Trevor Steven
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Trevor McGregor Steven | ||
| Date of birth | 21 September 1963 | ||
| Place of birth | Berwick-on-Tweed, England | ||
| Height | 1.77 m (5 ft 9 1⁄2 in) | ||
| Playing position | Winger | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1980–1983 | Burnley | 74 | (11) |
| 1983–1989 | Everton | 210 | (48) |
| 1989–1991 | Rangers | 55 | (6) |
| 1991–1992 | Olympique de Marseille | 28 | (3) |
| 1992–1997 | Rangers | 77 | (10) |
| Total | 444 | (78) | |
| National team | |||
| 1984 | England U21 | 2 | (0) |
| 1985–1992 | England | 36 | (4) |
| * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. |
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Trevor McGregor Steven (born Berwick-upon-Tweed, England, 21 September 1963) is a football talent scout. He was formerly an England footballer who shot to fame with the successful Everton side of the 1980s.
A right-sided midfielder, he grew through the ranks at Burnley, making his debut in 1981. Over the next two seasons he became a regular supplier of goals and Everton boss Howard Kendall, who was building a new team based on youth, decided to bid for him. He is now recognised for his media work, particularly with RTÉ Sport in Ireland.
Steven began his professional football career with Burnley on leaving school in the summer of 1980, and broke into the first team in the 1981–82, at the age of 18, when he scored three goals in 36 league games to help Burnley win promotion to the Second Division as Third Division champions. He managed eight goals in the 1982–83 season, but was unable to prevent Burnley from going straight back down to the Third Division.
Burnley accepted £300,000 for the 19-year-old Steven who joined Everton in the summer of 1983. He made his debut at the beginning of the following season, which proved a campaign for Kendall's men. Despite finishing in 7th position in the Football League Championship, someway behind eventual Champions, Liverpool, the season was saved – as was Kendall's job – by two excellent Cup runs. In the League Cup final at Wembley, the Merseyside clubs drew 0–0 before Liverpool won the replay by a single Graeme Souness goal. Steven was not selected by Kendall, but by the time Everton lined back up at Wembley for the FA Cup final two months later, he was in the team.
Watford were the opponents, and Steven played his part in the second goal of Everton's 2–0 success. As he ventured down the flank, Steven sent in an early, high and very awkward ball towards the Watford penalty area, which Everton centre forward Andy Gray and Watford goalkeeper Steve Sherwood challenged for together. Though Sherwood seemed to get two hands on the ball, Gray's challenge certainly involved contact with his head and the goal was given. Few argued afterwards, though debate has always raged about whether Gray committed a foul or not. Steven, however, had played his part and an FA Cup winners' medal was his.
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