Terry Howard

{{short description|English footballer}}

{{about||the English footballer in the 1960 Summer Olympics|Terence Howard (footballer)|other people similar names|Terence Howard (disambiguation)}}

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{{Infobox football biography

| name = Terry Howard

| image =

| fullname = Terence Howard{{Hugman|9462|accessdate=12 May 2020}}

| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1966|2|26|df=y}}

| birth_place = Stepney, England

| height = {{height|ft=6|in=1}}{{cite book |title=Rothmans Football Yearbook 1987–88 |editor-first=Peter |editor-last=Dunk |publisher=Queen Anne Press |location=London |date=1987 |page=[https://archive.org/details/rothmansfootball00lond/page/214 214] |isbn=978-0-356-14354-5 |url=https://archive.org/details/rothmansfootball00lond/page/214}}

| position = Defender

| youthyears1 =

| youthclubs1 = Chelsea

| years1 = 1984–1986

| years2 = 1985

| years3 = 1986

| years4 = 1986–1995

| years5 = 1995–1996

| years6 = 1996

| years7 = 1998–1999

| clubs1 = Chelsea

| clubs2 = → Crystal Palace (loan)

| clubs3 = → Chester City (loan)

| clubs4 = Leyton Orient

| clubs5 = Wycombe Wanderers

| clubs6 = Woking

| clubs7 = Aldershot Town

| caps1 = 6

| caps2 = 4

| caps3 = 2

| caps4 = 328

| caps5 = 59

| caps6 = ?

| caps7 = 45

| goals1 = 0

| goals2 = 0

| goals3 = 0

| goals4 = 31

| goals5 = 2

| goals6 = ?

| goals7 = 0

| totalcaps = 444

| totalgoals = 33

| nationalyears1 = 1985 | nationalteam1 = England U20{{Cite web|url=http://www.englandfootballonline.com/matchrsl/MatchRslTmU20.html|title=England Matches - Under-20's 1981-2019|website=www.englandfootballonline.com}} | nationalcaps1 = 3 | nationalgoals1 = 0

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Terence Howard (born 26 February 1966) is an English former footballer who played for Chelsea, Crystal Palace, Chester City, Leyton Orient, Wycombe Wanderers, Woking and Aldershot Town.

A tall full-back, Terry Howard played for Essex Schoolboys. He signed for Chelsea as an apprentice in Feb 1983. He was a regular member of the Chelsea Football Combination Championship side in 1984–85. He made his first team debut for Chelsea in April 1985 against Aston Villa.Chelsea Football Club The Full Statistical Story 1905-1986 by Scott Cheshire and Ron Hockings {{ISBN|0-9511640-0-7}}

After loan periods with Crystal Palace and Chester City, he moved to Leyton Orient in 1986.

On 7 February 1995, Howard, in his 397th appearance for Leyton Orient,{{cite book|last=Gillatt|first=Peter|title=Blackpool FC on This Day: History, Facts and Figures from Every Day of the Year |publisher=Pitch Publishing Ltd|date=30 November 2009|isbn=978-1-905411-50-4}} was sacked at half-time by manager John Sitton, as featured in the Channel 4 documentary Orient: Club for a Fiver.{{cite news|url=https://www.theguardian.com/football/2006/nov/01/theknowledge.sport|title=The Knowledge: Rubbish goalkeepers substituted before half-time|work=The Guardian|date=2006-11-01|accessdate=2008-11-24 | location=London | first=Rob | last=Smyth}}{{cite web |title=Veteran given his cards by Orient |url=https://www.independent.co.uk/sport/veteran-given-his-cards-by-orient-1572274.html |website=Independent |accessdate=20 July 2020 |date=9 February 1995}}