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| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Graham George Wilkins [1] | ||
| Date of birth | 28 June 1955 | ||
| Place of birth | Hillingdon, England | ||
| Position(s) | Full-back | ||
| Youth career | |||
| 1965–1972 | Chelsea | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1972–1982 | Chelsea | 137 | (1) |
| 1982–1984 | Brentford | 38 | (0) |
| 1984 | → Southend United (loan) | 3 | (0) |
| Southall | |||
| *Club domestic league appearances and goals | |||
Graham George Wilkins (born 28 June 1955) is an English retired professional football full-back who made over 130 appearances in the Football League for Chelsea. He also played league football for Brentford and Southend United.
Wilkins was born in Hillingdon. Able to play on either flank as a full-back, he began his career at Chelsea at the age of 10 and signed his first professional contract in 1972. [2] [3] He remained a bit-part player until the 1976–77 season, when he made 29 appearances to help the Blues to promotion back to the First Division. [4] [5] Wilkins remained at Stamford Bridge until July 1982, by which time he had made 151 appearances and scored one goal. [4] He dropped down to the Third Division to join West London neighbours Brentford on a free transfer, [3] but with the Bees he experienced "the worst two years of my life. I dislocated my shoulder, had seven teeth kicked out, ruptured my cruciate ligaments and that was it". [2] Wilkins' final appearances as a professional came late in the 1983–84 season, on loan at Third Division club Southend United. [3]
Wilkins was the son of footballer George Wilkins and the eldest of four Hillingdon-born brothers who played professional football. [6] He later worked at Heathrow Airport. [6]
| Club | Season | League | FA Cup | League Cup | Other | Total | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
| Chelsea | 1972–73 [4] | First Division | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 1 | 0 | |
| 1973–74 [4] | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 5 | 0 | |||
| 1974–75 [4] | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | 2 | 0 | |||
| 1975–76 [4] | Second Division | 13 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 13 | 0 | ||
| 1976–77 [4] | 26 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | — | 29 | 0 | |||
| 1977–78 [4] | First Division | 21 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 24 | 0 | ||
| 1978–79 [4] | 28 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 29 | 1 | |||
| 1979–80 [4] | Second Division | 18 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | 19 | 0 | ||
| 1980–81 [4] | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | — | 16 | 0 | |||
| 1981–82 [4] | 11 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | 13 | 0 | |||
| Total | 137 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 8 | 0 | — | 151 | 1 | |||
| Brentford | 1982–83 [7] | Third Division | 25 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 [lower-alpha 1] | 0 | 29 | 0 |
| 1983–84 [7] | 13 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | 15 | 0 | |||
| Total | 38 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 47 | 0 | ||
| Southend United (loan) | 1983–84 [8] | Third Division | 3 | 0 | — | — | 1 [lower-alpha 2] | 0 | 4 | 0 | ||
| Career total | 178 | 1 | 9 | 0 | 11 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 202 | 1 | ||
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