Terence Armstrong (born 10 July 1958) is an English former

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who played as a

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for

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and

Port Vale Port Vale Football Club are a professional football club based in Burslem, Stoke-on-Trent, England, which compete in , the third tier of the English football league system. Vale are named after the valley of ports on the Trent and Mersey Canal ...

in a nine-year career in the

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. He helped Port Vale to win

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out of the Fourth Division in 1982–83. He later played

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for Nuneaton Borough and

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Career

Armstrong played for

, and made four Fourth Division appearances in the 1976–77 season. He made 19 appearances in the 1977–78 season, and scored once in a 4–1 win over

Doncaster Rovers Doncaster Rovers Football Club is a professional association football club based in Doncaster, South Yorkshire, England. The team currently competes in EFL League One, the third level of the English football league system after winning the 202 ...

Leeds Road Leeds Road was a association football, football stadium in Huddersfield, England. It operated from its construction in 1908 until the Kirklees Stadium was opened nearby for the 1994–95 in English football, 1994–95 season. It was the home ...

on 1 October.

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Tom Johnston was then replaced by

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. However, Armstrong continued to make progress in the first-team, starting 15 league games in 1978–79 and scoring once in a 2–1 home win over

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on 13 March. However, he did not feature at all in the title-winning 1979–80 campaign, and was also absent throughout the 1980–81 season, before signing with Fourth Division

in February 1981. Armstrong made 17 appearances for the "Valiants" at the end of the 1980–81 campaign, and claimed goals against

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and

Peterborough United Peterborough United Football Club is a professional association football club based in Peterborough, Cambridgeshire, England. The team compete in League One, the third level of the English football league system. Peterborough United formed in ...

. He featured 42 times in the 1981–82 season, scoring goals against

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and Lincoln City. He scored seven goals in 45 games in the 1982–83

campaign, including a brace in a 4–1 win over

Mansfield Town Mansfield Town Football Club is a professional association football club based in the town of Mansfield, Nottinghamshire, England. The team competes in , the third level of the English football league system. The club was formed in 1897 as Mans ...

Vale Park Vale Park is a football stadium in the area of Burslem, Stoke-on-Trent, Staffordshire, England, and it has been the home ground of Port Vale Football Club since its opening in 1950. It has a current capacity of 15,695, and was renovated durin ...

. However, he and numerous other players fell out with manager John McGrath over player wages, and as a result Armstrong,

Barry Siddall Barry Alfred Siddall (born 12 September 1954) is an English former professional football goalkeeper. When he retired from the game he had 614 appearances over a 21-year career in the Football League, playing for numerous clubs. He played for 1 ...

Russell Bromage Russell Bromage (born 9 November 1959) is an English former footballer who played as a wing-back. In a 14-year career in the Football League he made 400 league appearances, scoring 14 goals. Bromage spent ten years with Port Vale from 1977 t ...

, and Geoff Hunter all remained on weekly contracts. Armstrong hit two goals in 21 matches in the 1983–84 season as Vale were

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out of the Third Division, despite an upturn in form under new boss

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. Armstrong began to be plagued by a nagging

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injury, which required a

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operation. His injury kept him limited to just six appearances in the 1984–85 campaign, and he left the club on a free transfer to non-League Nuneaton Borough in May 1985, later moving on to

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rivals

Post-retirement

In April 2003, he lost his job as a

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warder at

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after he was jailed for 28 days for sending sexually explicit material to the husband of his former lover. This act was in breach of a

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. He also

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ed a motorway bridge as an insult to the husband of his former lover.

Career statistics

Source:

Honours

Port Vale *

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third-place promotion: 1982–83

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Armstrong, Terry 1958 births Living people English men's footballers Footballers from Barnsley Men's association football midfielders Huddersfield Town A.F.C. players Port Vale F.C. players Nuneaton Town F.C. players Northwich Victoria F.C. players English Football League players National League (English football) players British prison officers