| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | John Wilkie[1] | ||
| Date of birth | 1876 | ||
| Place of birth | Govan, Scotland[1] | ||
| Position(s) | Inside Forward | ||
| Youth career | |||
| Summertown Athletic[2] | |||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1894–1895 | Partick Thistle | 21 | (9) |
| 1895–1898 | Blackburn Rovers | 75 | (17) |
| 1898–1902 | Rangers | 28 | (11) |
| 1900–1901 | → Middlesbrough (loan) | 28 | (8) |
| 1903–1905 | Partick Thistle | 31 | (11) |
| 1905–1906 | Hibernian | 7 | (2) |
| 1906 | → Ayr Parkhouse (loan) | ||
| Total | 190 | (58) | |
| *Club domestic league appearances and goals | |||
John Wilkie was a Scottish footballer who played in the Football League for Blackburn Rovers and Middlesbrough.[3]
He began his career with Partick Thistle, and returned to the club eight years later for a second spell.[2][4] He played alongside former Jags left-wing teammate John Campbell at Blackburn and Rangers,[5] and would do so again briefly at Hibernian.[6]
At Rangers, he had a minor role in the club's perfect season of 1898–99 (18 league wins from 18 matches) and played more often as they retained the SFL title in 1899–1900, and in a third championship season in 1901–02. He also claimed Glasgow Cup medals in the latter two seasons.[5]
Wilkie was selected for the Home Scots v Anglo-Scots international trial match in 1898 while with Blackburn,[7] and again in 1904 while with Partick,[8] but this did not lead to a cap for Scotland on either occasion.
References
- 1 2 Jack Wilkie at the English National Football Archive (subscription required)
- 1 2 John Wilkie 1894 – 1905, Partick Thistle - The Early Years
- ↑ Joyce, Michael (2004). Football League Players' Records 1888 to 1939. SoccerData. ISBN 1-899468-67-6.
- ↑ John Litster (October 2012). "A Record of pre-war Scottish League Players". Scottish Football Historian magazine.
{{cite journal}}: Cite journal requires|journal=(help) - 1 2 (Rangers player) Wilkie, James [sic], FitbaStats
- ↑ (Hibernian player) Wilkie, John, FitbaStats
- ↑ Football. | Anglo-Scots v. Scottish Eleven. The Scotsman, 24 March 1897, scan via London Hearts Supporters Club
- ↑ Trial Match At Meadowside | An Even Draw. The Scottish Referee, 25 March 1904, scan via London Hearts Supporters Club