David Wylie (footballer)

David Wylie (born 4 April 1966, in Johnstone) is a Scottish former football goalkeeper.

David Wylie
Personal information
Full name David Wylie
Date of birth (1966-04-04) 4 April 1966
Place of birth Johnstone, Scotland
Height 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m)
Position(s) Goalkeeper
Club information
Current team
 Greenock Morton (goalkeeping coach)
Youth career
Ferguslie United
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1985–1998 Greenock Morton 482 (0)
1998–2000 Clyde 61 (0)
2000–2001 Clydebank 28 (0)
2001–2002 Renfrew 0 (0)
2002–2003 Gretna 2 (0)
2009–2010 Greenock Morton 0 (0)
Total 573 (0)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only

After retiring as a player, Wylie remained registered as the fourth-choice goalkeeper for Greenock Morton, where he was the goalkeeping coach, for a number of years due to a constant stream of injuries to goalkeepers at the club.

Career

Wylie spent 13 years at Greenock Morton, making over 500 appearances and winning two league titles (First and Second Division). During the 1986–87 season, Wylie was involved in the Scotland u21 squad, but did not make any appearances for them. He then had spells at Clyde, where he won another Second Division championship medal, Clydebank and Gretna.

His only spell out of senior football saw him spend the 2001–02 season at Renfrewshire junior side, Renfrew.

He returned to Morton as a goalkeeping coach, a role which he also performed at St Mirren whilst he was playing for Renfrew. He featured on the bench as a trialist against Ayr United in 2009 due to injuries to Kevin Cuthbert, Colin Stewart and Bryn Halliwell. Due to rules on trialists in the Scottish League Cup, Wylie had to be re-registered as a player for the second round defeat to Kilmarnock.[1]

Wylie also has further coaching experience from when he was appointed as the goalkeeping coach at St Mirren in 2000.[2]

Honours

Greenock Morton

Clyde

See also

References
  1. "Wylie eases Morton keeper crisis". BBC Sport. 27 August 2009. Retrieved 28 August 2009.
  2. "Saints take Wylie approach to hand keeper coaching role". The Scotsman. 17 July 2000. Retrieved 22 August 2009.
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