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Eric Keen |
Derby County FC
4 appearances, 0 goals
P 4 W 3 D
0 L 1 F 14: A 6
75% successful
1932-36
captain: none
minutes played: 360 |
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Profile |
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Full name |
Errington Ridley Liddell Keen |
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Born |
4 September 1910 in
Walker, Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland [registered in
Tynemouth, September 2010]. |
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Census Notes |
According to the 1911
census, Errington was the youngest of two children to Errington and
Elizabeth. They live at 48 Sidney Road in Tranmere, Birkenhead. His father
was a rivetter. |
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According to the 1939 register, Errington, a
professional footballer and builders clerk, is married to Ethel, and they
live at 10 Red Hill Avenue in the Redhill area of Hereford. They live
their two children (records blocked), and his widowed mother-in-law, Agnes
Pairman. |
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Married |
to Ethel
Pairman (b.30 March 1905)
[registered in Derby, Derbyshire, March 1931]. Two children,
Errington (b.1931) and Murray (b.1937). By 1938, the family
were living at Kendon Avenue in the Sunny Hill area of Derby. |
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Died |
July 1984
in Fulham, aged
73 years nk days
[registered in Fulham, Middlesex, July 1984]. |
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Height/Weight |
5'
8", 9st. 9lbs. [1928], 10st.
6lbs [1930 & 1937]. |
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Source |
Douglas Lammings' An
English Football Internationalist Who's Who [1990] & FindMyPast.com |
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Club Career |
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Club(s) |
Played schoolboy
football in Newcastle before playing with Nun's Moor FC of the Northern
Amateur League. Joined Newcastle Swifts FC in 1926 and Newcastle United FC
in September 1927. Played only once in the League, 18 October
1930, against Derby County FC. He later joined County on 12 December
1930 in a swap deal involving
Harry Bedford,
and played in 219 league appearances, scoring four times. Signed
by Billy Walker for the newly-formed
Chelmsford City FC on 14 May 1938 and onto Hereford United FC on 11 July 1939 as
player-manager. Guested for Everton FC in 1941-42, then Liverpool FC in
late 1942 and Millwall FC in January 1943 during the war, where he was
also stationed in India as an Army Physical Training instructor. Joined
Lincoln City FC on 8 November 1945, and then, the following month, he was
at Leeds United AFC on 20 December 1945 and then Bacup Borough
in the Lancashire Combination in July 1946. |
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Club honours |
Football League
Division One
runners-up 1935-36, |
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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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Managerial Career |
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Club(s) |
Keen was appointed player-manager of Southern League's newest
club, Hereford United FC, on 11 July 1939 and
1940. Keen managed Egypt between November 1947 and 1948, and was in charge at the
1948 Summer Olympics. He later managed IFK Norrkøping and Beşiktaş
between 1949 and 1950.
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England Career |
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Player number |
577th
player to appear for England. |
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Position(s) |
Left-half |
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First match |
No. 184,
7 December
1932, England 4 Austria 3,
a friendly match at Stamford Bridge, Fulham Road, Fulham, London, aged 22 years
94 days. |
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Last match |
No. 207,
2
December 1936,
England 6
Hungary 2,
a friendly match at
Arsenal Stadium, Highbury, London,
aged 26 years 89 days. |
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Major tournaments |
British Championship 1936-37; |
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Team honours |
None |
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Individual honours |
None |
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Distinctions |
If he died before
18 July, he would be the 600th England player to die |
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Beyond England |
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Began a tea merchant business with a
relative in February 1936, but was dissolved on 16 October 1937 with a
£518 1s. 11d. deficiency. Later coached in Hong Kong. -
An English Football Internationalists' Who's Who.
Douglas Lamming (1990). Hatton Press, p.148-9. |
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Eric Keen - Career Statistics |
| Squads |
Apps |
comp. apps |
Mins. |
Goals |
goals ave.min |
comp. goals |
Capt. |
Disc. |
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8 |
4 |
2 |
360 |
0 |
0
min |
0 |
none |
none |
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minutes are an approximation, due to the fact that many matches rarely stick to exactly ninety minutes long, allowing time for injuries and errors. |
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Eric Keen
- Match Record - All Matches |
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Type |
P |
W |
D |
L |
F |
A |
GD |
FTS
|
CS |
FAv |
AAv |
Pts% |
W/L |
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Home |
3 |
3 |
0 |
0 |
13 |
4 |
+9 |
0 |
0 |
4.333 |
1.333 |
100.0 |
+3 |
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Away |
1 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
1 |
2 |
-1 |
0 |
0 |
1.00 |
2.00 |
0.00 |
-1 |
| All |
4 |
3 |
0 |
1 |
14 |
6 |
+8 |
0 |
0 |
3.50 |
1.50 |
75.0 |
+2 |
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Eric Keen
- Match Record - By Type of Match |
|
Type |
P |
W |
D |
L |
F |
A |
GD |
FTS |
CS |
FAv |
AAv |
Pts% |
W/L |
|
British Championship |
2 |
1 |
0 |
1 |
4 |
3 |
+1 |
0 |
0 |
2.00 |
1.50 |
50.0 |
=0 |
| Friendly |
2 |
2 |
0 |
0 |
10 |
3 |
+7 |
0 |
0 |
5.00 |
1.50 |
100.0 |
+2 |
| All |
4 |
3 |
0 |
1 |
14 |
6 |
+8 |
0 |
0 |
3.50 |
1.50 |
75.0 |
+2 |
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Eric Keen
- Match Record - Tournament Matches |
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British Championship Competition |
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Type |
P |
W |
D |
L |
F |
A |
GD |
FTS |
CS |
FAv |
AAv |
Pts% |
W/L |
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BC 1936-37 |
2 |
1 |
0 |
1 |
4 |
3 |
+1 |
0 |
0 |
2.00 |
1.50 |
50.0 |
=0 |
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BC
All |
2 |
1 |
0 |
1 |
4 |
3 |
+1 |
0 |
0 |
2.00 |
1.50 |
50.0 |
=0 |
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All Competition |
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Type |
P |
W |
D |
L |
F |
A |
GD |
FTS |
CS |
FAv |
AAv |
Pts% |
W/L |
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BC |
2 |
1 |
0 |
1 |
4 |
3 |
+1 |
0 |
0 |
2.00 |
1.50 |
50.0 |
=0 |
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All |
2 |
1 |
0 |
1 |
4 |
3 |
+1 |
0 |
0 |
2.00 |
1.50 |
50.0 |
=0 |
Eric Keen
- Match History
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Club:
Derby County F.C.
- four full appearances (360 min) |
F.A. International Selection Committee - four full appearances
(360 min)x |
Notes
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