Ken Armstrong (footballer, born 1959)
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Kenneth Charles Armstrong | ||
| Date of birth | 31 January 1959 | ||
| Place of birth | Bridgnorth, England | ||
| Height | 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) | ||
| Playing position | Centre half | ||
| Youth career | |||
| Beith Juniors | |||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps† | (Gls)† |
| – | Beith Juniors | ||
| 1977–1983 | Kilmarnock | 88 | (3) |
| 1983–1984 | Southampton | 26 | (0) |
| 1984 | → Notts County (loan) | 10 | (0) |
| 1984–1986 | Birmingham City | 58 | (1) |
| 1986 | Walsall | 0 | (0) |
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* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. | |||
Kenneth Charles "Ken" Armstrong (born 31 January 1959) is a former professional footballer who played as a centre half. Of Scottish parentage, Armstrong was born in Bridgnorth, Shropshire, while his father was working in the area.[1] Spotted while playing for Beith Juniors, he made 88 appearances and scored three goals in the Scottish Football League playing for Kilmarnock, and made 94 appearances, scoring once, in the English Football League playing for Southampton, Notts County and Birmingham City.[2] He signed for Walsall in February 1986 for a fee of £10,000, broke his ankle in his first training session, and nine months later, still only 27 years of age, retired from football because of the injury without ever playing for the club. He went on to become a social worker.[1]
Honours
- Southampton
- Football League First Division runners-up: 1983–84
References
- 1 2 Matthews, Tony (1995). Birmingham City: A Complete Record. Derby: Breedon Books. p. 68. ISBN 978-1-85983-010-9.
- ↑ "Ken Armstrong". Post War English & Scottish Football League A - Z Player's Database. Neil Brown. Retrieved 16 April 2008.
External links
- Birmingham City F.C. match programme article reproduced on Beith Juniors F.C. website