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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
1948-56

disciplined: none
captain: none
minutes played: 540

Profile
Full name Edwin George Ditchburn
Born 24 October 1921 in Gillingham, Kent [registered in Medway, December 1921].
Attended Lawns Road School, Northfleet
Married to Joan Hulyer [registered in Chatham, Kent, September 1943].
Died 26 December 2005 in Churchill Crescent, Wickham Market, near Woodbridge, Suffolk, aged 84 years 63 days [registered in Ipswich, December 2005].
Height/Weight 6' 0½", 12st. 12lbs [1950].

Source

Douglas Lammings' An English Football Internationalist Who's Who [1990] & FindMyPast.com

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.
Club honours Football League Division Two winners 1959-60; Football League Champions 1960-61;
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].

England Career
Player number One of five who became the 676th players (676) to appear for England. 70th goalkeeper to appear.
Position(s) Goalkeeper
First match No. 244, 2 December 1948, England 6 Switzerland 0, a friendly match at Arsenal Stadium, Highbury, London, aged 27 years 39 days.
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.
Major tournaments World Cup Finals 1950;
British Championships 1956-57;
Team honours British Championships winners 1956-57;
Individual honours England wartime (two appearances), England B (two appearances, 1949-50).
Distinctions None

Beyond England
Later a Romford sports outfitter. - An English Football Internationalists' Who's Who. Douglas Lamming (1990). Hatton Press, p.88.

 

Ted Ditchburn - Career Statistics
Parties Apps Comp
Apps		 Mins. GA GA Av.
min		 Comp GA Clean
Sheets		 Cln
Sht Av		 Capt. Disc.
15 6 2 540 9 60 min 3 2 33.3% none none
minutes are an approximation, due to the fact that many matches rarely stick to exactly ninety minutes long, allowing time for injuries and errors.

 

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
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

 

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

 

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
WCP 1956-58 1 1 0 0 5 2 +3 0 0 5.00 2.00 100.0 +1
WCP All 1 1 0 0 5 2 +3 0 0 5.00 2.00 100.0 +1
British Championship Competition
Type P W D L F A GD FTS CS FAv AAv Pts% W/L
BC 1956-57 1 1 0 0 3 1 +2 0 0 3.00 1.00 100.0 +1
BC All 1 1 0 0 3 1 +2 0 0 3.00 1.00 100.0 +1
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
BC 1 1 0 0 3 1 +2 0 0 3.00 1.00 100.0 +1
All 2 2 0 0 8 3 +5 0 0 4.00 1.50 100.0 +2

Match History
 
 Club: Tottenham Hotspur F.C. - six full appearances (540 min), 9ᵍᵃ

manager: Walter Winterbottom - six full appearances (540 min), 9ᵍᵃx

Age 26
240 16 May 1948 - Italy 0 England 4, Stadio Comunale di Torino, Torino tour AW reserve at home
b 19 May 1948 - Switzerland 1 England 5, Bellinzona AW
u/o b 22 May 1948 - FC Schaffhausen 0 England 6, Schaffhausen AW

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
b 15 May 1949 - Finland A 0 England 4, Olympiastadion, Helsinki AW party member
247 18 May 1949 - Norway 1 England 4, Ullevål Stadion, Oslo AW
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 withdrawn
party member

Age 28
2 b 18 January 1950 - England 5 Switzerland 0, Hillsborough, Sheffield Fr HW Start 1
256 25 June 1950 - England 2 Chile 0, Estádio Municipal, Rio de Janeiro
WCF		 NW party member
257 29 June 1950 - USA 1 England 0, Estádio Independência, Belo Horizonte NL
258 2 July 1950 - Spain 1 England 0, Estádio Municipal, Rio de Janeiro NL

Age 29
261 22 November 1950 - England 2 Yugoslavia 2, Arsenal Stadium, Highbury Fr HD unused sub
263 9 May 1951 - England 2 Argentina 1, Empire Stadium, Wembley Fr HW unused sub
265 3 October 1951 - England 2 France 2, Arsenal Stadium, Highbury Fr HD unused sub

Age 31
275 26 November 1952 - England 5 Belgium 0, Empire Stadium, Wembley Fr HW unused sub
276 18 April 1953 - England 2 Scotland 2, Empire Stadium, Wembley BC HD reserve
u/o 14 May 1953 - Buenos Aires XI 3 FA XI 1, Estadio Monumental, Buenos Aires
tour		 AL Start 1
277 17 May 1953 - Argentina 0 England 0, Estadio Monumental, Buenos Aires - abandoned after 36 minutes AD
ab		 unused sub
278 24 May 1953 - Chile 1 England 2, Estadio Nacional de Chile, Santiago AW unused sub
279 31 May 1953 - Uruguay 2 England 1, Estadio Centenario, Montevideo AL unused sub
3 280 8 June 1953 - USA 3 England 6, Yankee Stadium, New York AW Start 66 1

Age 32
282 21 October 1953 - England 4 Rest of the World 4, Empire Stadium, Wembley Fr HD unused sub
286 16 May 1954 - Yugoslavia 1 England 0, Stadion JNA, Beograd tour AL withdrawn
party member
b 16 May 1954 - Yugoslavia 2 England 1, Centralni Stadion, Ljubljana AL
287 23 May 1954 - Hungary 7 England 1, Népstadion, Budapest AL
b 23 May 1954 - Switzerland 2 England 0, St. Jakob Park, Basel AL

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

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