After signing as an Associate Schoolboy whilst at Berwick High School, Steven joined the Clarets as an apprentice in the summer of 1980. It was soon apparent that he was a special kind of talent and he made his debut in the Third Division as a substitute in April 1981.

He made his full debut in a defeat against Bristol Rovers in September 1981 and his performance that day ensured he kept his place in the team from then on.

After the faltering start to that season, the Clarets soon turned it around and the transformation from a side in the bottom six to a championship side in the making was due in no small measure to the impact made in midfield by Steven.

He earned rave reviews in game after game and the mature football brain in one so young soon had the bigger clubs tracking his progress.

His first goal in League football came in a 1-1 draw with Reading in November 1981, scoring with a 30 yard rocket.

At the age of only 18, he was selected for the England Youth team for a European tournament and won his first international honour in a 2-2 draw with Scotland in 1982.

After helping the Clarets to the Third Division Championship in the 1981/82 season, the disappointment of an instant relegation in the 1982/83 season was too much and within a week of the arrival of John Bond at Turf Moor, Steven was sold to Everton for a fee of £325,000.

Steven joined an Everton side that had been in the shadows of Liverpool for far too long, but were on the verge of enjoying one of the most successful periods in their history.

He wasn't a regular in his first season at Goodison Park, but he still picked up an FA Cup winners' medal, as Watford were defeated at Wembley in May 1984.

The following year, Everton lifted the League title, with the skills and creativity of Trevor Steven complementing the aggressive and tigerish style of Peter Reid in the midfield.

The Toffees also won the European Cup Winners Cup, beating Rapid Vienna by 3-1 in the Rotterdam final. Steven scored in the game, as he had done in the semi-final against Bayern Munich.

He also won his first full cap for England during this period, playing against Northern Ireland in a World Cup qualifying game in Belfast in 1985.

He then went to the World Cup in Mexico in 1986, where he played regularly in the competition. He went on to win 36 full caps for England.

After more success with Everton, Steven took on a new challenge, by moving north of the border to Glasgow Rangers, who paid £1.5 million for him.

He went on to win the Scottish Premier League in 1990 and 1991 and the Scottish League Cup in 1991 at Ibrox, before the football world was shocked by a sudden £5.5 million switch to French giants Marseille.

He spent one season at the Stade Velodrome, winning the French Championship, before returning to Rangers for £2.4 million.

He won more Scottish championships in 1993 and 1994, along with the League Cup again in the same years.

Rangers also won the title in 1995 and 1996, but Trevor wasn't a regular by this stage and his glittering career ended.