Terry Dixon

[bohsRap]

Ye and I thought it was his mother who is Irish and that his dad tried to get him to play for England?


I know the Dixon Family in Ireland and it is great to see rumours flying around.

[Ozymandias]

Woodie - stop sniffin the ronseal - whats the craic , is he crocked or not?

woodie what exactly does it say on the tin

[paul_oshea]

woodie did ye get lost in the woods?!

[Traps Cat]

Woodie , we are extending an olive "Branch" - can you clarify the situation or have you decided to leaf?

[cheifo]

Come back Woodie......please come back:(

[Ozymandias]

ha ha ha ha ha...ha ha ha ha ha....hahahahahahahaha

[Paddy Garcia]

Don't take this too hard Woodie - ;)

[cheifo]

Woodie just let us know you are ok....everybodies worried sick.

[Ozymandias]

ok I'll start with the hospitals..can someone else contact the guards

this is serious now

[livehead1]

Finally heard back from my mate last night. Terry Dixon has left Spurs thats as much as he told me, so it seems that its true he's quit.

[Fergie's Son]

Finally heard back from my mate last night. Terry Dixon has left Spurs thats as much as he told me, so it seems that its true he's quit.

That's a shame. I hope things work out for him.

[GavinZac]

How old is he? Could be a place for him alongside Colin Healy in our "crocked former internationals" midfield at Cork :D

[theworm2345]

Is there a way we can blame Stan and Delaney for this? ;)
I have a feeling he will be back, though who knows how much time he will have lost by then.

[NeilMcD]

How old is he? Could be a place for him alongside Colin Healy in our "crocked former internationals" midfield at Cork :D

He is not a midfielder he is a forward.

[GavinZac]

He is not a midfielder he is a forward.

Don't be silly he'd never get his game there. We put all signed strikers into midfield first to test the water, á la Doyle and O'Donovan. You don't just walk in ahead of O'Flynn and Behan :D

Besides, if he's 17, He could be a corner forward for all we know at this stage.

[tetsujin1979]

Finally heard back from my mate last night. Terry Dixon has left Spurs thats as much as he told me, so it seems that its true he's quit.Thanks for letting us know livehead1, real shame about this


Is there a way we can blame Stan and Delaney for this? ;)No, and I'd expect better from you

[macdermesser]

now that we have cleared things up about Dixon (awful news) ..

can anyone shed some light on what happened to Woodie?

[theworm2345]

No, and I'd expect better from you

That was a joke, hence the ;)

[Ozymandias]

now that we have cleared things up about Dixon (awful news) ..

can anyone shed some light on what happened to Woodie?

last seen on the long mile road shouting "no one understands me anymore"...shame to lose someone so promising so young

terrible news about dixon as well..wish him the best

[endabob1]

He's still listed on the Spurs website as an acadamey player

[ruben_sosa]

He's still listed on the Spurs website as an acadamey player

http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/sport/football/premier_league/article2364480.ece

Tottenham £37.5m

IN Gareth Bale (Southampton, £5m), Darren Bent (Charlton Athletic, £16.5m), Yuri Berchiche (Athletic Bilbao, undisc), Kevin-Prince Boateng (Hertha Berlin, £5m), Danny Rose (Leeds United, free), Younès Kaboul (Auxerre, £7.5m), Adel Taarabt (Lens, undisc).
OUT Lee Barnard (Crewe Alexandra, loan till Jan), Rob Burch (Sheffield Wednesday, free), Charlie Daniels (Leyton Orient, season loan), Terry Dixon (released), Emil Hallfredsson (Lyn Oslo, undisc), Charlie Lee (Peterborough United, free), Mido (Middlesbrough, £6m), Jamie O’Hara (Millwall, month loan), Mark Yeates (Colchester United, undisc – six-figure), Reto Ziegler (Sampdoria, £1.4m), Danny Murphy (Fulham, season loan).

[Seagull-4-life]

last seen on the long mile road shouting "no one understands me anymore"...shame to lose someone so promising so young

terrible news about dixon as well..wish him the best
Who's woody?

[theworm2345]

Who's woody?
I assume (though I have no context) Jonathan Woodgate

[bohsRap]

I know the Dixon Family in Ireland and it is great to see rumours flying around.

I can't believe you are quoting the Star - it is hardly a paper of record (but then again, The Times printed lies about Stokes). He has had injuries but they are no career threatening. I was also told that he has also signed a new contract.

Yeah, unfortunately it's true.

He did his knee in again, it doesn't look good for him at such an important age.
The kid must be devastated.

Here is the aforementioned woodie who has since, to my knowledge, disappeared after them beauts of statements. Check page 3 of this thread.

