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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 |
|
Full name |
Kenneth
Armstrong |
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Born |
3 June 1924 in
Bradford, Yorkshire [registered in Bradford, September 1954] |
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Died |
13 June 1984 in
New Zealand. His ashes are allegedly scattered over Stamford
Bridge. |
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Height/Weight |
5' 8", 11st.
[1955] |
|
Source |
Douglas Lammings' An
English Football Internationalist Who's Who [1990]. |
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Club Career |
|
Club(s) |
Served for the
RAF in WW II and played for Bradford Rovers. 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
(1 appearance) |
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Distinctions |
None. |
|
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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First & last 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 |
British
Championships 1954-55; |
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Team honours |
British
Championships winners 1954-55; |
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Individual honours |
None. |
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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 (3 goals) for the New Zealand national team between 1958 and 1962. |
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Beyond England |
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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 |
|
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 |
|
Type |
P |
W |
D |
L |
F |
A |
GD |
FTS
|
CS |
FAv |
AAv |
Pts
% |
W/L |
|
Home |
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 - By Type of Match |
|
Type |
P |
W |
D |
L |
F |
A |
GD |
FTS |
CS |
FAv |
AAv |
Pts% |
W/L |
|
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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- |
b13 |
3 March 1954 - England B 1 Scotland B 1, Roker Park, Sunderland |
Fr |
HD |
Captain |
4 |
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- |
b14 |
24 March 1954 - West Germany B 0 England B 4,
Glückauf Kampfbahn, Gelsenkirchen |
Fr |
AW |
Captain |
4 |
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- |
b15 |
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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