Teddy Sheringham

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.{{cite web |url=http://www.millwall-history.co.uk/TeddySheringham.htm |work=The Millwall History Files |title=Teddy Sheringham |access-date=24 June 2007 }}

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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."{{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}}{{cite book |last=Sheringham |first=Teddy |title=Teddy |publisher=Little, Brown and Company |year=1998 |location=London |isbn=0-7515-2844-7 }}

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.{{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}} 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.{{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}} 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.{{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}}

The 25-year-old Sheringham was sold to Nottingham Forest in a £2 million deal in July 1991,{{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 }} 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. Forest went on to be relegated in 1992–93, in part due to having failed to adequately replace Sheringham in attack.

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). 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.{{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}}

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.{{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}}

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.

In June 1997, Sheringham agreed to join Manchester United in a £3.5 million deal.{{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 }} 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 scored 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.{{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}} This had started three years previously in 1995 when Sheringham had snubbed Cole as the latter came on to make his international debut.{{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}}

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.{{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 }} 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.{{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}}

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.{{cite web|last=Webster|first=Rupert|title=Success is Sweet as Sheri for Teddy|work=Sky Sports |url=http://www1.skysports.com/football/news/11667/2208266/success-is-sweet-as-sheri-for-teddy}} In April 2001, he was voted Footballer of the Year by both the Professional Footballers' Association and Football Writers' Association.{{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}}{{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}} 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.

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{{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}} and returned to Tottenham on a free transfer as one of new manager Glenn Hoddle's first signings.{{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}} In his first season back, Sheringham helped Tottenham to a ninth-place finish, the club's highest in six 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.{{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}} 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.[https://www.soccerbase.com/players/player.sd?player_id=7239 Soccerbase: Teddy Sheringham], Racing Post. Retrieved 27 June 2007.

Sheringham and Clive Allen were inducted into the Tottenham Hotspur Hall of Fame on 8 May 2008.{{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}}

On the expiry of his Tottenham contract at the end of the 2002–03 season, Tottenham decided not to offer Sheringham a new contract{{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}} and he joined Portsmouth in their first season in the Premier League.{{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}} Sheringham became the oldest Premier League player to score a hat-trick when he scored three against Bolton early in the season.{{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}} 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),{{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}} 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.{{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}} Sheringham made 38 appearances for Portsmouth, scoring ten goals.

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Sheringham then dropped down a division to the Championship to sign for West Ham United,{{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 }} the club he supported as a boy.{{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 | West Ham United F.C.}} 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,{{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 }} 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.{{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 }} 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.{{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 }} On 19 August 2006, he became the oldest outfield player in the history of the division, at 40 years 139 days.{{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 }} Sheringham signed a contract to play for West Ham until the end of the 2006–07 season,{{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}} 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.{{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}} 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.{{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}} Sheringham also appeared in 11 FA Cup, League Cup, and UEFA Cup games for West Ham, scoring two goals.

After being released by West Ham, Sheringham signed for Colchester United in July 2007 and was given the number 8 shirt.{{cite news |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/teams/c/colchester_united/6266898.stm |title=Sheringham switches to Colchester |date=4 July 2007 |access-date=4 July 2007 |publisher=BBC Sport}} He started Colchester's first game of the season, away at Sheffield United,{{cite news |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/eng_div_1/6931101.stm |title=Sheff Utd 2–2 Colchester |date=11 August 2007 |access-date=20 August 2007 |publisher=BBC Sport}} and scored the first goal in a 2–2 home draw against Barnsley a week later.{{cite news |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/eng_div_1/6941741.stm |title=Colchester 2–2 Barnsley |date=18 August 2007 |access-date=20 August 2007 |publisher=BBC Sport}} 7 days later he scored again, in a 3–0 win at Preston North End.{{cite news|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/eng_div_1/6952796.stm|title=Preston 0–3 Colchester|publisher=BBC Sport|date=25 August 2007 |access-date=5 November 2009}} 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.{{cite news|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/eng_div_1/7110787.stm|title=Sheff Wed 1–2 Colchester|publisher=BBC Sport|date=1 December 2007 |access-date=5 November 2009}} He scored his fourth and final Colchester goal in a 3–1 FA Cup defeat to Peterborough United on 5 January 2008.{{cite news|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/fa_cup/7163957.stm

|title=Colchester 1–3 Peterborough|publisher=BBC Sport|date=5 January 2008 |access-date=5 November 2009}} 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.{{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}}

