Vale Terry Venables | Football Australia

Often referred to as 'El Tel,' the Englishman coached the Australian Men's Senior National Team between 1996 and 1998.

Venables had a distinguished career on the pitch, playing 202 appearances for Chelsea FC (1960–1966), 115 appearances for Tottenham Hotspur FC (1966-1969), 177 appearances for Queens Park Rangers FC (1969-1974) and 14 appearances for Crystal Palace FC (1974-1976) including two loan periods at Canterbury-Marrickville Olympic FC and St Patrick's Athletic FC (1974-1976). 

The talented midfielder scored 50 goals throughout his illustrious playing career and was rewarded with two caps at international level for England in 1964.

But his greatest success came as a coach, leading some of the world's biggest clubs to domestic and international success.  

Venables managed Crystal Palace FC (1976–1980), Queens Park Rangers FC (1980–1984), FC Barcelona (1984–1987) and Tottenham Hotspur FC (1987–1991). Venables then entered the international arena leading his home nation of England (1994–1996) and Australia (1996-1998), before returning to Crystal Palace FC (1998–1999), Middlesbrough FC (2000–2001) and Leeds United FC (2002–2003).

Venables was appointed Head Coach of Australia in November 1996 and swiftly got to work preparing for the 1997 Confederations Cup. The Englishman guided the Socceroos to victories over Mexico (3-1) and Uruguay (1-0) to reach the final, before suffering defeat at the hands of a strong Brazilian side. 

In 1988, Australia swept through the Oceania FIFA World Cup qualifiers undefeated and qualified for the inter-confederation play-off against Iran. The team drew the first leg 1–1 in Tehran before arriving at the Melbourne Cricket Ground in front of 85,000 fans for the second leg. Australia led