Stan Ternent

Football manager infobox
playername = Stan Ternent


fullname = Stanley Ternent
dateofbirth = birth date and age|1946|6|16|df=y
cityofbirth = Gateshead
countryofbirth = England
height =
currentclub = Huddersfield Town (manager)
position = Midfielder
youthyears =
youthclubs =
years = 1966–1968
1968–1974
clubs = Burnley
Carlisle United
Total
caps(goals) = 005 (0)
188 (5)
193 (5)
manageryears = 1979–1980
1989–1991
1995–1998
1998–2004
2004–2005
2008–
managerclubs = Blackpool
Hull City
Bury
Burnley
Gillingham
Huddersfield Town

Stanley "Stan" Ternent (born 16 June 1946 in Gateshead) is an English football manager. A former professional footballer, he was later the manager of Blackpool, Hull City, Bury, Burnley and Gillingham. Appointed on 28 April 2008, he succeeded Andy Ritchie as manager of Huddersfield Town.

Career

In his playing days, Ternent donned the colours of Burnley and Carlisle United. Upon retiring, he became a coach at Sunderland, firstly, then Blackpool, assisting Bob Stokoe. Ternent himself became manager of the Tangerines in 1979, his first such role, and Blackpool's sixth manager in a decade.

Immediately upon his appointment at Bloomfield Road, Ternent began to reshape the team, spending large sums on new players. Jack Ashurst was purchased from Sunderland for a then-club-record £116,000. Fellow newcomers included Dave Bamber, Colin Morris, Peter Noble and Tom McAlister. Despite the fresh faces, the Seasiders' fortunes didn't improve, and by early 1980 they were in the bottom half of the Third Division. He was sacked on 1 February 1980.

He served as part of the coaching staff at Bradford City before his next role as manager came nine years later, at Hull City from 1989 to 1991. He lost his job in January 1991, a few months before the club suffered relegation from the Second Division. From 1991 to 1993 he was assistant manager to Ian Porterfield and then David Webb at Chelsea before again being made redundant.

Ternent was not out of the game for long. He moved from the Premiership to Division Three in a matter of weeks, becoming Mike Walsh's right-hand man at Bury. When Walsh quit in October 1995, Ternent moved up to the manager's seat, and seven months later he took them to Division Two as third-placed team in Division Three. A year later they won the Division Two championship and survived the first season in Division One; however, Ternent left Gigg Lane at the end of the 1997–98 season to take charge of Burnley in Division Two.

In Ternent's second season as Clarets manager, 1999–2000 and after a clear out, the club finished second in Division Two and won automatic promotion. He remained in charge for another four seasons, but the club's board did not renew his contract after the 2003–04 campaign and he left the club after six years, having failed to get them into the Premiership.

Ternent made a brief comeback in 2004–05 with Gillingham, taking Ronnie Jepson from Burnley to be his assistant; however, his short-term contract as manager was not renewed, as despite a heroic attempt at survival they were relegated to the First Division. Ternent quit Gillingham in May 2005. [cite news
date=2005-05-15
url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/teams/g/gillingham/4549073.stm
title= Ternent quits as Gillingham boss
publisher=BBC Sport
accessdate=2007-08-30]

In January 2007, Ternent faced assault charges after being accused of headbutting a man at Burnley Cricket Club in August 2006. [cite news
date=2007-01-29
url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/merseyside/6309941.stm
title=Ex-Clarets boss appears in court
publisher=BBC Sport
accessdate=2007-08-30] He was cleared in September 2007. His defence included a statement by Manchester United manager Sir Alex Ferguson. [cite news
date=2007-09-07
url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/england/lancashire/6982985.stm
title=Ex-Burnley boss cleared of attack
publisher=BBC Sport
accessdate=2007-09-07]

In November 2007, he was appointed to the backroom staff of new Derby County manager Paul Jewell. He left this role on 24 April 2008 to take up the reigns at Huddersfield Town in place of Andy Ritchie, who had been relieved of his duties at the beginning of the month. Ex-Town player Ronnie Jepson, appointed on the same day, became his assistant. He officially started his new job on 28 April, leaving Gerry Murphy in charge of Town's last home game against Walsall on 26 April and their last away game at Luton Town on 3 May. [ [http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/teams/h/huddersfield_town/7364376.stm Ternent Named Huddersfield Boss] ]

Backed by a large budget,Fact|date=July 2008 Ternent signed Keigan Parker, Jim Goodwin, Andy Butler, Chris Lucketti, Michael Flynn, Gary Roberts and David Unsworth during the opening weeks of 2008–09 pre-season.

Honours

As a manager

Bury
*Division Three promotion: 1995-96
*Division Two championship: 1996-97

Burnley
*Division Two promotion: 1999-2000

Managerial stats

ee also

*Blackpool F.C. season 1979-80

Notes

References

*cite book | first=Roy | last=Calley| coauthors= | title=Blackpool: A Complete Record 1887-1992 | publisher=Breedon Books Sport | location= | year=1992 | editor= | id=ISBN 1-873626-07-X

External links

*soccerbase (manager)|1143|Stan Ternent
* [http://www.neilbrown.newcastlefans.com/player2/stanternant.htm Independent site profile]