringham made only 3 league appearances in 2008, the last of which came against Stoke City on 26 April 2008, the last game at Layer Road.[51]

Whilst at Colchester, Sheringham was the oldest player in all four divisions of the Football League, and is now part of the elite list of players who have achieved more than 700 league appearances in their career. He retired at the end of the 2007–08 season, his career ending on a low note as Colchester were relegated from the Championship – the club's first relegation for 18 years.[52]

International career

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Something of a late developer on the international scene, Sheringham did not win his first England cap until the age of 27 in 1993. Under the reign of manager Terry Venables (1994–96) Sheringham came to be the preferred strike partner for Alan Shearer. During this time, England had a wealth of strikers with the likes of Andy Cole, Ian Wright, a young Robbie Fowler and Les Ferdinand all battling to partner Shearer in the England team.[53][54]

The two formed a famous partnership at international level, as they complemented each other's strengths: Shearer the out-and-out goalscorer, big, strong and powerful, Sheringham just 'dropping off' his strike partner, finding spaces, creating play and providing key passes, forming the link between Shearer and the England midfield. The pairing came to be known as 'The SAS' ('Shearer and Sheringham') and their most successful time together came in Euro 96, held in England. Their most famous contribution was in the 4–1 victory over the Netherlands, a game in the opening group stages in which they both scored twice against one of the strongest teams in the tournament. Though England were eventually knocked out in the semi-finals, many believed that that squad of players such as Sheringham and his contemporaries including Paul Gascoigne, Steve McManaman, Tony Adams and Paul Ince, had done the nation proud. At this time, the England squad were also criticised heavily in the media for their part in several off the field incidents during the lead up to the tournament, where Sheringham, McManaman and Gascoigne were photographed drinking heavily and playing "dentist chair" drinking games as well as destroying the first class cabin of a Cathay Pacific flight which went down poorly with the public.[55][56]

Sheringham continued to be a first choice selection under new England manager Glenn Hoddle (1996–99) until the emergence of new teenage superstar Michael Owen during the course of 1998 saw him overshadowed. Although Sheringham began the 1998 FIFA World Cup as a starting player with Owen on the bench, after Owen replaced him and almost turned around a defeat against Romania in England's second game of the tournament, it seemed likely that Sheringham's front line international career had come to an end.[citation needed]

He was not selected at all for UEFA Euro 2000 by then manager Kevin Keegan, but the retirement of Shearer (despite being four years younger than Sheringham) from international football after that tournament and the arrival of new manager Sven-Göran Eriksson in 2001 saw a return to international favour for him. He was often deployed as a tactical substitute late in games by Eriksson, valued for his ability to hold the ball up and create intelligent play. In 2001, Sheringham scored an important goal for England against Greece in a World Cup qualifying match within 15 seconds of coming on as a substitute, although this event is overshadowed by the 93rd minute equalising free-kick by David Beckham.[57]

He was selected as part of Eriksson's 2002 FIFA World Cup squad after impressing throughout the 2001–02 season with his club, and played in the famous 1–0 win against Argentina, almost scoring a goal with a volley that was well saved by the Argentine goalkeeper, and made his final England appearance as a substitute in the 2–1 quarter-final defeat to Brazil in Japan. His twelve appearances for Eriksson were all as a substitute.[58]

At the age of 36, that defeat signalled the final end of Sheringham's international career, during which he had earned fifty-one caps and scored eleven times for England.[citation needed]

Style of play

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A versatile forward, Sheringham was capable of playing as a striker and also as a supporting forward, courtesy of his ability both to score and create goals.[59] Due to his vision, his ability to read the game, and his short passing ability, Sheringham was capable of playing off another striker, in a deeper, creative role, where he served as an assist provider, in particular in later years, as he lost pace and stamina.[59][60][61][62] He also possessed good technical ability and upper body strength, which allowed him to retain possession in the box and hold up the ball when playing with his back to goal, and subsequently lay it off to his teammates.[62][63][64] As a centre-forward in his prime, he was also very effective and extremely prolific, due to his accurate finishing, opportunism in the area, intelligence, and his ability in the air, which enabled him to be regarded as one of the top Premier League forwards of his generation.[60][65]

Poker career

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Upon his retirement from professional football in 2008, Sheringham has been a noticeable figure on the world poker scene,[66] playing in various competitions worldwide. He made the final table in the €5,000 No Limit Hold'em Main Event in the EPT Vilamoura, finishing 5th out of a field of 384 players, winning €93,121.[67]

Coaching career

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In May 2014, Sheringham was appointed as an attacking coach with West Ham United.[68] He was credited with a change in West Ham's style of play which led to a run of good form at the start of the 2014–15 season, earning striker Diafra Sakho the Premier League Player of the Month award for October 2014.[69]

On 21 May 2015, Sheringham was appointed to his first managerial role, taking charge of League Two side Stevenage, replacing Graham Westley.[70] With the club struggling with injuries, he registered himself as a player, aged 49, for a Herts Senior Cup match against Welwyn Garden City in November of that year, but did not play.[71] He was sacked on 1 February 2016, with the club 19th in the league having collected only three points from their previous eight matches.[72]

On 14 July 2017, Sheringham was named as the new head coach of Indian Super League club ATK.[73] On 24 January 2018, Sheringham was sacked by ATK after winning only three of his ten games in charge of the Kolkata-based outfit.[74]

Personal life

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Sheringham's son Charlie, born in 1988, also became a professional footballer. The two made the FA Cup third round draw together in December 2013.[75] Sheringham has two more children with Kristina Andriotis, whom he married in 2016.[76] Earlier in his life, he dated models Danielle Lloyd and Katie Price.[77]

