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  • John Terry mocked for posing with a small fish

    John Terry mocked for posing with a small fish

    John Terry has fallen victim to some hilarious and light-hearted online trolling after posing proudly with a tiny catch after his most recent fishing trip.

    The Aston Villa assistant manager and Chelsea legend tried to show off his angling skills by taking a picture with a fish he had caught.

    But his friends and social media followers were quick to call him out for his underwhelming results, with some even suggesting he bought the fish rather than caught it.

    Former Chelsea team-mate Dennis Wise was among those to comment on the picture, with the former Blues captain writing: ‘Is that it? Did you buy it from the local fish stall?’

    Fans soon followed Wise though and posted jokes like: ‘Not sure you need 2 hands for that’ and ‘been catching Blues fans again?’

    A Star Barbers – who occasionally go to Terry’s house to give him a hair cut – got involved, commenting: ‘Small fish’, alongside a laughing emoji.

    Terry’s wife Toni was more supportive though, posing with the heart-shaped eyes emoji.

    He has bigger things to worry about at the moment though as he desperately tries to save Aston Villa from Premier League relegation.

    Defeat by Southampton left Villa just one point above the relegation places with just 11 games left of the season.

    Following that game at St Mary’s, Villa manager Dean Smith had to deny claims that he had a tunnel bust-up with Terry.

    After the game, unsubstantiated rumours circulated online that Smith was involved in a furious row in the tunnel with his No 2.

    Smith furiously denied the claims – when quizzed about the alleged bust-up in his post-match press conference, he blasted: ‘That is bulls***’.

    Before their focus turns to avoiding the drop though, Dean Smith’s side can win the Carabao Cup this Sunday when they take on Manchester City at Wembley.

  • John Terry reveals best manager he has ever worked with

    John Terry reveals best manager he has ever worked with

    John Terry has named his former Chelsea boss, Jose Mourinho, as the best manager he worked with during his playing days.

    Both men won eight trophies during two spells together at Stamford Bridge.

    Terry, who now is the assistant manager at Aston Villa, comes up against Mourinho’s Tottenham on Sunday in the Premier League.

    And the ex-England captain, speaking about Mourinho ahead of the game, told reporters: “When he told us something, that we were going to win 4-0, 5-0, it always happened. Always, it was like he could predict the future.

    “In my career, he has been the best manager by a long way.

  • Police arrests John Terry’s father

    Police arrests John Terry’s father

    Ted Terry, father of Chelsea legend John Terry has been arrested for allegedly attacking his partner, Evelyn Minkey.

    Terry was said to have attacked Minkey during the late-night row at the couple’s home in Chafford Hundred, near Grays, Essex, The Sun UK reports.

    John Terry’s dad was arrested by police after Minkey begged neighbours to “get him away from me,” during the fight.

    The Sun reports that the 42-year-old Minkey fled the street and was heard yelling, “He’s a psycho” and “Get him away from me.”

    After begging neighbours to call the police, more than 12 officers arrived at the scene and a shirtless Terry was arrested in front of stunned onlookers.

    He was allegedly seen struggling with officers and heard saying, “Go away” and “Do yourself a favour, leave it alone,” according to the newspaper.

    It has also been reported that Terry was held in custody for 14 hours after his partner suffered a cut finger but was released without charge.

     

    A source told The Sun: “She started screaming, ‘He’s a psycho’ and ‘Get him away from me’.”

    John Terry current plies his trade at Aston Villa in the Premier League.

  • Lampard best equipped to succeed at Chelsea – Terry

    Lampard best equipped to succeed at Chelsea – Terry

    Frank Lampard is “better equipped” than any other prospective candidate to succeed at Chelsea should the club hire him as manager, says former team-mate John Terry.

    The Derby County boss is in talks to to take over the vacant position at Stamford Bridge, reuniting with the club where he made his name as one of the best midfielders of his generation.

    Former Blues coach Maurizio Sarri was allowed to leave after just one year in order to take charge of Juventus in his home country, leaving the Premier League outfit looking for a replacement.

    If Lampard were to take the reins, he would be expected to at the very least match the success enjoyed under Sarri, including a top four finish and a Europa League crown, while contending with a transfer embargo.

    Terry, who will feature in the top flight next season as assistant to Dean Smith with newly-promoted Aston Villa after they beat Derby in the Championship play-off final, feels that his old friend is the right man for the job, implying that the 41-year-old would thrive in the pressure that the position would bring.

