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Steve Perryman

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{{For|the Warwickshire and Worcestershire cricketer|Stephen Perryman}}

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{{Infobox football biography

| name = Steve Perryman
MBE

| image = Steve Perryman (1981).jpg

| caption = Perryman with Tottenham Hotspur in 1981

| fullname = Stephen John Perryman

| height = 1.76 m{{cite web|url=http://archive.mehstg.com/fact_perryman.htm|title=Steve Perryman – fact file|publisher=Mehstg.com|access-date=2 January 2009}}

| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1951|12|21|df=y}}

| birth_place = Ealing, Middlesex, England

| currentclub = Milton Keynes Dons (Associate Director)

| position = Defender, midfielder

| years1 = 1969–1986

| clubs1 = Tottenham Hotspur

| caps1 = 655

| goals1 = 31

| years2 = 1986–1987

| clubs2 = Oxford United

| caps2 = 17

| goals2 = 0

| years3 = 1987–1990

| clubs3 = Brentford

| caps3 = 53

| goals3 = 0

| nationalyears1 = 1967 | nationalteam1 = England Schoolboys | nationalcaps1 = 6 | nationalgoals1 = 1

| nationalyears2 = 1970 | nationalteam2 = England Youth | nationalcaps2 = 4 | nationalgoals2 = 1

| nationalyears3 = 1972–1975

| nationalteam3 = England U23

| nationalcaps3 = 17

| nationalgoals3 = 0

| nationalyears4 = 1982

| nationalteam4 = England

| nationalcaps4 = 1

| nationalgoals4 = 0

| manageryears1 = 1987–1990

| managerclubs1 = Brentford (player-manager)

| manageryears2 = 1990–1993

| managerclubs2 = Watford

| manageryears3 = 1994

| managerclubs3 = Tottenham Hotspur (caretaker)

| manageryears4 = 1995

| managerclubs4 = Start

| manageryears5 = 1999–2000

| managerclubs5 = Shimizu S-Pulse

| manageryears6 = 2001–2002

| managerclubs6 = Kashiwa Reysol

| totalgoals = 31

| totalcaps = 725

}}

Stephen John Perryman MBE (born 21 December 1951) is an English former professional footballer who played as a defender or midfielder. He 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 all twice 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. He was the director of football at Exeter City from 2003{{cite news|title=Steve Perryman: Exeter City director of football asks fans for 'positive noise'|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/39923497|website=BBC Sport|date=16 May 2017}}{{cite web|url=http://www.exetercityfc.co.uk/club/whos-who/|title=Who's Who|publisher=Exeter City|access-date=20 March 2013}} until his temporary retirement in March 2018.{{cite web|url=https://www.devonlive.com/sport/football/football-news/tottenham-legend-steve-perryman-retires-1603598|title=Tottenham legend Steve Perryman retires from football after watching his Exeter side lose in League Two play-off final|date=28 May 2018 |publisher=Devon Live|access-date=11 August 2018}}

Playing career

File:Ajax vs Spurs 1981 European Cup Winners' Cup.jpg, 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),{{cite web|url=https://www.theguardian.com/football/that-1980s-sports-blog/2019/may/31/tottenham-won-european-trophy-35-years-ago-anderlecht|title=When Tottenham won their last European trophy – 35 years ago |publisher=Guardian |date=31 May 2019 |access-date=4 June 2019}} 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 AC 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 March 1986, but was cup-tied for their victory in the 1986 Football League Cup final.{{cite news

|url=https://www.theguardian.com/football/2023/jan/08/unhappy-memories-for-arsenal-at-oxford-uniteds-old-manor-ground

|title=Arsenal's FA Cup trip to Oxford United stirs unhappy memories

|publisher=Guardian

|date=8 January 2023 |access-date=9 January 2023}} He then played for Brentford as player-manager in the same year, before retiring in 1990.

