United City Football picks Trevor Morgan as head coach

 

Trevor Morgan (Photo from Bhutan Football Twitter) 

The United City Football Club on Friday continued its build-up as a competitive side, naming Trevor Morgan as its inaugural head coach.

In making the announcement, co-founder Eric Gottschalk shares, "His exposure to various leagues: From the English Football League, the English Premiere League, the Indian Super League, Singapore S-League, Western Australian State League, Malaysia Super Liga, to name a few, has prepared him very well for his new role as the Head Coach of United City Football Club (UCFC), which suits very well the ambition that this club has.  We are excited and proud to have him on board, especially since the season is about to start. Trevor will bring the necessary experience onto the pitch to immediately get the team as best as possible competition ready, which considering the long COVID break is a key task in itself.  We have high ambitions for the local league and the AFC Cup and we believe, Trevor is the right coach especially since he is no stranger to Asian football."

Morgan will be coming in from a stint with the Bhutan national men's football team, and is rich in experience facing off against regional opposition, having had stints in places like Singapore and India.

A former footballer, he made over four hundred appearances for a variety of clubs in the English football pyramid, scoring over two hundred goals from 1980-94. In between, he also played in Australia, Ireland, and Hong Kong.

Afterwards, he then moved towards coaching and management, helping Sorrento Soccer Club achieve initial success in Western Australia to end the 20th century. Moving to Singapore, he then led Sengkang Punggol FC (now called Hougang United) to a runner-up finish in the Singtel League Cup in 2007.

A stint as an assistant in Hull City FC followed, becoming the first Australian coach in the English Premier League.

He is best known this decade for his stint as the manager of East Bengal, having won a total of eight trophies across three seasons in the Indian Super League, as well as taking them to the quarterfinals of the AFC Cup in 2013.

Morgan says about his appointment to UCFC, "I cannot wait to get onto the training field with the players and look forward to working with a group of high-quality players and staff. I have been given a wonderful opportunity to help take an already very successful team to the next level, and I will give everything I have to help improve our team and to further establish Philippine Football as a force to be reckoned within Asia."