Chelsea FC Profile: Ray Wilkins

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Full Name: Raymond Colin Wilkins MBE

Nickname(s): Butch

Born: Friday, 14th September 1956
Place of birth: Hillingdon, England
Height: 5' 7"
Died: Wednesday, 4th April 2018 (aged 61)
Place of death: Tooting, London, England
Burial: Cremated - 18/04/2018 at Randalls Park Crematorium.

Involvement with Chelsea:

Player from 1972 to 1979
Coach from 1999 to 2000
Assistant Manager from 1999 to 1999
Assistant Manager from 2008 to 2009
Manager from 2009 to 2009
Assistant Manager from 2009 to 2010

Playing Career:

Chelsea (Jul 1972 to Aug 1979) - From Chelsea Juniors
Manchester United
A.C. Milan
Paris Saint Germain
Rangers
Queens Park Rangers
Crystal Palace
Queens Park Rangers
Wycombe Wanderers
Hibernian
Millwall
Leyton Orient

Chelsea First-Team Career Summary

Debut: Friday, 26th October 1973, Chelsea 3 - 0 Norwich City (Sub)

Age on debut: 17 years 1 months 12 days

100th Appearance: Saturday, 11th December 1976, Chelsea 3 - 3 Wolverhampton Wanderers

Last Appearance: Saturday, 5th May 1979, Chelsea 2 - 3 Ipswich Town

Appearances Season League F.A. Cup Lg Cup Europe Oth* Ttl 1973 / 74 6 (2) 1 (1) 0 0 0 7 (3) 1974 / 75 21 (1) 2 1 (1) 0 0 24 (2) 1975 / 76 42 4 1 0 0 47 1976 / 77 42 2 3 0 0 47 1977 / 78 33 3 1 0 0 37 1978 / 79 35 0 1 0 0 36 Total 179 (3) 12 (1) 7 (1) 0 0 198 (5)

Goals Season League F.A. Cup Lg Cup Europe Oth* Ttl 1974 / 75 2 0 0 0 0 2 1975 / 76 11 1 0 0 0 12 1976 / 77 7 0 2 0 0 9 1977 / 78 6 1 0 0 0 7 1978 / 79 3 0 0 0 0 3 Total 29 2 2 0 0 33

* oth = other competitive matches such as Full Members Cup, Charity/Community Shield, Fifa World Club Cup.
Figures in ( ) are substitute appearances and are also included in the totals.
i.e. Ray Wilkins made 198 appearances for Chelsea, of which 5 were as a substitute.

