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RUBIN WILSON
Full Name: Rubin James Wilson
Born: 08 October 2001
Came from: Trainee Went to: Released
First game: 08 October 2019 Last game: 08 October 2019
Appearances: 1 (0/1) Goals: 0
Wilson went to school at Penrice Academy in St Austell and played for Argyle's under-8 to under-14 teams. Although he was released at that stage, he returned on trial and impressed in 2016 with four goals at SuperCupNI, a leading international youth tournament in Northern Ireland. Very much back in the fold, he was awarded a two-year apprenticeship in 2018 and signed his first professional contract in June 2020.
Described by manager Ryan Lowe as "a handful, an old-fashioned centre-forward, a goalscorer first and foremost", Wilson was given his first team debut on his 18th birthday, as a 78th minute substitute at Swindon Town in the Football League Trophy in October 2019. He went on to play regularly in the Premier League Cup and the Central League, and in March 2020 was set to join Plymouth Parkway on work experience before football was halted by the COVID-19 pandemic.
A second attempt to gain experience at Parkway was foiled in the summer of 2020 by a technicality: FA regulations prevented a professional from playing below step four of the National League system, and so Wilson joined Dorchester Town on three-month loan. He played three times and scored once in Dorset, and at the end of the 2020-21 season was released by the Pilgrims.
He then had short spells with Saltash United and Bodmin Town before joining Helston Athletic in August 2022. He hit an impressive run of form in his first season with Helston, with a 'one in two' strike rate (24 goals), helping the club win the Cornwall Senior Cup and Les Phillips Cup. Then came a surprise move to Western League Premier Division rivals Falmouth Town in November 2023.
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APPEARANCE DETAILS [reselect competitions]
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I'm very grateful to many who have helped write GoS-DB's player pen-pictures, and to Dave Rowntree, the PAFC Media Team and Colin Parsons for their help with photos. Thanks also to staff at the National Football Museum, the Scottish Football Museum and ScotlandsPeople for their valuable assistance.
The following publications have been particularly valuable in the research of pen-pictures: Plymouth Argyle, A Complete Record 1903-1989 (Brian Knight, ISBN 0-907969-40-2); Plymouth Argyle, 101 Golden Greats (Andy Riddle, ISBN 1-874287-47-3); Football League Players' Records 1888-1939 (Michael Joyce, ISBN 1-899468-67-6); Football League Players' Records 1946-1988 (Barry Hugman, ISBN 1-85443-020-3) and Plymouth Argyle Football Club Handbooks.
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