Trevor Birch
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| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Date of birth | 16 February 1958 | ||
| Place of birth | Liverpool, England | ||
| Position | Midfielder | ||
| Youth career | |||
| 1974–1979 | Liverpool | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1979–1980 | Shrewsbury Town | 25 | (4) |
| 1980–1981 | Chester | 31 | (0) |
| 1981–1982 | Marine | ||
| 1982–1983 | Runcorn | 31 | (2) |
| 1987–1988 | Northwich Victoria | 6 | (0) |
| * Club domestic league appearances and goals | |||
Trevor Birch (born 16 February 1958) is an English chartered accountant, football executive, and former professional footballer. He is chief executive of the English Football League. Birch has been an executive at several clubs, including Tottenham Hotspur, Swansea City, Chelsea, Leeds United, Everton, Derby County, and Sheffield United. Birch has worked at Ernst & Young, BDO International, and Duff & Phelps.
Birch started out as an apprentice footballer aged 16 when he joined Liverpool in 1974. He left to join Shrewsbury Town in 1979 for a then club record fee of £50,000. He also had a brief spell at Chester after which he retired from playing professionally. He then enrolled at Liverpool Polytechnic aged 24 and gained a first class degree in Accountancy before qualifying as a chartered accountant with Ernst & Young. He also continued to play semi-professionally with clubs including Marine,[1] Runcorn,[2] and Northwich Victoria.[3]