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Ted
Ditchburn |
Tottenham Hotspur
FC
6 appearances,
9 goals conceded
P 6 W 5 D 0 L 1 F 24:
A 9
83% successful
1948-56
captain: none
minutes played: 540 |
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Timeline |
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Edwin George Ditchburn |
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Birth |
24 October 1921 in Gillingham, Kent [registered in
Medway, December 1921].
Attended Lawns Road School,
Northfleet |
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Marriage |
to Joan Hulyer [registered in
Chatham, Kent, September 1943]. |
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Death |
26 December 2005 in Churchill Crescent,
Wickham Market, near Woodbridge, Suffolk, aged 84 years 63 days [registered in
Ipswich, December 2005]. |
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Source |
 Douglas Lammings' An
English Football Internationalist Who's Who [1990] & |
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Club Career |
|
Club(s) |
A
schoolboy footballer in Northfleet, before joining Northfleet Paper Mills
FC. He was signed on as a Tottenham Hotspur FC amateur in 1937, and sent
out to the Spurs' nursery side, Northfleet FC, for development in 1938,
turning professional in 1939. He joined the RAF during WW2 and was a
member of the Tommy Walker XI that toured the Far East. He returned to
Tottenham after the war and remained after 418
league appearances, 247 of them consecutively, until May 1959,
when he joined Romford FC, stepped up to player-manager in July 1959. He
left for Brentwood FC in August 1965. |
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Club honours |
Football League Division
Two winners 1959-60; Football League
Champions 1960-61; |
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Individual honours |
Football League (six appearances) |
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Distinctions |
Son of
a Kent heavyweight boxing Champion. |
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Height/Weight |
6' 0½", 12st.
12lbs [1950]. |
|
Source |
Douglas Lammings' An English
Football Internationalist Who's Who [1990]. |
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England Career |
|
Player number |
One of five
who became the 676th
players (676) to appear for England. |
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Position(s) |
Goalkeeper; 70th goalkeeper to appear. |
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First match |
No. 244, 2 December 1948, England 6
Switzerland 0, a friendly match at Arsenal Stadium, Highbury, London, aged
27 years 39 days. |
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Last match |
No. 310, 5 December 1956, England 5 Denmark
2, a World Cup qualification match at Molineux, St. Peter's, Wolverhampton,
aged 35 years 42 days. |
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Major tournaments |
World Cup Finals 1950;
British Championship 1956-57; |
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Team honours |
British Championship winners
1956-57; |
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Individual honours |
England wartime (two appearances),
England B (two appearances, 1949-50). |
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Distinctions |
The
thirteenth Kenter to represent England |
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Beyond England |
|
Later a Romford sports outfitter. -
An English Football Internationalists' Who's Who.
Douglas Lamming (1990). Hatton Press, p.88. |
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The Numbers |
|
parties |
Apps |
Comp
Apps |
unused/
reserve |
minutes |
GA |
GA Av.
min |
Comp GA |
Clean
Sheets |
Cln
Sht Av |
Cln
Sht best |
captain |
|
15 |
6 |
2 |
10 |
540 |
9 |
60 min |
3 |
2 |
33.3% |
127 min |
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 |
|
6 |
5 |
0 |
1 |
24 |
9 |
+15 |
0 |
2 |
4 |
1.5 |
83.3 |
+4 |
Venue Record
|
Venue |
P |
W |
D |
L |
F |
A |
GD |
FTS
|
CS |
FAv |
AAv |
Pts% |
W/L |
|
Home |
4 |
4 |
0 |
0 |
17 |
3 |
+14 |
0 |
2 |
4.25 |
0.75 |
100.0 |
+4 |
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Away |
2 |
1 |
0 |
1 |
7 |
6 |
+1 |
0 |
0 |
3.50 |
3.00 |
50.0 |
=0 |
Competition Record
|
Competition |
P |
W |
D |
L |
F |
A |
GD |
FTS |
CS |
FAv |
AAv |
Pts% |
W/L |
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WCP
|
1 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
5 |
2 |
+3 |
0 |
0 |
5.00 |
2.00 |
100.0 |
+1 |
|
WCF |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
=0 |
0 |
0 |
0.00 |
0.00 |
0.00 |
=0 |
| World Cup |
1 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
5 |
2 |
+3 |
0 |
0 |
5.00 |
2.00 |
100.0 |
+1 |
|
British Championship |
1 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
3 |
1 |
+2 |
0 |
0 |
3.00 |
1.00 |
100.0 |
+1 |
| Friendly |
4 |
3 |
0 |
1 |
16 |
6 |
+10 |
0 |
2 |
4.00 |
1.50 |
75.0 |
+2 |
Tournament Record
|
World Cup Final Tournaments |
|
Type |
P |
W |
D |
L |
F |
A |
GD |
FTS |
CS |
FAv |
AAv |
Pts% |
W/L |
| WCF 1950 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
=0 |
0 |
0 |
0.00 |
0.00 |
0.0 |
=0 |
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WCF
All |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
=0 |
0 |
0 |
0.00 |
0.00 |
0.0 |
=0 |
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World Cup Preliminary Competition |
|
Type |
P |
W |
D |
L |
F |
A |
GD |
FTS |
CS |
FAv |
AAv |
Pts% |
W/L |
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WCP 1956-58 |
1 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
5 |
2 |
+3 |
0 |
0 |
5.00 |
2.00 |
100.0 |
+1 |
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WCP
All |
1 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
5 |
2 |
+3 |
0 |
0 |
5.00 |
2.00 |
100.0 |
+1 |
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British Championship Competition |
|
Type |
P |
W |
D |
L |
F |
A |
GD |
FTS |
CS |
FAv |
AAv |
Pts% |
W/L |
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BC 1956-57 |
1 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
3 |
1 |
+2 |
0 |
0 |
3.00 |
1.00 |
100.0 |
+1 |
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BC
All |
1 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
3 |
1 |
+2 |
0 |
0 |
3.00 |
1.00 |
100.0 |
+1 |
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All Competition |
|
Type |
P |
W |
D |
L |
F |
A |
GD |
FTS |
CS |
FAv |
AAv |
Pts% |
W/L |
|
WC |
1 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
5 |
2 |
+3 |
0 |
0 |
5.00 |
2.00 |
100.0 |
+1 |
|
BC |
1 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
3 |
1 |
+2 |
0 |
0 |
3.00 |
1.00 |
100.0 |
+1 |
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2 |
2 |
0 |
0 |
8 |
3 |
+5 |
0 |
0 |
4.00 |
1.50 |
100.0 |
+2 |
Match History
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Club:
Tottenham Hotspur F.C. -
six full appearances
(540 min) 9ᵍᵃ |
manager: Walter
Winterbottom - six full appearances (540 min)
9ᵍᵃx
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