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Ken Armstrong

Chelsea FC

 1 appearance, 0 goals

P 1 W 1 D 0 L 0 F 7: A 2
100% successful
 1954-55

captain: none
minutes played: 90

Timeline
  Kenneth Armstrong
Birth 3 June 1924 in Bradford, West Riding of Yorkshire [registered in Bradford, September 1924]. To Ernest and Aninie (née Cook)
Marriage to Ann Elizabeth Weir [registered in Droxford, Hampshire, September 1944]. Ann died on 21 November 2009.
  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.
Naturalisation: 22 July 1974 in New Zealand
Death: 13 June 1984 in Auckland, New Zealand, aged 60 years, 10 days [not registered in UK]. 
Funeral: at North Shore Memorial Park, Schnapper Rock Road, in Schnapper Rock, Auckland {left}

Douglas Lammings' An English Football Internationalist Who's Who [1990].

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.
Club honours Football League Champions 1954-55; also won 4 Chatham Cups in New Zealand.
Individual honours Football League (one appearance)
Distinctions Won the Professional Footballers Golf Championship at Knowle, Bristol, on 1 October 1956. (He finished two strokes (77-75) ahead of Crewe Alexandra's RB Williams)
Height/Weight 5' 8", 11st. 0lbs [1955]

Source

Douglas Lammings' An English Football Internationalist Who's Who [1990].

England Career
Player number One of three who became 743rd players (744) to appear for England.
Position(s) Right-half
Only match No. 294, 2 April 1955, England 7 Scotland 2, a British Championship match at The Empire Stadium, Wembley, London, aged 30 years 303 days.
Major tournaments World Cup Finals 1954 (reserve);
British Championship 1954-55;
Team honours British Championship winners 1954-55;
Individual honours England B (three appearances, all as captain, 1954)
Distinctions According to Walter Winterbottom, he wanted to give Armstrong more appearances, 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.

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


The Numbers
parties Appearances comp. apps unused/
reserve		 minutes captain
5 1 1 six 90 0 none
minutes are an approximation, due to the fact that many matches rarely stick to exactly ninety minutes long, allowing time for injuries and errors.
P W D L F A GD FTS CS FAv AAv Pts% W/L
1 1 0 0 7 2 +5 0 0 7 2 100 +1
his only match was played at a home venue, it was a British Championship match, and played in a white shirt

Tournament Record

World Cup Final Tournaments
Type P W D L F A GD FTS CS FAv AAv Pts% W/L
WCF 1954 0 0 0 0 0 0 =0 0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 =0
WCF All 0 0 0 0 0 0 =0 0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 =0

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

All Competition
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
1 1 0 0 7 2 +5 0 0 7.00 2.00 100.0 +1
 
Match History
  

Age 29 B  
two appearancesᶜ - Scotland & West Germany March 1954
  
 Club: Chelsea F.C. - one full appearance (90 min) manager: Walter Winterbottom - one full appearance (90 min)x

apps match pic match details comp res. rundown shirt

285 3 April 1954 - Scotland 2 England 4, Hampden Park, Glasgow BC/
WCP		 AW reserve

286 16 May 1954 - Yugoslavia 1 England 0, Stadion JNA, Beograd tour AL party member
B  
one appearance - Yugoslaviaᶜ 16 May 1954
287 23 May 1954 - Hungary 7 England 1, Népstadion, Budapest   AL unused sub
B  
party member  - Switzerland 23 May 1954

Age 30  
 
WCF		 reserve rhb 19x
288 17 June 1954 - Belgium 4 England 4, Sankt Jakob Stadium, Basel NW home reserve
289 20 June 1954 - England 2 Switzerland 0, Wankdorfstadion, Bern AW
290 26 June 1954 - Uruguay 4 England 2, Sankt Jakob Stadium, Basel NL
  

B  
reserve (match postponed)  - Scotland March 1954

1 294 2 April 1955 - England 7 Scotland 2
Empire Stadium, Wembley		 BC HW   4
  

one of four who became the 743rd player (744) to appear for England.
the 17th Chelsea player to represent England

  


  

 
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