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       Ben 
      Warren  | 
      
       
	  
	  Derby County FC, 
	  Chelsea FC 
 
	  22 appearances, 2 goals 
      
      P 22 W 17 D 
	  4 L 1 F 83: A 16 
      86% successful 
      1906-11 
      
	  
	  captain:  none 
minutes played: 1980  | 
     
    
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       Timeline  | 
       
    
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      Benjamin Warren | 
     
      
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      Birth | 
      
	  Wednesday, 7 May 1879 at Thorntree Inn, Thorn Tree Lane, in Newhall, Derbyshire | 
       
      
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	  registered in Burton-upon-Trent July-September 1879 | 
       
    
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      Baptism | 
      
	  
	  Sunday, 4 April 1880 in St. John's Church, Newhall | 
     
      
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       According to the 1881 
      census, Benjamin is the third of four children to Joseph Henry and Emily Sarah 
	  (née Staley). His 
	  father is a boiler maker. They live in Thorn Tree Lane in Newhall.  | 
       
	  
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       According to the 1891 
      census, Benjamin now has four more younger siblings, making him the third 
	  of eight, and along with their parents, they still all live at Thorn Tree 
	  Lane. his father is now a boiler maker and the publican of Thorn Tree Inn, 
	  on the corner of Thorn Tree Lane and Wood Lane in Newhall.  | 
       
	  
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       According to the 1901 
      census, Benjamin, a 21-year old boiler maker, is living at home with his 
	  parents and ten of his siblings, he has four more younger siblings, making 
	  him one of twelve. They live at 201 Union Road in Newhall. His father is 
	  also still a boilermaker.  | 
       
      
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	  Marriage | 
      
	  to 
	  Minnie Staley, on Tuesday, 21 October 1902 at Emmanuel Church, Swadlincote, 
	  Derbyshire. Warren 
	  appears to have married his cousin, Minnie, a dressmaker. | 
       
      
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	  registered in Burton-upon-Trent October-December 1902 | 
       
      
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	  Children | 
      
	  Ben and Minnie Warren have four children 
	  together. Harry (b.30 March 1903), Lilian (b.4 May 1905), 
	  Benjamin Maurice 
	  (b.13 August 1909) and Grenville (b.2 April 1911). | 
       
      
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      According to the 1911 
      census, Benjamin is a professional footballer, married to Minnie, and they 
	  have four children, Harry, Lilian, Maurice and Grenville, they also have 
	  one servant, living at Donard Villa at 18 Sunnyside in Newhall. | 
       
      
      
	  
      "THE 
	  ILLNESS OF BEN WARREN "Ben Warren is making excellent progress. The 
	  injured knee has improved much quicker than was anticipated, 
	  and he is now exercising it quietly to strengthen the muscles. It is 
	  expected that in another three weeks he will be in harness again. 
	  - The Evening Telegraph and Post, Wednesday, 22 November 1911. 
	  "Ben Warren, who has been suffering from an 
	  injury for some weeks, is lying seriously ill at his residence at Newhall. 
	  A doctor is in constant attendance, and Warren's condition this morning, 
	  when it was stated that brain fever had made its appearance, gave cause 
	  for considerable anxiety." - 
	  The Evening Telegraph and Post, Wednesday, 6 December 1911. 
	  "Late last night the famous International half-back was slightly 
	  better, and no immediate danger is feared". - Sheffield Daily 
	  Telegraph, Thursday, 7 December 1911. "At a late hour on 
	  Thursday it was stated that Ben Warren was still delirious. It was hoped, 
	  however, that he had escaped brain fever". - Sheffield Daily 
	  Telegraph, Friday, 8 December 1911. "There is little 
	  improvement to record in the condition of Ben Warren. On inquiry, 
	  yesterday, at his residence in Newhall, our correspondent learned that the 
	  patient had passed a somewhat more restful night. The exact nature of the 
	  illness has not been diagnosed. The trouble is mental rather than 
	  physical, and a Nottingham specialist has been called in." - 
	  Sheffield Daily Telegraph, Monday, 11 December 1911. 
	  "Inquiries made on Saturday 
	  night elicited the fact that there had been no material change in the 
	  condition of Ben Warren, who is lying seriously ill. He has been removed 
	  to a private nursing home at Nottingham." - Sheffield Daily 
	  Telegraph, Monday, 18 December 1911. "No improvement is 
	  recorded in the serious condition of Ben Warren, who is in a private 
	  nursing home at Nottingham, and grave fears are entertained of his 
	  recovery." - Sheffield Daily Telegraph, Wednesday, 20 
	  December 1911 "Our Burton-on-Trent correspondent writes 
	  that the report that Ben Warren has had a serious relapse, is without 
	  foundation. The patient's relatives were informed yesterday that he had 
	  passed a fair night, though he had been somewhat restless. Warren is said 
	  to be making some progress, although from the nature of the complaint 
	  recovery must be somewhat slow." - Sheffield Daily Telegraph, 
	  Friday, 29 December 1911. "Yesterday's bulletin stated 
	  that Ben Warren had passed a rather bad night. For several days there has 
	  been no apparent change in the condition of the patient." - 
	  The Derby Daily Telegraph, Friday, 5 January 1912. "Ben 
	  Warren is still confined to a nursing home at Nottingham. He has not made 
	  any great headway towards recovery, although spasmodic improvements in his 
	  condition have been recorded." - The Yorkshire Post, Monday, 
	  5 February 1912.
		  
