John Wile

John Wile

Infobox Football biography
playername = John Wile
fullname = John David Wile


dateofbirth = Birth date|1947|3|9|df=yes
dateofdeath =
cityofbirth = Sherburn, County Durham
countryofbirth = England
cityofdeath =
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currentclub =
position = Centre-half
youthyears =
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years = 1966–1967
1967–1970
1970–1983
1982
1983
1983–1986
clubs = Sunderland
Peterborough United
West Bromwich Albion
→ Vancouver Whitecaps (loan)
Rotherham United
Peterborough United
Career
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manageryears = 1977–1978
1983–1986
managerclubs = West Bromwich Albion (caretaker)
Peterborough United

John David Wile (born 9 March, 1947 in Sherburn, County Durham) is an English former footballer and manager.

Wile played as a central defender for Sunderland and Peterborough United, before joining West Bromwich Albion in December 1970. He spent more than 12 years at Albion, and formed a solid defensive partnership with Ally Robertson. Wile was club captain during the late 1970s and early 1980s, leading the team to two FA Cup semi-finals and a 3rd place finish in Division One. Wile was also briefly caretaker manager at Albion, taking charge following the departure of Ronnie Allen in December 1977 until the appointment of Ron Atkinson in January 1978.

His most famous moment came when he played with blood pouring from a headwound during the 1978 FA Cup semi-final against Ipswich at Highbury. After leaving Albion in June 1983, Wile returned to Peterborough as player-manager after missing out on a similar post at Bolton Wanderers a year earlier. He later returned to West Bromwich as managing director, a position he occupied from 1997 through to 2002.

In 2004 he was named as one of West Bromwich Albion's 16 greatest players, in a poll organised as part of the club's 125th anniversary celebrations. [cite news
date=2004-08-04
url=http://www.wba.premiumtv.co.uk/page/News/0,,10366~547701,00.html
title=The wraps come off 125th anniversary mural
publisher=West Bromwich Albion F.C.
accessdate=2008-05-10]

References

External links

* [http://www.wba.premiumtv.co.uk/page/Superstars/0,,10366~668841,00.html John Wile profile] on [http://www.wba.co.uk www.wba.co.uk]


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