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{{short description|English footballer and manager}}
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{{Infobox football biography
| name = Trevor Senior
| image = 
| fullname = Trevor John Senior
| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1961|11|28|df=y}}
| birth_place = [[Stratton, Dorset]], England
| height = 6 ft 1 in<ref>{{cite book |title=Rothmans Football Yearbook 1987–88 |editor-first=Peter |editor-last=Dunk |publisher=Queen Anne Press |location=London |date=1987 |page=306 |isbn=978-0-356-14354-5}}</ref>
| currentclub = [[Dorchester Town F.C.|Dorchester Town]] (assistant manager)
| position = [[Striker (association football)|Striker]]
| youthyears1 = 
| youthclubs1 = [[Dorchester Town F.C.|Dorchester Town]]
| years1 = 1981
| clubs1 = [[Dorchester Town F.C.|Dorchester Town]]
| caps1 = 
| goals1 = 
| years2 = 1981–1983
| clubs2 = [[Portsmouth F.C.|Portsmouth]]
| caps2 = 11
| goals2 = 2
| years3 = 1982–1983
| clubs3 = → [[Aldershot Town F.C.|Aldershot]] (loan)
| caps3 = 10
| goals3 = 7
| years4 = 1983–1987
| clubs4 = [[Reading F.C.|Reading]]
| caps4 = 164
| goals4 = 102
| years5 = 1987–1988
| clubs5 = [[Watford F.C.|Watford]]
| caps5 = 24
| goals5 = 1
| years6 = 1988
| clubs6 = [[Middlesbrough F.C.|Middlesbrough]]
| caps6 = 10
| goals6 = 2
| years7 = 1988–1992
| clubs7 = [[Reading F.C.|Reading]]
| caps7 = 137
| goals7 = 51
| years8 = 1992–1993
| clubs8 = [[Woking F.C.|Woking]]
| caps8 = 31
| goals8 = 11
| years9 = 1993
| clubs9 = [[Dorchester Town F.C.|Dorchester Town]]
| years10 = 1993–1994
| clubs10 = [[Farnborough F.C.|Farnborough Town]]
| years11 = 1995–1996
| clubs11 = [[Farnborough F.C.|Farnborough Town]]
| manageryears1 = 1995
| managerclubs1 = [[Weymouth F.C.|Weymouth]]
| manageryears2 = ?–2000
| managerclubs2 = [[Bridport F.C.|Bridport]]
| manageryears3 = 2001
| managerclubs3 = [[Bashley F.C.|Bashley]]
| manageryears4 = 2001–2006
| managerclubs4 = [[Bridgwater Town F.C.|Bridgwater Town]]
| manageryears5 = 2009–2016
| managerclubs5 = [[Bridport F.C.|Bridport]]
| manageryears6 = 
| managerclubs6 = 
}}

'''Trevor Senior''' (born 28 November 1961) is a former professional [[association football|footballer]] who played as a [[striker (association football)|striker]], primarily at [[Reading F.C.|Reading]]. He is the assistant manager of [[Dorchester Town F.C.|Dorchester Town]].

==Playing career==
Senior was born in [[Stratton, Dorset|Stratton]], near [[Dorchester, Dorset]]. He started his career at [[Dorchester Town F.C.|Dorchester Town]]. He joined [[Portsmouth F.C.|Portsmouth]] in 1981 for £35,000, and then (after a loan spell with [[Aldershot F.C.|Aldershot]]) moved to Reading where he scored 184 goals in 362 league and cup appearances in two spells between 1983 and 1992. In season 1983–84, when Reading won promotion from the Fourth Division, Senior was top scorer in all four divisions of the [[Football League]] with 36 goals in the league and a total of 41 in all competitions. Two years later he scored 27 times in the Third Division [[1985–86 in English football|campaign]] as Reading won another promotion, this time as champions of their division.<ref>[http://www.royalsrecord.co.uk/players/scorers.html Top Scorers] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170708053021/http://www.royalsrecord.co.uk/players/scorers.html |date=8 July 2017 }} Royals Records</ref>

In March 1988 Senior signed for [[Middlesbrough F.C.|Middlesbrough]] on transfer deadline day for a fee of £200,000 from [[Watford F.C.|Watford]], where he had moved in July 1987. After making just ten league appearances for Boro and being part of their Second Division promotion winning team, Senior moved back to Reading in October 1988. Despite his time on [[Teesside]] being seen generally as a disappointment, Senior was instrumental in Boro's promotion in May 1988 after scoring two important goals in the [[play-offs]].

After he left Reading for a second time in 1992, and making his last [[Football League]] appearance at the age of 30, Senior spent a season with non-league [[Woking F.C.|Woking]], and then a short spell at Dorchester Town before signing in November 1993 for [[Farnborough F.C.|Farnborough Town]].

==Managerial and coaching career==
The following season Senior became manager of [[Weymouth F.C.|Weymouth]] and subsequently during 1995–96 had another spell at Farnborough. He managed [[Bridgwater Town F.C.|Bridgwater Town]] in the [[Western Football League]], before joining Dorchester, and becoming the Under 18's manager. His last game as U-18's manager was in May 2008.<ref>[http://www.dorchestertownfc.co.uk/news/2008/may/01-2.shtml Double bill at the Jewson Stadium] Dorchester Town; accessed 20 May 2008{{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080705220443/http://www.dorchestertownfc.co.uk/news/2008/may/01-2.shtml |date=5 July 2008 }}</ref>

Senior was appointed manager of Western League Division One Bridport on 15 June 2009 following the resignation of [[Ian Hutchinson (footballer, born 1972)|Ian Hutchinson]].

==References==
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{{1985–86 Football League Third Division PFA Team of the Year}}
{{1983–84 Football League Fourth Division PFA Team of the Year}}
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{{Reading F.C. Player of the Year}}
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{{Weymouth F.C. managers}}

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