			  | "Mrs Harry Warren, mother of Ben Warren 
	  (who is at present in a private hospital in Nottingham), died yesterday at 
	  Burton-upon-Trent." - The Evening News, Saturday, 10 February 
	  1912 | 
		   
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	  "Ben Warren has been removed from Nottingham to an 
	  establishment at Mickelover, nearer his own home. He is still far from 
	  having recovered". - The Manchester Courier, Monday, 11 March 
	  1912. 
      Certified 
	  insane on 4 September 1912. 
	  "Yesterday morning, shortly before two o'clock, an 
	  amazing incident took place on Derby Road, Nottingham. Attention was 
	  attracted by a man in a nude condition crossing the open space between the 
	  fountain and the general cemetery gates. A man who happened to be drinking 
	  at the fountain also saw the mysterious figure, and was so alarmed that he 
	  ran off full speed along Alfreton Road. Other men followed the figure down 
	  Derby Road. The man was seen to be smoking a cigarette, and had nothing on 
	  but a collar and tie. As he passed down Derby Road he saw the men and 
	  shouted, "Good night, Jack." Anxiously they followed the nude man, and saw 
	  him indulge in weird antics. He jumped about the pavement and roadway, as 
	  though playing an imaginary game of football, and came back up the road 
	  again towards the men. The men went up to the weird football player and 
	  asked him what he was doing. He told them he was going to Trent Bridge to 
	  play in a football match. He had to be there by 3.30. A police-inspector 
	  arrived and, by persuading the unknown that he was being taken to the 
	  football ground, induced him to go to the Guildhall, where he gave the 
	  name as Ben Warren, of Derby County, and said that he lived at Derby. He 
	  made several references to having played with Steve Bloomer and other 
	  famous footballers, and, later, was recognised by a pressman as being the 
	  famous half-back. Warren's 
	  pitiable position is explained by the fact that on leaving Derby County 
	   Club a few seasons ago he went to Chelsea, and whilst there sustained 
	  injuries to his head and elsewhere, necessitating surgical operations. 
	  Eventually, he went to his home at Newhall, and afterwards to a public 
	  institution at Nottingham, where he remained some months, and was reported 
	  considerably improved. Warren, a week ago, was at Derbyshire County Asylum 
	  at Mickleover  (left), having been removed there from 
	  Nottingham Private Asylum. It is believed that he escaped from Mickleover, 
	  and walked to Nottingham, a distance of 20 miles." - The 
	  Courier, Thursday, 5 September 1912. "BEN WARREN'S 
	  RESTORATION "The many admirers of Ben Warren will be very pleased to 
	  hear that not only is he greatly improved in health, but that there is the 
	  best reason for hoping that he will be seen in first-class football again 
	  during the present season. He is now in robust health, and apparently his 
	  old self again. He now states that his intention is to remove to Chelsea, 
	  and he is said to be preparing for his re-entry into First League 
	  football. His relatives now declare that he has been suffering from 
	  nothing more than a severe nervous breakdown." - The Evening 
	  Telegraph and Post, Monday, 16 September 1912. 
	  "Interviewed as to the accuracy of the statement that Ben Warren 
	  is rapidly recovering from his illness and that he will soon be able to 
	  play again for Chelsea, Mr. A.J. Palmer, assistant secretary of the 
	  Stamford Bridge club, emphatically described the rumour as 'mere piffle.' 
	  "I am sorry to say there is not the slightest truth in the statement. I 
	  wish there was, but it is certain that Ben Warren will not be fit to play 
	  for Chelsea this season, and personally I doubt whether he will ever again 
	  be well enough to play first-class football. Please publicly contradict 
	  the rumour." " - The Courier, Wednesday, 18 September 1912. 
	  "BEN WARREN BENEFIT MATCH "At a meeting of the Management 
	  Committee of the League, held to-day in London, Mr. McKenna presiding, a 
	  request by Chelsea to select a representative team to meet a team chosen 
	  by London's League clubs for the benefit of the wife and children, still 
	  materially suffering in health, was immediately acceded to, and the 
	  president instructed to complete arrangements." - The 
