Barry Wilson (footballer)
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| Barry Wilson | ||
| Personal information | ||
|---|---|---|
| Full name | Barry John Wilson | |
| Date of birth | 16 February 1972 | |
| Place of birth | Kirkcaldy, Scotland | |
| Height | 5 ft 11 in (1.80 m) | |
| Playing position | Midfielder | |
| Club information | ||
| Current club | Queen of the South | |
| Senior career1 | ||
| Years | Club | App (Gls)* |
| 1992 1992–1994 1994–1996 1996–2000 2000–2003 2003–2008 2008 2008– |
Southampton Ross County Raith Rovers Inverness CT Livingston Inverness CT → St. Johnstone (loan) Queen of the South |
0 (0) 3 (1) 39 (5) 83 (28) 101 (25) 170 (32) 6 (1) 15 (4) |
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1 Senior club appearances and goals |
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Barry John Wilson (born 16 February 1972 in Kirkcaldy) is a Scottish football player, currently playing for Queen of the South.
Wilson began his career in the Highland League at Ross County, where his father, Bobby Wilson, was manager. After a spell at Southampton, he returned to Ross County before moving to Raith Rovers in 1994. He was a member of the Raith squad that played in the UEFA Cup in 1994–95. In July 1996 Wilson signed for Inverness Caledonian Thistle and helped them to the Scottish Third Division title in 1996–97. In the following few seasons Wilson established himself as a firm favourite of the Caley Thistle fans, with his extraordinarily quick runs down the right wing and his ability to both create and score goals.
During season 1999–00, Caley Thistle's then-manager Steve Paterson decided to move Wilson up front as a striker, which proved an extremely successful tactic, with Wilson scoring a number of goals that season. In the summer of 2000, Wilson was sold to Livingston, with whom he won the Scottish First Division title and was promoted to the SPL.
After three years at Livingston, Wilson returned to Caley Thistle in August 2003, under the management of John Robertson. Since then he has once again proved a valuable asset to the team.
Wilson holds Scottish First Division winner's medals, won with Caley Thistle, Livingston and Raith Rovers, a Scottish Third Division winner's medal, won with Caley Thistle and a Challenge Cup winner's medal, also won with Caley Thistle. His most historic achievement was in scoring the last senior British goal of the old millennium (against Clydebank, 27 December 1999) and the first of the new millennium (against Livingston, 3 January 2000).[citation needed] He is also famous for scoring the opening goal when Caley Thistle beat Celtic 3-1 at Parkhead in the Scottish Cup on 8 February 2000.
Wilson joined St. Johnstone on a one-month emergency loan in March 2008.[1]
He returned to Caley Thistle after his loan spell with St Johnstone in order to win himself a new contract and went on to produce some outstanding performances in the closing games. This resulted in Craig Brewster awarding Wilson with a new 6 month contract.
In December 2008, it was announced that Caley Thistle would not be offering Wilson a new contract and thus he would be free to move on when his current contract expired.
Wilson joined Queen of the South on 30 December 2008, after being released a month early from his Inverness contract[2] He made his debut on 3 January 2009 in a Scottish Football League First Division match away to Morton.[3]
[edit] References
- ^ "Two more faces added" - St. Johnstone's official website
- ^ "Wilson and Robinson join Queens". BBC Sport. 2008-12-23. http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/football/teams/i/inverness_ct/7803601.stm. Retrieved on 2008-12-23.
- ^ "Morton v QoS". Queen of the South. 3 January 2009. http://www.qosfc.com/ClubNews/ViewFullStory/tabid/151/selectmoduleid/498/ArticleID/367/reftab/36/Default.aspx. Retrieved on 3 January 2009.
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