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Jimmy
Armfield |
Blackpool FC
43 appearances, 0 goals
P 43 W 23 D 8 L 12 F
123:
A 62
63% successful
1959-66
captain: 15
minutes played: 3870 |
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Timeline |
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James
Christopher Armfield OBE, CBE. |
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Birth |
Saturday afternoon, 21 September
1935 in Marina Avenue, Denton, Lancashire [registered in Ashton-under-Lyne,
December 1935]. To Christopher and Doris. Moved to Tyldesley
Road, Blackpool in 1942.
Attended Denton Council School, Revoe Primary
School and Arnold School, Blackpool |
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Marriage |
to Anne Ashurst [registered in
Blackpool,
June 1958]. Two children, Duncan (b.24 November 1961) and John (b.23
March 1963). |
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Death |
Monday, 22
January 2018 in Blackpool, following a battle with cancer, aged 82 years 123 days. |
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Source |
 Douglas Lammings'
An
English Football Internationalist Who's Who
[1990] Jimmy Armfield's own
Right
Back To The Beginning [2004] & |
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Biographies |
Fighting
Back: an Autobiography - James Christopher Armfield. [StanleyPaul,
London: 1963] |
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Long
before his current status as journalist and broadcaster, 'Gentleman Jim'
achieved fame as Blackpool and England's full-back, signing professional
in 1954. He was voted the 'best right-back in the world' after the
1962 Chile World Cup finals. This book pre-dates his management
career with Bolton Wanderers and Leeds United.
- A Football Compendium, Peter J. Seddon (1999). |
| Right Back
To The Beginning: The
Autobiography - Jimmy Armfield. [Headline, London: 2004.] |
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Playing
Career |
,%20Jimmy.JPG) |
Club(s): Was captain of his school
team, at Rugby and Cricket, but it was while playing football he was
spotted by his local league side. He assisted
two Blackpool Youth Clubs, St Peter's and Highfield before signing amateur
forms with Blackpool FC in 1951, turning professional in September 1954,
and remained with them, despite an attempt by Manchester United FC to buy
him in 1957. He left when he was appointed as Bolton Wanderers FC player-manager on 19 May
1971. |
League honours:
568 appearances, 5
goals:
Blackpool FC
1954- 568 appearances, five goals
debut: 27 December 1954 Portsmouth FC
3 Blackpool FC 0.
Last: 1 May 1971 Blackpool FC 1 Manchester United FC
1. |
Club honours:
Football League Division One runners-up 1955-56 (30ᵃ), fourth place 1956-57 (38ᵃ);
Division Two third place 1967-68 (41ᵃ 1ᵍ), runners-up 1969-70 (40ᵃ, 1ᵍ);
FA Cup best: quarter-final 1958-59 (6ᵃ); |
Individual honours: Football League
(twelve appearances).
News Chronicle Young Player of the Year
(The Billy Wright Hundred Trophy) 1958-59;
FWA
Player of the Year runner-up 1965-66;
Football League
Outstanding Contributor 2008.
Inducted into the National Museum
Hall of Fame, September 2008. |
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Distinctions: Awarded the OBE
on 30 June 2000 for services to football. Armfield was awarded the
CBE on 31 December 2009 for his services to the community. |
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Height/Weight:
5' 10½", 12st.
12lbs. [1962] |
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Douglas Lammings' An English
Football Internationalist Who's Who [1990] & Jimmy Armfield's own Right
Back To The Beginning [2004]. |
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Managerial Career |
Club(s)
League History
P
301 - W 127 - D 83 - L 91. |
Became
player-coach of Blackpool FC on 13 February 1971, but turned down the
opportunity to become the reserve team coach to become player-manager of Bolton
Wanderers FC on 19 May 1971. Turned down an approach by Everton FC to
become their new manager in May 1973. Took over Leeds United AFC, following the
dismissal of Brian Clough, on 4 October 1974 until he too was sacked on 3 July
1978. |
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Club honours |
Bolton Wanderers FC...
Football League
Division Three winners 1972-73;
Football League best
Division Two tenth place 1974-75;
Leeds United AFC...
Football
League best Division One fifth place 1975-76;
European Cup runner-up 1974-75;
FA Cup best semi-finals 1976-77 |
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England Career |
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Player number |
One
of two who became the 778th players (778) to
appear for England. |
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Position(s) |
Right-back, left-back. |
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First match |
No. 331, 13 May 1959, Brazil 2 England 0, an
end-of-season tour match at Estádio Municipal, Maracanã, Rio de Janeiro, aged
23 years 234 days. |
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Last match |
No. 400, 26 June 1966, Finland 0 England 3, a
pre-World Cup Finals warm-up match at Olympiastadion, Helsinki, aged
30 years 278 days. |
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Major tournaments |
World Cup
Finals 1962, 1966;
British Championship 1959-60, 1960-61,
1961-62, 1962-63, 1963-64; |
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Team honours |
British Championship
shared 1959-60, 1963-64, winners 1960-61; |
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Individual honours |
England U23
(six appearances, three captaincies, 1956-59)
England B
(three appearances, May 1957).