Coaching career

Perryman became manager of Watford from 1990 to 1993 saving them from relegation in the early years, before managing Start in Norway (1995),{{cite web|url=http://www.ikstart.no/history/article/1fzfl4skadtj71msargs507z38/title/historisk-oversikt-trenere |title="Historisk oversikt: Trenere" |access-date=20 March 2013 |url-status=unfit |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121004232203/http://www.ikstart.no/history/article/1fzfl4skadtj71msargs507z38/title/historisk-oversikt-trenere |archive-date=4 October 2012 }} (in Norwegian). IK Start. Retrieved 20 March 2013. 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.{{cite web|url=http://www.steveperrymansport.no|title=Steve Perryman Sport|publisher=Steve Perryman Sport|access-date=2 January 2009}}

Between 2003 and 2018, Perryman was director of football for Exeter City. 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.{{Cite news|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-devon-17974081|title=Steve Perryman undergoes emergency heart surgery|work=BBC News|date=6 May 2012|access-date=24 July 2012}} 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.{{Cite news|url=http://www.thisisexeter.co.uk/ll-soon-m-fit-says-Perryman/story-16366826-detail/story.html|archive-url=https://archive.today/20130505094956/http://www.thisisexeter.co.uk/ll-soon-m-fit-says-Perryman/story-16366826-detail/story.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=5 May 2013|title=I'll be back as soon as I'm fit, says Perryman|work=This is Exeter|date=14 June 2012|access-date=24 July 2012}}

In January 2018, Perryman announced that he would retire as Exeter City's director of football at the end of the 2017–18 season.{{cite news |title=Steve Perryman: Exeter City director of football to retire at end of season |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/42552628 |publisher=BBC Sport |date=3 January 2018}} 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.{{cite news |title=Tottenham legend Steve Perryman joins MK Dons - three months after retiring from football after leaving Exeter City |url=https://www.devonlive.com/sport/football/football-news/tottenham-exeter-city-1883739 |access-date=10 August 2018 |publisher=DevonLive |date=10 August 2018}}{{Cite web |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/50277858 |title=Paul Tisdale: MK Dons part company with manager after third successive loss |publisher=BBC Sport |date=2 November 2019 |access-date=2 November 2019 }}

International career

After 17 matches for England U23,{{Cite web|url=https://www.rsssf.org/tablese/eng-u23-intres-det.html|title=England – U-23 International Results – Details|website=RSSSF|access-date=25 January 2018}} 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.{{cite web|url=https://www.theguardian.com/football/that-1980s-sports-blog/2020/sep/03/england-first-played-iceland-bobby-robson-acting-manager |title=When England first played Iceland, with Bobby Robson acting manager|publisher=Guardian |date=3 September 2020 |access-date=5 September 2020}}

Personal life

Perryman has been married twice, with four children. He is close friends with Ossie Ardiles.{{cite web|url=https://www.independent.co.uk/sport/football/premier-league/steve-perryman-glory-once-again-the-spur-for-rejuvenated-perryman-26877.html |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20220525/https://www.independent.co.uk/sport/football/premier-league/steve-perryman-glory-once-again-the-spur-for-rejuvenated-perryman-26877.html |archive-date=25 May 2022 |url-access=subscription |url-status=live|title=Steve Perryman: Glory once again the spur for rejuvenated Perryman|work=The Independent |date= 8 January 2005 }} He lives in Kington St Michael.{{cite web|url=http://www.steveperryman.com/factfile.htm|title=STEVE PERRYMAN MBE - the official site of the former Spurs captain|website=www.steveperryman.com}} Perryman is a Labour Party supporter.{{cite web|url=https://sports.vice.com/en_au/article/wjqqyz/a-potted-history-of-tory-and-labour-footballers|title=Political Footballs: A History of Outspoken Labour and Tory Footballers in England|date=4 June 2017}}

He was appointed Member of the Order of the British Empire (MBE) in the 1986 Birthday Honours, "for services to association football".United Kingdom list: {{London Gazette |date=13 June 1986 |supp=y |issue=50551 |pages=15 }}

Career statistics

= Club =

class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"

|+ Appearances and goals by club, season and competition{{ENFA |name=Steve Perryman |access-date=28 February 2022 |df=dmy-all |language=en }}{{cite web|url=http://www.steveperryman.com/playingprofile2.htm |title=Perryman career stats |access-date=16 October 2008 |url-status=unfit |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120512132414/http://www.steveperryman.com/playingprofile2.htm |archive-date=12 May 2012 }}. Steve Perryman.com. Retrieved 20 March 2013.

rowspan="2"|Club

!rowspan="2"|Season

!colspan="3"|League

!colspan="2"|FA Cup

!colspan="2"|League Cup

!colspan="2"|EuropeIncludes UEFA Cup and UEFA Cup Winners' Cup (1981–82 and 1982–83).

