Where Are They Now - Teddy Sheringham M.B.E.

Known for his incredible football statistics and a career that spanned over two decades, he is currently the 13th highest goalscorer in the Premier League with 146 goals, he scored 1 goal with Nottingham Forest in the inaugural season, following that up with 75 for Spurs and 31 for Manchester United. A second stint at Spurs bagged him a further 22 . In season 2003-04 he scored 9 for Portsmouth and finished off his Premier League career at West Ham United with 8 goals in 2 seasons (2005-06 and 2006-07). On the 2nd April 2006 he became one of just 5 players to have played in the top flight at age 40+ Joining that short list with Les Sealey, John Burridge, Gordon Strachan and Ryan Giggs.

In 2015 Sheringham took on the role of manager at Stevenage in League Two. Sadly his time at Stevenage was challenging and he left the club in 2016.

When he retired from football in 2008, Sheringham turned his hand to world poker. After a number of worldwide competitions he managed a seat at the final table in the No Limit Hold’em Main Event in the EPT Vilamoura and finished a very respectable 5th from a field of 384., winning him over 93000 Euro’s.

In 2020 Sheringham competed in the first British series of the masked singer as ‘Tree’.

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