Armfield was the player-manager of the FA party
that toured The Far East in 1969. |
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Distinctions |
A consultant
with the Football Association, Armfield was instrumental in the
appointments of Terry Venables and Glenn Hoddle as England managers.
Most appearanced Englishman at Blackpool FC.
Died eight days after Cyrille Regis. |
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Beyond England |
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Since leaving club managership has been a
regular football broadcaster on BBC Radio, more recently Radio 5 live,
also working with the Daily Express newspaper from 1979 to 1991.
Jimmy Armfield was appointed
Deputy Lieutenant of Lancashire and served as High Sheriff of Lancashire
in 2005-06. He finally received his World Cup winners medal on 10
June 2009 at 10 Downing Street, London. -
An English Football Internationalists' Who's Who. Douglas Lamming
(1990). Hatton Press, p.12. |
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The Numbers |
|
parties |
Appearances |
comp. apps |
minutes |
 |
captain |
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56 |
43 |
23 |
3870 |
0 |
15 |
|
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 |
|
43 |
23 |
8 |
12 |
123 |
62 |
+61 |
6 |
10 |
2.86 |
1.442 |
62.8 |
+11 |
Match Record
|
Venue |
P |
W |
D |
L |
F |
A |
GD |
FTS
|
CS |
FAv |
AAv |
Pts% |
W/L |
|
Home |
17 |
12 |
4 |
1 |
61 |
21 |
+40 |
0 |
4 |
3.588 |
1.235 |
82.4 |
+11 |
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Away |
22 |
10 |
3 |
9 |
57 |
35 |
+22 |
5 |
4 |
2.591 |
1.591 |
52.3 |
+1 |
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Neutral |
4 |
1 |
1 |
2 |
5 |
6 |
-1 |
1 |
1 |
1.25 |
1.50 |
37.5 |
-1 |
Competition Record
|
Competition |
P |
W |
D |
L |
F |
A |
GD |
FTS |
CS |
FAv |
AAv |
Pts% |
W/L |
|
WCP
|
4 |
3 |
1 |
0 |
16 |
2 |
+14 |
0 |
2 |
4.00 |
0.50 |
87.5 |
+3 |
|
WCF |
4 |
1 |
1 |
2 |
5 |
6 |
-1 |
1 |
1 |
1.25 |
1.50 |
37.5 |
-1 |
| World Cup |
8 |
4 |
2 |
2 |
21 |
8 |
+13 |
1 |
3 |
2.625 |
1.00 |
62.5 |
+2 |
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ECP
|
2 |
0 |
1 |
1 |
3 |
6 |
-3 |
0 |
0 |
1.50 |
3.00 |
25.0 |
-1 |
|
ECF |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
=0 |
0 |
0 |
0.00 |
0.00 |
0.00 |
=0 |
|
European Nations Cup |
2 |
0 |
1 |
1 |
3 |
6 |
-3 |
0 |
0 |
1.50 |
3.00 |
25.0 |
-1 |
|
British Championship |
13 |
7 |
3 |
3 |
42 |
18 |
+24 |
2 |
4 |
3.231 |
1.385 |
65.4 |
+4 |
| Friendly |
20 |
12 |
2 |
6 |
57 |
30 |
+27 |
3 |
3 |
2.85 |
1.50 |
65.0 |
+6 |
Tournament Record
|
World Cup Preliminary Competition |
|
Type |
P |
W |
D |
L |
F |
A |
GD |
FTS |
CS |
FAv |
AAv |
Pts% |
W/L |
|
WCP 1960-62 |
4 |
3 |
1 |
0 |
16 |
2 |
+14 |
0 |
2 |
4.00 |
0.50 |
87.5 |
+3 |
|
WCP All |
4 |
3 |
1 |
0 |
16 |
2 |
+14 |
0 |
2 |
4.00 |
0.50 |
87.5 |
+3 |
|
World Cup Final Tournaments |
|
Type |
P |
W |
D |
L |
F |
A |
GD |
FTS |
CS |
FAv |
AAv |
Pts% |
W/L |
|
WCF 1962 |
4 |
1 |
1 |
2 |
5 |
6 |
-1 |
1 |
1 |
1.25 |
1.50 |
37.5 |
-1 |
|
WCF 1966 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
=0 |
0 |
0 |
0.00 |
0.00 |
0.00 |
=0 |
|
WCF All |
4 |
1 |
1 |
2 |
5 |
