Terry McDermott

Terry McDermott
Personnel
Surname	Terence McDermott
birthday	December 8, 1951
place of birth	Kirkby ,  England
position	midfield
Men's
Years	station	Games (goals) 1
1969-1973	Bury FC	91 0(8)
1973-1974	Newcastle United	57 0(6)
1974-1982	Liverpool FC	232 (54)
1982-1984	Newcastle United	74 (12)
1984-1985	Cork City
1985-1986	APOEL Nicosia
National team
Years	selection	Games (goals)
1977-1982	England	25 0(3)
Stations as a trainer
Years	station
2005-2008	Newcastle United (Assistant)
2008–2012	Huddersfield Town (Assistant)
2012–	Birmingham City (Assistant)
1 Only league games are given.

Terence "Terry" McDermott (born December 8, 1951 in Kirkby , Merseyside , England ) is a former English football player , was active as a midfielder in the successful Liverpool team in the 1970s and 1980s and made 25 international appearances for England National team .

Athletic career

McDermott was a Liverpool FC supporter in his childhood but was initially not discovered by the talent scouts of the local clubs on Merseyside, so he instead joined Bury FC at a young age . He made his first steps in the English Premier League in 1973, having previously moved to Newcastle United .

With Newcastle he reached the FA Cup final in 1974 , where he faced Liverpool FC. Newcastle lost the game 3-0, with McDermott only six months later with the club that won that day.

Liverpool manager Bob Paisley , who was in his first season after Bill Shankly's resignation , brought McDermott back to Merseyside in November 1974. McDermott's development started very hesitantly in the first two years. He worked only a few games in the team and could not play his way into the regular formation. Liverpool won both the English Championship and the UEFA Cup in 1976 , but McDermott did not make enough appearances in the league to earn a medal . In addition, he was not in the squad for the European Cup games. As a result, the number of voices that predicted McDermott's premature move increased. However, this decided to stay in Anfield and was instrumental in the successes in the following season.

McDermott was a regular in the Liverpool team that defended the English championship in 1977. His goal against local rivals Everton FC in the semifinals of the FA Cup, a lob as a turning shot from the penalty area, was also from the BBC as a goal of the season selected. The game itself ended 2-2 and Liverpool won the replay. The simultaneous success in the semi-finals of the European Champions Cup then led in May 1977 to two finals at Wembley Stadium and in Rome within three days. If both finals had been won, Liverpool would have won a historic triple that no club had achieved before.

McDermott lost with Liverpool, however, the FA Cup final against Manchester United and could then no longer achieve this goal. Just three days later, McDermott was able to contribute to winning the European Cup against Borussia Mönchengladbach with his goal to make it 1-0 , with Liverpool maintaining the upper hand in this encounter with a total of 3-1.

In the following season, McDermott made his debut in a draw against Switzerland for the English national team.

Liverpool reached the League Cup final for the first time in 1978 , which was to end memorable for McDermott in several ways. The first game at Wembley against Nottingham Forest ended goalless, with McDermott goal was disallowed after the referee an offside position of Kenny Dalglish had recognized during Torschusses of McDermott. In the replay at Old Trafford, McDermott allegedly compensated for the 0-1 deficit in the meantime. However, this hit was denied recognition because the referee decided on handball at McDermott's ball acceptance . Forest ultimately won the game 1-0 and McDermott swore in an interview after the game that he would not have accepted the ball with his arm, but correctly stopped it with his chest. In retrospect, the offside situation turned out to be correctly assessed by the referee, whereas the hit in the replay was legal.

The defeat in the league cup was followed by renewed success in the European championship competition, in the final of which Club Bruges was defeated 1-0.

In the following season, McDermott scored one of the most famous goals, which should serve as a prime example of speed and tactical behavior in counter-attacks. In a championship game at Anfield against Tottenham Hotspur , Liverpool were initially in defense of a corner . This was fended off by a break to his own winger Steve Heighway . The ball landed in Tottenham's goal net within seconds after Heighway sprinted down the line and crossed McDermott, who was in position in the middle, who ended the attack with a header . The game then ended 7-0 for Liverpool.

At the end of the season, Liverpool won the English championship again and defended it in 1980, in which McDermott was also voted England's Footballer of the Year by fellow players . He was also in England's squad for the 1980 European Championship in Italy , where he was used in two group games.

In 1981 McDermott won the League Cup for the first time with Liverpool after beating West Ham United in the final and was also in the team that defeated Real Madrid in the final of the European Cup . Another English championship title followed in 1982, where his position in the team began to lose importance. For the 1982 World Cup in Spain , he was not called up to the English squad and did not return to the national team afterwards. After only a short substitution for Liverpool in the 1982/83 season, McDermott said goodbye to his long-term club.

McDermott returned to Newcastle United, where he on the side of his former teammates Kevin Keegan acted and with the young talent Chris Waddle and Peter Beardsley in the First Division rose. He then left the club in 1984 to join the Irish club Cork City for a season.

When Keegan later became a coach in Newcastle, he appointed McDermott as a Kotrainer on his staff. There they managed to return to the top of England and they narrowly missed the championship in 1996 behind Manchester United. After Keegan left Newcastle, McDermott served another season under Kenny Dalglish . McDermott then left the club when Dalglish later resigned and his successor Ruud Gullit brought his own kotrainer with him.

McDermott returned to Newcastle in 2005 in the same capacity under Graeme Souness and kept this position even after his dismissal under current interim coach Glenn Roeder .

successes

• European championship champions: 1977, 1978, 1981
• English champion: 1977, 1979, 1980, 1982
• English League Cup Winner: 1981, 1982
• Community Shield winner: 1976, 1977 *, 1979, 1980, 1982 * (shared title)

Web links

• Photo by Terry McDermott