Trevor Anderson

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Trevor Anderson
Personal information
Date of birth (1951-03-03) 3 March 1951
Place of birthBelfast, Northern Ireland
Height5 ft 9 in (1.75 m)
Playing positionForward
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
19??–1972Portadown?(?)
1972–1974Manchester United19(2)
1974–1977Swindon Town131(35)
1977–1979Peterborough United49(6)
1979–1987Linfield327(96)
National team
1973–1978Northern Ireland22(4)
Teams managed
1992–1997Linfield
?-?Ards
2002–2004Dundalk
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only.
† Appearances (Goals).

Trevor Anderson (born 3 March 1951) is a former Northern Irish football forward and manager.

Playing career

Born in Belfast, Anderson began his playing career at Portadown before signing for Manchester United in October 1972.[1] After only appearing in 19 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 club's top scorer for the 1975–76 season with 15 goals.

He moved to Peterborough in December 1977 before returning to Northern Ireland to play 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]

Management career

Anderson managed Linfield from 1992 to 1997, winning a number of honours including two Irish Football League titles and two Irish Cups.[2] Anderson left the club in 1997 to take up the post as Director of Football at Newry Town. The club were a division below Linfield but had a reputation for spending big money, by Irish League standards, and the club won promotion under Anderson's direction.[3] He subsequently managed Ards, leading the club to promotion in 2001.[4] He went on to manage Dundalk.

Honours

Club

Linfield
  • Irish League (6): 1979–80, 1981–82, 1982–83, 1983–84, 1984–85, 1985–86
  • Irish Cup (2): 1980–81, 1981–82
  • Gold Cup (4): 1979–80, 1981–82, 1983–84, 1984–85
  • Ulster Cup (2): 1979–80, 1984–85
  • Co. Antrim Shield (4): 1980–81, 1981–82, 1982–83, 1983–84
  • Tyler All-Ireland Cup (1): 1980–81

Individual

  • Northern Ireland Football Writers' Player of the Year: 1986

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 1.2 Mattick, Dick (2002). Swindon Town Football Club 100 Greats. Stroud: Tempus Publishing. p. 11. ISBN 0-7524-2714-8. 
  2. Marshall Gillespie, The Northern Ireland Football Yearbook 1996/97, UTV Books, 1996, p. 101
  3. We're going UP for UNDER pounds 20,000 Says TREVOR ANDERSON
  4. Ards FC History Part Three

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