	  Nottingham Evening Post, Monday, 9 February 1914 "The 
	  benefit match for the wife and children of Ben Warren will be played at 
	  Chelsea on April 27." - The Birmingham Daily Mail, Monday, 9 
	  March  1914. "The team to oppose a Southern eleven 
	  for the benefit of Ben Warren, the old international, at Chelsea, on April 
	  27th, was selected as follows: Pearson; Crompton, Womack; Barbour, 
	  Roberts, McNeal; Meredith, Shea, Osborn, Bache, and Henshall." 
	  - The Nottingham Evening Post, Saturday, 4 April 1914 "The 
	  Derby County full League team is to play in a match for the benefit of Ben 
	  Warren, at Swadlincote, on 30 April, if another club can arrange to meet 
	  them." - Birmingham Gazette, Saturday, 4 April 1914 
	  "The Management Committee of the Football League met at Glasgow on 
	  Saturday, Mr McKenna, Liverpool, presiding. The following eleven 
	  was chosen to play against a team selected from the Football and Southern 
	  League clubs, in London, at Stamford Bridge, on Monday, April 27th, in a 
	  benefit game for Ben Warren:- Pearson (West Bromwich); Crompton (Blackburn 
	  Rovers), Womack (Birmingham); Barbour (Derby County), Roberts (Oldham); 
	  Meredith (Manchester United), Shea (Blackburn Rovers), Osborn (Preston 
	  North End), Bache (Aston Villa), Henshall (Notts County)." 
	  - The Burnley Gazette, Wednesday, 8 April 1914. "The 
	  following eleven will represent the South against the North at Stamford 
	  Bridge next Monday in the match which is to be played for the benefit of 
	  Ben Warren's wife and family:- Molyneux (Chelsea); Shaw (The Arsenal), 
	  Colclough (Crystal Palace); White (Fulham), Logan (Chelsea), Grimsdell 
	  (Tottenham Hotspur); Walden (Tottenham Hotspur), Woodward (Chelsea), Davis 
	  (Millwall), McFadden (Clapton), McNeil (Chelsea)." - 
	  Birmingham Gazette, Monday, 20 April 1914. 
	  "A match between players representing the 
	  North and South was played at Stamford Bridge yesterday for the benefit of 
	  the family of Ben Warren. There were 12,000 people. Changes were made in 
	  each side, but good teams took the field, and an interesting struggle was 
	  seen. Bache, the Villa captain, scored for the North after twelve minutes 
	  from a beautiful pass by Osborn. The South forwards played well, and 
	  McFadden, after missing one fine chance, equalised. The South showed fine 
	  form in the early stages of the second half, the forwards playing 
	  extremely well. Crompton deflected a shot from Davis, and on another 
	  occasion Pearson, the Albion goalkeeper, saved from Davis. After 
	  twenty-two minutes Grimsdell dribbled through, and though Compton saved, 
	  Ford got possession and scored for the South, who continued to have the 
	  better of matters. Woodward played well for the South. Result: SOUTH 
	  2, NORTH 1. 
	  - The Birmingham Daily Post, Tuesday, 28 April 
	  1914. "Derby County took a strong side over to Newhall on 
	  Thursday evening to play a team representing Past and Present members of 
	  Newhall Swifts for the benefit of the family of Ben Warren. There was a 
	  capital attendance and an interesting game, which was refereed by Mr. 
	  Arthur Latham, was witnessed. Steven Bloomer appeared at centre forward, 
	  and the members of the County team were Scattergood; Atkin, Skelton, 
	  Barber, Hardman, Bagshaw; Walker, Coulter, Moore, Neeve. The Swifts had 
	  requisitioned the services of Tremelling, Bowler, and Wileman, three of 
	  their former players, in addition to Commander, Mansfield, Redfern, 
	  Gulliver, R.Warren, T.Warren, H.Riddle and W.Warren. In the opening 
	  exchanges the Newhall men exercised considerable pressure, but their 
	  opponents were holding themselves well in hand, and the Swifts very rarely 
	  became dangerous. Once T.Warren shot yards over the bar when well placed. 
	  The home team at length were rewarded with a goal by Wileman, the shot 
	  taking Scattergood by surprise. Derby County then asserted themselves, 
	  Coulter heading into the net and equalising. The Swifts endeavoured to 
	  regain the lead, and Wileman passed to R.Warren, who shot straight for 
	  goal, but Atkin was in the way. At the other end Bagshaw brought Commander 
	  to his knees with a fine shot. The County were having matters very much 
	  their own way at this stage, and Walker scored a second goal. Moore added 
	  the third, and half-time arrived with the County leading by three goals to 
	  one. 
	  
