Ray Walker (footballer, born 1963)

For other people named Ray Walker, see Ray Walker (disambiguation).

Ray Walker
Personal information
Full name Raymond Walker[1]
Date of birth (1963-09-28) 28 September 1963 (age 61)[1]
Place of birth North Shields, England[1]
Height 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m)[2]
Position(s) Midfielder
Youth career
1979–1981 Aston Villa
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1981–1986 Aston Villa 23 (0)
1984 → Port Vale (loan) 15 (1)
1986–1997 Port Vale 351 (33)
1994 → Cambridge United (loan) 5 (0)
1997–1998 Leek Town 36 (1)
1998–2001 Newcastle Town
Total 430+ (35+)
International career
1981 England Youth 6 (0)
Managerial career
1998 Leek Town (caretaker)
1998–2001 Newcastle Town
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Raymond Walker (born 28 September 1963) is an English former professional footballer who played as a midfielder. He played 440 games for Port Vale in all competitions between 1986 and 1997, ensuring himself a place in the club's history.[3] He was twice the club's player of the season. He was named on the PFA Team of the Year three times. He was promoted twice with the club and also played a part in the club's highest-ever post-war finish in the English Football League. With Aston Villa in the early '80s, he joined Port Vale in 1986, after a short loan spell in 1984. After eleven years at Vale Park, he went into non-League football with Leek Town and Newcastle Town.

  1. ^ a b c "Ray Walker". Barry Hugman's Footballers. Retrieved 14 May 2018.
  2. ^ Dunk, Peter (1987). Rothmans football yearbook 1987-88. London: Queen Anne Press. p. 294. ISBN 978-0356143545. Retrieved 14 April 2020.
  3. ^ "Ray Walker – Player Profile". football-england.com. Retrieved 28 May 2009.