Trevor Hockey

[Silent Blade]

Graeme Pugh ran the Rising Sun Sunday side we played them in a cup match we were mostly Blades he didn't finish the game.

His surname rhymes with Poooooo!!!!!!!!

 

[bornablade]

August 12th 1972. First League match of the season at St Andrews as we play newly promoted Birmingham City. Early in the game Bob Latchford put Birmingham ahead. Hockey was booed by Birmingham every time he touched the ball but he hit a good equaliser from outside the box that flew over the head of City's keeper Paul Cooper. Woody scored our winner in the 2nd half. I remember the headline in one of the papers in the next day "HOCKEY SHUTS UP THE BOO BOYS". The photo below is from that match and it looks like Hockey was having the last laugh at the Birmingham fans

There was a time when opposing fans would sing 'Hockey is a werewolf' - wonder if in that photo he's conducting them.

Gordon Taylor in the background?

 

[Silent Blade]

Gordon Taylor in the background?

Yes

 

[Lane Ender]

There was a time when opposing fans would sing 'Hockey is a werewolf' - wonder if in that photo he's conducting them.

Gordon Taylor in the background?

We used to sing Aye Aye Hockey

 

[Blackheath Blade]

Hmmmm.. Trevor Hockey.. came in and did a good job to seal the promotion run, burnt brightly in that memorable early season run the following year, but faded into mediocrity fairly quick.
Harris unloaded him and replaced with Keith Eddy, some would say a far better footballer and no mean ball winner too.
Hockey briefly did a great job but didn't survive long in an age where players remained at clubs far longer than today.
I never totally bought into the 'legend' bit missen.

I strongly disagree with you regarding Hockey being mediocre. He was a major influence in the team that won promotion in 1971 and during the 71/72 season until he broke his leg. He didn't seem to be quite the same player after that but nevertheless, I think your comments are a touch unfair in view of the job he did for John Harris.

Although Harris signed Keith Eddy, he had his best spell for The Blades when Ken Furphy became manager and was made captain during the 74/75 season when we just missed out on qualifying for Europe. Eddy was an elegant footballer to watch and it was incredible to witness the team falling apart when we were relegated the following season. Both great players who deserve their own unique place in the club's history.

 

[seanbeenstattoo]

His surname rhymes with Poooooo!!!!!!!!

He ran The Freemasons at Pigsbro for a few years. OK bloke. They could do with him there now. Renamed the Riverside and home to every oxygen thieving drug dealing cunt in the area. Should fucking cull the bastards.

 

[LSF]

I strongly disagree with you regarding Hockey being mediocre. He was a major influence in the team that won promotion in 1971 and during the 71/72 season until he broke his leg. He didn't seem to be quite the same player after that but nevertheless, I think your comments are a touch unfair in view of the job he did for John Harris.

Although Harris signed Keith Eddy, he had his best spell for The Blades when Ken Furphy became manager and was made captain during the 74/75 season when we just missed out on qualifying for Europe. Eddy was an elegant footballer to watch and it was incredible to witness the team falling apart when we were relegated the following season. Both great players who deserve their own unique place in the club's history.

 

[LSF]

Sorry, edit timed out...
I respect your opinion BB and can concur to a point.
However, regardless of the circumstances, Hockeys standards slipped and Harris saw fit to move him on.
His career reached its peak at united and nosedived quickly in my opinion. He did we for us in his role for a short spell but not a legend in terms of Hagan, Currie, Needham, Gillespie, Foulke etc.

 

[MALDENBLADE]

Sorry to be joining late on this one. Trevor was my dad's cousin, my second cousin. I followed him from the age of 16 when he could have played rugby league or football. His dad came up from South Wales where he was a great rugby player. With his crew cut hairstyle he started as a winger at Bradford, moving to Notts Forest and then Newcastle. Spurs wanted him he was that good. When he played for Birmingham City he invited me to the director's bar to meet the players including Barry Bridges. I watched a great match at St Andrews when he starred in a second half comeback against Wolves 3-2. The best description of Trev was tenacious. He never gave up. He really suffered after his leg break and was never quite at the races after that, but you could not stop him from trying. He tried at Norwich, he tried in Ireland, he tried coaching in the US and was still trying back at Bradford when he so sadly died. A lovely fella who never complained about all the bruises he received behind the ref's back. I miss him.