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Kevin James Wilson (born 18 April 1961) is an England-born Northern Irish former professional footballer who played as a striker. His last job was at Nuneaton Town, where he worked as manager.[3]
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Kevin James Wilson[1] | ||
| Date of birth | 18 April 1961[1] | ||
| Place of birth | Banbury,[1] England | ||
| Height | 5 ft 7 in (1.70 m)[2] | ||
| Position(s) | Striker | ||
| Youth career | |||
| Banbury United | |||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1979–1985 | Derby County | 124 | (30) |
| 1985–1987 | Ipswich Town | 98 | (34) |
| 1987–1992 | Chelsea | 152 | (42) |
| 1992–1994 | Notts County | 69 | (3) |
| 1994 | → Bradford City (loan) | 5 | (0) |
| 1994–1997 | Walsall | 125 | (38) |
| 1997–2001 | Northampton Town | 31 | (2) |
| Total | 604 | (149) | |
| National team | |||
| 1987–1995 | Northern Ireland | 42 | (6) |
| Teams managed | |||
| 1999–2001 | Northampton Town | ||
| 2002–2003 | Bedford Town | ||
| 2003 | Aylesbury United | ||
| 2003–2005 | Kettering Town | ||
| 2005–2006 | Kettering Town | ||
| 2006–2007 | Hucknall Town | ||
| 2007–2008 | Corby Town | ||
| 2009–2010 | Ilkeston Town | ||
| 2010–2015 | Ilkeston | ||
| 2015–2016 | Nuneaton Town | ||
| *Club domestic league appearances and goals | |||
Biography
Born in Banbury, Wilson started his career at Southern League club Banbury United, before signing for Derby County in 1979 for £20,000, which remains the record transfer fee received by Banbury.[4] After Derby he played for Ipswich, Chelsea, Notts County, Bradford City, Walsall, and Northampton Town. At international level, Wilson played for Northern Ireland 42 times, scoring six goals.[5] He is a former manager of Northampton Town, Bedford Town, Kettering Town and Hucknall Town. He was the manager of Corby Town until January 2008.
On 1 June 2009 he was appointed manager of Conference North side Ilkeston Town.
In May 2015 Wilson left Ilkeston to become manager of Nuneaton Town, following their relegation from the Conference Premier. In 2014–15 he had led Ilkeston to the Northern Premier League play-off final, where they lost to Curzon Ashton.[6]
Honours
Walsall
- Football League Third Division runner-up: 1994–95
References
- "Kevin Wilson". Barry Hugman's Footballers. Retrieved 13 April 2020.
- Dunk, Peter, ed. (1987). Rothmans Football Yearbook 1987–88. London: Queen Anne Press. p. 202. ISBN 978-0-356-14354-5.
- Manager change at Boro; Archived 29 November 2016 at the Wayback Machine‚ nuneatontownfc.com, November 2016
- Mike Williams & Tony Williams (2012) Non-League Club Directory 2013, p446 ISBN 978-1-869833-77-0
- Kevin Wilson at National-Football-Teams.com
- "Kevin Wilson: Ex-Chelsea striker appointed as Nuneaton manager". BBC. 5 May 2015. Retrieved 12 August 2016.
External links
- Kevin Wilson at Soccerbase
- Kevin Wilson management career statistics at Soccerbase
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