Trevor Whymark
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Trevor John Whymark | ||
| Date of birth | 4 May 1950 | ||
| Place of birth | Burston, Norfolk, England | ||
| Playing position | Striker | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| Diss Town | |||
| 1969–1979 | Ipswich Town | 261 | (75) |
| 1979 | → Sparta Rotterdam (loan) | 5 | (0) |
| 1979 | Derby County | 2 | (0) |
| 1979–1980 | Vancouver Whitecaps | 57 | (25) |
| 1980–1984 | Grimsby Town | 93 | (16) |
| 1984–1985 | Southend United | 39 | (6) |
| 1985 | Peterborough United | 3 | (0) |
| Diss Town | |||
| 1985 | Colchester United | 2 | (0) |
| Diss Town | |||
| National team | |||
| 1973–1974 | England U23 | 7 | (3) |
| 1977 | England | 1 | (0) |
| * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only | |||
Trevor Whymark (born 4 May 1950) is a former England international footballer who played in the Football League in the 1970s and 1980s, notably with Ipswich Town. He is currently (2016) the team's sixth highest goal scorer.
Whymark started his football career with Anglian Combination team Diss Town whilst working his office job at a Diss builders' merchant and was signed by Bobby Robson in 1969.
Whymark made his Ipswich League debut in February 1970 against Manchester City. In the remaining part of the season Whymark made six full and two substitute appearances, scoring his first and only goal in a vital 2-0 victory over fellow relegation strugglers Sunderland. The following season Whymark only recorded eight full appearances with two substitute appearances and a single goal (in a 4-0 victory of Manchester United). It would appear this was a season cut short by injury as all of these games were played before October 10. It is also worth noting that following an injury to goalkeeper David Best in a game against West Bromwich Albion Whymark came off the bench to play in goal.
During the 1971/72 season Whymark was, bar an early substitute appearance, absent from the first team until February 1972. After that he had a run of 13 games, one as substitute where he netted four goals. Whymark had struck up a useful relationship with Leeds signing Rod Belfitt who had joined the club in November.
At the beginning of the 1972/1973 season Robson gave Whymark a chance to establish himself as Rod Belfitt's striking partner and the partnership scored 10 goals with Whymark contributing three. Surprisingly, given that Belfitt was Ipswich's top scorer, he was exchanged for young Everton striker David Johnson but this change suited Whymark who netted another eight league goals that season ending up as joint top scorer with attacking midfielder Bryan Hamilton on 11 goals. Whymark also scored five goals in Ipswich's successful Texaco Cup campaign including one in the second-leg of the final against local rivals Norwich City.
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