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{{short description|Welsh footballer}}
{{for|the Australian rules footballer|Terry Boyle (Australian footballer)}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=August 2021}}
{{Infobox football biography 
| name           = Terry Boyle 
| image          =
| fullname       = Terence David John Boyle<ref>{{Hugman|2023|accessdate=1 November 2017}}</ref>
| birth_date     = {{birth date and age|df=y|1958|10|29}}
| birth_place    = [[Ammanford]], Wales 
| currentclub    =
| position       = Defender 
| youthyears1    = 1975
| youthclubs1    = [[Tottenham Hotspur F.C.|Tottenham Hotspur]]
| years1         = 1975–1977 |  clubs1 =   [[Tottenham Hotspur F.C.|Tottenham Hotspur]]  | caps1 = 0 | goals1 = 0  
| years2         = 1977–1981 | clubs2 =  [[Crystal Palace F.C.|Crystal Palace]]  | caps2 = 35 | goals2 = 1  
| years3         = 1981 | clubs3 =  → [[Wimbledon F.C.|Wimbledon]] (loan)  | caps3 = 5 | goals3 = 1  
| years4         = 1981–1983 | clubs4 =  [[Bristol City F.C.|Bristol City]]  | caps4 = .47| goals4 = 0  
| years5         = 1983–1986 | clubs5 =  [[Newport County A.F.C.|Newport County]]  | caps5 = 166 | goals5 = 11  
| years6         = 1986–1989 | clubs6 =  [[Cardiff City F.C.|Cardiff City]]  | caps6 = 168 | goals6 = 7  
| years7         = 1989–1990 | clubs7 =  [[Swansea City A.F.C.|Swansea City]]  | caps7 = 47 | goals7 = 1  
| years8         = 1990–1993 | clubs8 = [[Merthyr Tydfil F.C.|Merthyr Tydfil]]  | caps8 = 145 | goals8 = ?  
| years9         = 1993–1995 | clubs9 = [[Barry Town F.C.|Barry Town]]  | caps9 = 68 | goals9 = 7  
| years10        = 1995      | clubs10 = [[Ebbw Vale F.C.|Ebbw Vale]]  | caps10 = 8 | goals10 = 0  
| years11        = 1995–1996 | clubs11 = [[Inter Cardiff F.C.|Inter Cardiff]]  | caps11 = 48 | goals11 = 2
| years12        = 1996–1997 | clubs12 = [[Carmarthen Town A.F.C.|Carmarthen Town]] | caps12 = 34| goals12 = 0  
| years13        =  | clubs13 = [[Cinderford Town F.C.|Cinderford Town]]  | caps13 = ? | goals13 = ?
| years14        = 2001 |clubs14 = [[Bangor City F.C.|Bangor City]] | caps14 = 2 | goals14 = 0 
| nationalyears1 = 1981 | nationalteam1 = [[Wales national under-21 football team|Wales U21]]
| nationalcaps1  = 2 | nationalgoals1 = 0 
| nationalyears2 = 1981 | nationalteam2 =   [[Wales national football team|Wales]] 
| nationalcaps2  = 2 | nationalgoals2 =   1
| manageryears1 = 1994
| managerclubs1 = [[Barry Town United F.C.|Barry Town]] 
| manageryears2  = 2008– | managerclubs2 = [[Wales national semi-professional football team|Wales Semi-Pro]]
| manageryears3  = 2011 | managerclubs3 = [[Neath F.C.|Neath]]
}}
'''Terence David John Boyle''' (born 29 October 1958) is a Welsh former professional [[Association football|footballer]]. During his career, he made over 500 appearances in the [[Football League]] and made two appearances for the [[Wales national football team|Wales national team]] in 1981.<ref name=ATZ>{{Cite web |url=http://www.neilbrown.newcastlefans.com/player/terryboyle.html |title=Terry Boyle |website=Post War English & Scottish Football League A–Z Player's Database |publisher=Neil Brown |accessdate=2 July 2016}}</ref> A centre-half, he was highly regarded by supporters for his strong tackling and uncompromising style.

He is the manager of the [[Wales national semi-professional football team]] and also works as a youth coach at [[Aldershot Town F.C.|Aldershot Town]].

==Early life==
Born in [[Ammanford]],<ref name=ATZ/> Boyle attended [[Coleg Sir Gâr|Llanelli Boys' Grammar School]] and played for the school rugby team as a [[Rugby union positions|centre]]. He also represented [[Carmarthen]] in javelin.<ref name=Factfile>{{cite web |url=http://archive.mehstg.com/fact_boyle_terry.htm |title=Terry Boyle - fact file |publisher=Mehstg |accessdate=2 July 2014}}</ref>

==Club career==
A former captain for Wales at schoolboy level,<ref name=Factfile/> Boyle began his career at [[Tottenham Hotspur F.C.|Tottenham Hotspur]], signing apprenticeship forms in April 1975 before turning professional soon after in September 1975, making his way through the youth system. Unable to oust established players such as [[Mike England]] and [[Keith Osgood]] from the side, he did not make a first team appearance at [[White Hart Lane]] and moved to [[Crystal Palace F.C.|Crystal Palace]].<ref name=Factfile/> He spent four years with Palace, including a loan spell at [[Wimbledon F.C.|Wimbledon]] before joining [[Bristol City F.C.|Bristol City]] in 1981 in exchange for [[Kevin Mabbutt]].<ref name=Swanseapast>{{cite web |url=http://www.swanseacity.net/news/article/past-players-a-d-857625.aspx |title=Past players A – D |publisher=Swansea City A.F.C. |accessdate=2 July 2016}}</ref>

