Name: Raymond William"Ray" Westwood

Nickname: '-'



Country: England
Club: Bolton Wanderers
Position: ★SS, WF
Side: LF/LS
Age: 23-26 years (14/04/1912)

Height: 170 cm
Weight: 68 kg

Attack: 86
Defence: 38
Balance: 75
Stamina: 80
Top Speed: 88
Acceleration: 92
Response: 84
Agility: 87
Dribble Accuracy: 86
Dribble Speed: 90
Short Pass Accuracy: 83
Short Pass Speed: 77
Long Pass Accuracy: 79
Long Pass Speed: 82
Shot Accuracy: 86
Shot Power: 88
Shot Technique: 84
Free Kick Accuracy: 65
Curling: 70
Header: 67
Jump: 73
Technique: 85
Aggression: 85
Mentality: 79
Goalkeeper Skills: 50
Team Work: 82

Injury Tolerance: B
Condition: 6
Weak Foot Accuracy: 5
Weak Foot Frequency: 6
Consistency: 5
Growth type: Early Peak

CARDS:
P04 – Darting Run
P05 – Mazing Run
P13 – Goal Poacher
S03 – Passer

SPECIAL ABILITIES: Scoring - Positioning - Passing

Attack/Defence Awareness Card: Attack Minded

Kingswinford, Staffordshire born inside-left Ray Westwood began his football career with Stourbridge in 1927, playing for Brierley Hill Alliance in 1928 and having unsuccessful trials at Aston Villa as an outside-left before signing for First Division Bolton Wanderers in March 1930. He played around half of Bolton’s matches the following season but really established himself as a mainstay of the first team in Bolton’s relegation season of 1932-33 when he second top scored to Jack Milsom with 13 goals. In 1933-34 he managed 25 goals as Bolton finished third, only topped again by Milsom, and the following season his 33 goals, including 4 goals against Barnsley in October 1934, helped fire Bolton back to the First Division as Second Division runners up. They also got to the FA Cup semi final where they lost in a replay to West Bromwich Albion at The Victoria Ground, Stoke.

By this stage he had become very much Bolton’s star man and Westwood was first capped by England in September 1934 when he played in a 4-0 win over Wales at Ninian Park, Cardiff, and he went on to win 6 caps between then and October 1936. In November 1937, Chelsea offered £12,000 to take Westwood to Stamford Bridge. It was turned down. He continued to play both sides of the Second World War for Bolton, losing some 7 years of his playing career to the War, and notably scored 8 goals, including a hat-trick against Liverpool, in 9 appearances in the 1946 FA Cup before Bolton lost in the semi final to Charlton Athletic at Villa Park.

He was the uncle of Duncan Edwards, the legendary Manchester United and England wing half “Busby Babe”.