Trevor Brooking

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Trevor Brooking
Full name	Sir Trevor David Brooking
Date of birth	October 2, 1948 (age 58)
Place of birth	Barking, England
Playing position	Midfielder
Club information
Current club	None
Senior clubs¹
Years	Club	App (Gls)*
1967-1984	West Ham United	636 (102)
National team
	England	0047 (5)
Teams managed
2003	West Ham United (Caretaker)
¹ Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 24/10/06. * Appearances (Goals)

Sir Trevor David Brooking CBE (born 2 October 1948 in Barking) is a football player turned manager, pundit and administrator.

1 West Ham United Career
2 England career
3 Life After West Ham
4 Managerial Periods
5 Football Association

[edit] West Ham United Career

He is chiefly associated with West Ham United, having played as an attacking midfield player for the club for his entire playing career, between 1967 and 1984, making 636 appearances and scoring 102 times, wearing the number 10 jersey. He won the FA Cup twice, in 1975 and 1980; in the latter, he scored the only goal in a 1-0 win over Arsenal with a rare header.

[edit] England career

He also played for England 47 times, scoring 5 goals. However, he only played in major tournaments twice, both times for just half an hour; as a substitute against Spain in the 1982 World Cup and in Euro 1980 (European Championships) in Italy.

Brooking was one of the most intelligent and cerebral footballers of his generation (he attended Ripple Infants School and left Ilford County High School with 11 O-levels and 2 A-levels), and had a very clean disciplinary record. Directly following the Bobby Moore, Martin Peters, Geoff Hurst era, he was the player who best exemplified West Ham's traditional commitment to attractive, entertaining football (even if this style of play did not bring consistent successes).Since retiring, he has taken up a number of positions in broadcasting and administration.

[edit] Life After West Ham

In 1984, Brooking joined the BBC as a pundit, and has featured on radio and television commentary since, including the BBC's Match of the Day and coverage of World Cups and European Championships, in which he became famed for regular references to his old club West Ham United.

Brooking is also the co-commentator of Pro Evolution Soccer, his unique commentary style along with cohort Peter Brackley has become a signature of the game.

Brooking was Chair of the Eastern Region Council for Sport and Recreation from 1987 until 1997, and between 1999 and 2002 he was chairman of Sport England. ALSO he went to ICHS where he was present at the Grand Opening of ICHS's Sports HAll. This new sports hall is the biggest on in London so far!

[edit] Managerial Periods

In April 2003, after West Ham manager Glenn Roeder collapsed due to a brain tumour. Brooking, having long been on the board of West Ham, briefly took over as caretaker manager. The club were fighting relegation from the Premiership, and went down despite a late rally under Brooking, albeit with a record number of points (42) for a relegated team. After the first three games of the 2003/2004 season, Roeder was sacked and Brooking was again installed as caretaker manager. He spent a successful month in charge of the team before being replaced by Alan Pardew.

[edit] Football Association

In December 2003, Brooking joined the Football Association as Director of Football Development, and was a key part of the selection process for the successor of the Sven-Göran Eriksson, revealed in May 2006 to be Steve McClaren. There have been recent reports to suggest that he is no longer happy with the state of play of English football and has concerns over the future generations of the game with the huge influx of foreign players. He is highly thought of throughout the game and is seen as a key to future roles within the Football Association.

When conducting an the draw for the 1st round proper of the FA Cup 2006-07, he appeared to read out King's Lynn twice. It was later evident that he had misheard the number and as a result, thought that King's Lynn had the home tie. As an act of courtesy, he attended the 1st round game, the final score of which was Bishop's Stortford 3 - 5 King's Lynn

Preceded by Glenn Roeder	West Ham United F.C. Manager (Caretaker) 2003	Succeeded by Alan Pardew

	England squad - 1982 FIFA World Cup
1 Clemence \| 2 Anderson \| 3 Brooking \| 4 Butcher \| 5 Coppell \| 6 Foster \| 7 Keegan \| 8 Francis \| 9 Hoddle \| 10 McDermott \| 11 Mariner \| 12 Mills \| 13 Corrigan \| 14 Neal \| 15 Rix \| 16 Robson \| 17 Sansom \| 18 Thompson \| 19 Wilkins \| 20 Withe \| 21 Woodcock \| 22 Shilton \| Coach: Greenwood