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Joe Wilson
Personal information
Full name Joseph William Wilson[1]
Date of birth (1911-09-29)29 September 1911
Place of birth Butsfield, England
Date of death 3 April 1996(1996-04-03) (aged 84)[1]
Place of death Consett, England
Position(s) Right back
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
0000–1926 Tow Law Town
1926– Crook Town
0000–1927 Annfield Plain
1927 Stanley United
1927–1930 Newcastle United 1 (0)
1930–1935 Southend United 164 (4)
1935–1939 Brentford 60 (0)
1939 Reading 0 (0)
1946–1947 Barnsley 20 (0)
1947–1950 Blyth Spartans
Managerial career
1948–1950 Blyth Spartans (player-manager)
Consett
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Joseph William Wilson (29 September 1911 – 3 April 1996) was an English professional footballer who played in the Football League for Southend United, Brentford and Barnsley as a right back. He later managed non-league clubs Blyth Spartans and Consett.

Career

Early years in non-league football

A right back, Wilson spent his early career moving around Northern and North Eastern League clubs Tow Law Town, Crook Town, Annfield Plain and Stanley United.[2][3] He departed the latter club in December 1927.[4]

Football League (1927–1947)

Wilson signed for First Division club Newcastle United for a £50 fee in December 1927.[4] He had to wait until 7 December 1929 for his professional debut, which came in a 2–2 draw with Aston Villa at St James' Park.[5] Wilson departed the club in July 1930 and transferred to Third Division South club Southend United for a £500 fee.[6] He remained at Roots Hall for five seasons and made 175 appearances, scoring four goals.[6] Wilson signed for newly promoted First Division club Brentford in June 1935 and made 23 appearances during the 1935–36 season.[4][7] He gradually fell out of the first team picture over the following three seasons and departed Griffin Park in August 1939.[4][7] He made 65 appearances and scored one goal in four years with the Bees.[7]

Wilson transferred Third Division South club Reading in August 1939, but his career was brought to a halt after just three appearances by the outbreak of the Second World War the following month.[4] In May 1946, after the war, Wilson signed for Second Division club Barnsley and made 20 appearances during the 1946–47 season.[1]

Return to non-league football

Wilson ended his playing career with North Eastern League club Blyth Spartans and after initially serving as player-coach, he player-managed the club between 1948 and 1950.[4][8] He later managed North Eastern League club Consett.[4]

Personal life

Wilson's son Carl also became a professional footballer and played for Newcastle United, Gateshead, Doncaster Rovers, Millwall and Sparta Rotterdam.[4]

Career statistics

Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League FA Cup Other Total
Division Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Southend United Total 164 4 8 0 3 0 175 4
Newcastle United 1930–31[5] First Division 1 0 0 0 — 1 0
Brentford 1935–36[7] First Division 22 0 1 0 — 23 0
1936–37[7] 13 0 2 0 — 15 0
1937–38[7] 15 0 2 1 — 17 1
1938–39[7] 10 0 0 0 — 10 0
Total 60 0 5 1 — 65 1
Career total 225 4 13 1 3 0 254 5

References

  1. ^ a b c "Joe Wilson". Barry Hugman's Footballers. Retrieved 20 October 2015.
  2. ^ Joyce, Michael. Football League Players' Records 1888 to 1939 (Third edition, with revisions ed.). Toton, Nottingham. p. 316. ISBN 9781905891610. OCLC 841581272.
  3. ^ "Wilson Joe Southend United 1931". Vintage Footballers. Retrieved 8 August 2020.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  4. ^ a b c d e f g h Haynes, Graham; Coumbe, Frank (2006). Timeless Bees: Brentford F.C. Who's Who 1920–2006. Harefield: Yore Publications. p. 170. ISBN 978-0955294914.
  5. ^ a b "Joe Wilson". 11v11.com. Retrieved 19 December 2014.
  6. ^ a b "SUFCdb – Player Profile". Retrieved 19 December 2014.
  7. ^ a b c d e f g White, Eric, ed. (1989). 100 Years Of Brentford. Brentford FC. pp. 373–375. ISBN 0951526200.
  8. ^ "The managerial history of Blyth Spartans AFC". Blyth Spartans AFC – making history since 1899. 2 January 2015. Retrieved 14 July 2020.
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