Personal information | |||
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Full name | Terence Cotton | ||
Date of birth | (1946-01-25) 25 January 1946 (age 78) | ||
Place of birth | Liverpool, England | ||
Position(s) | Centre half, forward | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
Llanelli | |||
0000–1968 | Ammanford | ||
1968–1971 | Swansea City | 12 | (1) |
1971–1977 | Yeovil Town | ||
1977–1978 | Salisbury | ||
1978–1980 | Yeovil Town | ||
Taunton Town | |||
Bridport | |||
International career | |||
1968–1969 | Wales Amateurs | 4 | (0) |
*Club domestic league appearances and goals |
Terence Cotton (born 25 January 1946) is a former amateur footballer who played as a centre half, notably in the Southern League with Yeovil Town, for whom he made 415 appearances. He also played in the Football League for Swansea City. Born in England, he was capped by Wales at amateur level. After retiring as a player, Cotton served Yeovil Town as youth team manager, assistant manager and in hospitality.
Personal life
Upon joining Yeovil Town in 1971, Cotton worked for Normalair. His wife Jean worked as a secretary at Yeovil Town for more than 30 years, before retiring in 2020. As of 2003, Cotton was a skittles player.
Honours
Swansea City
- Football League Fourth Division third-place promotion: 1969–70
Individual
- Yeovil Town Player of the Year: 1972–73, 1975–76
References
- ^ "Terry Cotton". Barry Hugman's Footballers. Retrieved 29 July 2017.
- ^ "Moving to Yeovil in 1971 was the best decision we ever made". Yeovil Press. p. 65. Retrieved 19 February 2023.
- McColl, Brian; Gorman, Douglas; Campbell, George. "Forgotten Glories – British Amateur Internationals 1901–1974" (PDF). p. 332. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2 July 2017. Retrieved 28 July 2017.
- "Ex-Glover Cotton still good with his balls!". Somerset County Gazette. Retrieved 5 April 2020.
- "Players of the past | Swansea". www.swanseacity.com. Retrieved 5 April 2020.
- "Yeovil Town Story Part 31". Retrieved 15 September 2017.
- "Yeovil Town Story Part 33". Retrieved 15 September 2017.
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