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Colin
Veitch |
Newcastle United FC
6 appearances, 0 goals
P 6 W 3 D
2 L 1 F 11: A 4
67% successful
1906-09
captain: none
minutes played: 540 |
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Timeline |
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Lieutenant Colin Campbell McKechnie Veitch |
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Birth |
22
May 1881 at 130 Byker Bank, Byker, Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland [registered in
Newcastle upon Tyne, September 1881]. |
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According to the 1881
census, Sarah Ann (née Kidd) is pregnant with the child who will
become Colin. His father is James and a relieving officer. Already, they
have three sons and they live at 130 Byker Bank in Byker. |
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According to the 1891
census, Colin is the youngest of four sons to his parents living at 130
Byker Bank in Byker area of Newcastle upon Tyne. His father is a relieving
officer. |
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According to the 1901
census, Colin is the youngest of three still at home at 130 Byker Bank
with their parents. His father is still a relieving officer. Colin is a
student. |
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First marriage: to Minnie
Gertrude Paulson
[registered in Alston, September 1905]. Minnie died in
1923 |
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According to the 1911
census, Colin is a professional footballer, married to Minnie G., living
at 1 Stratford Villas in the Heaton Park area of Newcastle upon Tyne with
his widowed mother. |
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According to the 1921
census, Colin C.M. is now a stationer and newsagent still married, and
living at 1 Stratford Villas in Byker.
From at least the 1921 British Phone Book,
until at least 1927, they confirm Veitch's newsagent in 10 Shields Road,
telephone number Central 4980. |
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Second marriage |
to Greta Mary Burke
[registered in Newcastle upon Tyne, December 1925 & also registered in
Bradford, December 1926]. Greta was a well-known north-eastern
violinist. |
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From at least 1936, he was living at 6
Grove Avenue in Gosforth, number Gosforth 52800, where his wife remained
until at least 1968.
The
Kelly's Directory puts Colin living at 1 Stratford Villa, and a newsagent
at 10 Shields Road in 1921 and at 6 Grove Avenue in 1936. Colin is a
journalist. |
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Death |
26 August 1938 while on holiday in Berne, Switzerland, aged
57 years 96 days
[registered in the GRO Consular Death Indices 1936-40]. He took ill while on holiday.
Living at 6 Grove Avenue in Gosforth. Left £3371 0s. 3d. in his will
to his widow Gertrude Mary Veitch. |
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Service |
14 September 1938
by Rev.
Herbert Barnes, after which his ashes were scattered over
the Garden of Remembrance at Newcastle crematorium.
The choir he was
associated with for more than twenty years, the Clarion choristers, sang
his favourite piece "The Long Day Closes", whilst shedding tears
themselves. |
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Source |
 Douglas Lammings' An
English Football Internationalist Who's Who [1990] & |
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Playing Career |
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Club(s) |
Played schoolboy football in and around
Newcastle, and playing for his college side, Rutherford. Joined his local
league club, Newcastle United FC as an amateur in January 1899, he signed
professional forms in 1903. He became the club captain,
and after 322 league appearances and 49 goals, he retired
during WW1 when he served as an army officer. |
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Club honours |
Football League
Division One Champions 1904-05, 1906-07, 1908-09;
FA Cup runners-up 1904-05, 1905-06, 1907-08, 1910-11, winners 1909-10;
Sheriff of London Charity Shield winners 1907; FA Charity Shield winners 1909; |
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Individual honours |
Football League (four appearances) |
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Distinctions |
Appointed
President of the Players Union on 20 March 1911. |
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Height/Weight |
5'
7½", 12st.
5lbs [1906]. |
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Source |
Douglas Lammings' An English
Football Internationalist Who's Who [1990]. |
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Management
Career |
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Club(s) |
Following
WW1, Veitch was secretary~manager to the United nursery side, Newcastle
Swifts FC, up until the club was disbanded in 1926 and he was sacked. Soon
afterwards, he became the secretary~manager at Bradford City AFC from 12
August 1926 until his resignation on 23 January 1928. |
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England Career |
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Player number |
One of
five who became the 312th players (314)
to appear for England. |
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Position(s) |
Centre-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 24 years
270 days. |
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Last match |
No. 100, 15 March 1909,
England 2 Wales 0, a British Championship match at
City Ground, Pavilion Road,
Nottingham, aged 27 years 297 days. |
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Major tournaments |
British Championship 1905-06,
1906-07, 1908-09; |
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Team honours |
British Championship shared
1905-06, winners 1908-09; |
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Individual honours |
None |
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Distinctions |
Died six days after Bob Howarth and eight days
after Ben Spilsbury |
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Beyond England |
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Veitch was co-founder, chairman,
producer and actor for Newcastle's People's Theatre, he was himself, an
accomplished musician, also being a conductor of the Newcastle amateur
operatic society. A member of the Clarion Choir. A newsagent owner in
Shields Road in his home town and a journalist in his last nine years of
his life for a Newcastle paper. -
An English Football Internationalists' Who's Who.
