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Ken
Armstrong |
Chelsea FC
1 cap, 0 goals
P 1 W 1 D 0 L 0 F 7:
A 2
100% successful
1954-55
disciplined: none
captaincies: none
minutes played: 90 |
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Profile |
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Full name |
Kenneth
Armstrong |
|
Born |
3 June 1924 in
Bradford, Yorkshire [registered in Bradford, September 1924] |
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Notes |
Passenger
Lists make note of Ken Armstrongs emigration. He left Southampton on 30
May 1957, bound for Wellington, New Zealand, on the Southern Cross. The 33
year-old left with his wife, Ann, and his children, David, Brian, Ronald
and Shirley. Their last address in England was at 14 Arkwright
Street in Bradford. |
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Married |
to Ann E.
Weir [registered in Droxford, Hampshire, September 1944] |
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Died |
13 June 1984 in
New Zealand, aged 60 years, 10 days [not registered in UK].
His ashes are scattered over Stamford
Bridge, home of Chelsea FC. |
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Height/Weight |
5' 8", 11st.
0lbs
[1955] |
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Source |
Douglas Lammings' An
English Football Internationalist Who's Who [1990]. |
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Club Career |
|
Club(s) |
Served
with the
Royal Air Force during in WW2 and played for Bradford Rovers FC.
Afterwards, and for 100 guineas,
Armstrong joined Chelsea FC in December 1946 and made 362 league
appearances, scoring 25 times. He went on to play in New Zealand. |
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Club honours |
Football League
Champions 1954-55; also won 4 Chatham Cups in New Zealand. |
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Individual honours |
Football League
(one appearance) |
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Distinctions |
None. |
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Source |
Douglas Lammings' An
English Football Internationalist Who's Who [1990]. |
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England Career |
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Player number |
744th player to
appear for England. |
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Position(s) |
Right-half |
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Only match |
No. 294, 2 April 1955, England 7 Scotland 2,
a British Championship match at Empire Stadium, London, aged 30 years
334 days. |
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Major tournaments |
World Cup
Finals 1954 (reserve);
British
Championships 1954-55; |
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Team honours |
British
Championships winners 1954-55; |
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Individual honours |
England B
(three appearances, all as Captain) |
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Distinctions |
According to Walter Winterbottom, he wanted to give Armstrong more caps,
but for injuries and the selection committee. Armstrong went on to play
nine times, scoring three goals, for the New Zealand national team between 1958 and 1962. |
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Beyond England |
|
Emigrated to Gisborne in New Zealand in May
1957 where he played for Eastern Union, Gisborne City and North Shore
United. After retiring at the age of 47, became a manager of Mount
Wellington FC in New Zealand, later becoming the national sides chief
coach.
In 1991 he was posthumously inducted into
the New Zealand Soccer Media Association Hall of Fame. -
An English Football Internationalists' Who's Who. Douglas Lamming
(1990). Hatton Press, p.13./The Ultimate New
Zealand Soccer Website |
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Ken Armstrong
- Career Statistics |
| Squads |
Apps |
Comp.
Apps |
Starts |
Sub on |
Sub off |
Mins. |
Goals |
Goals
Av.min |
Comp.
Goals |
Capt. |
Disc. |
| 1 |
1 |
1 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
90 |
0 |
0
min |
0 |
0 |
None |
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Due to the fact that
many matches rarely stuck to exactly ninety minutes long, allowing time
for injuries, errors and substitutions. The minutes here
given can only ever be a guideline and cannot therefore be accurate, only
an approximation. |
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Ken Armstrong
- Match Record - All Matches - By
Type of Match |
|
Type |
P |
W |
D |
L |
F |
A |
GD |
FTS
|
CS |
FAv |
AAv |
Pts
% |
W/L |
|
Home
-
British Championship |
1 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
7 |
2 |
+5 |
0 |
0 |
7.00 |
2.00 |
100.0 |
+1 |
| All |
1 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
7 |
2 |
+5 |
0 |
0 |
7.00 |
2.00 |
100.0 |
+1 |
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Ken Armstrong
- Match Record - Tournament Matches |
|
British Championship Competition |
|
Type |
P |
W |
D |
L |
F |
A |
GD |
FTS |
CS |
FAv |
AAv |
Pts% |
W/L |
|
BC 1954-55 |
1 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
7 |
2 |
+5 |
0 |
0 |
7.00 |
2.00 |
100.0 |
+1 |
|
BC All |
1 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
7 |
2 |
+5 |
0 |
0 |
7.00 |
2.00 |
100.0 |
+1 |
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All
Tournaments |
|
Type |
P |
W |
D |
L |
F |
A |
GD |
FTS |
CS |
FAv |
AAv |
Pts% |
W/L |
|
BC |
1 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
7 |
2 |
+5 |
0 |
0 |
7.00 |
2.00 |
100.0 |
+1 |
| All |
1 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
7 |
2 |
+5 |
0 |
0 |
7.00 |
2.00 |
100.0 |
+1 |
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Ken Armstrong - Match History |
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Club: Chelsea F.C. - 1 full cap |
Coach: Walter
Winterbottom - 1
full capx
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Age
29 |
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1 |
b |
3 March 1954 - England B 1 Scotland B 1, Roker Park, Sunderland |
Fr |
HD |
Captain |
4 |
|
2 |
b |
24 March 1954 - West Germany B 0 England B 4,
Glückauf Kampfbahn, Gelsenkirchen |
Fr |
AW |
Captain |
4 |
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3 |
b |
16 May 1954 - Yugoslavia B 2 England B 1,
Ljubjana |
Fr |
AL |
Captain |
4 |
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Age 30 |
|
- |
288 |
17 June 1954 - Belgium
4
England 4,
Sankt Jakob Stadium, Basel |
WCF |
NW |
reserve squad member |
19 |
|
- |
289 |
20 June 1954 -
England 2 Switzerland
0,
Wankdorfstadion, Bern |
AW |
|
- |
290 |
26 June 1954 -
Uruguay
4
England 2,
Sankt Jakob Stadium, Basel |
NL |
|
1 |
294 |
2 April 1955 - England 7 Scotland 2, Empire Stadium, Wembley, London |
BC |
HW |
Start |
4 |
Notes
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