Best defender in premier league history. 

Possibly our greatest ever player with Lamps. 

He won a lot and won it all with us. The best defender the Premier League ever had. Hopefully he goes on to have a great career as a coach too......as long as it's not at one of our rivals or if it effects us in a negative way 

Edited October 7, 20187 yr by Scott Harris

Come home now john...

 

The PL and our club's best ever CB.

 

Have a great retirement, JT, you deserve it.

Love you John! You could miss one hundred penalties in Champions League finals, and you'll still always be our hero! Good luck sir!

Truly the end of an era now.

Club legend, nuff said.

Don’t think we’ll have to wait too long to see him back at the club in some capacity.

Felt quite emotional to hear this.  End of an era,  Everything I try to say sounds like a cliche but he is an absolute legend in the club.  What else can I say.  Love the bloke.

BBC making sure they list all the sh*te he's been accused of in their article. Not even gonna dignify them with a link.

I don't care what any other club thinks; he's still Chelsea's greatest ever defender. 

Hope he returns as a coach.

I don't know what to say really, there is no sufficiently great superlative to describe what JT gave to this club. He gave us his body and soul, and was surely the greatest defender ever to grace the Premier League. It was a true privilege to have him in the blue shirt.

As far as evolution in football goes, this tendency towards universality in centre backs (and players across the pitch) looks to be more of a permanent shift than a simple trend. A friend of mine claimed a couple of weeks ago that Rudiger is one of the best centre backs in the league. I was about to vehemently disagree, but then wondered... who is the competition? What great defenders (as in good at defending) are left in the Premier League?

This leads me to wonder - are we perhaps not just saying farewell (although I imagine not adieu) to a Chelsea legend, perhaps the very best, but also to one of the last great defenders?

Obligatory mention - probably the most two-footed centre back I've ever seen!

Rumors are that he will assist Thierry Henry managing Aston Villa.

47 minutes ago, Stim said:

Rumors are that he will assist Thierry Henry managing Aston Villa.

Good. Learning the trade away from Chelsea, and we can figure out whether he is any good or not. If he is, well....we know what we want 

How lucky we were to have the privilege of having JT as our captain and leader. His achievements as Captain of CFC are unlikely to ever be bettered. 

Thanks for the memories JT. Come on the Chels!

KTBFFH

All the best in your retirement John, complete legend. 

I do feel this is the start of his journey back to the club where he belongs. 

 

 

Truly awesome career. Enjoy a long a fulfilling retirement, hopefully spent at Chelsea in some capacity. Wouldn't really want to see him as manager as he would inevitably get sacked one day.

In their 30 second mention of his retirement the BBC brought up the Ferdinand case and the racism charge, saying he was cleared before the FA banned him. Did they bring up the assault charge on the DJ when Stevie Me announce his retirement?

What a man, haven't stopped missing him since he left and I don't imagine I ever will.

Enjoy you're retirement JT, you deserve it!

A legend and one of the greatest players to wear the shirt. So many great memories of him. One of my favourites is his goal against Barca in the 4-2 win over them in 2005. I remember his debut for us on 28 October 1998 in the League Cup game in Villa. Here's a picture of him signing for us. God, he looks young.

 

Simply the best centre back this country has ever produced thank you for everything JT, end of an era.. Captain Leader Legend all the best in your retirement.

Hope to see him back at the club in some capacity Maurizio seems very keen on that happening.

https://www.chelseafc.com/en/news/2018/10/8/john-terry--the-statistics

Trophies won with Chelsea

UEFA Champions League 2012

Premier League 2005, 2006, 2010, 2015 and 2017

UEFA Europa League 2013

FA Cup 2000, 2007, 2009, 2010 and 2012

League Cup 2005, 2007 and 2015

FA Community Shield 2005 and 2009

Other Chelsea honours

Chelsea Special Commitment Award 2009

Chelsea Player of the Year 2001 and 2006

PFA Player of the Year 2005

UEFA’s most valuable defender 2005, 2008 and 2009

Named in FIFA/FIFPro World Team of the Year 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008 and 2009

FWA Footballer of the Year runner-up 2005 and 2006

Chairman’s Award 2002

Chelsea Young Player of the Year 1998

Chelsea milestones

100th appearance v Southampton (h) 26.12.02, Drew 0-0

200th appearance v Tottenham (a) 15.1.05. Won 2-0

300th appearance v Arsenal (Millennium Stadium) League Cup Final 25.2.07. Won 2-1.

400th appearance v Fulham (h) 2.5.09. Won 3-1

500th appearance v Tottenham (h) 30.4.11. Won 2-1

600th appearance v Liverpool (h) 29.12.13. Won 2-1

700th appearance v Everton (a) 12.3.16. Lost 2-0

 

100th game as captain v Arsenal (Millennium Stadium) Community Shield 7.8.05. Won 2-1

200th game as captain v Hull City (a) League Cup 26.9.07. Won 4-0

300th game as captain v Porto (a) Champions League 25.11.09. Won 1-0

400th game as captain v Aston Villa (h) 31.12.11. Lost 1-3

500th game as captain v Crystal Palace (a) 18.10.14. Won 2-1

 

Chelsea’s all-time top scoring defender, most appearances and most trophies as captain.

Overall Chelsea record

Played  717

Won     441

Drawn  157

Lost      119

 

717 appearances (including 31 as a sub)

492 Premier League

58 FA Cup

37 League Cup

6 Community Shield

111 Champions League

11 UEFA Cup/Europa League

1 European Cup Winners’ Cup

1 UEFA Super Cup

 

67 goals

41 Premier League (PL top scoring defender)

11 FA Cup

2 League Cup

10 Champions League

3 UEFA Cup/Europa League

 

Captain

580 games         

Top all-time Chelsea appearances

Ron Harris                 795

Peter Bonetti             729

John Terry                 717

Frank Lampard           648

John Hollins               592

Petr Cech                   494

Dennis Wise               445

Steve Clarke               421

Kerry Dixon                420

Eddie McCreadie        410

One of the greatest to ever play for us, what a career! He is and always be a proper blue, he is Mr. Chelsea. I am honored and privileged to watch him grow from a academy player to a Chelsea icon. Doubt we will see another player spending 19 years with us, in times where switching clubs is very common. Wish him a great retirement, hopefully one day a big part of the club but in a different department.

Long live king John Terry

Edited October 8, 20187 yr by TrueBlueBIH

King John has retired, Long live King John.

A few pictures of JT. One of them shows him alongside Paulo Maldini at an awards ceremony. What a centre back partnership that would have been.

https://www.chelseafc.com/en/news/2018/6/1/in-pictures--jt-s-triumphs-

Captain. Leader. Legend.

The epitome of every single one of those. 

Absolute class. I don't think there will ever be another like him. When you think of Chelsea FC, you see John Terry.