[5] In the 1981–82 season Trusson missed only two of United's 46 league games and scored 11 goals to help the club gain promotion back to the Third Division at the first attempt.
In December 1983 he joined near-neighbours Rotherham United, where he spent four years and made nearly 150 appearances.
In 1987, he moved to yet another Third Division club, Brighton & Hove Albion, and once again helped the team gain promotion.
In 1989, he stepped down to the Fourth Division to join Gillingham, and rounded off his league career with three injury-blighted seasons at the Kent-based club before moving to Hong Kong to play for Sing Tao.
[3] On his return to England he signed for AFC Bournemouth, where former Gillingham teammate Tony Pulis was manager, but never played a match for the club.