    “After the season he has had with Derby and with Chelsea’s transfer ban in place, there is no-one better equipped than Frank to succeed at Chelsea,” the 38-year-old was quoted in the Daily Mail. “It is perfect timing for him and the club.

    “Frank was under pressure to succeed at Chelsea the day he arrived from West Ham and he never hid from that. He revelled in it and went on to become Chelsea’s greatest-ever player. He is just as exacting on himself now as a manager.

    The former defender added that he did not feel there would be backlash from fans in hiring Lampard, who has only his loan season with Derby under his belt in terms of experience.

    “I don’t believe there will be any trepidation from supporters,” he added. “They love him. [He] is a legend and now is the right time for him to come home.

    “He would welcome that responsibility to make Chelsea more competitive. He has the tactical knowledge, enthusiasm and will have the backing of the players and fans to prove what he can do.”

    The London outfit will hope to confirm their new manager within the coming weeks, particularly ahead of their pre-season trip to Asia, when they will face La Liga champions Barcelona.

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  • John Terry: Five defining moments of Chelsea legend

    John Terry: Five defining moments of Chelsea legend

    October 1998. A close-cropped teenager by the name of John Terry steps onto the pitch for the first time as a Chelsea player.

    Twenty years later and five months after his final appearance, the 37-year-old has announced his retirement.
    Here, we look back at the moments that defined the career of the former Chelsea and England captain.

    Family and personal life

    He Is married to Toni (née Poole). In 2009, Terry was named “Dad of the Year” after he came top of a poll of UK adults in a Daddies Sauce survey.
    Terry’s older brother, Paul (born 1979), is a former professional footballer, having notably played for Dagenham & Redbridge and Yeovil Town.
    Terry was a Manchester United supporter growing up.
    Terry is one of a very small group of footballers to have been paid more than £1 million for their autobiography. His deal with publisher HarperCollins was negotiated in 2004 by Chris Nathaniel of NVA Management.
    In 2016, Terry paid the £1,600 funeral costs for an eight-year-old Chelsea fan with leukemia who died from an unsuccessful bone marrow transplantation.

    The breakthrough

    After making his debut for Chelsea in a League Cup tie against Aston Villa in 1998, it was in an unlikely setting where Terry really first caught the eye.
    Towards the end of the 1999-2000 season, he went on loan for six games to Nottingham Forest, who were managed at the time by ex-England midfielder David Platt.

    A first brush with controversy

    In September 2001, Terry was one of four Chelsea players fined by the club following a drinking binge in a hotel packed with American tourists grieving over the terror attacks on New York City’s twin towers at the World Trade Center, BBC reports.
    The incident happened 24 hours after the attacks and the drunken behaviour took place at a hotel near Heathrow Airport, which was packed with American citizens stranded by flight cancellations.
    The group included Terry, Frank Lampard, Jody Morris and Frank Sinclair. Chelsea’s Uefa Cup game that night against Levski Sofia had been called off as a mark of respect to the victims of the 9/11 attacks.
    Chelsea’s then managing director, Colin Hutchinson, condemned the behaviour as “totally out of order” and said they had each been fined two weeks’ wages.

    Captain at the double in 2010

    Terry’s first two league titles under Jose Mourinho have often been seen as workmanlike, but the third in the double-winning season of 2009-10 was anything but.
    The title was clinched with an 8-0 thumping of Wigan on the final day, meaning Chelsea ended the season on 103 league goals. Carlo Ancelotti’s side were the first team since Tottenham in 1961 to score three figures in the top flight.
    Terry was once again integral, playing in 37 of the 38 league games and making more than 50 appearances in total.
    He only managed two league goals but both were vital. The first was the only goal in a 1-0 victory over Manchester United, who finished as runners-up. And the other was a late winner in a 2-1 success against Burnley.
    It helped Chelsea to become just the seventh club to claim the league and FA Cup double.

