Darron Wilkinson (English footballer)

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Darron Wilkinson
Personal information
Full name Darron Bromley Wilkinson [1]
Date of birth (1969-11-24) 24 November 1969 (age 53) [1]
Place of birth Reading, [1] England
Height 5 ft 11 in (1.80 m) [2]
Position(s) Midfielder
Youth career
Wokingham Town
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
198?–1992 Wokingham Town
1992–1994 Brighton & Hove Albion 38 (3)
1994–1995 Kui Tan
1995–1999 Hayes [lower-alpha 1] 115 (4)
1999–2000 Woking 35 (?)
2000–2007 Slough Town 205 (2)
Managerial career
2007 Slough Town
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Darron Bromley Wilkinson (born 24 November 1969) is an English former professional footballer who played as a midfielder in the Football League for Brighton & Hove Albion. [1]

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Life and career

Wilkinson was born in 1969 in Reading, Berkshire, [1] and began his football career with Wokingham Town as a 13-year-old. He signed for Brighton & Hove Albion in 1992, and made 48 appearances in all competitions before being released two years later. After a season with Hong Kong First Division League club Kui Tan, [2] he returned to England and joined Hayes, helping them win the 1995–96 Isthmian League title and with it promotion to the Conference. He made 203 appearances for the club, of which 115 were in the Conference, and captained the team in 1998–99, before moving on to another Conference club, Woking. [3] [4] He made 35 Conference appearances [4] before joining Slough Town, where he was a regular in the team for seven seasons, including a year as player-coach and ten months as player-manager. [5]

He continued his coaching career with clubs including Hayes & Yeading United's reserves, Beaconsfield SYCOB, [6] Wokingham & Emmbrook, [7] and Harrow Borough. [6] Outside football, he works as a scaffolder. [6] [8]

Notes

  1. ↑ Infobox statistics cover Conference matches only.

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References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 "Darron Wilkinson". Barry Hugman's Footballers. Retrieved 21 September 2018.
  2. 1 2 Carder, Tim; Harris, Roger (1997). Albion A–Z: A Who's Who of Brighton & Hove Albion F.C. Hove: Goldstone Books. p. 260. ISBN   978-0-9521337-1-1.
  3. ↑ "Whiskey–Wilkinson". A–Z of Hayes FC. Hayes & Yeading United F.C. Retrieved 21 September 2018.
  4. 1 2 Harman, John, ed. (2005). Alliance to Conference 1979–2004: The first 25 years. Tony Williams. pp. 325, 327, 757. ISBN   978-1-869833-52-7.
  5. ↑ "Darron Wilkinson". Slough Town F.C. Retrieved 21 September 2018.
  6. 1 2 3 "Darron Wilkinson joins the management team". Harrow Borough F.C. May 2012. Retrieved 21 September 2018.
  7. ↑ "Wokingham & Emmbrook FC 3 Kidlington FC 0". GetReading. 5 September 2011. Retrieved 21 September 2018.
  8. ↑ Harling, Nicholas (11 November 2004). "Slough veteran's 'parting' shot". The Daily Telegraph. London. Retrieved 21 September 2018.


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