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Terence John Skiverton (born 26 June 1975) is a retired English professional footballer.

Born in Mile End, East London, a centre back as a player he began his career as a trainee at Chelsea. Skiverton failed to make any first team appearances but did captain the reserve side on numerous occasions, he spent time on loan at Wycombe Wanderers and Norwegian side Sandefjord BK in 1995 before moving permanently to Wycombe in 1996. Having failed to establish himself in the first-team with the Chairboys Skiverton dropped out of the Football League moving to Conference side Welling United. After two seasons with Welling, Skiverton began his association with Somerset side Yeovil Town in 1999 being appointed the club's captain a year later. While playing for Yeovil in the Conference he was called up several times to the England Semi-Pro side making four appearances.

As captain, Skiverton led Yeovil into the Football League for the first time in their history. After a decade at the club as a player, in 2009, Skiverton was appointed as the club's new player-manager, retiring as a player just over a year later having made 383 appearances for the club, making him the tenth most capped player for Yeovil since the Second World War. He spent just under three years as manager before he was replaced by Gary Johnson in January 2012, being demoted to the role of assistant manager. As assistant manager Skiverton was involved in a third promotion with the club as Yeovil won the 2013 Football League One play-off Final and promotion to the Championship. After the sacking of Johnson in February 2015, Skiverton was briefly appointed acting manager once more but was replaced in April as he returned to his role as assistant manager. Which he maintained following the replacement of Paul Sturrock with Darren Way until December 2018 when he resigned the role ending his 19 year stint at Yeovil but returned a few weeks later to take a role in the club's academy. Following the appointment of Way's permanent successor Darren Sarll, Skiverton was once again appointed as assistant manager a role he held until he finally departed Yeovil after 23 years in January 2022.

Background
Skiverton was born in Mile End in the London Borough of Tower Hamlets in June 1975. His father was a boxing trainer, and while Skiverton was a child, boxing was the sport that dominated his life with his cousins Harry Lawson and Paul Lawson, earning a silver medal at the 1986 Commonwealth Games and 1992 Olympics respectively. After the death of his father at the age of ten, Skiverton never boxed again and only at that point did football become important to him when Gary Northover, who was inolved with the boxing gym, invited him to Globe Town. By the time he was playing at under-14 level, Skiverton was playing for the youth sides of Arsenal, Chelsea, Leyton Orient, Norwich City and West Ham United amongst others. At the age of 14 while playing for Senrab, Skiverton chose to sign schoolboy terms with Chelsea along with team-mate Muzzy Izzet.

Chelsea
After signing for Chelsea, Skiverton's first day at the club involved him being "given a bag and a pair of rubber gloves and [he] had to weed the whole stadium – it took six hours". At the age of 15, he was playing with the under-18 side with the likes of Frank Sinclair, Eddie Newton, David Lee and by the age of 16 he was regularly playing for the reserve team.
 * Didn't make it at Chelsea went on loan to Wycombe initially under Martin O'Neill, then to Norway

Wycombe Wanderers

 * Two-year contract signed, in the second half of the 1995–96 season
 * Didn't work out once John Gregory took over

Welling United

 * Dropped out of the football league
 * Got a job selling photocopiers

Yeovil Town

 * Signed by Lipiatt in 1999, "was £200 a week cheaper than Jason Goodliffe so that's why they signed me"
 * Would commute from East London with Warren Patmore, Dean Chandler and Ben Smith
 * Nearly left three times, handed in transfer requests in that were turned down
 * Dave Webb who Skivo worked with at Chelsea offered him a full time deal, appointed as captain
 * FA Trophy winning side
 * Promotion to the Football League, then to League One
 * League One play-off final, Team of the year
 * Appointment as player-manager, end of playing career - only played twice more - testimonial

Yeovil Town
Skiverton began his coaching career in 2007, while still playing for Yeovil, taking a role coaching the Glovers centre of excellence under-15 side. On 18 February 2009, at the age of just 33, Skiverton was named as Yeovil's player-manager after the club had parted company with Russell Slade earlier in the week, with defender Nathan Jones appointed as his assistant.
 * Kept Yeovil up
 * Caulker, Mason, Townsend
 * January 2011, Manager of the Month nomination
 * Demoted to assistant upon return of Johnson in 2012
 * On 4 February 2015, after Johnson was relieved of his role as manager Skiverton was once again promoted back to acting first team manager.
 * After only winning two of his thirteen matches in charge, and the club's relegation to League Two all but confirmed, Skiverton was demoted back to assistant manager with the club appointing Paul Sturrock as the club's new first team manager.
 * With appointment of Way remained as assistant

On 13 December 2018, Skiverton stepped down from his role as assistant manager to spend more time with his family ending his 19 year association with the club.

Rejoined a few weeks later taking Academy role

With relegation to the NL, became acting assistant manager for new boss Darren Sarll remained in both role for the whole of the 2019-20 season

Personal life
Football choreographer, where I set up scenes, sat in script meetings and told anecdotes to help story lines.
 * Job on Dream team
 * Taken part in numerous Yeovil half marathons
 * Father of three - Finlay, Aidan Yeovil youth team

Player

 * Welling United
 * Kent Senior Cup: 1998–99


 * Yeovil Town
 * Football League Two: 2004–05
 * Football Conference: 2002–03
 * FA Trophy: 2001–02


 * England National Game XI
 * Four Nations Tournament: 2003


 * Individual
 * Conference Team of the Year: 2000–01, 2001–02, 2002–03
 * PFA League One Team of the Year: 2006–07

Coach

 * Yeovil Town
 * Football League One play-offs: 2012–13