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Chelsea FC Profile: Billy Mitchell

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Full Name: William Mitchell

Born: Wednesday, 19th October 1910
Place of birth: County Lurgan, Northern Ireland
Height: 5' 7"
Died: Friday, 19th May 1978 (aged 67)
Burial: Cremated - South Bristol Crematorium. Ashes scattered there in the "A Garden". No known memorial.

Involvement with Chelsea:


Player from 1933 to 1945


Newspaper report from 1939 led to Billy's wife's maiden name being found to be Jones. This led to wedding details to Neta Jones from 1934 where William's professsion was "footballer". This wedding put into question a 1910 DOB and suggests late 1911/early 1912 as age was listed on marrigae registration as 22. However when comparing his father's name (Robert) with known birth registrations of a William Mitchell, the only one of 4, where the mother's maiden name (Bonace) matched a previous marriage to a Robert Mitchell, was the one of 19 Sep 1910.

This date of birth led directly to confirming William Mitchell's death in Bristol in 1978 as per the programme obituary

Playing Career:


Distillery
Cliftonville
Chelsea (Jun 1933 to Jun 1945) - cost: unknown
Bath City

Chelsea First-Team Career Summary

Debut: Saturday, 24th February 1934, Middlesbrough 2 - 2 Chelsea

Age on debut: 23 years 4 months 5 days

100th Appearance: Saturday, 14th January 1939, Chelsea 4 - 2 Middlesbrough

Last Appearance: Saturday, 6th May 1939, Chelsea 1 - 1 Bolton Wanderers

Appearances

Season League F.A. Cup Lg Cup Europe Oth* Ttl
1933 / 34 200002
1934 / 35 400004
1935 / 36 31300034
1936 / 37 28000028
1937 / 38 21000021
1938 / 39 23600029
Total1099000118

Goals

Season League F.A. Cup Lg Cup Europe Oth* Ttl
1935 / 36 010001
1937 / 38 200002
Total210003


* oth = other competitive matches such as Full Members Cup, Charity/Community Shield, Fifa World Club Cup.
Figures in ( ) are substitute appearances and are also included in the totals.
i.e. Billy Mitchell made 118 appearances for Chelsea, of which 0 were as a substitute.

