Trevor Porter

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Trevor Porter
Personal information
Full name Trevor James Porter [1]
Date of birth (1956-10-16) 16 October 1956 (age 67)
Place of birth Guildford, England
Position(s) Goalkeeper
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
Fulham 0 (0)
1976–1978 Slough Town 82 (0)
1978–1980 Brentford 15 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Trevor James Porter (born 16 October 1956) is an English retired professional footballer who played as a goalkeeper in the Football League for Brentford.

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Playing career

Fulham

A goalkeeper, Porter began his career at Second Division club Fulham and signed his first professional contract in May 1974, [2] but left the club in 1976 without making a first team appearance. [3]

Slough Town

Porter dropped into non-League football to sign for Isthmian League First Division club Slough Town prior to the beginning of the 1976–77 season. [3] He was first-choice goalkeeper at the club and made 113 appearances before departing at the end of the 1978–79 season. [4]

Brentford

A hand injury to Len Bond and a suspension for Graham Cox saw Porter return to the Football League to sign for Third Division club Brentford in August 1978 for a £750 fee. [1] [2] [5] Porter played in the first 13 matches of the season, [6] until the fit-again Len Bond came back into the team. [3] He was kept on for the 1979–80 season and made four further appearances before being released. [3] [6]

Coaching career

Porter coached at Conference Premier clubs Crawley Town and Weymouth in the 2005–06 and 2008–09 seasons respectively. He served as goalkeeping coach at Conference Premier club Woking in the early 2010s, before resigning in January 2011. [7]

Personal life

Since dropping out of professional football in 1976, Porter has run his own window cleaning business in his hometown of Guildford. [8]

Career statistics

Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
ClubSeasonLeagueFA CupLeague CupOtherTotal
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Slough Town 1976–77 [4] Isthmian League First Division42070—15 [lower-alpha 1] 0640
1977–78 [4] Isthmian League Premier Division40020—7 [lower-alpha 2] 0490
Total82090—2201130
Brentford 1978–79 [6] Third Division 1100020—130
1979–80 [6] Third Division400000—40
Total1500020—170
Career total97090202201300
  1. ↑ 9 appearances in FA Trophy, 4 appearances in Berks & Bucks Senior Cup, 2 appearances in Isthmian League Cup
  2. ↑ 4 appearances in FA Trophy, 2 appearances in Berks & Bucks Senior Cup, 1 appearance in Isthmian League Cup

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References

  1. 1 2 "Trevor Porter". Barry Hugman's Footballers. Retrieved 24 September 2017.
  2. 1 2 Croxford, Mark; Lane, David; Waterman, Greville (2011). The Big Brentford Book of the Seventies. Sunbury, Middlesex: Legends Publishing. p. 289. ISBN   978-1906796709.
  3. 1 2 3 4 Haynes, Graham; Coumbe, Frank (2006). Timeless Bees: Brentford F.C. Who's Who 1920–2006. Harefield: Yore Publications. p. 126. ISBN   978-0955294914.
  4. 1 2 3 "Trevor Porter". SloughTownFC.net – The Official Website of Slough Town FC. Retrieved 27 November 2014.
  5. ↑ "Kings of the Castle: Len Bond". www.brentfordfc.com. Retrieved 9 June 2023.
  6. 1 2 3 4 White, Eric, ed. (1989). 100 Years Of Brentford. Brentford FC. p. 395. ISBN   0951526200.
  7. ↑ "Woking Looking For a New Manager". The Official Football Conference League Website. Archived from the original on 19 December 2014. Retrieved 27 November 2014.
  8. ↑ "Window Cleaning in Surrey – Window Cleaning in Guildford". Porters Window Cleaning. Retrieved 27 November 2014.


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