! colspan=2 | OtherIncludes 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).

!colspan="2"|Total

DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
rowspan="18"|Tottenham Hotspur

|1969–70

|rowspan="8"|First Division

|23

14000colspan="2"|–colspan="2"|–271
1970–71

|42

35061colspan="2"|–30564
1971–72

|39

1506112320644
1972–73

|41

230101100colspan="2"|–643
1973–74

|39

11010120colspan="2"|–531
1974–75

|42

62010colspan="2"|–colspan="2"|–456
1975–76

|40

62160colspan="2"|–colspan="2"|–487
1976–77

|42

11020colspan="2"|–colspan="2"|–451
1977–78

|Second Division

|42

12020colspan="2"|–colspan="2"|–461
1978–79

|rowspan="8"|First Division

|42

17120colspan="2"|–colspan="2"|–512
1979–80

|40

16020colspan="2"|–colspan="2"|–481
1980–81

|42

29060colspan="2"|–colspan="2"|–572
1981–82

|42

170808010661
1982–83

|33

130203010421
1983–84

|41

14030110colspan="2"|–591
1984–85

|42

1305080colspan="2"|–581
1985–86

|23

15140colspan="2"|–50372
colspan="2"|Total

!655

3169266364312086639
rowspan="3"|Oxford United

|1985–86

|rowspan="2"|First Division

|9

00000colspan="2"|–0090
1986–87

|8

00000colspan="2"|–0080
colspan="2"|Total

!17

00000colspan="2"|—00170
rowspan="5"|Brentford

|1986–87

|rowspan="4"|Third Division

|24

03000colspan="2"|–00270
1987–88

|21

01020colspan="2"|–30270
1988–89

|5

02010colspan="2"|–1090
1989–90

|3

00000colspan="2"|–1040
colspan="2"|Total

!53

07030colspan="2"|—50680
colspan="3"|Career total

!725

3176269364317095139

Managerial statistics

[https://data.j-league.or.jp/SFIX07/?staff_id=579 J.League Data Site]{{in lang|ja}}

class="wikitable" style="text-align: center"

!rowspan="2"|Team

!rowspan="2"|From

!rowspan="2"|To

!colspan="5"|Record

!rowspan="2"|Ref

GWDLWin %
align="left"|Brentford

|align="left"|1 January 1987

|align="left"|15 August 1990

{{WDL|183|71|49|63}}

|{{cite web |url= https://www.soccerbase.com/managers/manager.sd?manager_id=1249 |title=Managers - Steve Perryman|publisher=SoccerBase

|access-date=7 March 2025|df=dmy

}}

align="left"|Watford

|align="left"|27 November 1990

|align="left"|31 July 1993

{{WDL|132|44|37|51}}

|

align="left"|Tottenham Hotspur (caretaker)

|align="left"|1 November 1994

|align="left"|15 November 1994

{{WDL|1|0|0|1}}

|

align="left"|Shimizu S-Pulse

|align="left"|1999

|align="left"|2000

{{WDL|60|37|3|20}}

|

align="left"|Kashiwa Reysol

|align="left"|2001

|align="left"|2002

{{WDL|28|10|3|15}}

|

align="left"|Exeter City

|align="left"|7 October 1994

|align="left"|18 October 1994

{{WDL|2|0|2|0}}

|

colspan="3"|Total

{{WDLtot|406|162|94|150}}

Honours

=Player=

Tottenham Hotspur

=Manager=

Shimizu S-Pulse

=Individual=

Notes

References

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External links

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