Terry Eames is an English

England

England is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. It shares land borders with Scotland to the north and Wales to the west; the Irish Sea is to the north west, the Celtic Sea to the south west, with the North Sea to the east and the English Channel to the south separating it from continental...

 football manager and former professional player. He currently manages Roffey.

Playing career

Eames, who played as a full back

Defender (association football)

Within the sport of association football, a defender is an outfield player whose primary role is to prevent the opposition from attacking....

, began his career with Crystal Palace

Crystal Palace F.C.

Crystal Palace Football Club are an English Football league club based in South Norwood, London. The team plays its home matches at Selhurst Park, where they have been based since 1924. The club currently competes in the second tier of English Football, The Championship.Crystal Palace was formed in...

, before making his professional debut in 1977 with Wimbledon

Wimbledon F.C.

Wimbledon Football Club was an English professional association football club from Wimbledon, south-west London. Founded in 1889 as Wimbledon Old Central Football Club, the club spent most of its history in amateur and semi-professional non-League football before being elected to the Football...

, making 47 appearances in the Football League

The Football League

The Football League, also known as the npower Football League for sponsorship reasons, is a league competition featuring professional association football clubs from England and Wales. Founded in 1888, it is the oldest such competition in world football...

 over the next three years. He later played non-league football with Dulwich Hamlet

Dulwich Hamlet F.C.

Dulwich Hamlet Football Club is an English football club who play at Champion Hill stadium in Dulwich, in the London Borough of Southwark. Formed in 1893, they joined the Isthmian League a few years later, winning it a total of 4 times, between 1920 and 1949, and wear a famous pink and blue...

, Leatherhead

Leatherhead F.C.

Leatherhead F.C. is a football club based in Leatherhead, Surrey, England. The club is nicknamed The Tanners and plays home at Fetcham Grove.-History:...

 and Kingstonian

Kingstonian F.C.

Kingstonian Football Club are an English, semi-professional football club that are playing in the Isthmian League Premier Division for the 2011–12 season. The club has played at Kingsmeadow in Kingston upon Thames since 1989, after leaving their traditional Richmond Road ground...

.

Coaching career

Eames was appointed as the first manager of AFC Wimbledon

AFC Wimbledon

AFC Wimbledon is a professional English football club that traces its origins to Wimbledon in the London Borough of Merton. Based at Kingsmeadow, Kingston upon Thames, the club are members of Football League Two, the fourth tier of English football....

 in 2002, before being suspended in February 2004 on disciplinary grounds. He was sacked later that month. After leaving that position, Eames became manager of Ash United

Ash United F.C.

Ash United Football Club is a semi-professional football club based in Ash, near Aldershot, England. Established in 1911, the club has become one of the biggest names in local football, mainly due to its success during the mid / late nineties. It has won the Combined Counties League twice in its...

 in May 2004. He began his second spell as manager of Forest

Forest F.C.

Forest F.C. is a football club based in Horsham, England. They were established in 1958 and joined the Sussex County League in 1988. For the 2011-12 season, they are members of the Sussex County League Division Three....

 in February 2008. Eames was appointed manager of Sussex County Division 3 team Roffey in November 2011.