Competitive Matches Played

Comp	Date	Home			Away	Att
League	26th Oct 1973	Chelsea	3	0	Norwich City	21,953
League	3rd Nov 1973	Manchester United	2	2	Chelsea	48,036
F.A. Cup	5th Jan 1974	Chelsea	0	0	Queens Park Rangers	31,540
League	3rd Apr 1974	Tottenham Hotspur	1	2	Chelsea	23,646
League	6th Apr 1974	Southampton	0	0	Chelsea	27,268
League	13th Apr 1974	Chelsea	1	3	Arsenal	29,152
League	27th Apr 1974	Chelsea	0	1	Stoke City	17,150
League	28th Sep 1974	Chelsea	0	1	Wolverhampton Wanderers	23,073
League	5th Oct 1974	Manchester City	1	1	Chelsea	32,412
League Cup	9th Oct 1974	Chelsea	2	2	Stoke City	19,954
League	7th Dec 1974	Chelsea	2	0	Luton Town	19,009
League	14th Dec 1974	Carlisle United	1	2	Chelsea	12,854
League	21st Dec 1974	Chelsea	1	1	West Ham United	34,969
League	26th Dec 1974	Arsenal	1	2	Chelsea	33,784
League	28th Dec 1974	Chelsea	0	3	Queens Park Rangers	38,917
F.A. Cup	4th Jan 1975	Chelsea	3	2	Sheffield Wednesday	24,679
League	11th Jan 1975	Luton Town	1	1	Chelsea	23,096
League	18th Jan 1975	Chelsea	0	2	Leeds United	34,733
F.A. Cup	25th Jan 1975	Chelsea	0	1	Birmingham City	35,450
League	1st Feb 1975	Leicester City	1	1	Chelsea	23,759
League	8th Feb 1975	Chelsea	2	1	Birmingham City	18,144
League	15th Feb 1975	Sheffield United	2	1	Chelsea	20,542
League	22nd Feb 1975	Chelsea	3	2	Newcastle United	26,770
League	1st Mar 1975	Liverpool	2	2	Chelsea	42,762
League	8th Mar 1975	Chelsea	1	2	Derby County	22,644
League	15th Mar 1975	Wolverhampton Wanderers	7	1	Chelsea	21,649
League	18th Mar 1975	Queens Park Rangers	1	0	Chelsea	25,324
League	22nd Mar 1975	Chelsea	1	2	Middlesbrough	22,240
League	19th Apr 1975	Tottenham Hotspur	2	0	Chelsea	51,064
League	23rd Apr 1975	Chelsea	1	1	Sheffield United	23,380
League	26th Apr 1975	Chelsea	1	1	Everton	28,432
League	16th Aug 1975	Sunderland	2	1	Chelsea	28,689
League	20th Aug 1975	West Bromwich Albion	0	0	Chelsea	18,014
League	23rd Aug 1975	Chelsea	3	1	Carlisle United	19,165
League	27th Aug 1975	Chelsea	3	1	Oxford United	22,841
League	30th Aug 1975	Luton Town	3	0	Chelsea	19,024
League	6th Sep 1975	Chelsea	0	0	Nottingham Forest	21,023
League Cup	10th Sep 1975	Crewe Alexandra	1	0	Chelsea	6,723
League	13th Sep 1975	Oldham Athletic	2	1	Chelsea	10,406
League	20th Sep 1975	Chelsea	1	1	Bristol City	17,661
League	23rd Sep 1975	Portsmouth	1	1	Chelsea	16,144
League	27th Sep 1975	Fulham	2	0	Chelsea	22,921
League	4th Oct 1975	Chelsea	0	0	York City	15,323
League	11th Oct 1975	Southampton	4	1	Chelsea	21,227
League	18th Oct 1975	Chelsea	2	0	Blackpool	16,924	(1 Pen)
League	25th Oct 1975	Blackburn Rovers	1	1	Chelsea	12,128
League	1st Nov 1975	Chelsea	2	2	Plymouth Argyle	20,096
League	8th Nov 1975	Hull City	1	2	Chelsea	9,097
League	15th Nov 1975	Chelsea	2	0	Notts County	18,229	(1 Pen)
League	22nd Nov 1975	Blackpool	0	2	Chelsea	8,595
League	29th Nov 1975	Bristol Rovers	1	2	Chelsea	16,277
League	6th Dec 1975	Chelsea	0	1	Bolton Wanderers	20,896
League	13th Dec 1975	Carlisle United	2	1	Chelsea	8,065
League	20th Dec 1975	Chelsea	1	0	Sunderland	22,802
League	26th Dec 1975	Orient	3	1	Chelsea	15,509
League	27th Dec 1975	Chelsea	2	3	Charlton Athletic	25,367
F.A. Cup	1st Jan 1976	Chelsea	1	1	Bristol Rovers	35,226
F.A. Cup	3rd Jan 1976	Bristol Rovers	0	1	Chelsea	13,939
League	10th Jan 1976	Chelsea	0	3	Oldham Athletic	16,464
League	17th Jan 1976	Nottingham Forest	1	3	Chelsea	14,172
F.A. Cup	24th Jan 1976	York City	0	2	Chelsea	9,591
League	31st Jan 1976	Chelsea	1	2	West Bromwich Albion	15,896
League	7th Feb 1976	Oxford United	1	1	Chelsea	11,162
F.A. Cup	14th Feb 1976	Chelsea	2	3	Crystal Palace	54,407
League	18th Feb 1976	Chelsea	0	0	Hull City	10,254
