Trevor Anderson

Trevor Anderson

Personal information
Height	5 ft 9 in (1.75 m)
Position(s)	Forward
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
19??–1972	Portadown	?	(?)
1972–1974	Manchester United	19	(2)
1974–1977	Swindon Town	131	(35)
1977–1979	Peterborough United	49	(6)
1979–1987	Linfield	327	(96)
International career
1973–1978	Northern Ireland	22	(4)
Managerial career
1992–1997	Linfield
2002–2004	Dundalk
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

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

Born in Belfast, Anderson began his playing career at Portadown before signing for Manchester United in October 1972. 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. 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 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.

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

External links

• Swindon Town player profile
• Northern Ireland's footballing greats profile