2 Quotes & Sayings By Trevor Brooking

Trevor Brooking is a former professional footballer and coach, who played as a defender for several English clubs from 1972 to 1987. He also served as the manager of the England national team from 2002 to 2004. A member of the English Football Hall of Fame, Brooking has been described as "a great leader" and "a true inspiration". Brooking was born in Croydon, South London on October 3, 1951 Read more

He was a central defender who started his career with Fulham in 1971, making his debut at the age of 17. His first club was Margate F.C., for whom he played from 1970 to 1972. He joined Tottenham Hotspur in 1972 and played for them through 1974, before signing for West Ham United for £25,000 in May 1974.

In his second season at West Ham he helped them win the 1973–74 FA Cup, making him one of only four players to have won both that competition and the League Cup during their careers. In all he made 164 appearances in the Football League, scoring 6 goals. Brooking turned out for England at youth level, playing once against Wales at Under-19 level in 1971. After his retirement from playing football he went on to become manager of England national football team in 2002 after Sven-Göran Eriksson resigned following Euro 2004 success.

Brooking earned plaudits for his achievements with England during this time, becoming known among fans as 'Trevor The Bull'. On March 3, 2005, Brooking announced that he would not be renewing his contract with England after they failed to qualify for the 2006 FIFA World Cup. Brooking moved into coaching when he joined Chelsea as assistant manager under Ruud Gullit in 1996 under which time they won the FA Cup twice and were runners up in the Premier League title race three times between 1997 and 2000. He also managed Newcastle United between 2001 and 2003 where he led them to their highest league finish in 13 years with a 7th place finish but were relegated in 2003 after just one season in the Premiership due to financial problems at the club brought on by their failure to secure Champions League qualification in 2004.

He then moved into television punditry before taking over in 2002 as manager of the England team in which role which saw him lead them to victory over Argentina at Wembley on October 29 (their first competitive victory since 1990) followed by victories against Sweden (3-0) and Slovenia (3-1) on November 6 and