Career
Born in Banbury, At club level, he played for Derby, Ipswich, Chelsea, N ottinghamshire County, Bradford City,, and Northampton Town. At international level, Wilson played for Northern Ireland 42 times, scoring six goals. He is a former manager of Northampton Town, Bedford Town, Kettering Town and Hucknall Town.
He was the manager of Corby Town until January 2008.
On 1 June 2009 he was appointed manager of Conference North side Ilkeston Town.