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 South railway station Shirebrook South railway station Shirebrook South is a former railway station in Shirebrook, north eastern Derbyshire, England. There have been four separate stations with "Shirebrook" in their names: Shirebrook South, Shirebrook Colliery Sidings and Shirebrook North have been closed for many years. Shirebrook West closed in 1964 but reopened in 1998 as plain "Shirebrook". Shirebrook "West" was actually on the "eastern" edge of the village. The station was built by the GNR as part of their Leen Valley Extension which enabled trains to run from to via Sutton-in-Ashfield, Skegby, Pleasley and Shirebrook South. The Leen Valley Extension started at Kirkby