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.{{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}}

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.{{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}}{{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}}

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.{{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}}{{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}}

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|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 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.{{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}}

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.{{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}}

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|date=July 2018}}

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.{{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}} 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.{{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}}{{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}}{{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}} 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.{{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}}{{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 }} 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.{{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}}

Upon his retirement from professional football in 2008, Sheringham has been a noticeable figure on the world poker scene,{{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}} 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.{{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}}

In May 2014, Sheringham was appointed as an attacking coach with West Ham United.{{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}} 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.{{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}}

On 21 May 2015, Sheringham was appointed to his first managerial role, taking charge of League Two side Stevenage, replacing Graham Westley.{{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}} 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.{{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}} He was sacked on 1 February 2016, with the club 19th in the league having collected only three points from their previous eight matches.{{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}}

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

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.{{cite news |title=Terry and Charlie to make FA Cup third round draw |url=https://www.thefa.com/news/2013/dec/06/fa-cup-third-round-draw-preview |access-date=22 January 2021 |publisher=The FA |date=6 December 2013}} Sheringham has two more children with Kristina Andriotis, whom he married in 2016.{{cite news |last1=Westbrook |first1=Caroline |title=How old is Teddy Sheringham and who is his wife as he is revealed to be The Masked Singer's Tree?|url=https://metro.co.uk/2020/01/19/old-teddy-sheringham-wife-revealed-masked-singers-tree-12083269/ |access-date=22 January 2021 |work=Metro |date=19 January 2020}} Earlier in his life, he dated models Danielle Lloyd and Katie Price.{{cite news |last1=Parry |first1=Josh |title=Danielle Lloyd has chosen her bridesmaid... and you might recognise her |url=https://www.liverpoolecho.co.uk/news/showbiz-news/danielle-lloyd-chosen-bridesmaid-you-11308293 |access-date=22 January 2021 |work=Liverpool Echo |date=9 May 2016}}

Since 2005, Sheringham has resided in Sewardstonebury, Essex, just north of the border between Essex and Waltham Forest. He named his house Nou Camp in reference to the stadium that hosted the 1999 UEFA Champions League Final, stating "I had a house built in 2005 and at the end, when it was finished, it was the perfect house, so I called it Camp Nou after that fantastic night."{{Cite web|title=TEDDY SHERINGHAM PROMOTIONS LIMITED|date=6 February 2025|website=gov.uk|url=https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/03410792/officers|access-date=6 February 2025}}{{Cite web|title=Sheringham: I named my house after that night!|date=13 February 2023|website=manutd.com|url=https://www.manutd.com/en/news/detail/teddy-sheringham-recalls-on-utd-podcast-1999-champions-league-final-and-house-name-it-inspired|access-date=6 February 2025}}

In 2007, Sheringham was awarded an MBE at that year's Birthday Honours for services to football.{{Cite web|title=Footballer given OBE in honours|date=16 June 2007|website=news.bbc.co.uk|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/essex/6758545.stm|access-date=7 February 2025}}{{Cite web|title=Sheringham considers management in the future after receiving MBE|date=16 June 2007|website=standard.co.uk|url=https://www.standard.co.uk/sport/sheringham-considers-management-in-the-future-after-receiving-mbe-6645518.html|access-date=7 February 2025}}