Competitive Matches Played

CompDateHome  AwayAtt
League24th Feb 1934Middlesbrough22Chelsea12,962 match drawn
League3rd Mar 1934Chelsea30Blackburn Rovers26,409 match won
League19th Jan 1935Chelsea22Sunderland37,096 match drawn
League30th Jan 1935Tottenham Hotspur13Chelsea28,121 match won
League2nd Feb 1935Chelsea00Preston North End31,994 match drawn
League9th Feb 1935Grimsby Town31Chelsea12,442 match lost
League7th Sep 1935Grimsby Town13Chelsea14,917 match won
League9th Sep 1935Stoke City30Chelsea21,310 match lost
League14th Sep 1935Chelsea10Leeds United35,720 match won
League16th Sep 1935Blackburn Rovers10Chelsea14,610 match lost
League21st Sep 1935West Bromwich Albion12Chelsea17,183 match won
League28th Sep 1935Chelsea31Sunderland61,051 match won
League5th Oct 1935Birmingham21Chelsea22,625 match lost
League12th Oct 1935Chelsea11Arsenal82,905 match drawn
League26th Oct 1935Chelsea21Bolton Wanderers36,080 match won
League2nd Nov 1935Huddersfield Town20Chelsea16,684 match lost
League9th Nov 1935Chelsea21Middlesbrough33,408 match won
League16th Nov 1935Aston Villa22Chelsea58,717 match drawn
League23rd Nov 1935Chelsea21Brentford56,624 match won
League30th Nov 1935Sheffield Wednesday41Chelsea16,014 match lost
League14th Dec 1935Preston North End20Chelsea16,178 match lost
League21st Dec 1935Chelsea22Wolverhampton Wanderers20,063 match drawn
League25th Dec 1935Manchester City00Chelsea36,074 match drawn
League26th Dec 1935Chelsea21Manchester City41,732 match won
League28th Dec 1935Liverpool23Chelsea26,523 match won
League4th Jan 1936Chelsea02Grimsby Town30,381 match lost
F.A. Cup11th Jan 1936Norwich City11Chelsea32,398 match drawn scored 1 goal
F.A. Cup15th Jan 1936Chelsea31Norwich City31,734 match won
League18th Jan 1936Leeds United20Chelsea18,999 match lost
F.A. Cup25th Jan 1936Chelsea41Plymouth Argyle53,703 match won
League1st Feb 1936Sunderland33Chelsea23,755 match drawn sent off
League8th Feb 1936Chelsea00Birmingham30,268 match drawn
League10th Apr 1936Chelsea11Derby County54,336 match drawn
League11th Apr 1936Portsmouth20Chelsea18,605 match lost
League13th Apr 1936Derby County11Chelsea21,407 match drawn
League18th Apr 1936Chelsea52Preston North End26,274 match won
League22nd Apr 1936Chelsea10Portsmouth13,982 match won
League25th Apr 1936Wolverhampton Wanderers33Chelsea12,683 match drawn
League27th Apr 1936Arsenal11Chelsea40,402 match drawn
League2nd May 1936Chelsea51Blackburn Rovers18,078 match won
League29th Aug 1936Leeds United23Chelsea19,379 match won
League2nd Sep 1936Chelsea32Grimsby Town25,671 match won
League5th Sep 1936Chelsea13Birmingham32,803 match lost
League8th Sep 1936Grimsby Town30Chelsea12,667 match lost
League12th Sep 1936Middlesbrough20Chelsea21,278 match lost
League16th Sep 1936Chelsea20Liverpool18,123 match won
League19th Sep 1936Chelsea30West Bromwich Albion41,112 match won
League26th Sep 1936Manchester City00Chelsea30,004 match drawn
League3rd Oct 1936Chelsea11Portsmouth45,735 match drawn
League17th Oct 1936Chelsea11Sheffield Wednesday34,488 match drawn
League24th Oct 1936Manchester United00Chelsea29,854 match drawn
League28th Nov 1936Chelsea40Everton31,623 match won
League5th Dec 1936Bolton Wanderers21Chelsea13,439 match lost
League12th Dec 1936Chelsea21Brentford51,079 match won
League19th Dec 1936Arsenal41Chelsea49,917 match lost
League25th Dec 1936Stoke City20Chelsea24,897 match lost
League2nd Jan 1937Birmingham00Chelsea17,673 match drawn
League9th Jan 1937Chelsea10Middlesbrough30,201 match won
League13th Feb 1937Chelsea00Preston North End27,465 match drawn
League20th Feb 1937Sheffield Wednesday11Chelsea16,052 match drawn
League27th Feb 1937Chelsea42Manchester United16,382 match won
League6th Mar 1937Derby County11Chelsea15,010 match drawn
League13th Mar 1937Chelsea01Wolverhampton Wanderers34,078 match lost
League27th Mar 1937Chelsea00Huddersfield Town31,384 match drawn
League29th Mar 1937Charlton Athletic10Chelsea45,860 match lost
League3rd Apr 1937Everton00Chelsea20,648 match drawn
League10th Apr 1937Chelsea01Bolton Wanderers23,271 match lost
League1st May 1937Liverpool11Chelsea8,278 match drawn
League28th Aug 1937Chelsea61Liverpool41,553 match won scored 1 goal
League1st Sep 1937Leeds United20Chelsea18,858 match lost
League4th Sep 1937West Bromwich Albion40Chelsea23,097 match lost
League8th Sep 1937Chelsea41Leeds United17,300 match won
League11th Sep 1937Chelsea20Birmingham34,072 match won
League15th Sep 1937Chelsea10Grimsby Town15,617 match won
League18th Sep 1937Middlesbrough43Chelsea19,631 match lost
League25th Sep 1937Chelsea21Stoke City38,504 match won
League2nd Oct 1937Portsmouth24Chelsea25,233 match won scored 1 goal
League9th Oct 1937Chelsea22Arsenal75,952 match drawn
League16th Oct 1937Blackpool02Chelsea23,974 match won
League30th Oct 1937Bolton Wanderers55Chelsea22,293 match drawn
League6th Nov 1937Chelsea00Sunderland50,554 match drawn
League13th Nov 1937Everton41Chelsea29,930 match lost
League20th Nov 1937Chelsea22Manchester City40,197 match drawn
League27th Nov 1937Leicester City10Chelsea18,883 match lost
League4th Dec 1937Chelsea31Huddersfield Town31,475 match won
League11th Dec 1937Derby County40Chelsea12,886 match lost
League18th Dec 1937Chelsea02Wolverhampton Wanderers31,314 match lost
League27th Dec 1937Charlton Athletic31Chelsea51,125 match lost
League1st Jan 1938Liverpool22Chelsea39,062 match drawn
League3rd Sep 1938Chelsea30Leicester City37,323 match won
League5th Sep 1938Bolton Wanderers02Chelsea19,616 match won
League3rd Dec 1938Everton41Chelsea27,959 match lost
League10th Dec 1938Chelsea30Huddersfield Town23,257 match won
League17th Dec 1938Portsmouth21Chelsea21,536 match lost
League24th Dec 1938Chelsea41Liverpool6,801 match won
League26th Dec 1938Leeds United11Chelsea27,586 match drawn
League27th Dec 1938Chelsea22Leeds United32,692 match drawn
League31st Dec 1938Leicester City32Chelsea13,180 match lost
F.A. Cup7th Jan 1939Chelsea21Arsenal58,095 match won
League14th Jan 1939Chelsea42Middlesbrough26,750 match won
F.A. Cup21st Jan 1939Chelsea30Fulham69,987 match won
League28th Jan 1939Chelsea01Manchester United31,265 match lost
League4th Feb 1939Stoke City61Chelsea25,205 match lost
F.A. Cup11th Feb 1939Chelsea11Sheffield Wednesday60,920 match drawn
F.A. Cup13th Feb 1939Sheffield Wednesday00Chelsea47,549 match drawn
League18th Feb 1939Arsenal10Chelsea54,510 match lost
F.A. Cup20th Feb 1939Sheffield Wednesday13Chelsea51,879 match won
League25th Feb 1939Chelsea13Brentford33,511 match lost
F.A. Cup4th Mar 1939Chelsea01Grimsby Town45,409 match lost
League8th Mar 1939Derby County01Chelsea6,697 match won
League11th Mar 1939Chelsea51Grimsby Town17,102 match won
League15th Mar 1939Chelsea11Blackpool12,971 match drawn
League18th Mar 1939Sunderland32Chelsea10,954 match lost
League25th Mar 1939Chelsea21Aston Villa31,255 match won
League1st Apr 1939Wolverhampton Wanderers20Chelsea28,747 match lost
League26th Apr 1939Birmingham11Chelsea28,637 match drawn
League29th Apr 1939Preston North End11Chelsea13,333 match drawn
League6th May 1939Chelsea11Bolton Wanderers18,232 match drawn

