Trevor Whymark

Ipswich Town

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…

Whymark was first picked for the England Under-23 team to play in a match against Netherlands on 2 January 1973, with Whymark scoring a goal in a 3–1 victory played at Highbury. He featured in six Under-23 games up to June that season, scoring against Scotland in a 2–1 away victory at Rugby Park, Kilmarnock, and against Denmark in a 1–1 draw. After that, he featured in one more game on 19 January 1974, in which England beat Portugal 3–2 in the Benfica Stadium. Whymark played a single game for England national team against Luxembourg in 1977.

After retiring from the professional game, Whymark spent a year as player-manager with Diss Town. In 1999–2000, he became coach of Norwich City's under-13 side, and he then returned to Ipswich Town to perform a similar role with their under-12 side. On 21 April 2023, Whymark's family announced he had been diagnosed with Alzheimer's disease. He died on 31 October 2024, at the age of 74.

Ipswich Town

Texaco Cup: 1973 Charity Shield runner-up: 1978 FA Cup: 1978 (did not play - injured) Vancouver Whitecaps

NASL 1979 Individual

Ipswich Town Hall of Fame: inducted 2012