League	21st Feb 1976	Notts County	3	2	Chelsea	14,528
League	25th Feb 1976	Chelsea	2	0	Portsmouth	12,709
League	28th Feb 1976	Chelsea	3	1	Blackburn Rovers	14,555
League	6th Mar 1976	Plymouth Argyle	0	3	Chelsea	20,638
League	13th Mar 1976	Chelsea	1	1	Southampton	29,011
League	20th Mar 1976	Chelsea	0	0	Bristol Rovers	16,132
League	27th Mar 1976	Bolton Wanderers	2	1	Chelsea	20,817
League	6th Apr 1976	Chelsea	0	0	Fulham	23,605
League	10th Apr 1976	Bristol City	2	2	Chelsea	24,710
League	16th Apr 1976	Chelsea	2	2	Luton Town	19,878
League	17th Apr 1976	Chelsea	0	2	Orient	17,679
League	19th Apr 1976	Charlton Athletic	1	1	Chelsea	23,263
League	24th Apr 1976	York City	2	2	Chelsea	4,914
League	21st Aug 1976	Orient	0	1	Chelsea	11,456
League	25th Aug 1976	Chelsea	1	1	Notts County	17,426
League	28th Aug 1976	Chelsea	2	1	Carlisle United	18,681
League Cup	1st Sep 1976	Chelsea	3	1	Sheffield United	16,883
League	4th Sep 1976	Millwall	3	0	Chelsea	21,002
League	11th Sep 1976	Plymouth Argyle	2	3	Chelsea	18,356
League	18th Sep 1976	Chelsea	2	1	Bolton Wanderers	24,835
League Cup	20th Sep 1976	Chelsea	2	0	Huddersfield Town	19,860
League	25th Sep 1976	Blackpool	0	1	Chelsea	19,041
League	2nd Oct 1976	Chelsea	2	1	Cardiff City	28,409
League	5th Oct 1976	Bristol Rovers	2	1	Chelsea	13,199
League	16th Oct 1976	Chelsea	4	3	Oldham Athletic	25,825
League	23rd Oct 1976	Blackburn Rovers	0	2	Chelsea	15,039
League Cup	26th Oct 1976	Arsenal	2	1	Chelsea	52,305
League	30th Oct 1976	Chelsea	3	1	Southampton	42,654
League	6th Nov 1976	Hereford United	2	2	Chelsea	12,858
League	10th Nov 1976	Chelsea	2	1	Charlton Athletic	38,879
League	20th Nov 1976	Nottingham Forest	1	1	Chelsea	27,089
League	27th Nov 1976	Chelsea	2	1	Burnley	28,595
League	3rd Dec 1976	Sheffield United	1	0	Chelsea	23,393
League	7th Dec 1976	Southampton	1	1	Chelsea	19,909
League	11th Dec 1976	Chelsea	3	3	Wolverhampton Wanderers	36,137
League	18th Dec 1976	Hull City	1	1	Chelsea	11,774
League	27th Dec 1976	Chelsea	2	0	Fulham	55,003
League	29th Dec 1976	Luton Town	4	0	Chelsea	17,102
League	1st Jan 1977	Chelsea	5	1	Hereford United	27,720
F.A. Cup	8th Jan 1977	Southampton	1	1	Chelsea	26,041
F.A. Cup	12th Jan 1977	Chelsea	0	3	Southampton	42,868
League	22nd Jan 1977	Chelsea	1	1	Orient	25,744
League	5th Feb 1977	Carlisle United	0	1	Chelsea	11,356
League	12th Feb 1977	Chelsea	1	1	Millwall	34,857
League	15th Feb 1977	Notts County	2	1	Chelsea	11,902
League	19th Feb 1977	Chelsea	2	2	Plymouth Argyle	22,154
League	26th Feb 1977	Bolton Wanderers	2	2	Chelsea	31,600
League	5th Mar 1977	Chelsea	2	2	Blackpool	27,412
League	12th Mar 1977	Cardiff City	1	3	Chelsea	20,194
League	19th Mar 1977	Chelsea	2	0	Bristol Rovers	26,196
League	2nd Apr 1977	Chelsea	3	1	Blackburn Rovers	20,769
League	8th Apr 1977	Fulham	3	1	Chelsea	29,690
League	9th Apr 1977	Chelsea	2	0	Luton Town	31,911
League	11th Apr 1977	Charlton Athletic	4	0	Chelsea	25,757
League	16th Apr 1977	Chelsea	2	1	Nottingham Forest	36,499
League	19th Apr 1977	Oldham Athletic	0	0	Chelsea	10,077
League	23rd Apr 1977	Burnley	1	0	Chelsea	14,927
League	30th Apr 1977	Chelsea	4	0	Sheffield United	28,158
League	7th May 1977	Wolverhampton Wanderers	1	1	Chelsea	33,465
League	14th May 1977	Chelsea	4	0	Hull City	43,718
League	20th Aug 1977	West Bromwich Albion	3	0	Chelsea	20,145
League	24th Aug 1977	Chelsea	2	0	Birmingham City	18,008
League	27th Aug 1977	Chelsea	1	2	Coventry City	25,432
League Cup	30th Aug 1977	Liverpool	2	0	Chelsea	33,170
League	3rd Sep 1977	Ipswich Town	1	0	Chelsea	20,835
League	10th Sep 1977	Chelsea	1	1	Derby County	25,759
League	17th Sep 1977	Manchester United	0	1	Chelsea	54,764
