Trevor Birch was born on 16 February 1958 and is an English chartered accountant, football executive, and former professional footballer.
15 Facts About Trevor Birch
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Trevor Birch is chief executive of the English Football League.
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Trevor Birch started out as an apprentice footballer aged 16 when he joined Liverpool in 1974.
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Trevor Birch had a brief spell at Chester after which he retired from playing professionally.
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Trevor Birch continued to play semi-professionally with clubs including Marine, Runcorn, and Northwich Victoria.
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Trevor Birch then moved to Everton in June 2004 to become chief executive.
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Trevor Birch was given the task of overhauling the Merseyside club's finances, but resigned after a disagreement over strategy with the board and major shareholders.
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Since then Trevor Birch has been a partner at Deloitte, and held chief executive roles at Derby County and Sheffield United.
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Trevor Birch was Chief Operating Officer of Sportfive, the largest football rights agency in Europe, until 2009.
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Trevor Birch returned to the accountancy profession in 2011 and undertook the role of administrator at financially troubled Portsmouth.
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Under his stewardship the club was sold to the Pompey Supporters' Trust, with Trevor Birch performing a similar feat as administrator at Heart of Midlothian in 2013.
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Trevor Birch subsequently undertook an advisory role to the Board at Bolton Wanderers in late 2015 which finished in March 2016 on the sale of the club.
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Trevor Birch became chairman of Swansea City on 18 March 2019.
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Trevor Birch became Director of Football at Tottenham on 1 September 2020.
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Trevor Birch left to join the English Football League as chief executive in January 2021.