Douglas Lamming (1990). Hatton Press, p.254./Yorkshire Evening Post 27
August 1938 |
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Colin Veitch - Career Statistics |
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Squads |
Apps |
comp. apps |
Mins. |
 | goals ave.min |
comp. goals |
Capt. |
Disc. |
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8 |
6 |
6 |
540 |
0 |
0
min |
0 |
none |
none |
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minutes are an approximation, due to the fact that many matches rarely stick to exactly ninety minutes long, allowing time for injuries and errors. |
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Colin Veitch
- Match Record - All Matches - By
Type of Match |
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Type |
P |
W |
D |
L |
F |
A |
GD |
FTS
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CS |
FAv |
AAv |
Pts% |
W/L |
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Home |
3 |
1 |
2 |
0 |
4 |
2 |
+2 |
0 |
1 |
1.333 |
0.667 |
66.7 |
+1 |
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Away |
3 |
2 |
0 |
1 |
7 |
2 |
+5 |
0 |
2 |
2.333 |
0.667 |
66.7 |
+1 |
| All
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British Championship |
6 |
3 |
2 |
1 |
11 |
4 |
+7 |
0 |
3 |
1.833 |
0.667 |
66.7 |
+2 |
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Colin Veitch
- Match Record - Tournament Matches |
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British Championship Competition |
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Type |
P |
W |
D |
L |
F |
A |
GD |
FTS |
CS |
FAv |
AAv |
Pts% |
W/L |
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BC 1905-06 |
3 |
2 |
0 |
1 |
7 |
2 |
+5 |
0 |
2 |
2.333 |
0.667 |
66.7 |
+1 |
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BC
1906-07 |
2 |
0 |
2 |
0 |
2 |
2 |
=0 |
0 |
0 |
1.00 |
1.00 |
50.0 |
=0 |
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BC
1907-08 |
1 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
2 |
0 |
+2 |
0 |
1 |
2.00 |
0.00 |
100.0 |
+1 |
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BC
All |
6 |
3 |
2 |
1 |
11 |
4 |
+7 |
0 |
3 |
1.833 |
0.667 |
66.7 |
+2 |
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All Competition |
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Type |
P |
W |
D |
L |
F |
A |
GD |
FTS |
CS |
FAv |
AAv |
Pts% |
W/L |
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BC |
6 |
3 |
2 |
1 |
11 |
4 |
+7 |
0 |
3 |
1.833 |
0.667 |
66.7 |
+2 |
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All |
6 |
3 |
2 |
1 |
11 |
4 |
+7 |
0 |
3 |
1.833 |
0.667 |
66.7 |
+2 |
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Colin Veitch
- Match History |
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Club: Newcastle
United F.C. - 6 full appearances |
F.A. International
Select Committee - 6
full capsx
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Age 24 |
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1 |
86 |
17 February 1906 - Ireland 0 England 5,
Solitude Ground, Belfast |
BC |
AW |
Start |
ch |
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2 |
87 |
19 March 1906 - Wales 0 England 1,
Cardiff Arms Park, Cardiff |
AW |
Start |
ch |
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3 |
88 |
7 April 1906 - Scotland 2 England 1, Hampden Park, Glasgow |
AL |
Start |
ch |
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Age 25 |
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89 |
16 February 1907 - England 1 Ireland 0,
Goodison Park,
Liverpool |
BC |
HW |
reserve |
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4 |
90 |
18 March 1907 -
England 1 Wales 1,
Craven Cottage, Fulham |
HD |
Start |
ch |
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5 |
91 |
6 April 1907 -
England 1 Scotland
1,
St. James' Park, Newcastle upon Tyne |
HD |
Start |
ch |
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Age 27 |
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99 |
13 February 1909 -
England
4
Ireland
0,
Horton Park Avenue, Bradford |
BC |
HW |
reserve |
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6 |
100 |
15 March 1909 - England 2 Wales 0,
City Ground, Nottingham |
HW |
Start |
ch |
Notes
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