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Steve Perryman
MBE
Steve Perryman (1981).jpg
Personal information
Full nameStephen John Perryman
Date of birth (1951-12-21) 21 December 1951 (age 69)
Place of birthEaling, Middlesex, England
Height1.76 m (5 ft 9+1⁄2 in)[1]
Position(s)Defender, Midfielder
Club information
Current team
Milton Keynes Dons (Associate Director)
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
1969–1986Tottenham Hotspur655(31)
1986–1987Oxford United17(0)
1987–1990Brentford53(0)
Total725(31)
National team
1972–1975England U2317(0)
1982England1(0)
Teams managed
1987–1990Brentford (player manager)
1990–1993Watford
1994Tottenham Hotspur (caretaker)
1995Start
1999–2000Shimizu S-Pulse
2001–2002Kashiwa Reysol
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only

Stephen John Perryman MBE (born 21 December 1951) is an English former professional footballer who is best-known for his successes with Tottenham Hotspur during the 1970s and early 1980s. He has won the FA Cup, League Cup, and UEFA Cup with Tottenham in his 17 years at the club. Perryman was voted Football Writers' Association Footballer of the Year in 1982 and made a club record 854 first team appearances for Tottenham.[1] He was the director of football at Exeter City from 2003[2][3] until his temporary retirement in March 2018.[4]

Playing career[edit]

Steve Perryman attempting to intercept in a match against Ajax, Cup Winners' Cup first round in 1981

Perryman was born in Ealing, Middlesex. A midfielder and later defender, he played in a club record 866 first team appearances in all competitions for Tottenham Hotspur between 1969 and 1986 and was their longest serving player. During his seventeen-year career with the north London club, Perryman collected many medals, winning the UEFA Cup in 1972 and 1984 (playing in both legs of the 1972 final and just the first leg of the 1984 final as he was suspended for the second),[5] and the League Cup in 1971 and 1973. He followed in the footsteps of Joe Harvey and Danny Blanchflower and skippered Tottenham to successive FA Cup wins in 1981 and 1982. Perryman was also voted the Football Writers' Association Footballer of the Year in 1982.

Perryman did not score often even by the standards of contemporary midfielders, however he scored both goals in a 2–1 home win over A.C. Milan in the 1972 UEFA Cup semi-final first leg. Spurs went on to win the round 3–2 on aggregate, and then won the title, defeating Wolverhampton Wanderers in the final.

After leaving White Hart Lane Perryman moved to Oxford United in 1986, then Brentford as player-manager in the same year, before retiring in 1990.[1]

Coaching career[edit]

Perryman became manager of Watford from 1990–93 saving them from relegation in the early years, before managing Start in Norway (1995),[6] Shimizu S-Pulse, (1999–2000) and Kashiwa Reysol in Japan (2001–2002). He also served as caretaker manager for Spurs in November 1994. As a coach, he has won the J.League stage championship (1999 2nd Stage) and the Asian Cup Winners Cup (2000), both with Shimizu S-Pulse. He then worked at Exeter City with no official title to help them stay in the then football Division 3. After this he returned to Japan to manage J.League side Kashiwa Reysol.

Perryman lent his name to a brand of Sports stores in the 1980s which were concentrated in the West London area and sported the Tottenham Hotspur cockerel. There were stores in Uxbridge, Ruislip, Greenford, Hayes and Hayes Town (Middlesex). A store in Bergen, Norway, also opened in the early 1980s, which is still operating.[7]

Between 2003 and 2018, Perryman was director of football for Exeter City.[2] On 5 May 2012, while watching Exeter's final game of the 2011–12 season against Sheffield United at St James Park he became unwell and was taken to Derriford Hospital in Plymouth where he underwent successful heart surgery.[8] A month later he revealed that he might have died if it had not been for the instant medical support available at the ground, and he spent three weeks in a coma on life support.[9]

In January 2018, Perryman announced that he would retire as Exeter City's Director of Football at the end of the 2017–18 season.[10] However, in August of that year, Perryman joined former Exeter City manager Paul Tisdale at MK Dons, becoming an associate director of the club until November 2019 when Tisdale left.[11][12]

International career[edit]

After 17 matches for England U23,[13] Perryman made a solitary appearance for England, appearing as a 70th-minute substitute against Iceland on 2 June 1982. The game was originally an England B fixture but was subsequently upgraded to full international status meaning Perryman was awarded his cap.[14]

Personal life[edit]

Perryman has been married twice, with four children. He is close friends with Ossie Ardiles.[15] He lives in Lympstone.[16] Perryman is a Labour Party supporter.[17]

Career statistics[edit]

[18]

