Chelsea FC Profile: John Archibald

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Full Name: John Archibald

Nickname(s): Jock

Born: Sunday, 25th August 1895
Place of birth: Strathaven, Lanarkshire, Scotland
Height: 6'
Died: 1967

Involvement with Chelsea:

Men's Non First-Team from 1920 to 1921


Pending individual appearances being added to the database, this is the information from Peter Wollaston's reserve Team players book:

John Archibald was a goalkeeper who started his playing career at Albion Rovers before coming south to Reading, presumably prior to the first World War. In 1919 Chelsea signed him but he failed to make the first team and in June 1921 he was transferred to St. Bernard’s.

In the same year he made a single appearance for Newcastle United before moving to Grimsby Town in 1923 where, over the next three or four years, he was to play 111 games before finishing his league career at Darlington with a further 41 appearances. He then moved back north of the border to play for Albion Rovers, Airdrieonians and East Stirlingshire.

10 Reserve Appearances between 1919-21

Playing Career:

Albion Rovers
Reading
Chelsea (Jan 1920 to Jun 1921) - cost: unknown
St. Bernard's (Edinburgh)
Newcastle United
Grimsby Town
Darlington
Albion Rovers
East Stirling
Clydebank

See full chronological appearance listing HERE

Non-Competitive First-Team Appearances Season Appearances 1920 / 21 1 Total 1

Non-Competitive First-Team Goals Season Goals Total 0

Figures in ( ) are substitute appearances and are also included in the totals.
i.e. John Archibald made 1 appearances for Chelsea, of which 0 were as a substitute.

Non-Competitive First-Team Matches Played

Comp	Date	Home			Away	Att
Friendly	19th Aug 1920	Chelsea	1	2	Chelsea	17,000

Non-First-Team Appearances Season Appearances 1919 / 20 4 1920 / 21 13 Total 17

Non-First-Team Goals Season Goals Total 0

Figures in ( ) are substitute appearances and are also included in the totals.
i.e. John Archibald made 17 appearances for Chelsea, of which 0 were as a substitute.

Non-First-Team Matches Played

Comp	Date	Home			Away	Att
Reserve League	7th Feb 1920	Chelsea	0	1	Millwall	unknown
Reserve League	11th Mar 1920	Fulham	0	1	Chelsea	unknown
Reserve League	5th Apr 1920	Chelsea	1	1	Tottenham Hotspur	unknown
Reserve League	28th Apr 1920	Chelsea	1	1	Queens Park Rangers	unknown
Reserve League	4th Sep 1920	West Ham United	3	2	Chelsea	10,000
Reserve League	13th Sep 1920	Clapton Orient	4	2	Chelsea	unknown
Reserve League	23rd Sep 1920	Chelsea	2	2	West Ham United	2,500
Reserve League	30th Oct 1920	Chelsea	3	1	Brentford	unknown
Friendly	2nd Dec 1920	Cambridge University	6	2	Chelsea	unknown
Reserve League	9th Dec 1920	Chelsea	1	1	Clapton Orient	unknown
Reserve League	20th Jan 1921	Chelsea	1	1	Fulham	unknown
Reserve League	24th Jan 1921	Chelsea	0	0	Crystal Palace	unknown
Reserve League	17th Mar 1921	Chelsea	0	0	Queens Park Rangers	unknown
Reserve League	9th Apr 1921	Clapton Orient	3	0	Chelsea	unknown
Reserve League	21st Apr 1921	Chelsea	6	2	Brentford	unknown
Reserve League	25th Apr 1921	Chelsea	4	1	Clapton Orient	unknown
Reserve League	5th May 1921	Fulham	0	0	Chelsea	unknown

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