Mike Trebilcock

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Mike Trebilcock
Personal information
Full name	Michael Trebilcock
Date of birth	29 November 1944 (1944-11-29) (age 63)
Place of birth	Gunnislake, Cornwall, England
Playing position	Winger
Youth clubs
1960–1962	Tavistock
Senior clubs1
Years	Club	App (Gls)*
1962–1965 1965–1968 1968–1972 1972–1973 1973–1974 1974–1976	Plymouth Argyle Everton Portsmouth Torquay United → Weymouth (loan) Western Suburbs	071 (27) 011 0(3) 109 (33) 024 (10) 023 (7)
1 Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. * Appearances (Goals)

Mike Trebilcock was an English professional footballer. He played primarily as a winger and is most famous for scoring twice in an FA Cup final for Everton, and being the first black player to score in an FA Cup Final.

Mike Trebilcock played for non-league Tavistock before joining Plymouth Argyle in December 1962. he scored 27 times in 71 league games for the Pilgrims, leading to a £23,000 move to Everton on December 31, 1965. He made his debut a few days later against Aston Villa, but was injured and spent much of the rest of the season on the sidelines. In the meantime, Everton had been progressing through to the FA Cup final, where they would meet Sheffield Wednesday. Despite having only played 4 reserve games since his injury, Trebilcock was included in the squad and surprisingly picked ahead of England international centre-forward Fred Pickering to play in the final. Wednesday took a 2-0 lead with goals from Jim McCalliog and David Ford, but within 5 minutes of Ford's goal, Trebilcock had scored twice to level the scores. A goal from Derek Temple sealed the win for Everton.

Even after the cup final, he struggled to establish himself in the Everton side and in January 1968, after 3 goals in only 11 league games for Everton, he moved to Portsmouth for a fee of £40,000. He was a regular goalscorer at Portsmouth, netting 33 times in 109 league games, before a free transfer took him to Torquay United in July 1972. He spent just one season at Plainmoor, hitting 10 goals in 24 league games, leaving in June 1973 to join Weymouth on a free transfer. In March 1974 he emigrated to Sydney, Australia where he played for Western Suburbs and won the NSW Rothmans Medal in 1974.