Trevor Morley

Trevor Morley (born 20 March 1961 in Nottingham) is an English former professional footballer who played as a striker for Northampton Town, Manchester City, West Ham United, Brann and Reading.

Playing career

Non-league

Morley is the son of a former Nottingham Forest player and was rejected as a teenager by Derby County. Forced to move into non-league football with Corby Town and Nuneaton Borough with whom he won the Southern League title in 1982.

Northampton Town

In the summer of 1985 Morley moved to Northampton Town for £20,000 making his debut of Burnley on 17 August 1985. His move to Northampton arose after manager Graham Carr moved from Nuneaton to Northampton, and took Morley and Eddie McGoldrick with him. Morley captained Northampton, as they won the 1986–87 Fourth Division championship by a nine-point margin.

Manchester City

After scoring 39 league goals in 139 appearances for Northampton, Morley was signed by manager Mel Machin for Manchester City in January 1988 as part of an exchange deal that saw Tony Adcock move to the County Ground. The deal valued Morley at £235,000. He made his debut for City 23 January 1988 in a 2–0 home defeat by Aston Villa. He scored 18 league goals for Manchester City, including the equaliser at Bradford City on the last day of the 1988-89 season that meant Manchester City won promotion, a point ahead of Crystal Palace. On 23 September 1989, he put City 2-0 ahead in the famous 5-1 derby win over Manchester United in the First Division. When manager Machin was sacked by Manchester City chairman Peter Swales, his replacement Howard Kendall saw no place in his side for Morley.

Trevor Morley (cricketer)

Trevor Grahame Anthony Morley (11 August 1933 – 1 March 2013) was an English cricketer. Morley was a right-handed batsman who bowled right-arm medium pace. He was born at Hitchin, Hertfordshire.

Morley made his debut in county cricket for Hertfordshire against Cambridgeshire in the 1953 Minor Counties Championship. He played Minor counties cricket for Hertfordshire from 1953 to 1960, making 37 Minor Counties Championship appearances. He later joined Bedfordshire, making his debut for the county in the 1961 Minor Counties Championship against Lincolnshire. He played Minor counties cricket for Bedfordshire from 1961 to 1975, making 80 Minor Counties Championship appearances. He made his List A debut against Buckinghamshire in the 1970 Gillette Cup. He made 2 further List A appearances, against Essex in the 1971 Gillette Cup and Lancashire in the 1973 Gillette Cup. In his 3 matches, he took 6 wickets at an average of 21.33, with best figures of 3/52.

Outside of cricket he had worked as a youth worker, as well as coaching cricket at King’s School, Ely. He died at March, Cambridgeshire on 1 March 2013.