Trevor Cherry
Trevor John Cherry ( born February 23, 1948 in Huddersfield ) is an English former football player and coach. He was there active in the 1970s as a defender for Leeds United and graduated from 1976-1980 a total of 27 caps for the England football team. He was also in the squad for the European Championship 1980 in Italy.
Sports career
Cherry joined his hometown club Huddersfield Town in 1965 as a 17 -year-old to after he was previously discovered in a selection for the local Christian youth organization YMCA. He quickly established himself as a flexible player who could be used in many ways on a variety of defensive positions. In 1970 he succeeded by winning the second division championship of the promotion to the English league.
For a fee of £ 100,000 Cherry then moved to Leeds United in 1972, where the coach there Don Revie needed a replacement for the outdated annual Jack Charlton. Cherry then played in his first season together both with and instead of Charlton, but was mostly used as a left-back, as the long -term absentee due to a broken leg Terry Cooper prevented other defensive set-up options. At the end of the season, Cherry's operations totaled 38 and he was also appointed by Revie for the final of the FA Cup.
As the only player in the entire Elf Cherry had not previously won one years the Cup against Arsenal, but although Cherry lost this game with Leeds, he was one of the few players of his team, who handed in a good performance. Cherry was in the game in many offensive actions and taken part in a very spectacular scene at Wembley. As Leeds was behind with 0-1 against Sunderland to the middle of the second half, Cherry ersprintete a long pass from Paul Reaney and failed with his diving header at Sunderland goalkeeper Jimmy Montgomery, the thwarted ball fell into the path of Leeds player Peter Lorimer, whose funding was again parried with a quick reflex of Montgomery, who was with this performance to an audience favorite in Sunderland. Cherry was also in his future career the FA Cup can not win.
His first English championship he won then with Leeds in 1974, when the team was unbeaten in 29 consecutive games since the beginning of the season. Also in this season, Cherry was mostly used as a left defender.
The year 1975 was initially mixed for Cherry. An injury made sure that he could not play in about half the encounters, but in time for the semi-finals in the European Champion Clubs' Cup against Barcelona was operational. Cherry played in both games directly against Johan Cruyff and helped that Cruyff his game could not develop. Leeds then reached the final against Bayern Munich, but was not nominated in the Cherry coach Jimmy Armfield, as he previously had to stop several league games due to a longer period of Ineligibility. Leeds lost the final in Paris with 0:2.
Cherry took over the task of the team captain, had left the club after Billy Bremner in 1976. In addition, Cherry was first used in the England team. The club Leeds United itself went through, however, due to numerous retirements and getting on in years players have a difficult time and this meant that Leeds in no more competition could play a greater role.
His first (but not justified ) red card in an international match was Cherry then in the encounter against Argentina in 1977, although Cherry in the face by an Argentine player lost two teeth in the beat. He continued his international career, despite the fact that England failed to qualify for the 1978 World Cup in Argentina.
When England then in 1980 after ten years who qualify for a major tournament for the first time, Cherry was in the 22-man squad of the EM 1980 in Italy. However, his contribution was low since he was only a substitute in the group stage against Spain, which England already eliminated from the competition after the end of the group.
Cherry played prior to 1982 continued for Leeds, when the club had to go to the second division under the direction of Cherry's former teammate Allan Clarke and exactly ten years after Cherry descent with Huddersfield Town. Cherry played three months in the second division and then moved to the neighboring club Bradford City, where he worked as a player-coach.
After one year, Cherry ended his playing career in order to fully concentrate on the trainer work. While the disaster in Bradford on 11 May 1985, when at the ceremony in the stadium at the promotion to the second division 56 people were killed, Cherry was still coach.
Only a year later, Cherry pulled completely out of his coaching job and the sport of football in general back. Today he runs an advertising and entertainment company in Huddersfield. He is married and has two sons.
Achievements
- English Champion: 1974