Trevor Anderson

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Trevor Anderson
Date of birth	3 March 1951 (1951-03-03) (age 57)
Place of birth	Belfast, Northern Ireland
Height	5.09 ft
Playing position	Forward
Senior clubs¹
Years	Club	App (Gls)*
??-72 1972-74 1974-77 1977-79 1979-87	Portadown Manchester United Swindon Town Peterborough United Linfield	?? 21 (2) 131 (35) 49 (6) 327 (96)
National team
1973-78	Northern Ireland	22 (4)
Teams managed
1992–1997 1997–1999 1999–2002 2002–2004	Linfield Newry Town (Director of Football) Ards (Director of Football) Dundalk
¹ Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. * Appearances (Goals)

Trevor Anderson (born 3 March 1951 in Belfast) is a former football (soccer) forward and manager.

Anderson began his playing career at Portadown before signing for Manchester United in October 1972.^[1] Only appearing in 21 League games for the club he moved to Swindon Town and made his début on 5 November 1974. He scored the only goal in this game, a 1-0 win against Chesterfield.^[1] He was the clubs top scorer for the 1975-76 season with 15 goals.

He moved to Peterborough in December 1977 before returning to Northern Ireland and signing for Linfield.

A Northern Ireland International, he made his début against Cyprus in 1973 and went on to achieve 22 caps, 12 whilst a Swindon player.^[1].

[edit] Honours

Portadown: Irish League Runner-Up 1971/72; Irish Cup Runner-Up 1971/72
Linfield: Irish League Champion 1979/80, 1981/82, 1982/83, 1983/84, 1984/85, 1985/86, Runner-Up 1980/81; Irish Cup Winner 1980/81, 1981/82, Runner-Up 1982/83, 1984/85; Gold Cup Winner 1979/80, 1981/82, 1983/84, 1984/85; Ulster Cup Winner 1979/80, 1984/85; Co. Antrim Shield Winner 1980/81, 1981/82, 1982/83, 1983/84; Tyler All-Ireland Cup Winner 1980/81.
Northern Ireland Football Writers' Player of the Year 1986