Ipswich Town: A look back at Trevor Whymark's career

Trevor Whymark celebrates one of his early goals at Ipswich Town. (Image: Newsquest)

The forward was born in Burston, Norfolk on 4 May 1950, starting his football career with non-league side Diss Town whilst working his office job at a Diss builders' merchant.

Whymark joined the Blues in 1967, where he progressed to the first team and was handed his senior debut at just 19 by Sir Bobby Robson in a 1-0 defeat at Man City in February 1970. 

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The following month, he scored his first goal for the Blues in a 2-0 home win over Sunderland, but had to bide his time to fully establish himself in the side, a chance which came in the 1972/73 season. 

Trevor Whymark was part of the team, who won the Texaco Cup in 1973. (Image: Newsquest)

During that campaign, he played 53 games and scored 16 goals in all competitions as Town won the Texaco Cup - he netted in the second leg of the final against rivials Norwich City. 

He went on to score 17 goals in the 1973/74 season, where he famously netted four times in the 4-0 UEFA Cup thrashing of Italian side Lazio at Portman Road. 

Whymark established a deadly partnership with David Johnson, and helped Town reach the FA Cup semi-finals in 1974/75, notching 14 goals in 55 appearances. 

Trevor Whymark, pictured alongside Laurie Sivell and Kevin Beattie after the win over Lazio. (Image: Newsquest)

He could always be relied upon to get double figures, netting 15 times in the next two seasons, including another four goals in a 7-0 win over West Brom as a new strike partnership was formed with Paul Mariner.

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The 1977/78 campaign saw him score 20 goals in 29 games, with another four goals in a game against Landskrona Bois and he was also among the scorers in the Blues 3-0 home win over Barcelona. 

Unfortunately, injury robbed him of the opportunity to play in the famous FA Cup final win over Arsenal, although he did appear at Wembley in the Charity Shield defeat to Nottingham Forest.

Trevor Whymark in action against Barcelona at Portman Road. (Image: Newsquest)

In total, he bagged 104 goals in 335 appearances for the Blues, sitting sixth on the all-time list of goalscorers.

He won a solitary senior England cap as a second half substitute against Luxembourg in a World Cup qualifier under Ron Greenwood in 1977. 

After his time at Portman Road, Whymark went on to have spells at Vancouver Whitecaps, Sparta Rotterdam, Grimsby, Derby County, Southend, Peterborough and Colchester United, before finishing his career back at Diss. 

Trevor Whymark, pictured during his testimonial match against Norwich at Portman Road in 1979. (Image: Newsquest)

He later came back to Town to work as an academy coach, before he was inducted into the Town Hall of Fame in 2012.

Last year it was revealed that Whymark was living with Alzheimer's, having been diagnosed in late 2019. 

Whymark will be remembered for being a ruthless finisher in front of goal and among the best around the air, who was an unsung hero during the successful 1970s era at Portman Road.