Player #467
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1958-59
1964-65
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Ron Wylie
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1958-65 🕒 244 | ⚽ 27 | 🔥 38 | #467 |
Season :
1958-59 | 1959-60 | 1960-61 | 1961-62 | 1962-63 | 1963-64 | 1964-65 |
Age :
25 | 26 | 27 | 28 | 29 | 30 | 31 |
Division :
D1 | D2 | D1 | D1 | D1 | D1 | D1 |
Squad # :
# | # | # | # | # | # | # |
Appearances :
26 | 43 | 48 | 31 | 26 | 21 | 49 |
Starts :
26 | 43 | 48 | 31 | 30 | 21 | 49 |
Substitute :
0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Unused :
0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Goals :
3 | 5 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 2 |
Assists :
4 | 10 | 7 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 7 |
Involvements :
7 | 15 | 14 | 9 | 6 | 5 | 9 |
Games / Goal :
8.67 | 8.60 | 6.86 | 7.75 | 8.67 | 7.00 | 24.50 |
Bookings :
0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
Sendings Off :
0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
FAC: FA Cup; FL: Football League; D1: Division 1; D2: Division 2; D3: Division 3; PL: Premier League; CH: Championship
Ronald Maurice Wylie
Birth Date
6 August 1933
Birth Place
Glasgow
Birth Country
Scotland
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Citizenship
🏴
Scotland
Villa Youth
n/a
Previous Teams (incl. Youth)
Clydesdale Juniors
1948-58 Notts County
Football League Third Division South, Second Division
🕒 227 | ⚽ 36 |
Original Transfer
Aged
25
From
Notts County
For
£9,250
On
November 1958
Under
Management Committee
Returning Transfer 1
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On
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Under
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Returning Transfer 2
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Transfer Notes
Loans Out
None
Transfer Out 1
Aged
To
For
On
Under
31
Birmingham City
Free
July 1965
Dick Taylor 🏴
Transfer Out 2
Aged
To
For
On
Under
n/a
n/a
n/a
n/a
n/a
Transfer Out 3
Aged
To
For
On
Under
n/a
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Subsequent Clubs
1965-70 Birmingham City
Football League Second Division
🕒 128 | 125 (3) | ⚽ 2 |
1970 Retired aged 36
Died
14 April 2020, Aged 86
Ron Wylie
Villa Career
1958-65 | £9.25k |
1958-59 1960-65 Football League First Division, 1959-60 Football League Second Division,
🕒 244 | ⚽ 27 | 🔥 38 | #467 |
🕒 Games | Starts (Subs) | ⚽ Goals | 🔥 Assists | 🇺 Unused | Player Number |
Played Under
Management Committee 1958
Joe Mercer 🏴 1959-64
Dick Taylor 🏴 1964-65
Promoted to First Team Squad
In
Transfer In
Under
Management Committee
First Squad
22 November 1958
Manager
Transfer In
Debut
Season
Date
Match
Age
Manager
1958-59
22 November 1958
Preston North End (h), Division One
25
Management Committee
Final Appearance
Season
Date
Match
Aged
Manager
1964-65
24 April 1965
Fulham (a), Division One
31
Dick Taylor 🏴
Final Squad
24 April 1965
Manager
Dick Taylor 🏴
Honours
1960-61 League Cup
Height
Foot
International Record
National Team
Not selected
Years | Caps | Starts (Sub) | Goals |
Not selected
Caps with Villa
Ron Wylie
Player #466 for Aston Villa, Ronald Maurice Wylie, known as Ron Wylie, played as a forward for the club.
Ron played for Villa between 1958-59 and 1964-65 making 244 appearances and scoring 27 goals.
Ron was born in Glasgow, Scotland, on 6 August 1933 and made his debut appearance for Villa on Saturday, 22 November 1958 aged 25.
Villa had signed Ron from Notts County for a fee of £9,250 earlier in November 1958.
Ron made an immediate impact on the first team and remained a virtual ever present across his 7 seasons with Villa.
As a player in his early years at Notts County, Ron had been envisaged as a goalscorer however his career was notable for its lack of goals for a forward player - his best campaign for Villa garnered seven goals in 1960-61 whilst he averaged just less than 4 goals a season across his 7 campaigns with Villa.
The lack of goals however shouldn’t detract from Ron’s contribution - as a relatively skilful player he dovetailed well with Villa’s leading scorers of the era Peter McParland and Gerry Hitchens and was instrumental in helping them set their scoring records whilst he also struck up a strong relationship with Vic Crowe playing at wing-half. A relationship he would reignite off the pitch, post retirement in football management.
Despite the partnerships, Ron couldn’t prevent Villa’s relegation in his first season despite his 20 appearances but he proved instrumental the following year making 38 appearances and scoring 4 times as Villa took the Second Division Championship and won promotion back to Division One at the first attempt.
As well as securing the second division championship, Ron also helped Villa to FA Cup Semi finals in 1958-59 and 1959-60, runners up in the League Cup final in 1962-63 and as semi finalists in his final season with the club, 1964-65.
During Villa’s victorious League Cup campaign in 1960-61 Ron hit 3 goals in 10 games as Villa went on to lift the trophy after vanquishing Rotherham United in the two legged final.
Perhaps his only notable goalscoring feat however came when Ron hit a hat-trick - his first goals for Villa - in the 4-1 FA Cup win over Everton on Saturday, 14 February 1959.
Ron would scoop Midland Player of the Year in 1964-65 having swapped his forward play to midfield in order to cover cover for a raft of injuries and arguably that move extended his Villa career beyond its expected end.
Ultimately though Ron played his final game for Villa on Saturday, 24 April 1965 aged 31 as midfield competition proved stiff and he moved on to Villa’s neighbours Birmingham City.
Ron returned to Villa as Vic Crowe’s assistant between June 1970 and April 1974 as Villa strived to return top flight football to Villa Park however both were sacked.
Ron returned once more to serve as Villa’s reserve team coach from February 1984 to May 1987 and then took on the role of community officer at Villa Park until 2003.
Ron had played under Villa managers Joe Mercer and Dick Taylor.
Ron passed away on 14 April 2020 aged 86.