    Extra touch from Terry

    In 2005, Terry became the first defender – and the first Chelsea player – to be named the Professional Footballers’ Association Player of the Year.
    He was recognised after helping the Blues to just their second top-flight title, while his part in Chelsea’s run to the Champions League semi-finals saw him named the Uefa club defender of the year. He would go on to receive that recognition again in 2008 and 2009.
    Honours
    Chelsea:
    Premier League: 2004–05, 2005–06, 2009–10, 2014–15, 2016–17
    FA Cup: 1999–2000, 2006–07, 2008–09, 2009–10, 2011–12
    Football League Cup: 2004–05, 2006–07, 2014–15
    FA Community Shield: 2005, 2009
    UEFA Champions League: 2011–12
    UEFA Europa League: 2012–13
    FA Cup runner-up: 2001–02, 2016–17
    Football League Cup runner-up: 2007–08
    FA Community Shield runner-up: 2006, 2010, 2012, 2015
    UEFA Champions League runner-up: 2007–08
    UEFA Super Cup runner-up: 2013
    Individual:
    Chelsea Player of the Year: 2000–01, 2005–06
    Premier League Player of the Month: January 2005
    PFA Players’ Player of the Year: 2004–05
    PFA Team of the Year: 2003–04 Premier League, 2004–05 Premier League, 2005–06 Premier League, 2014–15 Premier League
    FIFA FIFPro World XI: 2004–05, 2005–06, 2006–07, 2007–08, 2009
    UEFA Club Defender of the Year: 2005, 2008, 2009
    UEFA Team of the Year: 2005, 2007, 2008, 2009
    FIFA World Cup All-Star Team: 2006
    PFA Team of the Century (1997–2007): 2007
     

  • Former England captain, John Terry retires from football

    Former England captain, John Terry retires from football

    Former England and Chelsea captain John Terry has retired from football.

    Terry, 37, has been without a club since leaving Championship side Aston Villa in the summer.
    The defender made the announcement on his Instagram account, saying: “After 23 incredible years as a footballer, I have decided now is the right time for me to retire from playing.”
    Terry, who earned 78 England caps, left Chelsea in 2017 after two decades at the London club.
    He won five Premier League titles, five FA Cups and a Champions League title in his time at Stamford Bridge, becoming the club’s most decorated player.
    The centre-back also won five league cups and a Europa League in more than 700 appearances for Chelsea.
    Terry spent the 2017-18 season at Aston Villa and his last game as a professional was the 1-0 Championship play-off final defeat to Fulham in May.
    He left Villa Park when his one-year contract expired and turned down a move to Spartak Moscow last month, despite reportedly having a medical, saying it was not right for his family.

    A career of highs and lows

    Terry made his debut as a 17-year-old against Aston Villa in the League Cup in October 1998, and scored his first goal for the club in an FA Cup sixth-round tie against Gillingham in 2000.
    However, the following year Terry was one of four Chelsea players fined two weeks’ wages by the club following their behaviour at a hotel in the aftermath of the September 11 attacks in the United States.
    He was integral to the Blues claiming both the Premier League title and the FA Cup in 2009-10, making more than 50 appearances as Chelsea became just the seventh club to do the double.
    However, he was twice stripped of the England captaincy, before being banned for four matches and fined £220,000 for racially abusing QPR defender Anton Ferdinand.
    He also missed the 2012 Champions League final, in which the Blues beat Bayern Munich on penalties, through suspension.
    Terry scored four goals in 35 league games as Chelsea claimed the Premier League in 2014-15, but has found his playing time limited under Antonio Conte.
    He joined Aston Villa on a one-year deal and played 36 times, scoring once, in his final season as a footballer as the Birmingham club finished fourth in the Championship before losing in the play-off final.

    Terry’s farewell statement

    In his Instagram post, Terry made a statement thanking his family for their support.
    It read: “As a 14-year-old, I made my best and biggest decision: to sign for Chelsea Football Club. Words will never be enough to show how much everyone at the club means to me, in particular the fans.
    “Right from the outset they have given me total support, on and off the pitch, and I have a tremendous bond with them.
    “We achieved so many great memories together and I couldn’t have succeeded without you. To me, you are the best fans in the world. I hope I have done you all proud wearing the shirt and the armband.
    “My club career and heart will always belong to Chelsea, but I am grateful for my loan spell at Nottingham Forest in 1999, which was invaluable for my development as a young player.
    “And I also want to say a huge thank you to Aston Villa for giving me the opportunity to play at such a big club and captain it throughout the 2017-18 season.
    “It was a privilege to represent such a renowned football club with great fans.
    “I look forward to the next chapter in my life and the challenges ahead.”
    BBC