Raymond Colin "Butch" Wilkins MBE (14 September 1956 – 4 April 2018) was an English football player and coach.
Wilkins began his career at Chelsea , where he was appointed captain at the age of 18.[ 3] He later played for the likes of Manchester United , Milan , Queens Park Rangers , and Rangers . He won 84 caps for the England national football team from 1976 to 1986.
After his playing career ended, he worked as coach and manager with Queens Park Rangers, Fulham and Chelsea. He managed Jordan at the 2015 AFC Asian Cup and his last coaching job was as the assistant manager of Aston Villa later that year.
On 4 April 2018, Wilkins died of cardiac arrest at St George's Hospital in Tooting at the age of 61.[ 4]
Career statistics
Club
International
Appearances and goals by national team and year[ 9] [ 10] [ 11]
National team
Year
Apps
Goals
England
1976
3
0
1977
7
0
1978
8
0
1979
9
1
1980
8
1
1981
7
0
1982
12
1
1983
1
0
1984
10
0
1985
9
0
1986
10
0
Total
84
3
Scores and results list England's goal tally first, score column indicates score after each Wilkins goal.
Managerial statistics
Managerial record by team and tenure
Team
From
To
Record
Ref
P
W
D
L
Win %
Queens Park Rangers
15 November 1994
4 September 1996
80
31
13
36
0 38.75
[ 6]
Fulham
25 September 1997
7 May 1998
43
20
8
15
0 46.51
[ 6]
Chelsea (caretaker)
13 September 2000
17 September 2000
2
1
0
1
0 50.00
[ 6]
Chelsea (caretaker)
9 February 2009
14 February 2009
1
1
0
0
100.00
[ 6]
Jordan
3 September 2014
1 July 2015
15
2
2
11
0 13.33
[ 15]
Total
142
56
23
63
0 39.44
Honours
Player
Manchester United
Rangers
England
Individual
References
↑ "Ray Wilkins" . Barry Hugman's Footballers . Retrieved 22 April 2017 .
↑ Arnhold, Matthias; Mamrud, Roberto. "England – Record International Players" . Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation . Retrieved 14 February 2009 .
↑ "Lessons from Senrab's soccer school" . BBC Sport. 30 March 2004. Retrieved 4 April 2018 .
↑ "Ray Wilkins: Former England captain dies in London hospital" . BBC Sport. 4 April 2018. Retrieved 4 April 2018 .
↑ Ray Wilkins at National-Football-Teams.com
↑ 6.0 6.1 6.2 6.3 6.4 Ray Wilkins at the English National Football Archive (subscription required)
↑ "Rangers - Wilkins, Ray" . FitbaStats . Retrieved 4 November 2019 .
↑ "Hibernian - Wilkins, Ray" . FitbaStats . Retrieved 4 November 2019 .
↑ "Ray Wilkins" . Eu-Football.info. Retrieved 4 April 2018 .
↑ "We are saddened to hear about the passing of former England captain Ray Wilkins" . The FA. 4 April 2018. Retrieved 4 April 2018 .
↑ Arnhold, Matthias; Mamrud, Roberto. "England – Record International Players" . Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation . Retrieved 14 February 2009 .
↑ Austria 4 – 3 England . England Stats. Retrieved 4 April 2018.
↑ Croke, Ruaidhrí (3 May 2016). Euro Moments: Ray Wilkins produces moment of magic as English fans riot . Irish Times . Retrieved 4 April 2018.
↑ Match No. 559 – Tuesday, 23 February 1982 . England Stats. Retrieved 4 April 2018.
↑ Ray Wilkins management career statistics at Soccerbase
↑ Haigh, Phil (4 April 2018). "Watch Ray Wilkins' FA Cup final goal for Manchester United vs Brighton in 1983 was an absolute peach" . Metro. Retrieved 4 April 2018 .
↑ Butler, Cliff (4 April 2018). "United pay tribute to Ray Wilkins" . Manchester United Football Club. Retrieved 5 April 2018 .
↑ 18.0 18.1 "Ray Wilkins" . Rangers F.C. Retrieved 4 April 2018 .
↑ Stanley Rous Cup-Part 2 (1986) . Soccer Nostalgia (31 January 2017). Retrieved 4 April 2018.
↑ Dillion, John (4 April 2018). "The gentleman of football: Ray Wilkins, a much-loved hero of the game and of London, will be missed very deeply" . London Evening Standard . Retrieved 5 April 2018 .
↑ "Annual Awards" . Chelsea Football Club. Retrieved 5 April 2018 .
↑ Walters, Mike (4 April 2018). 'If there was an award for nicest man in football, Ray Wilkins would have won it' . Mirror . Retrieved 4 April 2018.