Sammy Troughton

Sammy Troughton

Personal information
Full name	Samuel Edward Troughton[1]
Date of birth	(1964-03-27) 27 March 1964 (age 60)
Place of birth	Lisburn, Northern Ireland
Position(s)	Forward
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
1982–1983	Glentoran	23	(0)
1983–1984	Wolverhampton Wanderers	17	(2)
	Arcadia Shepherds
1986	Crusaders	2	(1)
	Jomo Cosmos
	Orlando Pirates
1988–1990	Mamelodi Sundowns
1992–1993	Glentoran	31	(2)
International career
	Northern Ireland Schools[2]	6
	Northern Ireland Youth[3]
Managerial career
1994	Orlando Pirates
2005–2008	University of Pretoria
2008–2009	Mpumalanga Black Aces
2010–2011	Nathi Lions
2014–2016	University of Pretoria
2016	Vasco da Gama
2017	Free State Stars
2018	Witbank Spurs
2018	TS Sporting
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Samuel Edward Troughton (born 27 March 1964 in Lisburn, Northern Ireland) is a Northern Irish former footballer who played as a forward and now a coach.

Playing career

Club

Troughton played for Glentoran^[4] and Wolverhampton Wanderers^[5] before coming to South Africa in 1985 to play for Jomo Cosmos, Mamelodi Sundowns and then Orlando Pirates. He was popularly known as "Special Branch" during his playing days in South Africa.^[6] In 1986, he briefly played for Crusaders, playing two league games in two days against Linfield and Glentoran (scoring in the latter) in December 1986.^[7]

Management career

After retiring from football, Troughton coached mainly lower league sides like Arcadia Shepherds, Pretoria University and Durban Stars. He also had a short stint as Orlando Pirates coach in 1994 and worked as an assistant coach for Free State Stars.

Troughton was retained as University of Pretoria manager for the start of the 2015–16 season.^[8] In March 2016, he took charge of Vasco da Gama for the rest of the season.^[9] On the 8 October 2018, Sammy signed a two-year deal as the head coach of Witbank Spurs,^[10] but barely two weeks after the joining the club he left for Mpumalanga rivals TS Sporting.^[11]

References

1. "Sammy Troughton". Barry Hugman's Footballers. Retrieved 17 January 2021.
2. NISFA U15 & U16 International Players
3. NIFG Northern Ireland Under-18/19 Line-Ups 1981-2001
4. Roy France (2001) Glentoran A Complete Record
5. Wolverhampton Wanderers: 1946/47 - 2007/08, Newcastle Fans.
6. Gleeson, Mark (3 July 2017). "Free State Stars announce Sammy Troughton as their new coach". Times LIVE. Archived from the original on 7 October 2024. Retrieved 7 October 2024.
7. Crusaders Official Programme Vol. 3, No. 22, 14 April 1987
8. "Sammy Troughton to stay on as AmaTuks head coach". www.goal.com/en-za/. Goal.com. 19 May 2015. Retrieved 28 September 2015.
9. www.realnet.co.uk. "Vasco da Gama appoint Sammy Troughton as coach". Kick Off. Retrieved 21 May 2018.
10. "Siyavutha Complete Signing Of New Coach". soccerladuma.co.za. 8 October 2018. Retrieved 13 February 2019.
11. "Coach Sammy Troughton trades Witbank Spurs for TS Sporting". kickoff.com. 2 November 2018. Retrieved 13 February 2019.