	   In the second half Moore got through again for the visitors and 
	  notched the fourth goal, beating Commander completely, and the game ended 
	  with the score—Derby County four, Newhall Swifts one." 
	  - The Derby Daily Telegraph, Saturday, 2 May 
	  1914. "At the final meeting of the committee responsible 
	  for the arrangements in connection with Ben Warren's benefit match, which 
	  took place at Gresley on April 20th, it was reported that after paying 
	  expenses amounting to £2 9s., a balance of £39 16s. 2d. was 
	  shown. The committee decided to make out a cheque in favour of Mrs. Warren 
	  for £40, and the difference of 3s. 10d. was made up so that this 
	  could be done. The balance sheet was as follows:—Receipts—Subscription 
	  lists £16 6s. 8d., S.H. Evershed £1. sale of tickets £23 
	  1s. 9d., gate money £1 16s. 9d., additional subscriptions by 
	  committee 3s. 10d.  Expenses—Printing 10s., R.B. Hall £1 
	  3s. 6d., match expenses 15s. 6d., balance in hand £40." 
	  - The Derby Daily Telegraph, Saturday, 23 May 1914. "There 
	  has been some delay in closing the fund for the benefit of the dependents 
	  of Ben Warren owing to the difficulty experienced by the Chelsea officials 
	  in getting in the subscription lists and tickets. The total amount raised 
	  is £610, of which £337 represents the gate money of the 
	  benefit match and the rest subscriptions and sales of tickets. The amount 
	  raised by Robert Crompton is not included in this total."
	  - The Nottingham Evening Post, Monday, 1 June 1914. 
	  "The Ben Warren benefit fund amounted to £613." 
	  - The Nottingham Evening Post, Tuesday, 7 July 1914. "Ben 
	  Warren, who contracted pneumonia a fortnight ago, is making good 
	  progress." - The Sports Argus, Saturday, 13 
	  February 1915. | 
       
      
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      Death  | 
      
	  
      
	  11pm,
	  Monday, 15 January 1917 at his home in 18 Sunnyside, Newhall, Derbyshire.  | 
       
      
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	  aged 
      37 years 253 days | 
      
	  registered in Burton-upon-Trent January-March 1917 | 
       
      
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	  Obituary | 
       
    
      
	  "DEATH OF BEN WARREN. 
	  "The death took 
	  place late on Monday night of Ben Warren. He was one of the finest 
	  exponents of the Soccer code in his day, and consistently found a place in 
	  the English team at right-half. Just over five years ago mental trouble 
	  put an end to his brilliant career, and unhappily there was never any 
	  improvement in his condition." 
	  - The Nottingham Evening Post, Tuesday, 16 January 1917. 
	  "The death occurred near Burton-on-Trent, his native place, of Ben Warren, 
	  the famous Derby County, Chelsea, and International half-back. Although 
	  only 40 years of age, he had long been an invalid. Warren was born at 
	  Newhall, Derbyshire, and it was while playing for Swadlincote in a medal 
	  competition in 1898 that Derby County discovered him and obtained his 
	  signature. He first played for County at inside-left, but it was quickly 
	  found that his best place was in the middle line, and he became one of the 
	  most fearless and tireless half-backs associated with Association 
	  football, fully meriting the many honours that fell to his lot. Although 
	  having several keen rivals, Warren gained his place in England's 
	  International teams against Scotland, Wales, and Ireland in the years 
	  1906-7-8-9 and 11, and also had inter-League honours bestowed upon him. 
	  His last game was on October 28th, 1911, against Clapton Orient at 
	  Homerton, when he injured his knee." - The Mansfield 
	  Reporter, Friday, 19 January 1917 | 
     
