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Trevor Whymark
Trevor John Whymark (4 May 1950 – 31 October 2024) was an English professional footballer who played in the Football League in the 1970s and 1980s, notably with Ipswich Town. A forward, as of 2016, he is the team's sixth-highest goalscorer. He made one appearance for the England national team.
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. He made his Ipswich League debut in February 1970 against Manchester City. In the remaining part of the season, Whymark made six starts 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 starts with two substitute appearances and a single goal (in a 4–0 victory over Manchester United). It would appear this was a season cut short by injury as all of these games were played before 10 October. Whymark also played in goal following an injury to goalkeeper David Best in a game against West Bromwich Albion.
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, in which he scored four goals. He had struck up a useful relationship with Rod Belfitt, who had joined the club from Leeds United in November.
At the beginning of the 1972–73 season, Robson gave Whymark a chance to establish himself as Belfitt's striking partner, and the partnership scored ten goals, with Whymark contributing three. Belfitt, Ipswich's top scorer at the time, was exchanged for young Everton striker David Johnson. Whymark went on to score another eight league goals that season, finishing as joint-top scorer with attacking midfielder Bryan Hamilton on eleven 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.
Finishing fourth in the First Division in the previous season meant that Ipswich could compete in the UEFA Cup. After an aggregate 1–0 first-round victory against Real Madrid, a 4–0 first-leg victory over Italian team Lazio at Portman Road followed, in which Whymark scored each of the goals. Before the return match, he was presented with a trophy from some AS Roma supporters, which infuriated the Lazio fans and ensured the second leg in Italy was played in a hostile atmosphere. In a 2007 interview, Whymark stated he had left the pitch carrying an iron bar for protection. Whymark scored one further UEFA Cup goal, against Twente Enscehde. Meanwhile, in the league Whymark scored eleven goals in 39 games, plus a further goal in the League Cup.
Whymark was joint-top league scorer (with Bryan Hamilton) in the 1974–75 season with ten goals from 40 games, supplemented by an FA Cup and three League Cup goals.
The following 1975–76 season, Whymark scored 13 league and two UEFA cup goals. For the second season in succession, he represented Ipswich in all but two of their 42 league games.
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Trevor Whymark
Trevor John Whymark (4 May 1950 – 31 October 2024) was an English professional footballer who played in the Football League in the 1970s and 1980s, notably with Ipswich Town. A forward, as of 2016, he is the team's sixth-highest goalscorer. He made one appearance for the England national team.
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. He made his Ipswich League debut in February 1970 against Manchester City. In the remaining part of the season, Whymark made six starts 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 starts with two substitute appearances and a single goal (in a 4–0 victory over Manchester United). It would appear this was a season cut short by injury as all of these games were played before 10 October. Whymark also played in goal following an injury to goalkeeper David Best in a game against West Bromwich Albion.
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, in which he scored four goals. He had struck up a useful relationship with Rod Belfitt, who had joined the club from Leeds United in November.
At the beginning of the 1972–73 season, Robson gave Whymark a chance to establish himself as Belfitt's striking partner, and the partnership scored ten goals, with Whymark contributing three. Belfitt, Ipswich's top scorer at the time, was exchanged for young Everton striker David Johnson. Whymark went on to score another eight league goals that season, finishing as joint-top scorer with attacking midfielder Bryan Hamilton on eleven 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.
Finishing fourth in the First Division in the previous season meant that Ipswich could compete in the UEFA Cup. After an aggregate 1–0 first-round victory against Real Madrid, a 4–0 first-leg victory over Italian team Lazio at Portman Road followed, in which Whymark scored each of the goals. Before the return match, he was presented with a trophy from some AS Roma supporters, which infuriated the Lazio fans and ensured the second leg in Italy was played in a hostile atmosphere. In a 2007 interview, Whymark stated he had left the pitch carrying an iron bar for protection. Whymark scored one further UEFA Cup goal, against Twente Enscehde. Meanwhile, in the league Whymark scored eleven goals in 39 games, plus a further goal in the League Cup.
Whymark was joint-top league scorer (with Bryan Hamilton) in the 1974–75 season with ten goals from 40 games, supplemented by an FA Cup and three League Cup goals.
The following 1975–76 season, Whymark scored 13 league and two UEFA cup goals. For the second season in succession, he represented Ipswich in all but two of their 42 league games.