Trevor Storton (26 November 1949 – 23 March 2011) was an English footballer who played as a central defender.

The early years

He began his career at

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, playing alongside his older brother Stan, he played over 100 games for the club between 1967 and 1972, when he joined

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. Storton was one of a number of players signed by Liverpool manager

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in the late 60s and early 70s, in an attempt to rebuild the team, but he struggled to gain a regular place in the first-team. He played ten games in his first-season, and was a regular fixture in the squad for the

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campaign, which he ended with a winner's medal. The following season, he only made two appearances, and he was sold to

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in 1974.

A decade at Chester

Storton played for Chester for ten years from 1974 to 1984, amassing 468 appearances for the club. 396 of them were in the league, placing him third in the club's all-time list, behind

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and Ron Hughes (but Storton played more games if cup football if taken into consideration). This spell included two runs to the

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fifth round, the

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semi-finals in 1975 and promotion from

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in the same year, plus being just two points and places adrift of promotion from

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in 1978 and winning the

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in 1977, as the club enjoyed arguably the most successful period in its history. He served as Chester's caretaker-manager for a brief spell in 1983–84 but he quit the role at the start of 1984 after

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and Paul Sanderson were signed on loan from

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without his knowledge. He left for Oswestry Town shortly after new manager John McGrath arrived. Storton's final game for Chester was a 3–0 home loss to

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in front of just 880 fans on 8 February 1984, a sorry end to his long association with the club.

Non league career

Storton later played under his brother Stan for Telford United in an FA Trophy final at

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. He managed

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for seven years. He later assisted Neil Parsley at a number of non-league clubs. He then worked as a coach at Conference North side Harrogate Town under

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, who on 16 June 2009, also appointed him assistant manager of his new club,

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. However, he was diagnosed with cancer soon afterwards and the illness finally claimed his life on 23 March 2011, at the age of 61.

References

External links

Profile at LFCHistory.net
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