{"id":295181,"date":"2023-11-26T14:24:55","date_gmt":"2023-11-26T14:24:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sportsloveme.com\/?p=295181"},"modified":"2023-11-26T14:24:55","modified_gmt":"2023-11-26T14:24:55","slug":"terry-venables-little-known-australia-stint-revealed","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sportsloveme.com\/soccer\/terry-venables-little-known-australia-stint-revealed\/","title":{"rendered":"Terry Venables little-known Australia stint revealed"},"content":{"rendered":"<h1>Terry Venables little-known Australia stint revealed: Former England coach managed the Socceroos after Three Lions exit as Craig Foster lifts the lid on his first training session Down Under<\/h1>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Former England coach Terry Venables died on Sunday\u00a0<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>He briefly managed the Australian national team\u00a0<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>His short spell is positively regarded by Australians\u00a0<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Terry Venables&#8217; death has led to an outpouring of emotional tributes for the popular former football coach, with high-profile figures from English football and beyond providing their favourite memories of &#8216;El Tel&#8217;.<\/p>\n<p>But few will recall Venables&#8217; short stint in Australia, where he managed the Socceroos shortly after his England exit.<\/p>\n<p>Venables took the unusual step of taking the Australia job in November 1996 following Eddie Thomson&#8217;s resignation.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>He didn&#8217;t exactly endear himself to the locals when he first started, however. Venables was dubbed &#8216;El Telephone&#8217; by the Aussie press due to his decision to remain in England during his early days in charge.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/11\/26\/13\/78247789-12792613-image-a-40_1701006908716.jpg\" height=\"955\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>Terry Venables transformed Australian football during his tenure in charge<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/11\/26\/13\/78247791-12792613-image-a-38_1701006894910.jpg\" height=\"501\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>The Englishman took charge of the Socceroos following his England exit<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/11\/26\/13\/78247793-12792613-image-a-41_1701006915003.jpg\" height=\"429\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>Former Australia players say he changed their mindset on tactics<\/p>\n<p>But he soon won his critics over with his respected brand of football, leading the Australians to a World Cup play off match against Iran for a place at the 1998 tournament in France.<\/p>\n<p>The big match ended in misery for the Socceroos, though, with Venables&#8217; young side squandering a two-goal lead in front of 85,000 fans at the MCG to draw the match 2-2.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Iran advanced on away goals and former Soccer Australia chairman David Hill admitted via FTBL:\u00a0&#8216;I&#8217;ve never seen a worse scene in sport,&#8217; such was the Socceroos&#8217; disappointment.<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;Alex Tobin who was a very presentable captain was just not physically capable of getting to the press conference.<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;Now the FIFA rule is the coach and the captain have to attend but Tobin couldn&#8217;t do it. It was awful so I sat next to Venables and all he could say was, &#8220;gutted, I&#8217;m gutted&#8221;.&#8217;<\/p>\n<p>Venables also led the Australians to\u00a0<span>the 1997 Confederations Cup final, where they were defeated by the all-conquering Brazil, but decided to quit in 1998 after mounting pressure following their World Cup disappointment.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>Despite only managing 24 games for Australia, his tenure is positively regarded. He took the Socceroos into the top 30 of FIFA&#8217;s rankings &#8211; the nation had never broken into the top 50 before his arrival.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>He certainly transformed the attitudes of the Socceroos squad, too. Following his death on Sunday, Gary Neville described Venables as &#8216;the most technically gifted British coach we&#8217;ve ever produced&#8217;, and Australia legends Robbie Slater and Craig Foster echoed those sentiments.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/11\/26\/13\/78247819-12792613-image-a-42_1701006985346.jpg\" height=\"479\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>However, his spell ended in heartbreak after they failed to qualify for the World Cup<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;He&#8217;s a larger-than-life character but he&#8217;s someone you respect because of what he has done in the game and where he has been,&#8217; Slater said. #You can feel his passion for the game as soon as you meet him.<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;When I first met him, I must have been 32 and he still taught me things I had never heard of. I never learnt more from any other coach than I did from him. He has such a depth of knowledge for the game and has such great attention to detail.&#8217;<\/p>\n<p>Foster, who played under Venables at Crystal Palace, added: &#8216;Players have always loved him. He&#8217;s a charming man, he&#8217;s in touch with the players and his understanding of the game is outstanding.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;I remember his first-ever training session with the Socceroos, he . . . stopped with every player in different positions and told every single one of them some tactical information that they hadn&#8217;t known.&#8217;\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><span>It&#8217;s clear to see Venables&#8217; legacy extends far beyond English football.\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Source: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailymail.co.uk\/sport\/football\/article-12792613\/Terry-Venables-little-known-Australia-stint-revealed.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Read Full Article<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Terry Venables little-known Australia stint revealed: Former England coach managed the Socceroos after Three Lions exit as Craig Foster lifts<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":295180,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[19],"tags":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v21.8 - 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