League	24th Sep 1977	Queens Park Rangers	1	1	Chelsea	26,267
League	1st Oct 1977	Chelsea	1	2	Leeds United	35,427
League	5th Oct 1977	Chelsea	0	0	Leicester City	19,575
League	8th Oct 1977	Liverpool	2	0	Chelsea	40,499
League	15th Oct 1977	Chelsea	0	0	Middlesbrough	21,091
League	22nd Oct 1977	Newcastle United	1	0	Chelsea	24,000
League	29th Oct 1977	Chelsea	1	0	Bristol City	22,313
League	5th Nov 1977	Chelsea	1	0	Nottingham Forest	36,116
League	12th Nov 1977	Norwich City	0	0	Chelsea	19,566
League	19th Nov 1977	Chelsea	0	0	Aston Villa	31,764
League	26th Nov 1977	Manchester City	6	2	Chelsea	34,354
League	3rd Dec 1977	Chelsea	0	1	Everton	33,899
League	10th Dec 1977	Wolverhampton Wanderers	1	3	Chelsea	16,400
League	17th Dec 1977	Chelsea	1	1	Norwich City	22,751
League	26th Dec 1977	Arsenal	3	0	Chelsea	46,074
League	14th Jan 1978	Coventry City	5	1	Chelsea	21,155
League	21st Jan 1978	Chelsea	5	3	Ipswich Town	26,044
F.A. Cup	31st Jan 1978	Chelsea	6	2	Burnley	32,168
League	11th Feb 1978	Chelsea	2	2	Manchester United	32,238
F.A. Cup	18th Feb 1978	Orient	0	0	Chelsea	25,123
League	25th Feb 1978	Leeds United	2	0	Chelsea	25,263
F.A. Cup	27th Feb 1978	Chelsea	1	2	Orient	36,379
League	4th Mar 1978	Chelsea	3	1	Liverpool	35,550
League	11th Mar 1978	Derby County	1	1	Chelsea	21,504
League	18th Mar 1978	Chelsea	2	2	Newcastle United	22,779
League	22nd Apr 1978	Chelsea	1	1	Wolverhampton Wanderers	31,637
League	26th Apr 1978	Leicester City	0	2	Chelsea	12,970
League	29th Apr 1978	Everton	6	0	Chelsea	39,504
League	2nd May 1978	Chelsea	3	1	Queens Park Rangers	21,201
League	5th May 1978	Chelsea	0	0	Manchester City	18,782
League	19th Aug 1978	Chelsea	0	1	Everton	31,755
League	22nd Aug 1978	Wolverhampton Wanderers	0	1	Chelsea	22,041
League	26th Aug 1978	Tottenham Hotspur	2	2	Chelsea	40,643
League Cup	29th Aug 1978	Bolton Wanderers	2	1	Chelsea	10,748
League	2nd Sep 1978	Chelsea	0	3	Leeds United	30,099
League	9th Sep 1978	Coventry City	3	2	Chelsea	24,920
League	16th Sep 1978	Chelsea	1	4	Manchester City	28,980
League	23rd Sep 1978	Birmingham City	1	1	Chelsea	18,458
League	30th Sep 1978	Chelsea	1	3	West Bromwich Albion	20,186
League	7th Oct 1978	Derby County	1	0	Chelsea	20,251
League	14th Oct 1978	Chelsea	4	3	Bolton Wanderers	19,879
League	21st Oct 1978	Liverpool	2	0	Chelsea	45,775
League	28th Oct 1978	Chelsea	3	3	Norwich City	23,941
League	4th Nov 1978	Queens Park Rangers	0	0	Chelsea	22,876
League	11th Nov 1978	Everton	3	2	Chelsea	38,694
League	18th Nov 1978	Chelsea	1	3	Tottenham Hotspur	41,594
League	22nd Nov 1978	Leeds United	2	1	Chelsea	24,088
League	25th Nov 1978	Chelsea	0	1	Manchester United	27,156
League	9th Dec 1978	Chelsea	0	1	Aston Villa	19,080
League	3rd Feb 1979	Chelsea	2	1	Birmingham City	22,129
League	21st Feb 1979	Chelsea	1	3	Coventry City	15,282
League	24th Feb 1979	Bolton Wanderers	2	1	Chelsea	19,475
League	3rd Mar 1979	Chelsea	0	0	Liverpool	40,594
League	10th Mar 1979	Norwich City	2	0	Chelsea	19,071
League	14th Mar 1979	West Bromwich Albion	1	0	Chelsea	20,425
League	17th Mar 1979	Chelsea	1	3	Queens Park Rangers	25,871
League	24th Mar 1979	Chelsea	1	2	Wolverhampton Wanderers	20,502
League	28th Mar 1979	Nottingham Forest	6	0	Chelsea	24,514
League	4th Apr 1979	Chelsea	1	1	Derby County	10,682
League	7th Apr 1979	Chelsea	1	3	Nottingham Forest	29,213
League	10th Apr 1979	Bristol City	3	1	Chelsea	18,645
League	14th Apr 1979	Chelsea	1	2	Southampton	18,243
League	16th Apr 1979	Arsenal	5	2	Chelsea	37,232
League	21st Apr 1979	Chelsea	2	1	Middlesbrough	12,007
League	28th Apr 1979	Aston Villa	2	1	Chelsea	29,212
League	5th May 1979	Chelsea	2	3	Ipswich Town	15,462

