Trevor Senior
FullnameTrevor John Senior
Birth date28 November 1961 (age 64)
Birth placeStratton, Dorset, England
Height6 ft 1 in[1]
CurrentclubDorchester Town (assistant manager)
PositionStriker
Youthclubs 1Dorchester Town
Years 11981
Clubs 1Dorchester Town
Years 21981–1983
Clubs 2Portsmouth
Caps 211
Goals 22
Years 31982–1983
Clubs 3→ Aldershot (loan)
Caps 310
Goals 37
Years 41983–1987
Clubs 4Reading
Caps 4164
Goals 4102
Years 51987–1988
Clubs 5Watford
Caps 524
Goals 51
Years 61988
Clubs 6Middlesbrough
Caps 610
Goals 62
Years 71988–1992
Clubs 7Reading
Caps 7137
Goals 751
Years 81992–1993
Clubs 8Woking
Caps 831
Goals 811
Years 91993
Clubs 9Dorchester Town
Years 101993–1994
Clubs 10Farnborough Town
Years 111995–1996
Clubs 11Farnborough Town
Manageryears 11995
Managerclubs 1Weymouth
Manageryears 2?–2000
Managerclubs 2Bridport
Manageryears 32001
Managerclubs 3Bashley
Manageryears 42001–2006
Managerclubs 4Bridgwater Town
Manageryears 52009–2016
Managerclubs 5Bridport

Trevor Senior (born 28 November 1961) is a former professional footballer who played as a striker, primarily at Reading. He is the assistant manager of Dorchester Town.

Playing career

Senior was born in Stratton, near Dorchester, Dorset. He started his career at Dorchester Town. He joined Portsmouth in 1981 for £35,000, and then (after a loan spell with Aldershot) moved to Reading where he scored 184 goals in 362 league and cup appearances in two spells between 1983 and 1992. In season 1983–84, when Reading won promotion from the Fourth Division, Senior was top scorer in all four divisions of the Football League with 36 goals in the league and a total of 41 in all competitions. Two years later he scored 27 times in the Third Division campaign as Reading won another promotion, this time as champions of their division.[2]

In March 1988 Senior signed for Middlesbrough on transfer deadline day for a fee of £200,000 from Watford, where he had moved in July 1987. After making just ten league appearances for Boro and being part of their Second Division promotion winning team, Senior moved back to Reading in October 1988. Despite his time on Teesside being seen generally as a disappointment, Senior was instrumental in Boro's promotion in May 1988 after scoring two important goals in the play-offs.

After he left Reading for a second time in 1992, and making his last Football League appearance at the age of 30, Senior spent a season with non-league Woking, and then a short spell at Dorchester Town before signing in November 1993 for Farnborough Town.

Managerial and coaching career

The following season Senior became manager of Weymouth and subsequently during 1995–96 had another spell at Farnborough. He managed Bridgwater Town in the Western Football League, before joining Dorchester, and becoming the Under 18's manager. His last game as U-18's manager was in May 2008.[3]

Senior was appointed manager of Western League Division One Bridport on 15 June 2009 following the resignation of Ian Hutchinson.

References

  1. ^ Dunk, Peter (ed.) (1987). Rothmans Football Yearbook 1987–88. London: Queen Anne Press. p. 306. ISBN 978-0-356-14354-5.
  2. ^ Top Scorers Archived 8 July 2017 at the Wayback Machine Royals Records
  3. ^ Double bill at the Jewson Stadium Dorchester Town; accessed 20 May 2008Archived 5 July 2008 at the Wayback Machine