Trevor Anderson (born 3 March 1951) is a Northern Irish former

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and

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. He played as a forward.

Playing career

Born in

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, Anderson began his playing career at

Portadown Portadown () is a town in County Armagh, Northern Ireland. The town sits on the River Bann in the north of the county, about southwest of Belfast. It is in the Armagh City, Banbridge and Craigavon Borough Council area and had a population of a ...

before signing for Manchester United in October 1972. After only appearing in 19 League games for the club he moved to

Swindon Town Swindon Town Football Club is a professional football club based in Swindon, Wiltshire, England. The team currently competes in , the fourth tier of the English football league system. The club has played home matches at the County Ground sin ...

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 club's top scorer for the 1975–76 season with 15 goals. He moved to

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in December 1977 before returning to Northern Ireland to play for Linfield. A

Northern Ireland Northern Ireland ( ga, Tuaisceart Éireann ; sco, label= Ulster-Scots, Norlin Airlann) is a part of the United Kingdom, situated in the north-east of the island of Ireland, that is variously described as a country, province or region. Nort ...

international, he made his début against

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in 1973 and went on to achieve 22 caps, 12 whilst a Swindon player.

Management career

Anderson managed Linfield from 1992 to 1997, winning a number of honours including two

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titles and two

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s. Anderson left the club in 1997 to take up the post as

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. 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. He subsequently managed

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, leading the club to promotion in 2001.Ards FC History Part Three
He went on to manage

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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

External links

Swindon Town player profile
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