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Playing Days

Wilkinson has played for Sheffield Wednesday, Boston United and Brighton & Hove Albion. He went on to become the coach and then player-manager at Boston United before taking his first full managerial role at Notts County. Sheffield Wednesday are a football club in the English Football League. ... Boston United Football Club are an English football team currently playing in Football League Two. ... Brighton & Hove Albion F.C. are an English football team based in Brighton. ...

Notts County: Working alongside a legend

Wilkinson began his coaching career at Notts County where he was taken on and tutored by County's legendary manager Jimmy Sirrel. Notts County Football Club are a football club based in Nottingham, England and are the oldest professional football team in the world. ... Jimmy Sirrel (born February 22nd 1922) is a former football player and subsequent manager most noted for his success as manager at Notts County. ...

Sheffield Wednesday: Establishing himself at the top

From 1983 until 1988 he was the manager of Sheffield Wednesday, where he established his reputation as a manager despite never having been a successful player. His first season saw Wednesday win promotion to the First Division and they were still there when he left four years later. 1983 (MCMLXXXIII) was a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar. ... 1988 (MCMLXXXVIII) was a leap year starting on Friday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Sheffield Wednesday Football Club (often abbreviated as SWFC), nicknamed The Owls, is one of the oldest football clubs in the English Football League. ...

Leeds United: Promotion success and title glory

Wilkinson's greatest success as a manager came after moving to Wednesday's Yorkshire rivals Leeds United in 1988. He soon drilled discipline into a lacklustre squad and earned the affectionate nickname "Sergeant Wilko", a play on the old tv-show Sergeant Bilko. The team won the Second Division in 1989-90 after the signings of Gordon Strachan whom became captain, Vinnie Jones (who Wilkinson guided to a whole season with only 3 yellow cards), Mel Sterland, Chris Fairclough and Lee Chapman. Following the promotion, Wilkinson immediately offloaded Vinnie Jones and brought in Gary M^callister from Leicester City and John Lukic was brought back from Arsenal. He also helped players who had come up through the youth team, Gary Speed and David Batty, to mature to the new level of football. In Leeds' first season in the First Division leeds played very well for a newly promoted team and ended the season fourth in the league. Wilko felt further improvement was required on the squad and brought in Rod Wallace, Tony Dorigo and Steve Hodge finalising his best squad with Éric Cantona in February 1992. Leeds won the last championship of the old-style Football League First Division in 1992. He also giuded Leeds to the Charity Shield in 1992, beating Liverpool 4-3 at Wembley. However, his subsequent time at Leeds was less successful, and even though he guided the team to the League Cup final, after a poor start to the 1996-97 season including a 4-0 defeat to bitter tivals Manchester United, he was sacked. Look up Yorkshire in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. ... Leeds United Association Football Club are the only professional association football club in the city of Leeds. ... Opening Logo The Phil Silvers Show (also known as Youll Never Get Rich and Sergeant Bilko) was a comedy television series which ran on CBS from 1955 to 1959. ... 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Gary McAllister MBE (born 25 December 1964, in Motherwell) is a Scottish former professional footballer and manager. ... Leicester City Football Club, (also known as the Foxes) are an English professional football club based in the city of Leicester. ... Jovan John Lukic (born December 11, 1960) is an English former football goalkeeper. ... Arsenal Football Club (also known as Arsenal, The Arsenal or The Gunners) are an English professional football club based in north London. ... Gary Speed (born September 8, 1969 in Mancot) is a Welsh footballer, who plays in midfield. ... David Batty (born December 2, 1968 in Leeds, England) is a professional football (soccer) player who plays in a midfield position. ... Rodney (Rod) Wallace (born in Greenwich on 2 October 1969) was an English footballer who played for Southampton, Leeds, Rangers and Bolton. ... 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Spell with the F.A

Soon after leaving Leeds, Wilkinson was hired by the sport's governing body in England, the Football Association, to act as its Technical Director, overseeing coaching and other training programmes at all levels of the game. The Football Association (The FA) is the governing body of football in England (and the Crown dependencies of Jersey, Guernsey and the Isle of Man). ...

