Player #347
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Career Status:
1932-33
1935-36
Retired
Archie Watkins
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1932-35 🕒 21 | ⚽ 5 | 🔥 - | #347 |
Season :
1932-33 | 1933-34 | 1934-35 | 1935-36 |
Age :
20 | 21 | 22 | 23 |
Division :
D1 | D1 | D1 | D1 |
Squad # :
# | # | # | # |
Appearances :
8 | 0 | 11 | 2 |
Starts :
8 | 0 | 11 | 2 |
Substitute :
0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Unused :
0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Goals :
1 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
Assists :
- | - | - | - |
Involvements :
1 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
Games / Goal :
Bookings :
- | - | - | - |
Sendings Off :
- | - | - | - |
FAC: FA Cup; FL: Football League; D1: Division 1; D2: Division 2; D3: Division 3; PL: Premier League; CH: Championship
Arthur Dennis Watkins
Birth Date
28 June 1912
Birth Place
Stapleford, Nottinghamshire
Birth Country
England
🏴
Citizenship
🏴
England
Villa Youth
n/a
Previous Teams (incl. Youth)
Stapleford FC
Notts County
James and Barnes FC
Loughborough
Original Transfer
Aged
20
From
Loughborough
For
Free
On
November 1932
Under
Billy Smith
Returning Transfer 1
Aged
n/a
From
n/a
For
n/a
On
n/a
Under
n/a
Returning Transfer 2
Aged
n/a
From
n/a
For
n/a
On
n/a
Under
n/a
Transfer Notes
Loans Out
None
Transfer Out 1
Aged
To
For
On
Under
24
Reading
Free
July 1936
Jimmy McMullan 🏴
Transfer Out 2
Aged
To
For
On
Under
n/a
n/a
n/a
n/a
n/a
Transfer Out 3
Aged
To
For
On
Under
n/a
n/a
n/a
n/a
n/a
Subsequent Clubs
Reading
Retired
Died
1983, Aged 71
Archie Watkins
Villa Career
1932-35 🕒 21 | ⚽ 5 | 🔥 - | #347 |
🕒 Games | Starts (Subs) | ⚽ Goals | 🔥 Assists | 🇺 Unused | Player Number |
Played Under
Billy Smith 🏴
Jimmy McMullan 🏴
Promoted to First Team Squad
In
10 December 1932
Under
Billy Smith 🏴
First Squad
10 December 1932
Manager
Billy Smith 🏴
Debut
Season
Date
Match
Age
Manager
1932-33
10 December 1932
Leeds United (a), Division One
20
Billy Smith 🏴
Final Appearance
Season
Date
Match
Aged
Manager
1935-36
16 September 1935
Sunderland (h), Division One
23
Jimmy McMullan 🏴
Final Squad
16 September 1935
Manager
Jimmy McMullan 🏴
Honours
Played for the Villa
Height
Foot
International Record
National Team
Not Selected
Years | Caps | Starts (Sub) | Goals |
Not Selected
Caps with Villa
Archie Watkins
Player #348 for Aston Villa, Arthur Dennis Watkins, known as Archie Watkins, played as a winger for the club in the outside right position.
Archie played for Villa between 1932-33 and 1935-36 making 21 appearances, scoring 5 times.
Archie was born in Stapleford, Nottinghamshire on 28 June 1912 and made his debut appearance for Villa on the 10 December 1932 aged 20.
Villa had signed Archie from Loughborough in November 1932.
Archie made 8 league appearances in his debut season but missed the whole of 1933-34 before having his most productive season the following year, 1934-35, with 4 goals in 11 appearances.
Archie played his final game for Villa on 16 September 1935 aged 23 before moving on to Reading in July 1936.
Archie had played under the Billy Smith led Management Committee, Villa’s first manager proper, Jimmy McMullan.
Archie passed away in 1983 aged 71.