Ray Walker (footballer, born 1963)

Ray Walker
Personal information
Full name Raymond Walker
Date of birth (1963-09-28) 28 September 1963
Place of birth North Shields, England
Height 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m)
Position(s) Midfielder
Youth career
1979–1981 Aston Villa
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1981–1986 Aston Villa 23 (0)
1984Port Vale (loan) 15 (1)
1986–1997 Port Vale 351 (33)
1994Cambridge 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. 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.