Name: George Williamson Wilson
Nickname: "Dodger", "Smiler", "Happy"
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ScotlandClub: Newcastle United
Shirt Number: 11
Position: ★WF, SS
Side: LF/LS
Age: 23-28 years (08/09/1883)
Height: 168 cm
Weight: 79 kg
Attack: 80
Defence: 37
Balance: 85
Stamina: 78
Top Speed: 84
Acceleration: 87
Response: 74
Agility: 84
Dribble Accuracy: 88
Dribble Speed: 84
Short Pass Accuracy: 80
Short Pass Speed: 77
Long Pass Accuracy: 78
Long Pass Speed: 79
Shot Accuracy: 75
Shot Power: 86
Shot Technique: 78
Free Kick Accuracy: 66
Curling: 73
Header: 65
Jump: 71
Technique: 85
Aggression: 81
Mentality: 73
Goalkeeper Skills: 50
Team Work: 77
Injury Tolerance: B | C
Condition: 5
Weak Foot Accuracy: 4
Weak Foot Frequency: 4
Consistency: 5
Growth type: Standard
CARDS:
P02 – Trickster
P05 – Mazing Run
P10 – Incisive Run
P11 – Long Ranger
SPECIAL ABILITIES: Dribbling - Middle Shooting
Attack/Defence Awareness Card: Attack Minded
George Wilson, an outside left, began his football career with clubs in Scotland and won the Scottish Cup with Heart of Midlothian before transferring to Everton in 1906. His time at Everton was brief, lasting just one season during which he scored 4 goals in 34 appearances. He also had a short loan spell with Irish club Distillery before moving to Newcastle United in November 1907 for a record transfer fee of £1,600.
At Newcastle, Wilson spent eight years, playing on the left wing. He was instrumental in their success, helping the team win the League Championship in the 1908-09 season and the FA Cup in 1910, when Newcastle secured victory in a replay against Barnsley. This achievement made Wilson one of the few players to win both English and Scottish Cup medals. He also featured in Newcastle's FA Cup Final defeats in 1908 and 1911, losing to Wolverhampton Wanderers and Bradford City, the latter after a replay.
Wilson was a unique blend of physical strength and skill—short and stocky but surprisingly quick over short distances. He possessed a powerful shot and impressive footwork on the pitch. Regarded as one of the greatest forwards of his generation, he compensated for his lack of height with exceptional intelligence and technical ability.
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outside left sometimes inside left. Short but heavy, very skillful, and despite his poundage extremely fast.
'Newcastle United: The Great Days 1904 to 1911' wrote:
He was a left-winger, and that position had been a problem for Newcastle since the fall from grace of Albert Gosnell. Watt persuaded his directors that Wilson would be worth the massive transfer fee of £1,600. It was a risk, however. Yet although there was little doubt that he was trouble off the field, there were few better on it.
Watt did not always succeed in making precocious players toe the disciplinary line, but he certainly did in this case, and he was helped more than a little by the undeniable fact that the Newcastle crowd immediately took to Wilson. He was small but sturdy and was sufficiently versatile to be able to move inside as well where he could perform a few tricks in getting round his opponent. He was sometimes called ‘the Dodger’ or because of his grim expression, ‘Happy’ or ‘Smiler’.
Watt did not always succeed in making precocious players toe the disciplinary line, but he certainly did in this case, and he was helped more than a little by the undeniable fact that the Newcastle crowd immediately took to Wilson. He was small but sturdy and was sufficiently versatile to be able to move inside as well where he could perform a few tricks in getting round his opponent. He was sometimes called ‘the Dodger’ or because of his grim expression, ‘Happy’ or ‘Smiler’.
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Geordie was a funny bundle of physical strength – short, tubby, yet speedy over ten yards, having a cracker shot, having a grand manner. He was one of the greatest inside forwards the game has known.
He had to make up for his lack of inches by his football brain, and he was certainly might, powerful of body when it came to rounding off any individual effort.
He had to make up for his lack of inches by his football brain, and he was certainly might, powerful of body when it came to rounding off any individual effort.
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A man of many clubs, Wilson played down the left as a forward and made up for his lack of stature with great speed and superb ball control.
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