Danny Wilson (footballer born 1960)
Daniel Joseph " Danny" Wilson ( born January 1, 1960 in Wigan ) is a former Northern Irish football player and current coach. Since 2013 he coached the English second division side FC Barnsley.
- 2.1 Barnsley FC
- 2.2 Sheffield Wednesday
- 2.3 Bristol City
- 2.4 Milton Keynes Dons
- 2.5 Hartlepool United
- 2.6 Swindon Town
- 2.7 Sheffield United
- 2.8 Barnsley FC
Playing career
Brighton & Hove Albion (1983-1987)
Danny Wilson spent the first years of his career with the unterklassigen clubs Wigan Athletic, Bury FC and FC Chesterfield, before he was hired by the English first division club Nottingham Forest on 24 January 1983. Wilson scored a goal in ten league matches of the Football League First Division 1982 /83. At the beginning of the 1983/84 season he was loaned out to third division side Scunthorpe United, before he left already Nottingham on 30 November 1983 for £ 100,000 moved to the second division Brighton & Hove Albion. In the following three and a half years, Wilson was an integral part of the team and also distinguished himself with thirty-three hits as the scorer.
Luton Town (1987-1990)
After Brighton was in the 1986/87 season relegated from the Second Division, he joined on 16 July 1987 first division club Luton Town. His new club had been established for the rise in the First Division in the summer of 1982 in the House of Lords and its placements can increase continuously. In his first full Erstligasaison Danny Wilson scored eight goals in eight league games and finished the season 1987/88 with Luton in ninth place in the table. More significant, however, was winning the English League Cup 1987/88. In the final, the team of coach Ray Harford defeated Arsenal in front of 95 732 spectators at Wembley 3-2. Danny Wilson had scored in the 82nd minute the important 2-2 before Brian Stein succeeded shortly before the match, the winning goal. A year later, Wilson and his team again in the League Cup final one, but this time lost 1-3 against Nottingham Forest. In the league it was for the team of Danny Wilson (37 games / 9 goals ), however, with a relegation almost reached significantly worse. After reaching only on goal difference relegation in the 1989/90 season Wilson moved (35 games / 7 goals) on 8 August 1990 for £ 200,000 to Sheffield Wednesday.
Sheffield Wednesday (1990-1993)
Wednesday was relegated to the second division in the previous year due to an inferior goal difference to two goals against Luton Town, but managed to 1990/91 direct resurgence. In addition, the second division moved into the League Cup final in 1991 and defeated on 21 April 1991 clear favorites Manchester United thanks to a goal by John Sheridan 1-0. In the First Division in 1991/92 the Movers Danny Wilson (36 games / 3 goals ) took third place in the table and thus managed to qualify for the UEFA Cup in 1992 /93. In international competition, Sheffield failed prematurely, but the team led by Chris Woods, Viv Anderson, Chris Waddle and Danny Wilson reached the final of the League Cup 1992 /93. In his fourth finals Wilson suffered his second defeat with 1:2 against Arsenal. For the first time in his career, he managed to place in the final of the FA Cup 1992 /93. Even in this final was the enemy and later champions Arsenal.
On 1 July 1993, the 33 - year-old Danny Wilson moved to the eighth and last time the club and signed a contract with FC Barnsley. After two years in the second division in 1995, he finished his playing career.
Northern Ireland national team (1986-1992)
After he was not nominated for the Northern Ireland squad for the 1986 World Cup, Danny Wilson made his debut on 12 November 1986 Northern Ireland 0-0 in qualifying for the European Championship in 1988 against Turkey. Northern Ireland missed participation for the following three international tournaments and Danny Wilson denied on February 19, 1992 by the twenty-fourth and last international match against Scotland.
Coaching career
Barnsley FC
After he was taken in 1993 by his former players Viv Anderson to Barnsley FC, Danny Wilson succeeded him on 2 June 1994 from as player-coach. In the 1994/95 season he led the second division club to sixth place and just narrowly missed a place in the play-offs. After a mid-table in the following year Wilson led Barnsley 1996/97 as runners-up for the first time in their history in the top league. However, the first season in the Premier League in 1997/98 was the last one, because of the Barnsley FC increased as a table directly next to last again.
Sheffield Wednesday
On July 6, 1998 Danny Wilson took over the coaching job at his former club Sheffield Wednesday. With the first division he finished the Premier League 1998/99 on the twelfth. After the club 1999/2000 did not find the way out of the basement table in the course of the Premier League, manager Danny Wilson was released on 21 March 2000. In January 2000, he was still honored as coach of the month of the Premier League.
Bristol City
At the beginning of the season 2000/ 01 he moved to third division side Bristol City. After having Bristol he missed promotion to the second division in four years (2003 and 2004 respectively in the playoffs ), his expiring contract was not renewed in the summer of 2004.
Milton Keynes Dons
On 7 December 2004, he was appointed coach of third division Milton Keynes Dons and managed his team avoid relegation in the Football League One. He succeeded in 2005/ 06 does not, but the club was relegated as a Third to last in the league from fourth and broke up after Wilson.
Hartlepool United
On 13 June 2006, he joined Hartlepool United on his next coaching job. United were also relegated in the previous year in the Football League Two and managed with coach Danny Wilson 2006/ 07 as runners-up behind FC Walsall direct promotion back to the third division. According to a fifteenth place in the 2007/ 08 season saw an unsatisfactory start to the following season for his release on 15 December 2008.
Swindon Town
Only eleven days after his release in Hartlepool he was introduced as the new coach of Swindon Town and led his team to relegation in League One. 2009/10 he reached Swindon in fifth place and moved to a success in the first play-off round of Charlton Athletic to the final one. However, this game lost the team at Wembley 0-1 to FC Millwall and thus missed the second division promotion. On 2 March 2011 Wilson resigned as manager of Swindon Town.
Sheffield United
At the beginning of the 2011/12 season, he took over as coach at third division Sheffield United and ended the Football League One 2011/12 on the third place. In the play-off finals United failed on penalties to Huddersfield Town and thus missed the direct return to the second division. On April 10, 2013, the club announced the separation of Danny Wilson. Sheffield United at this time was on the fifth rank of the Football League One 2012/13.
Barnsley FC
On December 17, 2013 Danny Wilson was introduced as the new coach of the second division bottom club Barnsley FC.
Achievements
- League Cup Winners: 1988 ( 3-2 against Arsenal )
- League Cup Runners-up: 1989 ( 1-3 against Nottingham Forest )
- League Cup Winners: 1991 (1-0 against Manchester United)
- League Cup Runners-up: 1993 ( 1:2 against Arsenal )
- FA Cup finalist: 1993 (1:1 and 1:2 nV against Arsenal )