Trevor Tainton
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Trevor Keith Tainton | ||
| Date of birth | 8 June 1948 | ||
| Place of birth | Bristol, England | ||
| Height | 5 ft 8 in (1.73 m) | ||
| Playing position | Midfielder | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps† | (Gls)† |
| 1965–1982 | Bristol City | 486 | (24) |
| 1982 | Torquay United | 19 | (1) |
| 1983 | Trowbridge Town | ||
| * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. † Appearances (Goals). | |||
Trevor Keith Tainton (born 8 June 1948) is a former footballer who played as a midfielder in the Football League between the 1960s and 1980s for Bristol City.[1]
He was born in Bristol and first appeared in the league for Bristol City in the 1967–68 season and he went on to play 486 League games for the Ashton Gate side.[1] He was a member of the successful promotion side of 1976, and went on to play for City in the First Division.[2]
During the 1981/82 season Tainton joined Torquay United, scoring one goal in 19 league appearances that season before moving to Trowbridge Town.
After retiring from football he worked as a security officer at the Oldbury Nuclear Power Station.[2]
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 "Trevor Tainton". Post War English & Scottish Football League A - Z Player's Database. Neil Brown. Retrieved 8 March 2013.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Greg Struthers (4 November 2007). "Caught in Time: Bristol City promoted to the First Division, 1976". The Times (London). Retrieved 20 March 2010. (subscription required)