[Ozymandias]

Here is the aforementioned woodie who has since, to my knowledge, disappeared after them beauts of statements. Check page 3 of this thread.

they were also posted within an hour of each other...classic stuff

I take it there is still no word on woodie

[Dr. Ogba]

they were also posted within an hour of each other...classic stuff

I take it there is still no word on woodie

:( Woodie where are you!!!!!!! come back all is forgiven!

[eirebhoy]

Quotes from the Herald:

"People knew that I'd had injury problems for the last while. People within football knew that I had left Tottenham so word got around that I had finished, I had retired, but that's not the case.

There are no guarantees and I have a bit of a way to go, but I do hope that I will be able to play football again. At what level, and with any success, I don't know, no one knows that now.

I had a real high in my career, in my life, when I was in the Ireland squad and on the bench for a game at Lansdowne Road. If that was the high, this is the real low at the moment, leaving Tottenham.

But I do have a real hope that I will be able to play football, at least earn a living from football and see where it takes me after that.

I went to see a specialist a while back and he gave me a bit of hope, he said it's possible that I can play again and be a professional. At this stage it's only a possible and there are no guarantees, but I am strong in my own mind and I am determined to get back playing again.

I am finished with Spurs now, but I have had clubs in touch with me. A couple of teams have said they want me to come there so I can do my rehab and get back training. If I get my fitness up and can show them that I'm able to play without any problems, then I will have a chance of signing.

I will see how I am feeling in the next few weeks but I hope to be able to go to a club soon enough and start doing some more work. At the moment I can do some jogging and some work with leg weights, I have done a bit of passing and some ball work so that was good for me, to work wth a ball again. There's a long road ahead of me and if I do get back, it will be next season.

Spurs paid up my contract. They said that they couldn't take any more chances on me and my fitness, they said that they didn't see it happening for me there. It was hard to leave, I had been there for ten years and to be honest I'd hoped they would treat me better.

There are clubs interested in me and that's a boost for me. I have a good family and friends around me but it's good to know that people in football are also interested and want to sign me.

I will try and get fit and give it a go with some club. This could be my last chance, so I have no reason not to try. I haven't achieved anything in football really, I haven't played a club game and I haven't played for Ireland, I want to do both of them so hopefully the knee can clear up, I can get fit and achieve my goals.

If I can't play again and if I have to quit, at least I know that I tried, and I will do something else. I have been doing coaching courses and I want to stay in the game so I'll see what the future holds for me."

[paul_oshea]

so whats actually wrong with his knee? does it dislocate or what?!

[geysir]

How many can say that Stan being manager of Ireland was deciding factor for the highlight of their life :)

Unlike Woodie, our lad Terry is not going away just yet, good luck to him.

[Irish_Praha]

Unlike Woodie, our lad Terry is not going away just yet, good luck to him.

Yeah fingers crossed and good luck to him. You would have expected Spurs to at least let him see out his contract at the club if they paid him off anyway. Maybe they just felt it was a hopeless case and keeping him at the club would only give him false hope.

Anyone know exactly what his injury is?

[livehead1]

Following meetings with Terry Dixon, his family and his representatives at which his long term recovery and future well being after an unfortunate sequence of severe injuries were discussed, the Player has now left the club.

The Academy striker, who featured on a number of occasions for our Reserve side, suffered a dislocated kneecap, which ruled him out for the entire 2006-07 season before he was able to return to action at the beginning of this campaign.

The 18-year-old, however, suffered the same injury again in mid-September during an Academy League fixture and underwent further surgery and extensive rehabilitation. We wish Terry every success for the future.
from : http://www.tottenhamhotspur.com/news/articles/terrydixon.html

[Dr. Ogba]

suffered a dislocated kneecap

that sounds ridiculously painful. gutted for the lad, hope he makes some kind of recovery and ends up playing ball at some level again...

[tetsujin1979]

Friend of mine has dislocated both kneecaps a total of 5 times (3 on one, 2 on the other, not 5 times each). The first time it happened when he was about 16/17, about the same age Dixon is now, and the rest of the next 5 years. He's been told be a doctor not to run, jog, play football, hurling, basically anything that involves moving faster than walking pace because anything like that can trigger another dislocation.
I'm not saying the same thing could happen to Dixon, but it doesn't look good for his career. Really sorry for the kid.

[paul_oshea]

Following meetings with Terry Dixon, his family and his representatives at which his long term recovery and future well being after an unfortunate sequence of severe injuries were discussed, the Player has now left the club.

The Academy striker, who featured on a number of occasions for our Reserve side, suffered a dislocated kneecap, which ruled him out for the entire 2006-07 season before he was able to return to action at the beginning of this campaign.

