Ray Wilson (English footballer) Ray Wilson (English footballer) Ramon Wilson, MBE (17 December 1934 – 15 May 2018) was an English footballer who played at left back. He was a member of the England team that won the 1966 World Cup. He was born in Shirebrook, Derbyshire. Wilson became an apprentice railwayman upon leaving school, but was spotted by a scout playing amateur football at Huddersfield Town. He began a combination of working on the tracks by night and training with Huddersfield by day, before being called up for national service. Quickly singled out as a strong and nippy left back, with good overlapping
Shirebrook Miners Welfare F.C. Shirebrook Miners Welfare F.C. Shirebrook Miners Welfare F.C. was an English football club based in Shirebrook, Derbyshire. Formed as Shirebrook, they joined the Notts & Derbyshire League in 1911, finishing third in their first season and winning the subsidiary competition. They subsequently joined the Central Alliance in 1912, the year in which they first entered the FA Cup. The following season they won the Central Alliance, and went on to finish as runners-up in 1914–15. They rejoined the Central Alliance after World War I, finishing as runners-up in 1920–21. They left the league in 1924, and joined the Midland League