6 |
-1 |
1 |
1 |
1.25 |
1.50 |
37.5 |
-1 |
|
World Cup |
|
Type |
P |
W |
D |
L |
F |
A |
GD |
FTS |
CS |
FAv |
AAv |
Pts% |
W/L |
|
WC 1960-62 |
8 |
4 |
2 |
2 |
21 |
8 |
+13 |
1 |
3 |
2.625 |
1.00 |
62.5 |
+2 |
|
WC 1964-66 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
=0 |
0 |
0 |
0.00 |
0.00 |
0.00 |
=0 |
|
WC All |
8 |
4 |
2 |
2 |
21 |
8 |
+13 |
1 |
3 |
2.625 |
1.00 |
62.5 |
+2 |
|
European Nations Cup Preliminary
Competition |
|
Type |
P |
W |
D |
L |
F |
A |
GD |
FTS |
CS |
FAv |
AAv |
Pts% |
W/L |
|
ENC 1962-64 |
2 |
0 |
1 |
1 |
3 |
6 |
-3 |
0 |
0 |
1.50 |
3.00 |
25.0 |
-1 |
|
ENC All |
2 |
0 |
1 |
1 |
3 |
6 |
-3 |
0 |
0 |
1.50 |
3.00 |
25.0 |
-1 |
|
British Championship Competition |
|
Type |
P |
W |
D |
L |
F |
A |
GD |
FTS |
CS |
FAv |
AAv |
Pts% |
W/L |
|
BC
1959-60 |
1 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
1 |
1 |
=0 |
0 |
0 |
1.00 |
1.00 |
50.0 |
=0 |
|
BC
1960-61 |
3 |
3 |
0 |
0 |
19 |
6 |
+13 |
0 |
0 |
6.333 |
2.00 |
100.0 |
+3 |
|
BC
1961-62 |
3 |
0 |
2 |
1 |
2 |
4 |
-2 |
1 |
2 |
0.667 |
1.333 |
33.3 |
-1 |
|
BC
1962-63 |
3 |
2 |
0 |
1 |
8 |
3 |
+5 |
0 |
1 |
2.667 |
1.00 |
66.7 |
+1 |
|
BC
1963-64 |
3 |
2 |
0 |
1 |
12 |
4 |
+8 |
1 |
1 |
4.00 |
1.333 |
66.7 |
+1 |
|
BC All |
13 |
7 |
3 |
3 |
42 |
18 |
+24 |
2 |
4 |
3.231 |
1.385 |
65.4 |
+4 |
|
All Competition |
|
Type |
P |
W |
D |
L |
F |
A |
GD |
FTS |
CS |
FAv |
AAv |
Pts% |
W/L |
|
WC |
8 |
4 |
2 |
2 |
21 |
8 |
+13 |
1 |
3 |
2.625 |
1.00 |
62.5 |
+2 |
|
EC |
2 |
0 |
1 |
1 |
3 |
6 |
-3 |
0 |
0 |
1.50 |
3.00 |
25.0 |
-1 |
|
BC |
13 |
7 |
3 |
3 |
42 |
18 |
+24 |
2 |
4 |
3.231 |
1.385 |
65.4 |
+4 |
|
23 |
11 |
6 |
6 |
66 |
32 |
+34 |
3 |
7 |
2.87 |
1.391 |
60.9 |
+5 |
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apps |
match |
pic |
match details |
comp |
res. |
rundown |
shirt |
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On 20 April 1959,
Armfield was named in
both
the senior party to face Italy and the South American
tour, and the intermediate party that was to embark on
a tour of Italy and West Germany. |
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under 23 |
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withdrew -
West Germany May 1959 |
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manager:
Alf Ramsey - eleven
full appearances (990 min) 11ᶜx
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WCF |
reserve rb 14x |
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404 |
11 July 1966 - England 0 Uruguay
0,
Empire Stadium,
Wembley |
HD |
party member |
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405 |
16 July 1966 - England 2
Mexico 0,
Empire Stadium,
Wembley |
HW |
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406 |
20 July 1966 - France 0 England 2,
Empire Stadium,
Wembley |
HW |
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407 |
23 July 1966 - England 1 Argentina
0,
Empire Stadium,
Wembley |
HW |
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408 |
26 July 1966 - England 2 Portugal
1,
Empire Stadium,
Wembley |
HW |
|
409 |
30 July 1966 - England 4
West Germany
2,
Empire Stadium,
Wembley |
HW |
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