Trevor James Morgan (born 30 September 1956) is an English

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coach and former player.

Playing career

Morgan played as a

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. He signed his first professional contract in 1980 with

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, and went on to make over 400 appearances for a variety of clubs in the lower leagues. In 1987, he joined

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from rivals

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, for a fee of £10,000. No players would make the same move until Matty Taylor, 30 years later in January 2017. He scored several times that season helping Bristol City secure promotion to the Third Division.

Coaching career

Morgan's first coaching role was as assistant to Terry Cooper at

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. He had previously been signed by Cooper four times as a player. He followed Cooper to

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, but left when the club went into administration. His next job was in Australia, as a coach at

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club

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. During this time, he took Australian citizenship. After four years, he moved to Singapore as manager of Sengkang Marine FC. In 2004, Morgan went to Malaysia after being appointed as

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head coach for upcoming newly formed,

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. It turned out to be disastrous season for both party, after bad performances led them to bottom of the league and he was fired from the post before being replaced by former head coach, Abdul Jalil Ramli. He then takes over the head coach role at his former club Sengkang Marine, now renamed Sengkang Punggol FC in 2006 before leaving the club by mutual consent at the end of the 2007 season. He returned to Sorrento before being offered the role of Development Coach at Hull City by former

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colleague Phil Brown. During the summer of 2010, Morgan signed for Kingfisher East Bengal F.C. of the

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in India. It did not take him long to make his mark as during his first competition with the club he won the tournament. This tournament was the Federation Cup where he managed East Bengal to victory over their rivals

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in the Final. In the same season East Bengal also won Kolkata Premier League and Mohammedan Platinum Jubilee Cup and finished 2nd in I-League. In the 2011–12

, Kingfisher East Bengal F.C. finished runner-up and turned up as second placed in the Federation cup having won the IFA Shield later. East Bengal managed to win the Super Cup that season. On 14 May 2012, he guided East Bengal to win the Calcutta Premier League, making it three trophies for the season but resigned on the same day after the match citing differences with club officials. Officials continued to talk to him to reinstate Morgan as the coach for next season and finally came to a conclusion and Morgan agreed to coach the Kingfisher East Bengal for the next (2012–2013) season. Kingfisher East Bengal F.C. have won the Federation Cup and Calcutta league under him but he had failed to win the I-League on his last season with East Bengal. Under his guidance the club remained unbeaten at a stretch, for a record of 30 times in a calendar year, finally getting defeated in their home ground. He gained international wideframe, defeating

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2–4 in the former's home ground in Singapore on 4 March 2013. Also under his mentorship, East Bengal reached quarterfinals of

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with an unbeaten record, a feat that no other Indian club has achieved in the history of this competition. On 9 April 2013, he announced that he will be leaving Kingfisher East Bengal as he wants to spend time with his family who reside in

. He said that his decision for leaving was not money. On 23 May 2013, under his coaching Kingfisher East Bengal won the Calcutta Football League for the 34th time (3 times in a row). On the very day he announced officially that he is leaving East Bengal after 36 months of coaching. He was the most successful foreign coach of East Bengal and one of the most successful foreign coach of Indian football. He was succeeded by Marcos Falopa. On 28 October 2015, the Hero Indian Super League team

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announced that he will be assuming the responsibility of Head Coach effective immediately. Peter Taylor who was the head coach of the team was replaced with mutual consent, a club press release stated at

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, India. Three days later, Morgan was put back as assistant coach of the team while head of youth development,

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would be the new head coach for the rest of the season. On 14 April 2016, Kingfisher East Bengal F.C. announced Morgan as the club's head coach for a second time. On 12 December 2018, FC Pune City announced Morgan as the club's assistant coach.

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club United City F.C. announced the signing of Morgan as its head coach on 21 August 2020. Hovewever, Morgan was unable to coach the team for its shortened 2020 season which was held in a

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, due to the

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. Frank Muescan was named interim head coach by October 2020 to mentor the team in his stead.

Personal life

Morgan is a

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supporter, having been born within five minutes of Upton Park. He has three grown-up children, who still live in Australia.

Honours

Club

;Bolton Wanderers * Associate Members Cup: 1988–89

References

Sources

*Fitzpatrick, Seán ''Shelbourne Cult Heroes'' (2009, Colour Books)

External links

* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Morgan, Trevor 1956 births Living people Footballers from the London Borough of Newham People from Forest Gate English men's footballers Men's association football forwards Leytonstone F.C. players Redbridge Forest F.C. players AFC Bournemouth players Mansfield Town F.C. players Bristol City F.C. players Exeter City F.C. players St George FC players Bristol Rovers F.C. players Bolton Wanderers F.C. players Shelbourne F.C. players Colchester United F.C. players Happy Valley AA players South China AA players Birmingham City F.C. players English Football League players National Soccer League (Australia) players League of Ireland players Hong Kong First Division League players Birmingham City F.C. managers Sarawak FA State Football Team managers Indian football managers East Bengal Club managers Kerala Blasters FC managers Indian Super League managers Exeter City F.C. non-playing staff Birmingham City F.C. non-playing staff Kerala Blasters FC non-playing staff Expatriate men's footballers in Hong Kong English expatriate sportspeople in Hong Kong English expatriate men's footballers English expatriate sportspeople in the Philippines English football managers Australian soccer managers English expatriate football managers Australian expatriate soccer managers Expatriate football managers in the Philippines United City F.C. managers Philippines Football League managers Naturalised soccer players of Australia