Trevor Porter
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Trevor James Porter[1] | ||
| Date of birth | 16 October 1956 | ||
| Place of birth | Guildford, England | ||
| Playing position | Goalkeeper | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps† | (Gls)† |
| Fulham | 0 | (0) | |
| 1976–1978 | Slough Town | 82 | (0) |
| 1978–1980 | Brentford | 15 | (0) |
|
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. † Appearances (goals) | |||
Trevor Porter is a retired English professional football goalkeeper and coach who played in the Football League for Brentford.[1]
Playing career
Fulham
A goalkeeper, Porter began his career at Division Two side Fulham, but left the club in 1976.[1]
Slough Town
Porter dropped into non-league football to sign for Isthmian League Division One side Slough Town prior to the beginning of the 1976/77 season.[1] He was first-choice keeper at the club and racked up 113 appearances before departing at the end of the 1978/79 season.[2]
Brentford
Injury to Len Bond and a suspension for Graham Cox saw Porter return to the Football League to sign for Division Three side Brentford in the summer of 1978.[1] He had known new Brentford teammate Paul Shrubb and Brentford manager Bill Dodgin while at Fulham.[1] Porter played in the first 13 matches of the season,[3] until the fit-again Len Bond came back into the team.[1] He was kept on for the 1979/80 season and made a further four appearances before being released.[1][3]
Coaching career
Porter coached at Conference Premier sides Crawley Town and Weymouth in the 2005/06 and 2008/09 seasons respectively. He served as goalkeeping coach at Conference Premier side Woking in the early 2010s, before resigning in January 2011.[4]
Personal life
Since dropping out of professional football in 1976, Porter has run his own window cleaning business in his hometown of Guildford.[5]
References
- 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Haynes, Graham; Coumbe, Frank (2006). Timeless Bees: Brentford F.C. Who's Who 1920-2006. Harefield: Yore Publications. p. 126. ISBN 978-0955294914.
- ↑ "SloughTownFC.net - The Official Website of Slough Town FC | Trevor Porter". sloughtownfc.net. Retrieved 2014-11-27.
- 1 2 "Brentford Football Club History". brentfordfchistory.co.uk. Retrieved 2014-11-27.
- ↑ "The Official Football Conference League Website". footballconference.co.uk. Archived from the original on 2014-12-19. Retrieved 2014-11-27.
- ↑ "Window Cleaning in Surrey - Window Cleaning in Guildford - Window Cleaners in Surrey - Window Cleaners in Guildford - Porters Window Cleaning". porterswindowcleaning.com. Retrieved 2014-11-27.