Trevor Tainton

{{short description|English footballer}}

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{{Infobox football biography

| name = Trevor Tainton

| image =

| fullname = Trevor Keith Tainton

| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1948|6|8|df=y}}

| birth_place = Bristol, England

| height =

| position = Midfielder

| youthyears1 =

| years1 = 1965–1982 |caps1 = 490 |goals1 = 24 |clubs1 = Bristol City

| years2 = 1982 | caps2 = 19 | goals2 = 1 | clubs2 = Torquay United

| years3 = 1983 | caps3 = | goals3 = | clubs3 = Trowbridge Town

}}

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.{{cite web|title=Trevor Tainton|url=http://www.neilbrown.newcastlefans.com/player6/trevortainton.html|work=Post War English & Scottish Football League A - Z Player's Transfer Database|publisher=Neil Brown|accessdate=8 March 2013}}

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. He was a member of the successful promotion side of 1976, and went on to play for City in the First Division.{{cite news |url= http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/sport/football/football_league/article2800402.ece|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20110524045631/http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/sport/football/football_league/article2800402.ece|url-status= dead|archive-date= 24 May 2011|title= Caught in Time: Bristol City promoted to the First Division, 1976|author=Greg Struthers |date=4 November 2007 |work= The Times|accessdate=20 March 2010 |location=London}} {{subscription required}} He is third on City's all-time appearances list, playing in 581 matches.{{cite web |title=Trevor Tainton |url=https://www.bcfc.co.uk/teams/hall-of-fame/trevor-tainton/ |publisher=Bristol City |access-date=5 January 2021}}

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.{{cite web|url=https://www.bcfc.co.uk/teams/hall-of-fame/|title=Hall of Fame|publisher=Bristol City FC|accessdate=11 August 2017}}

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