The 18-year-old, however, suffered the same injury again in mid-September during an Academy League fixture and underwent further surgery and extensive rehabilitation. We wish Terry every success for the future.
from : http://www.tottenhamhotspur.com/news/articles/terrydixon.html


hmmm, i just had a feeling this is what it was, when they mentioned his knee. Not that I was any good or anything, but I started to get this around 16 or so, and it kept happening. I had to stop playing physical sports of any kind. I went to a specialist last year as it was being paid for privately, so I thought why not, anyhow there are only 2 options here, the first one is keyhole surgery which after some serious physio has about a 60% success rate - according to the specialist, however i looked this up, and there was nothing mentioned about the op he did on me - but if it happens again its full open surgery and its success rate is very low. The factors of it occuring come down to the ridge that the cap sits in, the physioological aspect like the shape of the leg or the actual hip and how the legs sits in. Anyway lads if this is it and its happened again, it looks like this fellas career is finished, Ive done loads of research on this and stuff and there doesn't seem to be that much you can do when it re-occurs...

[paul_oshea]

Friend of mine has dislocated both kneecaps a total of 5 times (3 on one, 2 on the other, not 5 times each). The first time it happened when he was about 16/17, about the same age Dixon is now, and the rest of the next 5 years. He's been told be a doctor not to run, jog, play football, hurling, basically anything that involves moving faster than walking pace because anything like that can trigger another dislocation.
I'm not saying the same thing could happen to Dixon, but it doesn't look good for his career. Really sorry for the kid.


Ogba: I can confirm that this is extremely painful. I had a blood clot under my knee once that kept it sliding in and out, so even in bed I had to be careful as it slipped out once and I was in teh room on me own and no one near, not a nice experience, I proceeded to roar the head off me till I was heard, cos you can actually straighten or move your lower leg at all hardly, it has to be done by someone else. Even though I went to 3 different hospitals in Ireland over the xmas period when it happened no one copped on what was wrong. I went to the Hospital in london as sooon as I came back to London, and the specialist said straight away its a blood clot, and thats why its slipping constantly in and out. I lost the little faith I had left in the Irish medical system after that.

Tets, Ya I was told the same, its happend tadhg kennelly and others but that was very late and was a bad injury, when it happens at 16/17 thats when they reckon its more physiological i.e. the structure of your leg and stuff and that nothing can really prevent it. It limits you big style.

[WembleyGreen]

Tottenham have released Terry Dixon, their reserve-team striker, after he suffered a dislocated kneecap for the third time. Dixon is only 18. (The Times)
This does not bode well for the young lad. Don't know what it means for his future but lets hope it's not the end of it for him.

[carloz]

According to yesterdays paper he is training with Arsenal and a number of London clubs are after him and Southend are close to offering him a contract and letting him complete his rehabilitation there

[Maroon 7]

Apparently Fulham's Brian McBride last injury was a dislocated kneecap which he seems to have come back from successfully so there might be hope for Dixon yet.

[paul_oshea]

ya i was at that match maroon. Thing is though that was just a freak accident, some people just get it once and thats it...but when you get it at a younger age it usually means its going to re-occur. hopefully though he can see some really good specialist and get it sorted....

[DmanDmythDledge]

Apparently Fulham's Brian McBride last injury was a dislocated kneecap which he seems to have come back from successfully so there might be hope for Dixon yet.
He didn't get three though...

[twoenz]

It happened me when I was 15, touch wood it hasn't happened since, but in saying that it's never been the same. Freak accident playing indoor footie (well, I say freak accident but when a 16 stone lard ass lands on your outstreched leg it's probably the most probable result.)

[tommy_c12000]

Just wondering if anyone knows if he is back playing football at any level or has he finally packed it in for good?? I've been searching in google extensively and the most recent rumour I found was that he was close to signing for Reading at the end of July. Not sure if there was any truth in this
http://www.totalfootballforums.com/forums/lofiversion/index.php/t34313.html

[tetsujin1979]

I heard a few rumours of trials in the lower leagues over the summer, but nothing more

[geysir]

Whatever happened to Woodie though?

We never did get closure from Woodie.

[endabob1]

http://www.whufc.com/page/News/0,,12562~1552585,00.html

Dixon has signed with West Ham, great news for the lad to get another chance with a Premier League side

[FarBeag]

Great news. I didnt think he would ever play again.

[Closed Account]

Great news for Terry.

[tetsujin1979]

Great news for the lad, hope he does well at the Academy.
Perfect manager to learn the striker's role from too.

[bwagner]

Im delighted for the lad, good to have a Irish lad at West ham

[Ozymandias]

great news..just wish we knew where woodie was now......one so young as well