In 2020, Sheringham competed on the first British series of The Masked Singer, masked as "Tree".[78]

Career statistics

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Club

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Appearances and goals by club, season and competition[79][80][81]
Club Season League FA Cup League Cup Europe Other Total
Division Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Millwall 1983–84 Third Division 7 1 0 0 0 0 3[a] 1 10 2
1984–85 Third Division 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0
1985–86 Second Division 18 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 18 4
1986–87 Second Division 42 13 3 0 3 2 2[b] 1 50 16
1987–88 Second Division 43 22 1 0 4 0 3[b] 2 51 24
1988–89 First Division 33 11 2 1 3 3 2[b] 0 40 15
1989–90 First Division 31 9 3 2 3 1 0 0 37 12
1990–91 Second Division 46 33 3 2 3 2 3[c] 1 55 38
Total 220 93 12 5 17 8 13 5 262 111
Aldershot (loan) 1984–85 Fourth Division 5 0 1[a] 0 6 0
Djurgården (loan) 1985 Division 2 Norra 21 13 21 13
Nottingham Forest 1991–92 First Division 39 13 4 2 10 5 6[b] 2 59 22
1992–93 Premier League 3 1 3 1
Total 42 14 4 2 10 5 6 2 62 23
Tottenham Hotspur 1992–93 Premier League 38 21 5 4 4 3 47 28
1993–94 Premier League 19 13 0 0 2 2 21 15
1994–95 Premier League 42 18 6 4 2 1 50 23
1995–96 Premier League 38 16 6 5 3 3 0 0 47 24
1996–97 Premier League 29 7 0 0 3 1 32 8
Total 166 75 17 13 14 10 0 0 197 98
Manchester United 1997–98 Premier League 31 9 3 3 7[d] 2 1[e] 0 42 14
1998–99 Premier League 17 2 4 1 1 1 4[d] 1 1[e] 0 27 5
1999–2000 Premier League 27 5 0 0 9[d] 1 5[f] 0 41 6
2000–01 Premier League 29 15 2 1 0 0 11[d] 5 1[e] 0 43 21
Total 104 31 9 5 1 1 31 9 8 0 153 46
Tottenham Hotspur 2001–02 Premier League 34 10 2 1 6 2 42 13
2002–03 Premier League 36 12 1 0 1 1 38 13
Total 70 22 3 1 7 3 80 26
Portsmouth 2003–04 Premier League 32 9 3 1 3 0 38 10
West Ham United 2004–05 Championship 33 20 2 1 1 0 0 0 36 21
2005–06 Premier League 26 6 4 1 1 0 31 7
2006–07 Premier League 17 2 1 0 1 0 1[g] 0 20 2
Total 76 28 7 2 3 0 1 0 0 0 87 30
Colchester United 2007–08 Championship 19 3 1 1 0 0 20 4
Career total 755 288 56 30 55 27 32 9 28 7 926 361
  1. ^ a b Appearances in Associate Members' Cup
  2. ^ a b c d Appearances in Full Members' Cup
  3. ^ One appearance and one goal in Full Members' Cup, two in Second Division play-offs
  4. ^ a b c d Appearances in UEFA Champions League
  5. ^ a b c Appearance in Charity Shield
  6. ^ One appearance in UEFA Super Cup, one in Charity Shield, one in Intercontinental Cup, two in FIFA Club World Cup
  7. ^ Appearances in UEFA Cup

International

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Appearances and goals by national team and year
National team Year Apps Goals
England[82] 1993 2 0
1994 3 0
1995 7 2
1996 9 3
1997 8 3
1998 8 1
1999 1 0
2000 1 0
2001 4 2
2002 8 0
Total 51 11
Scores and results list England's goal tally first, score column indicates score after each Sheringham goal.[82][83]
List of international goals scored by Teddy Sheringham
No. Date Venue Cap Opponent Score Result Competition
1 8 June 1995 Elland Road, Leeds, United Kingdom 8  Sweden 1–2 3–3 Umbro Cup
2 15 November 1995 Wembley Stadium, London, United Kingdom 12   Switzerland 2–0 3–1 Friendly
3 18 June 1996 18  Netherlands 2–0 4–1 UEFA Euro 1996
4 4–0
5 9 November 1996 Boris Paichadze Stadium, Tbilisi, Georgia 21  Georgia 1–0 2–0 1998 FIFA World Cup qualification
6 29 March 1997 Wembley Stadium, London, United Kingdom 22  Mexico 1–0 2–0 Friendly
7 30 April 1997 23  Georgia 1–0 2–0 1998 FIFA World Cup qualification
8 31 May 1997 Stadion Śląski, Chorzów, Poland 25  Poland 2–0 2–0
9 22 April 1998 Wembley Stadium, London, United Kingdom 32  Portugal 2–0 3–0 Friendly
10 25 May 2001 Pride Park, Derby, United Kingdom 41  Mexico 4–0 4–0
11 6 October 2001 Old Trafford, Manchester, United Kingdom 42  Greece 1–1 2–2 2002 FIFA World Cup qualification

Managerial statistics

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As of match played 12 January 2018.[84]
Managerial record by team and tenure
Team From To Record
P W D L Win %
Stevenage 21 May 2015 1 February 2016 33 7 10 16 021.2
ATK 14 July 2017 24 January 2018 10 3 3 4 030.0
Total 43 10 13 20 023.3

Honours

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Djurgården

Millwall[86]

Nottingham Forest

Manchester United[87]

Tottenham Hotspur

West Ham United

England[90]

Individual

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