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Player #347

From:

To:

Career Status:

1932-33

1935-36

Retired

Appearances:

21

Starts:

21

Goals:

5

Assists:

-

Involvements:

5

Archie Watkins

🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿

Winger

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PREVIOUS PLAYER

SUBSEQUENT PLAYER

Archie Watkins

Seasons Quick-View

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

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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 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿

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Final Appearance

Season

Date

Match

Aged

Manager

1935-36

16 September 1935

Sunderland (h), Division One

23

Jimmy McMullan 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿

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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

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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.

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