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Alf
Kirchen |
Arsenal FC
3 caps, 2 goals
P 3 W 3 D
0 L 0 F 18: A 0
100% successful
1937
disciplined: none
captaincies: none
minutes played: 270 |
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Profile |
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Full name |
Alfred John Kirchen |
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Born |
26 April 1913 in Shouldham,
Norfolk [registered in
Downham, June 1913]. |
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Died |
18
August 1999, aged
86 years 114 days
[registered in Norwich, August 1999]. |
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Height/Weight |
5'
11½", 12st.
1lb [1938]. |
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Source |
Douglas Lammings' An
English Football Internationalist Who's Who [1990] & FindMyPast.com |
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Club Career |
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Club(s) |
Played schoolboy football in King's
Lynn, also playing for King's Lynn Old Boys FC. He was playing for
Shouldham FC when Norwich City FC signed him on amateur forms in October
1933, turning professional a month later. Arsenal FC bought his
services for �6000 in March 1935, only retiring through injury in 1943. |
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Club honours |
Football League Champions
1937-38; |
| Individual honours |
Football League (three
appearances) |
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Distinctions |
None |
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Source |
Douglas Lammings' An English
Football Internationalist Who's Who [1990]. |
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England Career |
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Player number |
633rd
player to appear for England. |
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Position(s) |
Outside-right |
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First match |
No. 209, 14 May 1937, Norway 0
England 6, an end-of-season European tour match at Ullevål
Stadion, Oslo, aged 24 years
18 days.
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Last match |
No. 211, 20 May 1937, Finland 0
England 8, an end-of-season European tour match at
Pallokentta
Stadium, Helsinki, aged 24 years 24 days.
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Major tournaments |
None |
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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 |
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Returned to Norwich City FC as a director, as
well as being a farmer in his native county. -
An English Football Internationalists' Who's Who.
Douglas Lamming (1990). Hatton Press, p.151. |
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Alf Kirchen - Career Statistics |
| Squads |
Apps |
Comp.
Apps |
Mins. |
Goals |
Goals
Av.min |
Comp.
Goals |
Capt. |
Disc. |
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3 |
3 |
0 |
270 |
2 |
135
min |
0 |
None |
None |
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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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Alf Kirchen
- Match Record - All Matches - By
Colour of Shirt - By Type of Match |
|
Type |
P |
W |
D |
L |
F |
A |
GD |
FTS
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CS |
FAv |
AAv |
Pts
% |
W/L |
|
Away - White - Friendly |
3 |
3 |
0 |
0 |
18 |
0 |
+18 |
0 |
3 |
4.50 |
0.00 |
100.0 |
+3 |
| All |
3 |
3 |
0 |
0 |
18 |
0 |
+18 |
0 |
3 |
4.50 |
0.00 |
100.0 |
+3 |
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Alf Kirchen
- Match History |
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Club: Arsenal F.C. -
3 full caps |
Coach: F.A. Select
Committee - 3
full capsx
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Age 24 |
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1 |
209 |
14 May 1937 - Norway 0
England 6, Ullevål
Stadion, Oslo |
Tour |
AW |
Start
18 |
13 |
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2 |
210 |
17 May 1937 - Sweden 0
England 4,
Råsunda Fotbollstadion, Solna kommun, Stockholms län |
AW |
Start |
13 |
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3 |
211 |
20 May 1937 - Finland 0
England 8,
Pallokentta
Stadium, Helsinki |
AW |
Start
6 |
13 |
Notes
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