Trevor Storton

Infobox Football biography
playername = Trevor Storton


fullname = Trevor George Storton
dateofbirth = birth date and age|1949|11|26
cityofbirth = Keighley
countryofbirth = England
dateofdeath =
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height = height|ft=6|in=1
position = Central Defender
youthyears =
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years = 1967–1972 1972–1974 1974–1984 1984–1986 1986–1989
clubs = Tranmere Rovers Liverpool Chester City Oswestry Town Telford United
caps(goals) = 118 0(8) 005 0(0) 396 (17) 0 97 0(0)
nationalyears =
nationalteam =
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manageryears = 1983-1984 1997-2004
managerclubs = Chester City (Caretaker) Bradford Park Avenue

Trevor Storton (born November 26, 1949 in Keighley) is an English former footballer who played as a central defender.

The early years

He began his career at Tranmere Rovers, playing alongside his older brother Stan, he played over 100 games for the club between 1967 and 1972, when he joined Liverpool. Storton was one of a number of players signed by Liverpool manager Bill Shankly in the late 60s and early 70s, in an attempt to rebuild the team, but he struggled to gain a regular place in the first-team. He played ten games in his first-season, and was a regular fixture in the squad for the UEFA Cup campaign, which he ended with a winner's medal.

The following season, he only made two appearances, and he was sold to Chester City in 1974.

A decade at Chester

Storton played for Chester for ten years from 1974-1984, amassing 468 appearances for the club. 396 of them were in the league, placing him third in the club's all-time list, behind Ray Gill and Ron Hughes (but Storton played more games if cup football if taken into consideration). This spell included two runs to the FA Cup fifth round, the Football League Cup semi-finals in 1975 and promotion from Division Four in the same year, and winning the Debenhams Cup in 1977, as the club enjoyed arguably the most successful period its history.

He served as Chester's caretaker-manager for a brief spell in 1983-84 but he quit the role at the start of 1984 after Ronnie Hildersley and Paul Sanderson were signed on loan from Manchester City without his knowledge [cite book | author=Chas Sumner | title=On the Borderline: The Official History of Chester City 1885-1997 | year=1997| pages= p.99|id=ISBN 1-874427-52-6] . He left for Oswestry Town shortly after new manager John McGrath arrived. Storton's final game for Chester was a 3–0 home loss to Swindon Town in front of just 880 fans on 8 February 1984, a sorry end to his long association with the club.

Storton later played under his brother Stan for Telford United in an FA Trophy final at Wembley. He managed Bradford Park Avenue for seven years. More recently he has assisted Neil Parsley at a number of non-league clubs. He is now working as a coach at Conference North side Harrogate Town

External links

* [http://www.liverpoolfc.tv/team/past_players/players/storton/ Liverpool FC profile]
* [http://www.lfchistory.net/player_profile.asp?player_id=422 Profile at LFCHistory.net]

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