Terence Howard (born 26 February 1966) is an English former

footballer A football player or footballer is a sportsperson who plays one of the different types of football. The main types of football are association football, American football, Canadian football, Australian rules football, Gaelic football, rugby ...

who played for

Chelsea Chelsea or Chelsey may refer to: Places Australia * Chelsea, Victoria Canada * Chelsea, Nova Scotia * Chelsea, Quebec United Kingdom * Chelsea, London, an area of London, bounded to the south by the River Thames ** Chelsea (UK Parliament consti ...

Crystal Palace Crystal Palace may refer to: Places Canada * Crystal Palace Complex (Dieppe), a former amusement park now a shopping complex in Dieppe, New Brunswick * Crystal Palace Barracks, London, Ontario * Crystal Palace (Montreal), an exhibition building ...

, Chester City,

Leyton Orient Leyton Orient Football Club is a professional football club based in Leyton, East London, England, who compete in , the fourth tier of the English football league system. They are the second oldest football club in London to play at a profession ...

Wycombe Wanderers Wycombe Wanderers Football Club is an English professional association football club based in the town of High Wycombe, Buckinghamshire. The team compete in League One, the third tier of the English football league system. They play their ho ...

, Woking and

Aldershot Town Aldershot Town Football Club is a professional association football club based in Aldershot, Hampshire, England. The team competes in the National League, the fifth tier of the English football league system. The club was founded in the spring ...

. 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. 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

, was sacked at

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by manager

John Sitton John Edmund Sitton (born 21 October 1959) is an English former professional footballer and former coach and manager of Leyton Orient. Playing and early coaching career Sitton's playing career began at youth level at Arsenal and Chelsea. He tu ...

, as featured in the

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documentary '' Orient: Club for a Fiver''.

Honours

Woking * FA Trophy: 1996–97

References

External links

Player profile at Post War English & Scottish Football League A - Z Player's Transfer Database
1966 births Living people English footballers Chelsea F.C. players Crystal Palace F.C. players Chester City F.C. players Leyton Orient F.C. players Wycombe Wanderers F.C. players Woking F.C. players Aldershot Town F.C. players English Football League players Association football defenders {{England-footy-defender-1960s-stub