But the Chelsea defender also admitted that Fabio Capello's side need to deliver a "big performance" in tomorrow's home friendly international with Slovakia and Wednesday's World Cup qualifier against Ukraine.

Defender Ashley Cole came in for harsh treatment from supporters after his misplaced pass handed minnows Kazakhstan a goal during the autumn World Cup qualifier - England's last appearance at the national stadium.

Terry believes the fans should offer encouragement and can play a massive role in ensuring England book their place in the 2010 World Cup finals.

Terry said: "Ashley made a slight mistake in the last game at Wembley, Kazakhstan scored and he got a bit of stick. People were expecting us to win seven or eight nil.

"Ashley is a good enough player to deal with that and the fans need to get back on his side because he has played an awful lot of games for his country.

"The fans need to be behind every player, every single one, even more so when you make a mistake. That is when you need your true fans behind you and supporting you.

"That's when you need your team-mates and your fans to pick you up and lift you up again. The fans can play a big part for every player.

"Things are going well for us at the minute and the supporters really need to be behind everyone because they do play a massive part."

Terry acknowledges that England's form in front of their own supporters has been patchy since they gained the impressive 3-0 win over Russia in a Euro 2008 qualifier 18 months ago.

He said: "We had a very good start and things seemed to go downhill from there. I think we do need to deliver a big performance at Wembley.

"We had a really good result against Russia but didn't go on to do what we wanted to do. We come into this friendly game with a chance for everyone to be relaxed and focused on the job in hand and to put on a good performance.

"We want to be attacking and to really go for it but, at the same time, not concede goals.

"We've got a lot of home games to come. It would be nice to get two wins and really get the fans back on our side with a great performance.

"I think the fans love to see us winning but a nice performance to top it off would be perfect."

Despite their indifferent home form, Terry believes England are playing with less fear and have learnt the lessons of last month's 2-0 defeat against Euro 2008 champions Spain in Seville.

He said: "We've shrugged off the fear thing a little bit. The players are playing full of confidence, we're playing in training with a smile on our face and we're playing our normal games.

"Sometimes you over-assess things and look at things too much. But we are playing well and we learnt a lot from the Spain game.

"We've looked at that as a team and the manager spoke about that. We've got to learn from things like that because that's where we want to be in a year or two years' time ourselves."