In his position as Technical Director of the FA, he managed the England team on a caretaker basis in 1999 for a friendly against France following the sacking of Glenn Hoddle. Following this he acted for a time as the permanent coach of the England Under-21 team, controversially selecting himself to replace Hoddle's choice of manager, Peter Taylor. Wilkinson was unsuccessful in this role; inheriting a team who were unbeaten and yet to concede a goal, he lost three of his six matches in charge and was replaced by David Platt ahead of the 2000-02 campaign (Taylor would, ironically, end up back in charge, two years later). He returned to the role of caretaker of the senior team in October 2000 following the departure of Hoddle's permanent successor Kevin Keegan, overseeing a 0-0 draw in a World Cup qualifying match against Finland. First International Scotland 0 - 0 England (Partick, Scotland; 30 November 1872) Largest win Ireland 0 - 13 England (Belfast, Northern Ireland; 18 February 1882) Worst defeat Hungary 7 - 1 England (Budapest, Hungary; 23 May 1954) World Cup Appearances 11 (First in 1950) Best result Winners, 1966 European Championship Appearances 7 (First... A caretaker manager is someone who takes temporary charge of team affairs of a football club. ... 1999 (MCMXCIX) was a common year starting on Friday, and was designated the International Year of Old Farts by the Sometimes-United Nations. ... Glenn Hoddle (born October 27, 1957 in Hayes, London) is a football manager and former player for Tottenham Hotspur and England. ... First International England U-21 0-0 Wales U-21 (Molineux, Wolverhampton; December 15, 1976) Largest win England U-21 8-1 Finland U-21 (Boothferry Park, Hull; October 12, 1977) Worst defeat Romania U-21 4-0 England U-21 (PloieÅŸti, Romania; October 14, 1980) & England U-21... Peter Taylor (born January 3, 1953 in Southend-on-Sea) is an English football (soccer) manager. ... David Andrew Platt (born June 10, 1966 in Chadderton, near Oldham, in Lancashire) is a former English footballer, who played in midfield. ... This article is about the year 2000. ... For album titles with the same name, see 2002 (album). ... This article is about the year 2000. ... Joseph Kevin Keegan, OBE (born February 14, 1951 in Armthorpe, Yorkshire) is a former English football coach and player, and one of its all time greatest players. ... The FIFA World Cup Trophy, which has been awarded to the world champions since 1974. ...

Sunderland: Ill-fated comeback in management

In 2002 he left the staff of the Football Association to return to club management at Sunderland with current Burnley FC manager Steve Cotterill as his assistant. However, his time there was nothing short of a catastrophe, and he was sacked before the end of the 2002-03 season as Sunderland languished at the bottom of the FA Premier League with a then league-history-worst total of 19pts. For album titles with the same name, see 2002 (album). ... Sunderland Association Football Club (Sunderland AFC or SAFC) is a professional football club, based at the Stadium of Light in Sunderland, Tyne & Wear, North-East England. ... Burnley Football Club is a professional football club based in Burnley, in north-east Lancashire, England. ... Stephen Cotterill, born July 20, 1964 is an English football manager, currently managing Burnley Football Club in the Football League Championship. ... The FA Premier League (often referred to as the Barclays Premiership in the UK and the Barclays English Premier League internationally) is a league competition for football clubs located at the top of the English football league system (above The Football League), making it Englands primary football competition. ...

Bizarrely, Wilkinson has been quoted as saying his time at Sunderland was a success - he seems to be the only one who thinks so.

Short-lived comeback in China

He briefly returned to management in March 2004 taking charge of chinese club Shanghai Shenhua but left two months later due to personal reasons. 2004 (MMIV) was a leap year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Shanghai Shenhua (上海申花) is a Chinese Super League football club. ...

Coaching at Leicester

In October 2004, he was temporarily appointed as first team coach of Leicester City. 2004 (MMIV) was a leap year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Leicester City Football Club, (also known as the Foxes) are an English professional football club based in the city of Leicester. ...

Wilkinson's distinction

To date, Wilkinson is the last English manager to have coached a team to the English league championship title. Since his win with Leeds in 1992, the four subsequent winning managers have been either Scottish, French or (most recently) Portuguese. Motto: (Latin for No one provokes me with impunity)1. ...

Back to Meadow Lane

In December 2004, Wilkinson returned to Notts County where he became a non-executive director. 2004 (MMIV) was a leap year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar. ... A non-executive director is a member of the board of directors of a company who does not form part of the executive management team. ...