Wilfred Francis Billington (28 January 1930 – 1 October 2023) was an English professional footballer who played as a goalkeeper in England and Australia. He began his career with Rochdale, later playing for Blackburn Rovers, Workington Reds, and Headington United.[2][1][3][4] In Australia, Billington was best known as the goalkeeper for South Coast United's championship-winning side led by former England international Jim Kelly.[5][6]
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Ted Frend AJS Ret Ret Ret 0 - Fergus Anderson Moto Guzzi Ret Ret 0 - WilfBillington Norton Ret Ret 0 - Norman Croft Triumph Ret Ret 0 - Frank Fry Norton...
1 WilfBillington 2 Barry Salisbury 3 Adrian Ringland 4 Jimmy Kelly 5 Phil Carr 6 Max Tolson 7 John Brownlie 8 Mike Johnson 9 John Doherty 10 Graham Barnett...
Fastest lap Rider Maurice Cann Moto Guzzi Time 11:46 Podium First Maurice Cann Moto Guzzi Second Dario Ambrosini Benelli Third WilfBillington Moto Guzzi...
re-vitalise the team, including imports from England, Graham Barnett, WilfBillington and Pat Woods, as well as Wim van der Gaag from the Netherlands. The...
The 10 Percenters as Trudy Hackman The Baskervilles as April Baskerville Wilf the Witch's Dog Goodnight Sweetheart The Revenge Files of Alistair Fury as...
Kieran Flynn 1998–1999 Julia Stone Fiona Allen 1999 Greg Kelly Stephen Billington 1998–1999 Eunice Gee Meg Johnson 1981–1982, 1999 Charlie West Keith Clifford...
and former presenter Paul Rusling with backing from former Conservative MP Wilf Proudfoot, who served as managing director for short-lived pirate station...
York Islanders cash 2 3 Mal Davis Los Angeles Kings Buffalo Sabres cash 4 Wilf Paiement Buffalo Sabres New York Rangers cash 3 No selections during round...
15 January 2019. Billington, Michael (9 May 2006). "Tribute to Look Back in Anger". The Guardian. Retrieved 15 January 2019. Billington, Michael (5 August...
the Biltmore Theatre in New York City. In August 1975 he played Wilf in a Kevin Billington production of Bloody Neighbours at the ICA Theatre in London,...
Camsell to be placed outside the stadium, joining those of George Hardwick and Wilf Mannion. A club spokesman said that such an honour could not be ruled out...
Nick Libett Al MacAdam Brad Marsh Dennis Maruk Brad Maxwell Dale McCourt Wilf Paiement Steve Payne Robert Picard Jim Rutherford David Shand Bobby Smith...
Prop Guest from Castleford 620 James Ramsey 1940–41 Scrum half 621 Edwin Billington 1940–41 Stand off Guest from Bradford Northern 622 Herbert Bowering 1940–41...
Winners 2011" westendtheatre.com, 20 November 2011; accessed 25 March 2012. Billington, Michael (24 May 2011). "'One Man, Two Guvnors' -- review". The Guardian...
Amanda Huxtable, Christian Jarrett, Helen Lederer, V. G. Lee, Gary Lloyd, Wilf Lunn, Kei Miller, David Nobbs, Diriye Osman, Gerry Potter, Justina Robson...
position and Dodds himself claimed that he had been pushed in the back by Wilf Copping. United ultimately lost the final to Arsenal, 1–0, thanks to a goal...
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