    
      
	  
      Funeral 
	  
		  
			  
      		3pm Saturday 20 January 1917 St. John's churchyard, Newhall | 
		   
	   
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	  "THE 
	  FUNERAL OF BEN WARREN. 
	  "The interment took 
	  place on Saturday afternoon, at Newhall, of Ben Warren, the great 
	  international half-back. The first part of the funeral service was held at 
	  Newhall Parish Church, the Vicar (the Rev. A. Grafftey-Smith) being 
	  assisted by the Rev. D. G. Elwood (United Methodist minister). In a short 
	  address, the Vicar said they were there to pay a last tribute to one who 
	  was the embodyment of what a sportsman should be. As he had meditated on 
	  the life of the deceased, three things stood out pre-eminently. The first 
	  was his strenuousness of purpose, the second his strength of character, 
	  and the third his love of home. When playing for Chelsea he never 
	  succumbed to the temptation to stay in town after the match, but returned 
	  to his home in Newhall. Although many of his friends probably never heard 
	  of a such a place, Ben loved it, and it was there that his loved ones 
	  dwelt. They were proud to think that such a great sportsman had sprung 
	  from Newhall—one who knew how to play the game, the game they all had to 
	  play and could not avoid, the game against evil. They would long remember 
	  his simple, strong, clean, pure life, and which had proved a great example 
	  for others, and had helped so many. Representatives of the Loyal British 
	  Oak Lodge of the Manchester Unity of Oddfellows were present, P.G.W. 
	  Greaves conducting the Oddfellows' funeral service, and the committal was 
	  taken by the vicar. The coffin was lowered into a grave lined with 
	  evergreens. There were many floral tributes, including tokens of respect 
	  and sympathy from the directors of the Derby County Football Club and the 
	  directors of the Chelsea F.C." 
	  - The Derbyshire Advertiser, Saturday, 27 January 1917. | 
     
    
      
	  
      Memorial 
	  
		  
			  
      		  Sunday 18 February 1917 
			  United Methodist Church, Newhall | 
		   
	   
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	  "THE 
	  LATE BEN WARREN—MEMORIAL SERVICE AT NEWHALL. 
	  "In memory of the late Mr. Ben Warren, of Sunnyside, the international 
	  footballer, a service was held on Sunday evening in the United Methodist 
	  Church, 
	  Newhall. Included in the large congregation were the family mourners, 
	  representatives of various football bodies, and old personal friends. The 
	  choir, under Mr. Guy Parker, sang the anthem, 'Hark, hark, my Soul,' the 
	  solos being taken by Miss Dorothy Bladon and Mr. J. Warren. Deceased's 
	  favourite hymns, 'Fight the good fight' and 'Abide with me,' were sung. 
	  Mrs. W. Warren and Miss D. Bladon gave a duet, entitled 'Sometime we'll 
	  understand.' As the congregation entered and left the church the organist, 
	  Mr. W. Boffey, played a funeral march and the Dead March in 'Saul.' The 
	  Rev. G. D. Elwood officiated. Towards the close of the sermon he said the 
	  late Mr. Ben Warren was a member of a large family of business men, whose 
	  sons they rejoiced to have as co-workers in that church. Bereaved friends 
	  mourned the loss of a loyal son, and affectionate husband and father, and 
	  a true brother. For several years the deceased was a Sunday School 
	  scholar, and became subsequently a member of the Bible Class and 
	  congregation. Here he found that strength, which he exercised in resisting 
	  temptation, and that grace which kept him so fair-minded and wholesome. 
	  These qualities, with his geniality, had given him a shrine in the hearts 
	  of many friends in Newhall and elsewhere for many days to come. they were 
	  glad that the last days of his consciousness were days of prayer and the 
	  singing of his favourite hymns. They liked to think of him, beseeching his 
	  loved ones to pray, and trusted that those memories might be kept 
	  fragrant, sustaining them in their great loss, and filling their souls 
	  with a strong hope until the happy re-union" 
	  - The Burton Daily Mail, Tuesday, 20 February 1917. | 
     
    
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	   Douglas Lammings' An 
      English Football Internationalist Who's Who [1990].  | 
     