He went on to play for [[Newport County A.F.C.|Newport County]],<ref>[http://www.neilbrown.newcastlefans.com/newport/newport.html Newport County A-Z of transfers]</ref> being named in the 1986 Third Division [[PFA Team of the Year]], before joining [[Cardiff City F.C.|Cardiff City]] in August 1986 for a tribunal set fee of £22,500.<ref name=Swanseapast/> The transfer proved controversial with Newport as they had expected a significantly larger fee for Boyle, who was the club captain at the time of the move.<ref>{{Cite book | title = Curt: The Alan Curtis story | first = Alan | last = Curtis | publisher = Mainstream Publishing | year = 2009 | isbn= 9781845966959}}</ref> He made over 168 appearances for the ''Bluebirds'', including helping them win promotion to [[Football League Third Division|Division Three]] in the [[1987–88 Cardiff City F.C. season|1987–88 season]] and playing in the 1988 Welsh Cup final as Cardiff defeated [[Wrexham A.F.C.|Wrexham]] 2–0.<ref name=88WCF>{{cite web |url=http://wfda.co.uk/welshcup_final_detail.php?id=101 |title=Cardiff City 2–0 Wrexham |publisher=Welsh Football Data Archive |accessdate=2 July 2016}}</ref> In 1989, his former Crystal Palace teammate [[Ian Evans (footballer)|Ian Evans]] brought him to [[Swansea City A.F.C.|Swansea City]] where he had recently been appointed manager. He played 47 times in the 1989–90 season before moving on to [[Merthyr Tydfil F.C.|Merthyr Tydfil]] in the Conference League.<ref name=Swanseapast/> He later moved into the [[Welsh Premier League]] with [[Barry Town F.C.|Barry Town]].

He ended his playing career with player-manager roles at [[Ebbw Vale F.C.|Ebbw Vale]], [[Inter Cardiff F.C.|Inter Cardiff]] and [[Cinderford Town F.C.|Cinderford Town]].

==International career==

Boyle made his debut for [[Wales national football team|Wales]] on 24 February 1981, scoring during a 3–1 victory over [[Republic of Ireland national football team|Republic of Ireland]] at [[Tolka Park]]. He made one more appearance for Wales, three months later in May 1981, when he came on as a substitute in place of [[Joey Jones]] during a 2–0 victory over [[Scotland national football team|Scotland]].<ref name=Walescaps>{{cite web |url=https://www.rsssf.org/tablesw/wal-intres80.html |title=Wales - International Results 1980-1989 - Details |publisher=The Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation. |accessdate=2 July 2016}}</ref>

===International goals===
:''Wales score listed first, score column indicates score after each goal.''
{| class="wikitable plainrowheaders sortable"
|+ International goals by date, venue, cap, opponent, score, result and competition
|-
!scope=col|No.
!scope=col data-sort-type=date|Date
!scope=col|Venue
!scope=col|Opponent
!scope=col|Score
!scope=col|Result
!scope=col|Competition
|-
!scope=row|1
|24 February 1981<ref name=Walescaps/>||[[Tolka Park]], [[Dublin]], Ireland||{{fb|IRL}}||2–1||3–1||Friendly
|}

==Coaching career==
In August 1994, Boyle was appointed player-manager of Welsh Premier League club Barry Town but left the role in November of the same year.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://welsh-premier.com/index.php/manager-barry |title=Barry managers |publisher=welsh-premier.com |accessdate=3 March 2018}}</ref>

Boyle works for the Football Association of Wales Trust, Pro Licence holder since 2007 and is manager of the [[Wales national semi-professional football team]]. He also previously worked as assistant manager to Tomi Morgan at [[Porthmadog F.C.|Porthmadog]]. In June 2011, he was appointed manager of [[Neath F.C.|Neath]] following the departure of Andy Dyer,<ref>{{cite web |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/13685869.stm |title=Terry Boyle takes over as Neath manager |publisher=BBC Sport |date=7 June 2011 |accessdate=2 July 2016}}</ref> but was sacked less than six months later in November 2011, along with his assistant [[Peter Nicholas (footballer)|Peter Nicholas]], following a poor run of results.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.walesonline.co.uk/sport/football/football-news/neath-fc-sack-terry-boyle-1796110 |title=Neath FC sack Terry Boyle and Peter Nicholas after poor results |publisher=WalesOnline |date=15 November 2011 |accessdate=2 July 2016}}</ref>

In 2012, he was appointed senior professional development coach at [[Aldershot Town F.C.|Aldershot Town]].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://shop.theshots.co.uk/PlayerDisplay.ink?skip=6&squadno=43365&season=12/13&seasonl=2012/2013&Playertype=C |title=Terry Boyle 2012/13 |publisher=Aldershot Town F.C. |accessdate=2 July 2016 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20160820002709/http://shop.theshots.co.uk/PlayerDisplay.ink?skip=6&squadno=43365&season=12%2F13&seasonl=2012%2F2013&Playertype=C |archivedate=20 August 2016  }}</ref>

==Honours==
'''Cardiff City'''
* [[Welsh Cup]]: 1988<ref name=88WCF/>

'''Individual'''
*[[PFA Team of the Year]]: [[1987–88 Football League#Fourth Division|1987–88 Fourth Division]]<ref>{{cite book |last=Lynch |title=The Official P.F.A. Footballers Heroes |page=147}}</ref>

==References==
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{{1985–86 Football League Third Division PFA Team of the Year}}
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