Club performanceLeagueCupLeague CupContinental[nb 1]Other[nb 2]Total
SeasonClubLeagueAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
EnglandLeagueFA CupLeague CupEuropeOtherTotal
1969–70Tottenham HotspurFirst Division2314000––271
1970–714235061–30564
1971–72391506112320644
1972–7341230101100–643
1973–743911010120–531
1974–754262010––456
1975–764062160––487
1976–774211020––451
1977–78Second Division4212020––461
1978–79First Division4217120––512
1979–804016020––481
1980–814229060––572
1981–8242170808010661
1982–8333130203010421
1983–844114030110–591
1984–85421305080–581
1985–862315140–50372
1985–86Oxford UnitedFirst Division900000–0090
1986–87800000–0080
1986–87BrentfordThird Division2403000–00270
1987–882101020–30270
1988–89502010–1090
1989–90300000–1040
TotalTottenham Hotspur6553169266364312086639
Oxford United1700000—00170
Brentford5306030—50670
Career total7253175269364317095039

Managerial statistics[edit]

[19]

TeamFromToRecord
GWDLWin %
Shimizu S-Pulse199920006037320061.67
Kashiwa Reysol200120022810315035.71
Total8847635053.41

Honours[edit]

Player[edit]

Tottenham Hotspur

  • FA Cup: 1980–81, 1981–82
  • League Cup: 1970–71, 1972–73
  • FA Charity Shield: 1981 (shared)[20]
  • UEFA Cup: 1971–72, 1983–84

Manager[edit]

Shimizu S-Pulse
  • J1 League: 1999 Second stage champions, runner-up Suntory Championship
  • Asian Cup Winners' Cup: 1999–2000

Individual[edit]

  • FWA Footballer of the Year: 1982
  • J. League Manager of the Year: 1999

Notes[edit]

  1. ^ Includes UEFA Cup and UEFA Cup Winners' Cup (1981–82 and 1982–83).
  2. ^ Includes appearances in Texaco Cup (3 in 1970–71), Anglo-Italian League Cup (2 in 1971), Charity Shield (1981, 1982), ScreenSport Super Cup (5 in 1985–86) and Football League Trophy (Associate Members' Cup) (3 in 1987–88, 1 in 1988–89 and 1 in 1989–90).

References[edit]

  1. ^ a b c "Steve Perryman – fact file". Mehstg.com. Retrieved 2 January 2009.
  2. ^ a b "Steve Perryman: Exeter City director of football asks fans for 'positive noise'". BBC Sport. 16 May 2017.
  3. ^ "Who's Who". Exeter City. Retrieved 20 March 2013.
  4. ^ "Tottenham legend Steve Perryman retires from football after watching his Exeter side lose in League Two play-off final". Devon Live. Retrieved 11 August 2018.
  5. ^ "When Tottenham won their last European trophy – 35 years ago". Guardian. 31 May 2019. Retrieved 4 June 2019.
  6. ^ ""Historisk oversikt: Trenere"". Archived from the original on 4 October 2012. Retrieved 20 March 2013.CS1 maint: unfit URL (link) (in Norwegian). IK Start. Retrieved 20 March 2013.
  7. ^ "Steve Perryman Sport". Steve Perryman Sport. Retrieved 2 January 2009.
  8. ^ "Steve Perryman undergoes emergency heart surgery". BBC News. 6 May 2012. Retrieved 24 July 2012.
  9. ^ "I'll be back as soon as I'm fit, says Perryman". This is Exeter. 14 June 2012. Archived from the original on 5 May 2013. Retrieved 24 July 2012.
  10. ^ "Steve Perryman: Exeter City director of football to retire at end of season". BBC Sport. 3 January 2018.
  11. ^ "Tottenham legend Steve Perryman joins MK Dons - three months after retiring from football after leaving Exeter City". DevonLive. 10 August 2018. Retrieved 10 August 2018.
  12. ^ "Paul Tisdale: MK Dons part company with manager after third successive loss". BBC Sport. 2 November 2019. Retrieved 2 November 2019.
  13. ^ "England – U-23 International Results – Details". www.rsssf.com. Retrieved 25 January 2018.
  14. ^ "When England first played Iceland, with Bobby Robson acting manager". Guardian. 3 September 2020. Retrieved 5 September 2020.
  15. ^ "Steve Perryman: Glory once again the spur for rejuvenated Perryman". The Independent. 8 January 2005.
  16. ^ "STEVE PERRYMAN MBE - the official site of the former Spurs captain". www.steveperryman.com.
  17. ^ "Political Footballs: A History of Outspoken Labour and Tory Footballers in England". 4 June 2017.
  18. ^ "Perryman career stats". Archived from the original on 12 May 2012. Retrieved 16 October 2008.CS1 maint: unfit URL (link). Steve Perryman.com. Retrieved 20 March 2013.
  19. ^ J.League Data Site(in Japanese)
  20. ^ "1981/82 Charity Shield". footballsite.co.uk. Retrieved 4 November 2019.

External links[edit]

  • Steve Perryman management career statistics at Soccerbase
  • "Official Steve Perryman website". Archived from the original on 19 April 2012. Retrieved 20 March 2013.CS1 maint: unfit URL (link)
  • Steve Perryman at National-Football-Teams.com
  • Steve Perryman at J.League (in Japanese)
  • Great players – Steve Perryman at TottenhamHotspur.com