Willie Young (footballer, born 1956)

William John Young (born 24 February 1956) was a Scottish professional footballer who played as a winger in the Football League for Aston Villa and Torquay United.^[1]^[2]^[3] He was educated at St Mirin's Academy, Paisley.^{[citation needed]}

Career[]

Young joined Aston Villa in July 1978 as a 22-year-old from Scottish junior side Arthurlie.^[1] His signing set the junior football record at the time with his debut coming when he started on 14 October against Manchester United.^{[citation needed]} After three games in that first season, Young did not appear again in the Villa league side, and in October 1981 moved to Torquay United for a fee of £10,000.^[1] He played 38 times in the league for Torquay before leaving professional football due to injury.^[3]

References[]

^ Jump up to: ^a ^b ^c "Young, William John". Aston Villa Player Database. Jörn Mårtensson. Retrieved 4 September 2009.
^ "Aston Villa: 1946/47–2008/09". Post War English & Scottish Football League A - Z Player's Transfer Database. Neil Brown. Retrieved 4 September 2009.
^ Jump up to: ^a ^b "Torquay United: 1946/47 – 2006/07". Post War English & Scottish Football League A - Z Player's Transfer Database. Neil Brown. Retrieved 4 September 2009.

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[AVPD-1] Jump up to: ^a ^b ^c "Young, William John". Aston Villa Player Database. Jörn Mårtensson. Retrieved 4 September 2009.

[2] "Aston Villa: 1946/47–2008/09". Post War English & Scottish Football League A - Z Player's Transfer Database. Neil Brown. Retrieved 4 September 2009.

[NBTU-3] Jump up to: ^a ^b "Torquay United: 1946/47 – 2006/07". Post War English & Scottish Football League A - Z Player's Transfer Database. Neil Brown. Retrieved 4 September 2009.

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