Trevor Ross

{{Infobox football biography

| name = Trevor Ross

| image =

| caption =

| fullname = Trevor William Ross{{Hugman|17161|accessdate=6 April 2020}}

| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1957|1|16|df=y}}

| birth_place = Ashton-under-Lyne, England

| death_date =

| height = {{height|ft=5|in=9}}{{cite book |title=Rothmans Football Yearbook 1987–88 |editor-first=Peter |editor-last=Dunk |publisher=Queen Anne Press |location=London |date=1987 |page=[https://archive.org/details/rothmansfootball00lond/page/102 102] |isbn=978-0-356-14354-5 |url=https://archive.org/details/rothmansfootball00lond/page/102}}

| position = Midfielder

| currentclub =

| youthyears1 = 1972–1974 | youthclubs1 = Arsenal

| years1 = 1974–1977 | clubs1 = Arsenal | caps1 = 58 | goals1 = 5

| years2 = 1977–1983 | clubs2 = Everton | caps2 = 126 | goals2 = 16

| years3 = 1982 | clubs3 = → Portsmouth (loan) | caps3 = 5 | goals3 = 0

| years4 = 1982 | clubs4 = → Sheffield United (loan) | caps4 = 4 | goals4 = 0

| years5 = 1983 | clubs5 = AEK Athens | caps5 = 5 | goals5 = 0

| years6 = 1984 | clubs6 = Sheffield United | caps6 = 4 | goals6 = 0

| years7 = 1984–1987 | clubs7 = Bury | caps7 = 98 | goals7 = 11

| years8 = 1987 | clubs8 = Hyde United | caps8 = 5 | goals8 = 0

| years9 = 1987–1988 | clubs9 = Altrincham | caps9 = | goals9 =

| nationalyears1 = 1972 | nationalteam1 = England Schoolboys | nationalcaps1 = 8 | nationalgoals1 = 0

| nationalyears2 = 1977

| nationalteam2 = Scotland U21

| nationalcaps2 = 1

| nationalgoals2 = 0

| manageryears1 = 1989–1990

| managerclubs1 = Ashton United

}}

Trevor William Ross (born 16 January 1957) is a former professional footballer who was a midfielder. Ross played for English clubs Arsenal, Everton, Portsmouth, Sheffield United and Bury.{{Cite web |url=http://www.neilbrown.newcastlefans.com/player1/trevorross.html |title=Trevor Ross |work=UK A–Z Transfers |publisher=Neil Brown |accessdate=4 November 2009}} He also featured for AEK Athens of the Greek First Division.{{Cite web |publisher=RSSSF |last=Mastrogiannopoulos |first=Alexander |title=Foreign Players in Greece since 1959/60 |url=https://www.rsssf.org/players/foreign-players-in-grk6080.html |date=11 May 2005 |accessdate=4 November 2009}} Born in England, Ross represented Scotland at under-21 level.{{Cite book |title=Rothmans Football Yearbook 1990–91 |editor1-last=Rollin |editor1-first=Jack |year=1990 |publisher=Queen Anne Press |isbn=0-356-17911-7 |edition=21st |page=887}}

Career

Ross started his career at Arsenal, joining the club's academy at 12. In 1972, he became an apprentice at the club, signing professionally just two years later. He then made his first-team debut as a substitute against Liverpool on 1 February 1975.{{cite web|url=http://bluekipper.com/players/interviews/6773-exclusive_interview_with_everton_legend_trevor_ross.html|title=Exclusive interview with Everton legend Trevor Ross|website=Blue Kipper.com}} Ross was a regular in the latter half of the 1975–76 and throughout the 1976–77 seasons. He was ousted from the side by David Price at the start of the 1977–78 season, and in November 1977 moved to Everton for £170,000.{{Cite web|url=http://www.sporting-heroes.net/football-heroes/displayhero_club.asp?HeroID=37567 |title=Trevor Ross Arsenal FC |work=Football Heroes |publisher=Sporting Heroes Collections |accessdate=4 November 2009}} He played 67 games in all for Arsenal, scoring 9 goals.{{Cite web|url=http://www.arsenal.com/history/profiles/590/trevor-ross |title=Trevor Ross |publisher=Arsenal F.C |accessdate=4 November 2009}}

Ross made his Everton debut on 5 November 1977 in a 1–0 defeat of Derby County. He then linked up on loan with sides Portsmouth and Sheffield United in the 1982–83 season. He went on to play 120 matches, scoring 16 goals for the Toffees. In the summer of 1983, Ross moved on to Sheffield.{{Cite web|url=http://www.sporting-heroes.net/football-heroes/displayhero_club.asp?HeroID=43313 |title=Trevor Ross Everton FC |work=Football Heroes |publisher=Sporting Heroes Collections |accessdate=4 November 2009}} After a spell in the Greek First Division with AEK Athens, he returned for a brief stint with Sheffield United. Ross went on to see out his playing days in the Football League with three successful seasons at Bury, including a promotion to Division 3.

He then moved into non-league football, first a short spell with Hyde United{{Cite web|url=http://www.hydeunited.com/playerstats.php?p=449 |title=Player Statistics: Trevor Ross |publisher=Hyde United F.C |accessdate=4 November 2009}} before Tommy Docherty signed him up at Altrincham.{{Cite web|url=http://www.altrinchamfc.co.uk/player8788.htm |title=Altrincham FC Players of 1987–88 |publisher=Altrincham F.C |accessdate=4 November 2009}} He managed club Ashton United for the 1989–90 season until he was dismissed only three months into the next season.{{Cite web |url=http://www.freewebs.com/aufc/qr.htm |title=Radcliffe to Ryan |work=Ashton United (Hurst FC) Player Database |publisher=ashtonutd.com |accessdate=4 November 2009 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20121021185940/http://www.freewebs.com/aufc/qr.htm |archivedate=21 October 2012 |df=dmy-all }}

Personal life

After leaving football, Ross worked as an HGV driver. In 2007, he worked as a transport supervisor and coached youngsters at Oldham Sports Centre in his spare time.{{Cite news|url=http://www.oldhamadvertiser.co.uk/news/s/527402_trevors_still_on_the_ball |title=Trevor's still on the ball |newspaper=Oldham Advertiser |date=3 May 2007 |accessdate=4 November 2009}}

Ross's father, Willie, was a footballer who played for Arbroath and Bradford City in the 1940s and 1950s. Ross could claim Scottish ancestry through his father and was capped once by Scotland at under-21 level, despite having played for his native England at schoolboy level.