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Appearances:

21

Starts:

21

Substitute:

0

Unused:

0

Goals:

5

Games per Goal:

4.20

Assists:

Goal Involvements:

Player #346

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Citizenship:

Position:

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Winger

1932-33

1935-36

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Archie Watkins

Archie Watkins

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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

Subs

0
0
0
0

Unused

0
0
0
0

Goals

1
0
4
0

Assists

Bookings

Red Cards

Games / Goals

Goal

Involvements

FAC: FA Cup; FL: Football League; D1: Division 1; D2: Division 2; D3: Division 3; PL: Premier League; CH: Championship

Goalkeeping Statistics

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1932-33
1933-34
1934-35
1935-36

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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

Stapleford FC |
Notts County |
James and Barnes FC |
Loughborough |

Transfer in

Aged

20

From

Loughborough

For

Free

On

November 1932

Under

Billy Smith

Promoted to First Team Squad

In

Under

Loans Out

None

Transfer Out

Aged

24

Reading

To

For

Free

On

July 1936

Under

Jimmy McMullan

Subsequent Clubs

Reading |

Died

1983, Aged 71

Villa Career

1932-35 Free, 21 | 5 | #346 |

Appearances

Unused

21

0

Goals

5

Played Under

Billy Smith led Management Committee
Jimmy McMullan

Debut

Season

Date

Match

Age

Manager

(First Squad)

Manager

First Goal

1932-33

10 December 1932

Leeds United (a), Division One

20

No Substitutes in Period

4 February 1933

Appearances

Goals

21

5

Final Appearance

Season

Date

Match

1935-36

16 September 1935

Sunderland (h), Division One

Aged

Manager

(Final Squad)

Manager

23

No Substitutes in Period

Honours

Played for the Villa

Height

Foot

International Record

National Team

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England

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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.

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