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Trevor is quite rightly proud of never, ever, swearing, and at a recent charity
get together he said "I never swear me. The closest I've ever been was when my
missus lost one of me episodes of Mash. But I managed to hold my tongue".
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| 2 |
At a recent charity do 'Sir Trev' told fellow party-goers of his love for
fruit machines, saying "Yes, it's true, I love a good half hour on a frootie".
But he hates quiz machines.
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| 3 |
Due to Trevor's humble up-bringing it was years before he could afford proper
football boots. In fact, if you look closely at footage of the 1980 FA Cup Final
you can clearly see 'Trevski' tottering about on an old pair of his mothers high
heels, painted black for effect and with false laces stuck on with Araldite.
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| 4 |
'Owd Trevo' once tried to branch out into acting by auditioning for the part of
Don Logan in Sexy Beast alongside Ray Winstone and Andy Peters, but missed out
as he couldn't bring himself to swear.
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| 5 |
At a not so long ago charity bash 'the Trevmeister' told of his love of
caravanning. He
said "I love it. You can go anywhere in Britain and just park up in any old
lay by and then cook some bacon."
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| 6 |
'Brooko' was famous for his jokes at West Ham. One incident involved him, Alan
Devonshire's kit bag, Phil Parkes' gloves and a small piece of sick. When
questioned about it during a recent fund raiser Trev said with a grin
"It wasn't me Guv - it was that Geoff Pike".
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| 7 |
He's famous for not being able to pronounce "Birmynum" properly, although
he recently admitted at a church roof appeal that it was because he actually
thought that's what it was called.
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| 8 |
During his days as a pundit Brooking would have audiences roaring with laughter with his catchphrase
'nevergotminnywivmeead' whenever they showed his winning cup final goal for West Ham in 1980.
'Nevergotminnywivmeead', which roughly translated meant that he scored few headed goals, was
deliciously ironic as Brooking was a prodigious header of the ball in training. Strangely, he
couldn't translate this into his league form, which might be explained by his fear of going over on his ankle
after landing in his mother's high heels.
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| 9 |
Contrary to popular belief 'Trev boy' hasn't appeared on Match of the Day as a
pundit since 1987, largely because of his flatulence. Alan Hansen once said of
him "Yes, it's true. Sittin' next to Trevor was like sittin' next to a
dead dog..."
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| 10 |
There is no truth whatsoever in the rumour that Trevor was a founder member
of the Bonzo Dog Doo Dah band.
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Fancy That ! 10 Surprising facts about Sir Trevor Brooking 
