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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
1905-09
captain: none
minutes played: 540 |
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Timeline |
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Lieutenant
Colin Campbell McKechnie Veitch |
Birth |
Sunday, 22
May 1881 at 130 Byker Bank, Byker, Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland |
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registered in Newcastle upon Tyne
July-September 1881 |
Education |
Rutherford College Secondary School for Boys, Newcastle upon Tyne. |
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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. |
First marriage |
to Minnie
Gertrude Paulson, in Alston, summer 1905 |
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registered in Alston July-September 1905 |
"A NEWCASTLE FOOTBALLER
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AND
THE WALSEND RELIEF FUND. "Mr.
Colin Veitch, Newcastle United's centre half, gave a successful concert at
the Co-operative Hall, Wallsend, on Saturday night, the proceeds being in
aid of the local relief fund. There was a crowded attendance presided over
by Mr. Lawrence, the Newcastle United custodian. The first part of the
program consisted of a musical burlesque entitled 'The tale of a tenor,'
written and composed by Mr. Norman K. Veitch...Mrs. Colin Veitch as Lola
made a good impression, her fine voice being thoroly appreciated. [She]
sang a solo in splendid voice...The accompaniments were ably played by Mr.
Colin Veitch. The program from beginning to end was an interesting one,
which was thoroly enjoyed, and as a result of the effort the relief fund
will benefit considerably." - The Jarrow Guardian and
Tyneside Reporter, Friday, 22 January 1909 |
"CONCERT AT SEATON BURN
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Mr.
and Mrs. Colin Veitch and a party consisting of Edith Paulsen, Sam Burke,
Mormon Crawford, Percy Beck, G. K. Veitch, E. T. Heenan, and Michael Welsh
gave a grand concert in the Co-operative Hall, Seaton Burn, on Tuesday
night. Dr. Allen Walker, Seaton Burn, in his usual jocular manner, made a
capital chairman. The attendance was a large one, the hall being filled to
its utmost capacity. The reception of the artistes was marked with
enthusiasm, encores being called for. Mrs. Colin Veitch was well received
in her rendering of 'Caller Herrin,' whilst Mr. M. Welsh, who impersonated
the football spectator, was also a popular turn. The proceeds were in aid
of the Hearse Fund of the Oddfellow Friendly Society, Seaton Burn." - The Morpeth Herald, Saturday, 20 March 1909 |
Newcastle upon Tyne Electoral Registers state Colin and Minnie living at 1
Stratford Villas since at least 1907.
His father died in
Alston, 1 September 1910. 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. His mother died in mid-1915 |
"ST. JOHN AMBULANCE
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ASSOCIATION—Concert at Walker.
"In connection with the St. John Ambulance Association, a successful
concert was given last night in the Vaudeville, Church Street, Walker
(lent by Messrs Baker Bros.), by Mr Colin Veitch and party, the proceeds
of which were in aid of the Northumberland War Hospital." -
The Newcastle Journal, Saturday, 13 November 1915. |
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. |
"The remains of the late Mrs. Minnie Gertrude
Veitch were removed yesterday from her residence, No. 1, Stratford Villas,
Heaton, by motor hearse from cremation at Darlington"
- Sunday Sun, 23 December 1923. |
Second marriage |
to Greta Mary Burke,
in Newcastle upon Tyne, late-1925. Greta was a well-known north-eastern
violinist and actress. |
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registered in Newcastle upon Tyne
October-December 1925 & Bradford
October-December 1926 |
Newcastle upon Tyne Electoral Registers state Colin and Greta, along with
Norman (his brother) and Edith Veitch, living at 22 Stratford Grove from
1925 until 1930.
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. |
Death |
Friday morning, 26 August 1938, at Inselspital hospital in Bern, Switzerland.
Living at 6 Grove Avenue in Gosforth at the time. |
aged
57 years 96 days |
registered in the GRO Consular Death Indices 1936-40 |
Obituary |
"COLIN VEITCH DIES
IN SWITZERLAND —FORMER NEWCASTLE AND
ENGLAND FOOTBALLER
"Colin Veitch,
the former Newcastle United and England international footballer, died
to-day in Switzerland, where he was taken ill on holiday. He was a member
of the very famous Newcastle United side that reached the F.A. Cup-final
five times in seven seasons, and when Newcastle eventually won the Cup at
the last of those five attempts, he was at right-half, with Peter
McWilliam, the present Tottenham Hotspur manager, at left-half. Mostly
Veitch was a centre-half, and he also played at centre-forward for
Newcastle on many occasions. He was a classical half-back in a classical
team, and on four occasions he was chosen to play for England—twice against
Scotland and twice against Ireland. Colin Veitch was educated at
Rutherford College, Newcastle, and he afterwards taught at his old school
while he was a professional footballer. He was also a musician of
considerable ability and was conductor of the local amateur operatic
society's orchestra. In recent years he had turned to journalism, and
reported Newcastle's matches for a Newcastle paper." -
The Evening News, Saturday, 27
August 1938.