      
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	  Probate | 
      
	  "WARREN 
	  Ben of Newhall 
	  Derbyshire professional football player died 15 January 
	  1917 at Mickleover Derbyshire Probate 
	  Derby 8 May to 
	  Minnie Warren widow and Alfred Henry Timms solicitor. Effects £1002 1s. 8d." 
	  [2025 equivalent: £59,917
	  ] | 
       
      
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	  Minnie Warren remarried on 6 February 1928 
	  to Edgar Hall, also a widower, of Church Gresley, who himself died in 
	  late-1952. Minnie herself died on 10 November 1963. | 
       
    
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       Playing Career  | 
       
    
      
       Club(s) | 
      
	  Played junior football in Swadlincote and Newhall, 
	  before playing for his local club, Newhall Town FC and Newhall Swifts FC. 
	  Derby County FC signed Warren in May 1898 as an inside-left, but moved to 
	  right-half, to become one of the best in the country. County went to 
	  Newhall to sign his brother, Dan. Chelsea FC then paid £1000 
	  for him on 28 July 1908, beating other clubs to his signature, including 
	  Leicester Fosse FC and Manchester City FC. Warren refused the temptation 
	  to move to London, instead, returning to Newhall after each engagement 
	  with Chelsea. He missed the second half of the 1909-10 because of having a 
	  cyst in his side. He was operated on in St. Thomas' on 21 December 1909.
	  After returning to action, Warren then sustained a knee injury in what 
	  turned out to be his final league match against Clapton Orient FC, 
	  "the merit of their victory enhanced the fact that Warren was a passenger 
	  in the second half and had to be placed at outside-right.". | 
     
      
      
	  
       League honours 334 appearances, 23 goals | 
      
	  
	  Derby County FC 1900-08 242 appearances, nineteen goals debut: 17 
	  March 1900 Stoke FC 1 Derby County FC 
	  1. 
	  Chelsea FC 1908-11 92 appearances, four goals debut: 1 
	  September 1908 Chelsea FC 1 Preston North End FC 1. 
	  last 
	  (division two): 
	  28 October 1911 Clapton Orient FC 1 Chelsea FC 4. | 
       
    
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      Club honours | 
      FA Cup 
	  runners-up 1902-03 (5ᵃ 2ᵍ); Football League Division Two third 
	  place 1910-11 (31ᵃ 1ᵍ), 1911-12 (10ᵃ); | 
     
    
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      Individual honours | 
      Football League 
	  (five appearances) | 
     
      
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      Distinctions | 
      Father of Harry 
	  Warren (as a player:- Blackpool FC, Exeter City 
	  FC, Merthyr Town FC, Sheffield United FC 1925-29; as a manager:-Southend United FC 1940-56, 
	  Coventry City FC manager 1956-57). The two testimonials held in 
	  1914 in the name of Ben Warren, for the aid of his family, raised £653. 
	  The equivalent of £67,000 in 2015. | 
       
    
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      Height/Weight | 
      
	  
      5' 
      8", 12st. 
      0lbs [1906 & 1908], 5' 4" [1912]. | 
     
    
      | 
       Source  | 
      
       Douglas Lammings' An English 
      Football Internationalist Who's Who [1990].  | 
     
    
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       England Career  | 
       
    
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      Player number | 
      One of 
	  five who became the 312th players (313) 
	  to appear for England. | 
     
    
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      Position(s) | 
      
	  Right-half | 
     
    
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      First match | 
      
    No. 86, 16 February 1906,  
    
    Ireland 0 
	   England 5, a British 
    Championship match at Solitude Ground, 
    Cliftonville, Belfast, aged 
	  26 years 
      286 days. | 
     
    
      
      
      Last match 5 years 43 days | 
      
    No. 110, 
	  1 April 1911, England 1 Scotland 1, 
	  a British Championship match at
    		Goodison Park, Walton, Liverpool, aged 
	  31 years 329 days. | 
     
    
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      Major tournaments | 
      
	  British Championship 1905-06, 
	  1906-07, 1907-08, 1908-09, 1910-11; | 
     
    
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      Team honours | 
      
	  British Championship shared 
	  1905-06, 1907-08, winners 1908-09, 1910-11; | 
     
    
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      Individual honours | 
      
	  The North (three appearances, January 1903-January 
	  1907); The Professionals (December 1906); 
	  The South (one appearance, January 1909); The Whites
	  (one appearance, January 1911); | 
     
