- Birthdate: 5 April 1870
- Birthplace: Maybole, South Ayrshire, Scotland
- Date of death: 28 July 1943
- Other clubs: Maybole, Rangers (1888-90), Everton (1890-92), Bury (1893-97), Bristol City (1897-98)
- Signed from: Everton
- Signed for LFC: May 1892
- International debut: 29.03.1890 vs. Ireland
- International caps: 1/1
- Liverpool debut: 03.09.1892
- Last appearance: 15.04.1893
- Debut goal: 01.10.1892
- Last goal: 18.03.1893
- Contract expiry: 1893
- Win ratio: 76% W:19 D:2 L:4
- Games/goals ratio: 1.67
- Honours: Lancashire league 1892/93
- Total games/goals opposite LFC: 3 / 0
- League games / goals: 0 / 0
- Total games / goals: 25 / 15
Player Profile
Wyllie scored almost in every other game in the Lancashire league and a total of five in three FA Cup games in the 1892/93 season. When the first derby between first division Everton and second division Liverpool took place on 22 April 1893 in the Liverpool Senior cup final, former Everton player, Wyllie, scored the game's only goal. The Merseyside teams were still at odds after John Houlding quit Everton and formed Liverpool a year earlier. Liverpool were elected to the Second Division after winning the Lancashire league, but Wyllie stayed in the local league with third-placed Bury while Liverpool took the second division title. Bury were runners-up a year later but were elected to the Second Division which the Greater Manchester club won at the first attempt. Fate would have it that Bury's opponents in the Test match in which the bottom club of the First Division played the second division champions would be between Bury and Wyllie's old club, Liverpool. Bury won 1-0 and Wyllie played two seasons in First Division before moving to Bristol City in the Southern league in the close season in 1897. When he retired from the game he became a newsagent in Bedminster.
Appearances per season
Season |
League |
FA |
LC |
Europe |
Other |
Total |
Totals |
0 |
3 |
0 |
0 |
22 |
25 |
1892-1893 |
0 |
3 |
0 |
0 |
22 |
25 |
A more detailed look at the player's appearances
Apps |
Minutes |
Opponent |
2 |
180 |
Fleetwood Rangers |
2 |
180 |
Heywood Central |
2 |
180 |
Higher Walton |
2 |
180 |
Nelson |
2 |
180 |
South Shore |
2 |
180 |
West Manchester |
2 |
180 |
Rossendale |
2 |
180 |
Bury |
2 |
180 |
Blackpool |
2 |
180 |
Southport |
2 |
180 |
Fairfield |
1 |
90 |
Northwich Vict. |
1 |
90 |
Newtown |
1 |
90 |
Nantwich |
Total |
Venue |
13 |
Away |
12 |
Home |
Goals per season
Season |
League |
FA |
LC |
Europe |
Other |
Total |
Totals |
0 |
5 |
0 |
0 |
10 |
15 |
1892-1893 |
0 |
5 |
0 |
0 |
10 |
15 |
A more detailed look at the player's goalscoring
Milestone Appearances
# |
Date |
Against |
Stadium |
Competition |
1 |
03.09.1892 |
Higher Walton |
Anfield |
Other |
Milestone Goals
# |
Minute |
Date |
Against |
Stadium |
Competition |
1 |
0 |
01.10.1892 |
West Manchester |
Anfield |
Other |
Other Clubs
Club |
Season |
Club rank |
League apps |
League goals |
Total apps |
Total goals |
Maybole |
|
Scotland |
N/A |
N/A |
N/A |
N/A |
Rangers |
1888-1890 |
Scotland 1 |
4 |
0 |
11 |
5 |
Everton |
1890-1892 |
First Division |
20 |
5 |
22 |
5 |
Bury |
1893-1897 |
Lancashire League + England Div 2 + 1 |
73 |
15 |
97 |
31 |
Bristol City |
1897-1898 |
Southern League |
16 |
3 |
16 |
3 |
Total |
113 |
23 |
146 |
44 |