"FEW
HOURS BEFORE FOOTBALL BEGINS
"WITHIN a few hours of the opening of the football season,
Mr. Colin C. M. Veitch, the former Newcastle United and England
footballer, died at Berne (Switzerland), yesterday. Seized with illness in
July on the eve of his summer vacation from his position as sports critic
with Newcastle Chronicle Publications, Mr. Veitch, who was 56 years of
age, recovered sufficiently to travel later to Murren, where he hoped to
recuperate in time for football's opening. Illness dogged him, however,
and following removal to a hospital in Berne, he collapsed and died
yesterday morning. Mr.
Veitch joined the Newcastle Chronicle staff of sporting writers in 1929
and, setting a high standard of criticism in keeping with his great career
in the field of football, he contributed to the columns of 'The Sunday
Sun,' 'North Mail' and 'Evening Chronicle' on football, cricket, and
general athletic topics... "A native of Newcastle, he showed unswerving
loyalty to the club of his city, and it was a sad day for him when he had
to write of the relegation of United from the First League. His criticism
always had promotion for its object and, although the club did not always
see eye to eye with him, he never veered from his aim to show them the way
back to the First Division. "Mr. Veitch was closely associated with the
People's Theatre, Newcastle, since it was founded more than 25 years ago,
and for many years was conductor of the Newcastle Clarion Choir. He was
also the writer of plays, none of which, curiously, had anything to do
with the football field or any type of outdoor sport. His last successful
effort was the pantomime 'The Babes in The Hollywood,' for which he
composed the music and personally produced in conjuction with his wife,
formerly Greta Burke, the gifted actress, at the People's Theatre. The
pantomime was afterwards played at Whitley Bay. Mr. Veitch too, was
prominently connected with the Newcastle Operatic Society." -
The Sunday Sun, 28 August 1938. |
Funeral
Tuesday, 30
August 1938
Switzerland |
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"COLIN
VEITCH CREMATED.
"A cable received in Newcastle yesterday
stated that the body of Mr. Colin Veitch,
the former Newcastle United and England footballer, was cremated yesterday
in Switzerland where he died on Saturday. No information regarding the
disposal of the ashes has yet been received." - Birmingham
Gazette, Wednesday, 31 August 1938 |
Service
Wednesday, 14 September 1938
Newcastle upon Tyne
Crematorium |
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"CHORISTERS' TEARS
"Tribute to the late Colin Veitch as 'a
great footballer, a bold and fearless critic, and a leader of the amateur
stage' was paid by the Rev.
Herbert Barnes at a service before the ashes of the former Newcastle
United and England footballer were scattered in
the Garden of Remembrance at Newcastle crematorium. Mr Veitch was for more than
20 years associated with the Clarion Choir, and many of the choristers
shed tears while they sang
his favourite piece, 'The Long Day Closes.'" -
The Sunderland Echo, Thursday, 15 September 1938 |
Probate |
"VEITCH
Colin Campbell McKechnie of 6 Grove-avenue Gosforth
Northumberland died 26 August
1938 at Berne Switzerland Probate
Newcastle-upon-Tyne 11 November to
Greta Mary Veitch widow.
Effects £3371 0s. 3d."
[2025 equivalent: £195,576] |
"THANKS FOR SYMPATHY |
Colin Veitch.—To the known and the unknown
who have shown such deep appreciation of her husband and such great
sympathy with her, Mrs. Colin Veitch tenders thanks." - The Evening Chronicle,
Monday, 26 September 1938. |
"COLIN VEITCH FUND |
The
Newcastle Clarion Vocal Union are trying to
raise money through their Colin Veitch Memorial Fund to be able to
present a trophy for North of England Musical Tournament. Last night in
the Socialist Hall, Royal Arcade, Newcastle, they presented the Blaydon
and District Male Choir who gave a choir and solo concert.
Soloists were: Greta Fotherel, Katherine Peel
and Louis Heppell, elocutionist. The conductor was Mr. E. Curson and the
chair was taken by Mr. Gerald Veitch." - The Evening Chronicle, Wednesday, 15 March 1939 |
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Greta Veitch died in
early 1968 |
Source |
Douglas Lammings' An
English Football Internationalist Who's Who [1990] & |
Playing Career |
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 he retired
during WW1 when he served as an army officer. |
League honours 276 appearances, 43 goals |
Newcastle United FC 1899-1914 276
appearances 43 goals
debut: 28 October 1899 Newcastle United FC 0 Wolverhampton
Wanderers FC 1. last: 5 September 1914 Newcastle United FC 0 Everton FC
1. |
Club honours |
Football League
Division One third place 1901-02 (10ᵃ 3ᵍ), 1911-12 (5ᵃ 1ᵍ), Champions 1904-05
(24ᵃ 10ᵍ), 1906-07 (29ᵃ 7ᵍ), 1908-09 (34ᵃ 9ᵍ);
FA Cup runners-up 1904-05 (4ᵃ), 1905-06 (8ᵃ 3ᵍ), 1907-08 (4ᵃ), 1910-11
(8ᵃ 1ᵍ), winners 1909-10 (5ᵃ);
Sheriff of London Charity Shield winners 1907; FA Charity Shield winners 1909; |
Individual honours |
Football League (four appearances 1ᶜ) |
Distinctions |
Appointed
President of the Players Union on 20 March 1911. |
Height/Weight |
5'
7½", 12st.
