I remember his debut for Argyle like it was yesterday. He smashed the ball high into the net from all of a yard out and wheeled away in delight. It was a sign that he knew how to be in the right place. Mike was one of the beneficiaries of manager Ellis Stuttard giving youth its head as the pre-Christmas promotion prospects had disappeared a lot quicker than the frost and snow that dominated that winter of 1963. John Leiper, Mike Reeves, Dave Roberts, Richard Davis and Colin Buckingham had all been given a run in the side. Trebs had been scoring regularly for the reserves and came in for his debut against Southampton on Good Friday 1963 wearing the same number nine that one of the opposition had once worn. At centre forward for Saints was George Kirby who had controversially been sold by Argyle in September 1962. The crowd was 18207 (according to GoS) or 18389 according to ENFA. According to a story in the next day's Herald, whichever figure is correct both could have been better. A Mr Dawkins and his father had driven down from Hampshire for the game. When they arrived at the car park at around 2.20pm they were pleasantly surprised at how easy it was to park. As they walked to the ground Mr Dawkins senior said to his son: "I thought it would have been busier for a Bank Holiday game." Well, old chap, had you been there for the 1100 kick off you would have found it was really busy!!!! In 1964-65 Mike Trebilcock really prospered under Malcolm Allison and always played if he was fit. The following season he averaged a goal every other game but at the time he went to Everton he had been overlooked for several games. After 11 games over two and a half seasons at Goodison he moved on to Portsmouth where he played with Norman Piper, Richie Reynolds and Nicky Jennings, each of whom had also prospered under Malcolm Allison. As Johnny Newman said to me recently - "if the Argyle had kept that quartet things may have been different."