In 2020, Sheringham competed on the first British series of The Masked Singer, masked as "Tree".{{cite news |last1=Rossiensky |first1=Katie |title=Teddy Sheringham: The Masked Singer 'wasn't as fun as it could have been' due to secrecy |url=https://www.standard.co.uk/culture/tvfilm/teddy-sheringham-masked-singer-secret-a4339511.html |access-date=22 January 2021 |work=Evening Standard |date=20 January 2021}}

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:Scores and results list England's goal tally first, score column indicates score after each Sheringham goal.{{cite web |url=http://www.england-afc.co.uk/Match/Detail/779 |title=England AFC |access-date=7 May 2009 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081121050752/http://www.england-afc.co.uk/Match/Detail/779 |archive-date=21 November 2008}}

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Djurgården

• Division 2 Norra: 1985{{Cite web |title=PL-Profilen: Via Djurgården till Champions League - Fotbolldirekt – Experten på svensk fotboll |url=https://fotbolldirekt.se/2014/08/05/pl-profilen-via-djurgarden-till-champions-league |access-date=1 June 2022 |website=Fotbolldirekt – Experten på svensk fotboll |date=5 August 2014 |language=en}}

Millwall{{cite web|url=http://www.millwall-history.org.uk/TeddySheringham.htm |title=Teddy Sheringham |work=The Millwall History Files|access-date=3 October 2014 }}

• Football League Group Cup: 1982–83
• Football League Second Division: 1987–88

Nottingham Forest

• Full Members' Cup: 1991–92{{citation needed|date=May 2021}}

Manchester United{{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 }}

• Premier League: 1998–99, 1999–2000, 2000–01{{cite web |url=https://www.premierleague.com/players/576/Teddy-Sheringham/overview |title=Teddy Sheringham: Overview |publisher=Premier League |access-date=18 April 2018}}
• FA Cup: 1998–99
• FA Charity Shield: 1997
• UEFA Champions League: 1998–99
• Intercontinental Cup: 1999

Tottenham Hotspur

• Football League Cup runner-up: 2001–02{{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}}

West Ham United

• Football League Championship play-offs: 2005

England{{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}}

• Tournoi de France: 1997

Individual

• Premier League Golden Boot: 1992–93
• Premier League Player of the Month: October 2000, August 2003
• PFA Team of the Year: 2000–01 Premier League{{cite web|url=http://www.englandfootballonline.com/TeamPlyrsBios/PlayersS/BioSheringhamEP.html |title=England Players — Teddy Sheringham |work=England Football Online |access-date=3 October 2014 }}
• PFA Players' Player of the Year: 2000–01
• FWA Footballer of the Year: 2000–01
• Sir Matt Busby Player of the Year: 2000–01{{cite web | url=http://www.manutd.com/en/News-And-Features/Football-News/2010/May/Rooney-wins-club-award-treble.aspx | title=Rooney wins club award treble | publisher=Manchester United F.C. | date=4 May 2010 | access-date=21 October 2014}}
• West Ham United Hammer of the Year: 2004–05{{cite web | url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/football/27632489 | title=Teddy Sheringham returns to West Ham as attacking coach | publisher=BBC Sport | date=30 May 2014 | access-date=21 October 2014}}
• English Football Hall of Fame: 2009{{cite web | url=http://www.tottenhamhotspur.com/news/spurs-legends-honoured-200709/ | title=Spurs Legends Honoured | publisher=Tottenham Hotspur F.C. | date=20 July 2009 | access-date=21 October 2014}}
• Millwall Player of the Year: 1990–91{{citation needed|date=May 2021}}
• Tottenham Hotspur Player of the Year: 1994–95{{citation needed|date=May 2021}}

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• [http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/teams/w/west_ham_utd/4864390.stm Teddy on "Life at 40"]
• [http://www.unicef.org/&sa=X&oi=revisions_result&resnum=4&ct=result&cd=1&cad=revid%3D1700969469&usg=AFQjCNGEo0bOR4lJd1pqu6ZA90X06YqdJA Unicef Children's Charity of which Teddy took part in a Friendly for...] {{dead link|date=November 2017 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}

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