Trevor Tainton

Trevor Tainton
Personal information
Full name Trevor Keith Tainton
Date of birth (1948-06-08) 8 June 1948 (age 76)
Place of birth Bristol, England
Position(s) Midfielder
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1965–1982 Bristol City 490 (24)
1982 Torquay United 19 (1)
1983 Trowbridge Town
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Trevor Keith Tainton (born 8 June 1948) is a former footballer who played as a midfielder in the Football League between the 1960s and 1980s for Bristol City.[1]

He was born in Bristol and first appeared in the league for Bristol City in the 1967–68 season and he went on to play 486 League games for the Ashton Gate side.[1] He was a member of the successful promotion side of 1976, and went on to play for City in the First Division.[2] He is third on City's all-time appearances list, playing in 581 matches.[3]

During the 1981/82 season Tainton joined Torquay United, scoring one goal in 19 league appearances that season before moving to Trowbridge Town.

He is a member of Bristol City's Hall of Fame.[4]

After retiring from football he worked as a security officer at the Oldbury Nuclear Power Station.[2]

References

  1. ^ a b "Trevor Tainton". Post War English & Scottish Football League A - Z Player's Transfer Database. Neil Brown. Retrieved 8 March 2013.
  2. ^ a b Greg Struthers (4 November 2007). "Caught in Time: Bristol City promoted to the First Division, 1976". The Times. London. Archived from the original on 24 May 2011. Retrieved 20 March 2010. (subscription required)
  3. ^ "Trevor Tainton". Bristol City. Retrieved 5 January 2021.
  4. ^ "Hall of Fame". Bristol City FC. Retrieved 11 August 2017.

● Playfair football annuals 1968-69 to 1982-83


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