5lbs [1906]. |
Source |
Douglas Lammings' An English
Football Internationalist Who's Who [1990]. |
Management
Career |
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. |
League honours P 62 W 13 D 17 L 32 |
Bradford City FC 1926-28; relegated
from Division Two in his first season, left with the club in ninth
position on Division Three (north); Only won one of his three FA Cup ties,
a 6-0 victory over Workington, 26 November 1927. |
England Career |
Player number |
One of
five who became the 312th players (314)
to appear for England. |
Position(s) |
Centre-half |
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. |
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. |
Major tournaments |
British Championship 1905-06,
1906-07, 1908-09; |
Team honours |
British Championship shared
1905-06, winners 1908-09; |
Individual honours |
The
North (two appearances, One reserve, January 1906-January 1909);
The Professionals (withdrew in December 1906) |
Distinctions |
Died six days after Bob Howarth and eight days
after Ben Spilsbury |
Beyond England |
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
"Newcastle City Council placed a blue plaque on Colin
Veitch's former home in Stratford Villas, Heaton, on 25 September 2013,
unveiled by the Lord Mayor of Newcastle." |
The Numbers |
parties |
Appearances |
comp. apps |
minutes |
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captain |
9 |
6 |
6 |
540 |
0 |
none |
The minutes here given can only ever be a guideline and cannot therefore be accurate, only an approximation. |
P |
W |
D |
L |
F |
A |
GD |
FTS
|
CS |
FAv |
AAv |
Pts% |
W/L |
6 |
3 |
2 |
1 |
11 |
4 |
+7 |
0 |
3 |
1.833 |
0.667 |
66.7 |
+2 |
All of his matches were in the British Championship competition |
Venue Record
Venue |
P |
W |
D |
L |
F |
A |
GD |
FTS
|
CS |
FAv |
AAv |
Pts% |
W/L |
Home |
3 |
1 |
2 |
0 |
4 |
2 |
+2 |
0 |
1 |
1.333 |
0.667 |
66.7 |
+1 |
Away |
3 |
2 |
0 |
1 |
7 |
2 |
+5 |
0 |
2 |
2.333 |
0.667 |
66.7 |
+1 |
Opposition Record
Opposition |
P |
W |
D |
L |
F |
A |
GD |
FTS |
CS |
FAv |
AAv |
Pts% |
W/L |
Wales |
3 |
2 |
1 |
0 |
4 |
1 |
+3 |
0 |
2 |
1.333 |
0.333 |
83.3 |
+2 |
Scotland |
2 |
0 |
1 |
1 |
2 |
3 |
-1 |
0 |
0 |
1.00 |
1.50 |
25.0 |
-1 |
Ireland |
1 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
5 |
0 |
+5 |
0 |
1 |
5.00 |
0.00 |
100.0 |
+1 |
Tournament Record
British Championship Competition |
Type |
P |
W |
D |
L |
F |
A |
GD |
FTS |
CS |
FAv |
AAv |
Pts% |
W/L |
BC 1904-05 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
=0 |
0 |
0 |
0.0 |
0.0 |
0.0 |
=0 |
BC 1905-06 |
3 |
2 |
0 |
1 |
7 |
2 |
+5 |
0 |
2 |
2.333 |
0.667 |
66.7 |
+1 |
BC
1906-07 |
2 |
0 |
2 |
0 |
2 |
2 |
=0 |
0 |
0 |
1.00 |
1.00 |
50.0 |
=0 |
BC
1907-08 |
1 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
2 |
0 |
+2 |
0 |
1 |
2.00 |
0.00 |
100.0 |
+1 |
BC
All |
6 |
3 |
2 |
1 |
11 |
4 |
+7 |
0 |
3 |
1.833 |
0.667 |
66.7 |
+2 |
All Competition |
Type |
P |
W |
D |
L |
F |
A |
GD |
FTS |
CS |
FAv |
AAv |
Pts% |
W/L |
BC |
6 |
3 |
2 |
1 |
11 |
4 |
+7 |
0 |
3 |
1.833 |
0.667 |
66.7 |
+2 |
6 |
3 |
2 |
1 |
11 |
4 |
+7 |
0 |
3 |
1.833 |
0.667 |
66.7 |
+2 |
Match History
apps |
match |
match details |
comp |
res. |
rundown |
pos |
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