Career
Wilkins was the son of football player George Wilkins and the eldest of four Hillingdon-born brothers who played professional football, including the England international Ray Wilkins. He began his career with Chelsea, and made his Football League debut on 26 December 1972, as a 17-year-old, in a 3–0 defeat away to Ipswich Town in the First Division. He played 149 games in all competitions, scoring once, before moving on to Brentford in 1982.
A broken leg forced his retirement from the professional game.
