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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
1947-56
disciplined: none
captaincies: none
minutes played: 540 |
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Profile |
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Full name |
Edwin George Ditchburn |
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Born |
24 October 1921 in Gillingham, Kent [registered in
Medway, December 1921].
Attended Lawns Road School,
Northfleet |
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Married |
to Joan Hulyer [registered in
Chatham, Kent, September 1943]. |
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Died |
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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Height/Weight |
6'
0½", 12st.
12lbs [1950]. |
|
Source |
Douglas Lammings' An
English Football Internationalist Who's Who [1990] & FindMyPast.com |
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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 April 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) |
|
Distinctions |
Son of
a Kent heavyweight boxing Champion. |
|
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. 70th goalkeeper to appear. |
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Position(s) |
Goalkeeper |
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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 |
British Championships 1956-57; |
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Team honours |
British Championships winners
1956-57; |
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Individual honours |
England wartime (two appearances),
England B (two appearances). |
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Distinctions |
None |
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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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Ted Ditchburn - Career Statistics |
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Squads |
Apps |
Comp
Apps |
Starts |
Sub on |
Sub
off |
Mins. |
GA |
GA Av.
min |
Comp GA |
Clean
Sheets |
Cln
Sht Av |
Capt. |
Disc. |
|
- |
6 |
2 |
6 |
0 |
0 |
540 |
9 |
60 min |
3 |
2 |
33.3% |
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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Ted Ditchburn
- Match Record - All Matches |
|
Type |
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 |
| All |
6 |
5 |
0 |
1 |
24 |
9 |
+15 |
0 |
2 |
4.00 |
1.50 |
83.3 |
+4 |
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Ted Ditchburn
- Match Record - By Type of Match |
|
Type |
P |
W |
D |
L |
F |
A |
GD |
FTS |
CS |
FAv |
AAv |
Pts% |
W/L |
|
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 |
| All |
6 |
5 |
0 |
1 |
24 |
9 |
+15 |
0 |
2 |
4.00 |
1.50 |
83.3 |
+4 |
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Ted Ditchburn
- Match Record - Tournament Matches |
|
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 |
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BC |
1 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
3 |
1 |
+2 |
0 |
0 |
3.00 |
1.00 |
100.0 |
+1 |
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All |
2 |
2 |
0 |
0 |
8 |
3 |
+5 |
0 |
0 |
4.00 |
1.50 |
100.0 |
+2 |
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Ted Ditchburn
- Match History |
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Club: Tottenham
Hotspur F.C. - 6 full caps |
Coach: Walter
Winterbottom - 6
full capsx
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Age 26 |
|
238 |
19 November 1947 -
England 4 Sweden
2, Arsenal Stadium, Highbury |
Fr |
HW |
reserve |
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Age 27 |
|
1 |
244 |
2 December 1948 - England 6
Switzerland 0, Arsenal Stadium, Highbury |
Fr |
HW |
Start |
1 |
|
2 |
246 |
13 May 1949 -
Sweden
3 England 1,
Råsunda Fotbollstadion, Solna |
tour |
AL |
Start |
1 |
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b |
15 May 1949 - Finland A 0 England 4, Olympiastadion, Helsinki |
AW |
reserve |
|
247 |
18 May 1949 -
Norway
1 England
4,
Ullevål Stadion, Oslo |
AW |
reserve |
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1 |
b |
18 May 1949 - Netherlands A 1 England 4,
Olympisch Stadion, Amsterdam |
AW |
Start |
1 |
|
248 |
22 May 1949 -
France
1 England 3, Stade Olympique Yves-du-Manoir, Paris |
AW |
reserve |
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Age 28 |
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2 |
b |
18 January 1950 - England 5 Switzerland
0,
Hillsborough, Sheffield |
Fr |
HW |
Start |
1 |
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Age 31 |
|
276 |
18 April 1953 - England
2 Scotland 2, Empire Stadium, Wembley |
BC |
HD |
reserve |
|
277 |
17 May 1953 - Argentina 0 England 0,
Estadio Monumental,
Buenos Aires -
abandoned after 36 minutes |
tour |
AD |
reserve |
|
278 |
24 May 1953 - Chile 1 England 2,
Estadio Nacional
de Chile, Santiago |
AW |
|
279 |
31 May 1953 - Uruguay 2
England 1,
Estadio
Centenario, Montevideo |
AL |
|
3 |
280 |
8 June 1953 -
USA 3
England 6,
Yankee Stadium, New York |
AW |
Start |
1 |
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Age 35 |
|
4 |
308 |
14 November 1956 - England 3 Wales 1,
Empire Stadium,
Wembley |
BC |
HW |
Start |
1 |
|
5 |
309 |
28 November 1956 - England 3 Yugoslavia
0,
Empire Stadium,
Wembley |
Fr |
HW |
Start |
1 |
|
6 |
310 |
5 December 1956 - England 5 Denmark 2,
Molineux, Wolverhampton |
WCP |
HW |
Start |
1 |
Notes
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