Andrew Wilson (football left-back)
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Position(s) | Left back | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1895–1896 | Strathclyde | ||
| 1896–1897 | Sunderland | 2 | (0) |
| 1897–1905 | Partick Thistle | 123 | (0) |
| 1904–1905 | → Alloa Athletic (loan) | ||
| 1905–1906 | Alloa Athletic | ||
| *Club domestic league appearances and goals | |||
Andrew Wilson was a Scottish professional footballer who played as a left back for Sunderland[1] and Partick Thistle.[2][a]
He spent seven full seasons at Partick after joining the club in 1897,[4] winning the 1899–1900 Scottish Division Two title (the team was relegated, but gained promotion again in 1902) and forming a defensive partnership with Robert Campbell for much of that time. Although he had reached the end of his time with the club and had already been out on loan to Alloa Athletic (who would soon sign him on a permanent basis), at the end of his eighth campaign on the books at Thistle in May 1905 he was granted a benefit match against Celtic.[5][6]
References
[edit]- ^ Some sources state that he played for Motherwell,[3] but this was a different man of the same name who played as a forward.[2]
- ^ Dykes, Garth; Lamming, Doug (2000). All the Lads: A Complete Who's Who of Sunderland AFC. Great Britain. ISBN 9781899538157.
{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link) - ^ a b John Litster (October 2012). "A Record of pre-war Scottish League Players". Scottish Football Historian magazine.
{{cite journal}}: Cite journal requires|journal=(help) - ^ Andrew Wilson, MotherWELLnet
- ^ 1897-98, Partick Thistle - The Early Years
- ^ 1904-05, Partick Thistle - The Early Years
- ^ Partick Thistle v. Celtic., Evening Times, 9 May 1905, via Partick Thistle History Archive