Charlie Wright

For other people named Charles Wright, see Charles Wright (disambiguation).

Charlie Wright

Personal information
Full name	Charles George Wright
Date of birth	(1938-12-11) 11 December 1938
Place of birth	Glasgow, Scotland
Position(s)	Goalkeeper
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
	East Kilbride YMCA	?	(?)
	Glentyne Thistle	?	(?)
1957–1958	Rangers	0	(0)
1958–1963	Workington	123	(0)
1963–1966	Grimsby Town	129	(0)
1966–1971	Charlton Athletic	195	(0)
1971–1973	Bolton Wanderers	88	(0)
International career
1960	Hong Kong	1	(0)
Managerial career
1977–1980	York City
1985	Bolton Wanderers
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Charles George Wright (born 11 December 1938) is a former professional footballer and manager. Born in Scotland, he represented Hong Kong internationally. He gained the name "wonder boy" after a great trial game for Morton against Queens Park (B Division 1955/56). He continued with his juvenile team Glentyan Thistle, playing in the Lord Weir Cup Final at Cathkin Park in June 1956. He was signed by junior team Glencairn Thistle to serve an apprenticeship before moving to Rangers. https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=2mus-XyGPC0C&dat=19560623&printsec=frontpage&hl=en (Evening Times, 23 June 1956)

Wright was caretaker manager and then manager of Bolton Wanderers in the 1984–85 season. His first game as full-time manager was a 2–0 win against Plymouth Argyle. However the good times did not last long and Wright was quickly replaced by ex-Liverpool and England defender Phil Neal.

Managerial statistics

Team	Nat	From	To	Record
				G	W	L	D	Win %
York City		1 November 1977	18 March 1980	114	36	50	28	31.57
Bolton Wanderers		7 February 1985	6 December 1985	44	11	25	8	25.00

External links

• Bolton Wanderers – profile
• Charlie Wright management career statistics at Soccerbase
• goalkeepersaredifferent.com – Wright playing for Hong Kong on national service.