    
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      Distinctions | 
      
	  Died five after Charles Smith | 
     
    
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       Beyond England  | 
       
    
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      No additional information, but a 
	  boilermaker by trade. - 
      An English Football Internationalists' Who's Who. 
      Douglas Lamming (1990). Hatton Press, p.261. | 
       
   
  
 
		  
  
  
    
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      The Numbers | 
       
    
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	  parties | 
      
	  Appearances | 
      comp. apps | 
      
	  minutes | 
      
	  
	   
	         | goals ave.min | 
      comp. goals | 
      
	  captain | 
     
    
      | 
	  22 | 
      
	  22 | 
      
	  15 | 
      
	  1980 | 
      
	  2 | 
      
	  990 
      min | 
      
	  0 | 
      
	  none | 
     
    
      | 
      The minutes here given can only ever be a guideline and cannot therefore be accurate, only an approximation. | 
     
     
  
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    AAv | 
    
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    W/L | 
   
  
    | 
    22 | 
    
    17 | 
    
    4 | 
    
    1 | 
    
    83 | 
    
    16 | 
    
    +67 | 
    
    0 | 
    
    9 | 
    
    3.773 | 
    
    0.727 | 
    
    86.4 | 
    
    +16 | 
   
 
       
  
    Venue Record 
  
    | 
    Venue | 
    
    P  | 
    
    W  | 
    
    D  | 
    
    L  | 
    
    F  | 
    
    A  | 
    
    GD | 
    
    FTS
     | 
    
    CS | 
    
    FAv | 
    
    AAv | 
    
    Pts% | 
    
    
    W/L | 
   
  
    | 
    Home | 
    
    9 | 
    
    6 | 
    
    3 | 
    
    0 | 
    
    17 | 
    
    4 | 
    
    +13 | 
    
    0 | 
    
    5 | 
    
    1.889 | 
    
    0.444 | 
    
    83.3 | 
    
    +6 | 
   
  
    | 
    Away | 
    
    13 | 
    
    11 | 
    
    1 | 
    
    1 | 
    
    66 | 
    
    12 | 
    
    +54 | 
    
    0 | 
    
    4 | 
    
    5.077 | 
    
    0.923 | 
    
    88.5 | 
    
    +10 | 
   
   
       
  Opposition Record 
  
    | 
    Opposition | 
    
    P | 
    
    W | 
    
    D | 
    
    L | 
    
    F | 
    
    A | 
    
    GD | 
    
    FTS | 
    
    CS | 
    
    FAv | 
    
    AAv | 
    
    Pts% | 
    
    W/L | 
   
  
    | 
	Scotland | 
    
    5 | 
    1 | 
    
    3 | 
    
    1 | 
    
    6 | 
    
    5 | 
    
    +1 | 
    
    0 | 
    
    1 | 
    
    1.20 | 
    
    1.00 | 
    
    50.0 | 
    
    =0 | 
	
   
  
    | 
	Wales | 
    
    5 | 
    
    4 | 
    
    1 | 
    
    0 | 
    
    14 | 
    
    2 | 
    
    +12 | 
    
    0 | 
    
    3 | 
    
    2.80 | 
    
    0.40 | 
    
    90.0 | 
    
    +4 | 
	
   
  
    | Ireland | 
    
    5 | 
    
    5 | 
    
    0 | 
    
    0 | 
    
    15 | 
    
    2 | 
    
    +13 | 
    
    0 | 
    
    3 | 
    
    3.00 | 
    
    0.40 | 
    
    100.0 | 
    
    +5 | 
	
   
  
    | Austria | 
    
    3 | 
    3 | 
    
    0 | 
    
    0 | 
    
    25 | 
    
    3 | 
    
    +22 | 
    
    0 | 
    
    0 | 
    
    8.333 | 
    
    1.00 | 
    
    100.0 | 
    
    +3 | 
	
   
  
    | Hungary | 
    
    3 | 
    
    3 | 
    
    0 | 
    
    0 | 
    
    19 | 
    
    4 | 
    
    +15 | 
    
    0 | 
    
    1 | 
    
    6.333 | 
    
    1.333 | 
    
    100.0 | 
    
    +3 | 
	
   
  
    | Bohemia | 
    
    1 | 
    
    1 | 
    
    0 | 
    
    0 | 
    
    4 | 
    
    0 | 
    
    +4 | 
    
    0 | 
    
    1 | 
    
    4.00 | 
    
    0.00 | 
    
    100.0 | 
    
    +1 | 
	
   
   
