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Tommy
Meehan |
Chelsea FC
1 cap, 0 goals
P 1 W 0 D
0 L 1 F 1: A 2
0% successful
1923
disciplined: none
captaincies: none
minutes played: 90 |
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Profile |
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Full name |
Thomas Meehan |
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Born |
Summer 1896 in Harpurhey, Lancashire [registered in
Manchester, Lancashire, September 1896]. |
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Census Notes |
Cannot be found on the 1901
census. |
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According to the 1911
census, a fifteen year-old Thomas is a dock labourer. He is the second of
five children to Bernard and Mary. They live at 10 Prescot Street in
Salford, Manchester. The census reveals that another four children had
died. |
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Died |
18 August 1924, aged
28 years nk days
[registered in St.George Hanover Square, September 1924]. Died
of encephalitis lethargica. |
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Height/Weight |
5'
5", 10st.
7lbs [1919]. |
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Source |
Douglas Lammings' An
English Football Internationalist Who's Who [1990] & Ancestry.com |
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Club Career |
|
Club(s) |
Started
playing football with his local clubs, Newton FC, Walden Central FC,
before Rochdale FC signed him in January 1917. He was signed by Manchester
United FC in 1917 and during his time there, was loaned back to Roachdale
FC and also Atherton FC. Meehan completed 51 league appearances,
scoring six times. He signed for Chelsea FC in December 1920 for
£3300, he will go onto to play in 124 league appearances, scoring
four times, until his untimely death in 1924. |
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Club honours |
None |
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Individual honours |
Football
League (two appearances) |
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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 |
462nd
player to appear for England. |
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Position(s) |
Left-half |
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Only match |
No. 137, 20
October 1923, Ireland 2 England 1, a British Championship match at Windsor
Park, Belfast, aged 27 years
nk days. |
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Major tournaments |
British Championship 1923-24 |
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Team honours |
None |
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Individual honours |
None |
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Distinctions |
None |
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Beyond England |
|
Died of a sleeping sickness. -
An English Football Internationalists' Who's Who.
Douglas Lamming (1990). Hatton Press, p.171. |
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Tommy Meehan - Career Statistics |
| Squads |
Apps |
Comp.
Apps |
Mins. |
Goals |
Goals
Av.min |
Comp.
Goals |
Capt. |
Disc. |
|
1 |
1 |
1 |
90 |
0 |
0
min |
0 |
None |
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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Tommy Meehan
- Match Record - All Matches - By
Colour of Shirt - By Type of Match |
|
Type |
P |
W |
D |
L |
F |
A |
GD |
FTS
|
CS |
FAv |
AAv |
Pts
% |
W/L |
|
Away
- White |
1 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
1 |
2 |
-1 |
0 |
0 |
1.00 |
2.00 |
0.00 |
-1 |
| All
-
British Championship |
1 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
1 |
2 |
-1 |
0 |
0 |
1.00 |
2.00 |
0.00 |
-1 |
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Tommy Meehan
- Match Record - Tournament Matches |
|
British Championships |
|
Type |
P |
W |
D |
L |
F |
A |
GD |
FTS |
CS |
FAv |
AAv |
Pts% |
W/L |
|
BC |
1 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
1 |
2 |
-1 |
0 |
0 |
1.00 |
2.00 |
0.00 |
-1 |
|
All |
1 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
1 |
2 |
-1 |
0 |
0 |
1.00 |
2.00 |
0.00 |
-1 |
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All
Tournaments |
|
Type |
P |
W |
D |
L |
F |
A |
GD |
FTS |
CS |
FAv |
AAv |
Pts% |
W/L |
|
BC |
1 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
1 |
2 |
-1 |
0 |
0 |
1.00 |
2.00 |
0.00 |
-1 |
|
All |
1 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
1 |
2 |
-1 |
0 |
0 |
1.00 |
2.00 |
0.00 |
-1 |
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Tommy Meehan
- Match History |
|
Club: Chelsea F.C. -
1 full cap |
Coach: F.A. Select
Committee - 1
full capx
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|
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Age 27 |
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1 |
137 |
20 October 1923 - Ireland 2 England 1,
Windsor Park, Belfast |
BC |
AL |
Start |
lh |
Notes
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CG
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