Signed from: youth team
Debut: 1-1 draw vs Cambridge United (League Cup time), October 9th 1992
League Record: None – his debut was his only game
Sold to: Stockport County (free transfer), summer of 1993
First player who I could find no picture of online. Enigma!
Wilkinson got his single run-out due to Peter Schmeichel being out of the country playing for Denmark and usual back-ups Jim Leighton and Gary Walsh being crocked. So, fourth choice keeper, then. No matter, United drew 1-1 and went through to the next round having won the first leg 3-0. With Schmeichel very rarely injured, the re-signing to the experienced Les Sealey and Walsh still around, he was never likely to get anywhere near the first eleven again.
Released on a free, he eventually wound up at Crewe where he played a handful of games in their 1994 promotion to the third tier before injury forced early retirement from the game. Wiki sez he went into academia, eventually graduating as a Doctor of Physiotherapy, but given it also adds he plays Crown Green Bowls (!) at county level, I’m a tad sceptical. If it’s true, though - kudos to him!
Must surely be the most obscure player here.
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