Chelsea Manager Career Summary

Manager from: February, 2009 Manager until: February, 2009
Played Won Drawn Lost For Against Win % Goals / Game F.A. Cup 1 1 0 0 3 1 100% 3.00 Total 1 1 0 0 3 1 100% 3.00
Players In none	Players Out none

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Ray passed away at St Georges Hospital in Tooting. His funeral service was held at St Lukes & Christ Church in Earls Court, followed by a memorial service at Stamford Bridge

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Games Won:	59
Win Percentage:	29.8%
Starts as Captain:	168
Total Bookings:	8
Times Sent Off:	0

Teammates

During his Chelsea first-team career of 1 appearances, Ray Wilkins played alongside the following 46 players (number of appearances together in the same match-day squad in brackets)

Trevor Aylott (22)
Tommy Baldwin (3)
Eamonn Bannon (17)
Brian Bason (18)
Peter Bonetti (107)
Petar Borota (11)
Ian Britton (139)
John Bumstead (4)
Gary Chivers (3)
Charlie Cooke (59)
John Dempsey (31)
Jim Docherty (3)
Micky Droy (102)
Mike Fillery (7)
Steve Finnieston (81)
Lee Frost (3)
Chris Garland (19)
Bill Garner (55)
Ron Harris (162)
David Hay (99)
Marvin Hinton (6)
John Hollins (26)
Peter Houseman (15)
Alan Hudson (2)
Ian Hutchinson (36)
Bob Iles (5)
Steve Kember (20)
Tommy Langley (90)
Ray Lewington (80)
Gary Locke (125)
Teddy Maybank (32)
Duncan McKenzie (12)
Micky Nutton (12)
Peter Osgood (6)
John Phillips (62)
Steve Sherwood (13)
John Sissons (2)
John Sitton (10)
John Sparrow (55)
Garry Stanley (113)
David Stride (27)
Kenny Swain (120)
Clive Walker (47)
David Webb (4)
Steve Wicks (111)
Graham Wilkins (90)