Chelsea Graves Society Info & External Research Links:


Link to the CGS Ancestry profile for William Mitchell View CGS profile for William Mitchell on Ancestry
Link to the findagrave profile for William Mitchell View CGS profile for William Mitchell on Find-A-Grave
Link to the CGS Zeemaps location for William Mitchell View location on Zeemaps for William Mitchell



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Chelsea FC Player Billy Mitchell

Games Won: 43
Win Percentage: 36.44%
Total Bookings: 0
Times Sent Off: 1

Teammates

During his Chelsea first-team career of 118 appearances, Billy Mitchell played alongside the following 39 players (number of appearances together in the same match-day squad in brackets)

Len Allum (5)
Jimmy Argue (58)
Joe Bambrick (33)
George Barber (94)
Ned Barkas (4)
Bill Barraclough (39)
Sid Bidewell (4)
Peter Buchanan (21)
Harry Burgess (88)
Alec Cheyne (6)
Wilf Chitty (18)
Allan Craig (72)
Dickie Foss (8)
Hughie Gallacher (2)
George Gibson (57)
Bob Gregg (5)
Bob Griffiths (23)
Alf Hanson (26)
Jack Horton (8)
Jock Hutcheson (1)
Johnny Jackson (12)
Tommy Law (21)
Bob MacAulay (10)
Arnold Mayes (4)
Harold Miller (37)
George Mills (68)
John O'Hare (82)
Eric Oakton (18)
Leslie Odell (2)
Joe Payne (25)
Tommy Priestley (1)
Willie Russell (2)
Bob Salmond (22)
Jack Sherborne (1)
Doug Smale (6)
Jack Smith (19)
Dick Spence (100)
Sam Weaver (72)
Victor Woodley (106)