Ian Wiles Explained

Ian Wiles
Fullname:Ian Robert Wiles[1]
Birth Date:1980 4, df=y
Birth Place:Woodford, London, England[2]
Position:Defender
Youthclubs1:Colchester United
Years1:1998–2001
Caps1:1
Goals1:0
Years2:2001
Clubs2:Heybridge Swifts
Years3:2001–2003
Clubs3:Chelmsford City
Caps3:83
Goals3:3
Clubs4:Welling United
Clubs5:Heybridge Swifts
Clubs6:Braintree Town
Clubs7:AFC Hornchurch
Clubs8:Heybridge Swifts

Ian Robert Wiles (born 28 April 1980) is an English footballer who plays as a defender, most recently for Heybridge Swifts. Wiles has played in the Football League for Colchester United.

Career

Born in Woodford, London, Wiles came through the youth ranks at Colchester United, performing well enough to earn a professional contract for the 1998–99 season.[2] He made his only professional appearance as an 89th-minute substitute for Paul Abrahams in a 4–2 away win against Wrexham on 15 August 1998.[3] [4] Wiles made the bench a few more times but failed to break into the first-team under Mick Wadsworth and was released in 2001.[2]

Wiles joined Heybridge Swifts for the first of three spells with the club in their Isthmian League Cup winning season of 2000–01. He later spent two years with Chelmsford City before a stint with Conference South side Welling United. He then returned to Heybridge for a second stint[2] but left once again in May 2008, joining Braintree Town and AFC Hornchurch before returning for a final time to the Swifts in December 2008.[5] He departed the club in February 2009.[6] [7]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Colchester United – Player profile . Coludata.co.uk . 8 July 2013 . https://web.archive.org/web/20120526020143/http://www.coludata.co.uk/player.asp?pid=598 . 26 May 2012 . dead .
  2. Book: Whitehead . Jeff . Drury . Kevin . The Who's Who of Colchester United: The Layer Road Years . 2008 . Breedon Books . Derby . 978-1-85983-629-3 . 249.
  3. Web site: Colchester United – Match details – Wrexham 2–4 Colchester Utd . Coludata.co.uk . 8 July 2013 . https://web.archive.org/web/20120602075521/http://www.coludata.co.uk/matchdetails.asp?mid=2856 . 2 June 2012 . dead .
  4. Web site: COLCHESTER UNITED:1950/51–1989/90 & 1992/93–2011/12 . Post War English & Scottish Football League A – Z Player's Database . 8 July 2013.
  5. Web site: Heybridge: Wiles back with the Swifts – This is Essex . This is Essex . 8 July 2013.
  6. Web site: Ian Wiles – Heybridge Swifts Football Club . Pitchhero – Heybridge Swifts Football Club . 8 July 2013.
  7. Web site: Players – HEYBRIDGE SWIFTS – Heybridge Swifts . Heybridge Swifts FC . 8 July 2013.