John Trewick

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Personal information
John Trewick
Date of birth	June 3, 1957 (1957-06-03) (age 51)
Place of birth	Bedlington, England
Playing position	Midfielder
Club information
Current club	Hereford United (First Team Coach)
Senior clubs¹
Years	Club	App (Gls)*
1974–1980 1980–1984 1984 1984–1987 1987–1988 1988–1989 1989–1990 1990 1990–1991	West Bromwich Albion Newcastle United Oxford United (loan) Oxford United Birmingham City Bromsgrove Rovers Hartlepool United Barnet Gateshead	096 (11) 078 0(8) 003 0(0) 111 0(4) 037 0(0) 00? 0(?) 008 0(0) 00? 0(?) 009 0(0)
¹ Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. * Appearances (Goals)

John Trewick (born 3 June 1957 in Bedlington) is an English football coach and former midfielder. He has been first team coach at Hereford United since 2004, and has coached the club to two promotions in his four seasons to date.

[edit] Career

Trewick started his career at West Bromwich Albion and played nearly 100 league games for the club during the late 1970s. He also played six times in the UEFA Cup during the 1978-79 season, scoring one goal against Galatasaray.

During West Bromwich's visit to China he entered football history by, in reply to a question about the Great Wall, remarking "Impressive, isn't it? But once you've seen one wall, you've seen them all!". Trewick maintains the TV documentary gave the wrong impression and he was merely joking.

He moved to Newcastle United in 1980 for £250,000, which was a club record fee at the time for the Magpies. His time at Newcastle was somewhat affected by injury, although he enjoyed a successful loan spell at Oxford United, whom he later joined on a free transfer in 1984. Trewick played in every league game for Oxford during 1984-85. The following season he was part of the team that won the League Cup, then known as the Milk Cup.

"John has got that personality that means he's prepared to muck in and do whatever needs doing."
Graham Turner^[1]

He later played for non-league Bromsgrove Rovers, and during the 1989-90 season, Hartlepool United. After finishing his playing career in non-league football with Barnet and Gateshead, he moved into coaching. He coached at West Bromwich Albion from 1993, moving to Derby County in 2001. After leaving Derby he worked as a coaching educator before joining Hereford United in June 2004, following the departure of former West Brom colleague Richard O'Kelly.^[1]

In his four seasons to date, Trewick has overseen considerable success on the field. The team finished second in the Conference in his first year with the club, but were beaten in the play-offs. His second season saw the Bulls go one better and gain promotion to League Two, where in his third year they eventually finished 16th.

The 2007-08 season saw Hereford consistently place in the top five of League Two, and they secured automatic promotion with a match to spare.

Trewick has also been an unused substitute for Hereford on occasion, particularly in minor cup competitions when numbers have been short. He was also named on the bench for a Conference match away at Southport.^[2]