       
  Competition Record 
  
    | 
    Competition | 
    
    P | 
    
    W | 
    
    D | 
    
    L | 
    
    F | 
    
    A | 
    
    GD | 
    
    FTS | 
    
    CS | 
    
    FAv | 
    
    AAv | 
    
    Pts% | 
    
    W/L | 
   
  
    | 
    British Championship | 
    
    15 | 
    
    10 | 
    
    4 | 
    
    1 | 
    
    35 | 
    
    9 | 
    
    +26 | 
    
    0 | 
    
    7 | 
    
    2.333 | 
    
    0.60 | 
    
    80.0 | 
    
    +9 | 
   
  
    | Friendly | 
    
    7 | 
    
    7 | 
    
    0 | 
    
    0 | 
    
    48 | 
    
    7 | 
    
    +41 | 
    
    0 | 
    
    2 | 
    
    6.857 | 
    
    1.00 | 
    
    100.0 | 
    
    +7 | 
   
   
       
  
  Tournament Record 
    
    | 
    
    British Championship Competition | 
     
	
    | 
    Type | 
    
    P | 
    
    W | 
    
    D | 
    
    L | 
    
    F | 
    
    A | 
    
    GD | 
    
    FTS | 
    
    CS | 
    
    FAv | 
    
    AAv | 
    
    Pts% | 
    
    W/L | 
     
	
    | 
	
	BC
    1905-06 | 
    
    3 | 
    
    2 | 
    
    0 | 
    
    1 | 
    
    7 | 
    
    2 | 
    
    +5 | 
    
    0 | 
    
    2 | 
    
    2.333 | 
    
    0.667 | 
    
    66.7 | 
    
    +1 | 
     
	
    | 
	
	BC
    1906-07 | 
    
    3 | 
    
    1 | 
    
    2 | 
    
    0 | 
    
    3 | 
    
    2 | 
    
    +1 | 
    
    0 | 
    
    1 | 
    
    1.00 | 
    
    0.667 | 
    
    66.7 | 
    
    +1 | 
     
    
    | 
	
    BC
    1907-08 | 
    
    3 | 
    
    2 | 
    
    1 | 
    
    0 | 
    
    11 | 
    
    3 | 
    
    +8 | 
    
    0 | 
    
    0 | 
    
    2.667 | 
    
    1.00 | 
    
    83.3 | 
    
    +2 | 
     
    
    | 
	
    BC
    1908-09 | 
    
    3 | 
    
    3 | 
    
    0 | 
    
    0 | 
    
    8 | 
    
    0 | 
    
    +8 | 
    
    0 | 
    
    3 | 
    
    2.667 | 
    
    0.00 | 
    
    100.0 | 
    
    +3 | 
     
	
    | 
	BC 1910-11 | 
    
    3 | 
    
    2 | 
    
    1 | 
    
    0 | 
    
    6 | 
    
    2 | 
    
    +4 | 
    
    0 | 
    
    1 | 
    
    2.00 | 
    
    0.667 | 
    
    83.3 | 
    
    +2 | 
     
	
    | 
    BC
    All | 
    
    15 | 
    
    10 | 
    
    4 | 
    
    1 | 
    
    35 | 
    
    9 | 
    
    +26 | 
    
    0 | 
    
    7 | 
    
    2.333 | 
    
    0.60 | 
    
    80.0 | 
    
    +9 | 
     
   
		   
		  
  
    | 
    
    All Competition | 
   
  
    | 
    Type | 
    
    P | 
    
    W | 
    
    D | 
    
    L | 
    
    F | 
    
    A | 
    
    GD | 
    
    FTS | 
    
    CS | 
    
    FAv | 
    
    AAv | 
    
    Pts% | 
    
    W/L | 
   
  
    | 
	BC | 
    
    15 | 
    
    10 | 
    
    4 | 
    
    1 | 
    
    35 | 
    
    9 | 
    
    +26 | 
    
    0 | 
    
    7 | 
    
    2.333 | 
    
    0.60 | 
    
    80.0 | 
    
    +9 | 
   
   
  
    | 
    15 | 
    
    10 | 
    
    4 | 
    
    1 | 
    
    35 | 
    
    9 | 
    
    +26 | 
    
    0 | 
    
    7 | 
    
    2.333 | 
    
    0.6 | 
    
    80 | 
    
    +9 | 
   
 
  
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