Archie Mitchell (footballer)

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Archie Mitchell
Personal information
Full name Archibald Philip Mitchell[1]
Date of birth (1885-12-15)15 December 1885[1]
Place of birth Smethwick, England
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Place of death Richmond Hill, Ontario, Canada[2]
Position(s) Centre-half
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
Oldbury St John's
1905–1907 Aston Villa 0 (0)
1907–1921 Queens Park Rangers 35 (3)
1921–1922 Brentford 13 (2)
Total 48 (5)
International career
England Juniors
Southern League XI 7
1921 Football League XI 1 (0)
Managerial career
1921–1924 Brentford
Dartford
1931–1933 Queens Park Rangers
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Archibald Philip Mitchell (15 December 1885–16 April 1949) was an English football centre-half and manager. He is best remembered for his long spell as a player with Queens Park Rangers, for whom he made over 300 appearances.[3]

Playing career

Early years and Aston Villa

A centre half, Mitchell began his playing career with Oldbury St John's, before transferring to Football League Division One side Aston Villa in 1905.[2] He failed to make a first team appearance for the club, appearing instead for the reserve team.[2] With the reserves, he helped the team win the Birmingham & District League title in the 1905/06 and 1906/07 seasons. Mitchell departed Villa in 1907.

Queens Park Rangers

In 1907, Mitchell signed for Southern League Division One side Queens Park Rangers. He had a good start to his career with the Hoops, winning the 1907/08 Southern League Division One title in his debut season. The victory set up a match with Football League Division One champions Manchester United for the 1908 FA Charity Shield, which QPR lost after a replay. A further Southern League Division One title was won in 1911/12, with the Charity Shield being lost 2–1 to Football League Division One champions Blackburn Rovers. He remained with Queens Park Rangers through to 1921, finally making his Football League debut at the age of 34 in the 1920/21 season, after the club were elected to the Football League Division Three. He made 35 appearances and scored three goals during the 1920/21 season.[4] By the time he left the Hoops at the end of the campaign, Mitchell had made over 300 appearances for the club, including unofficial wartime competitions.[3]

Brentford

Mitchell joined West London rivals Brentford as player in August 1921.[3] Plying his trade in the Division Three South, Mitchell played as a goalkeeper in the final away league game of the 1921/22 season away to Swansea Town.[5] The 1–0 defeat was the final appearance of his career.[5] He made 16 appearances and scored two goal for the Bees.[5]

Management career

Brentford

When Mitchell joined Football League Division Three South side Brentford in the summer of 1921, he became the club's player-manager.[3] He presided over three forgettable campaigns, his best finish being 9th in the 1921/22 season. After a run of seven straight defeats, Mitchell left the club in December 1924.[5]

Queens Park Rangers

After coaching in the Balkans and a two-year stint as manager of Southern League side Dartford,[5] Mitchell returned to former side Queens Park Rangers as manager in November 1931, replacing John Bowman, who had to step down due to ill-health.[6] He led the club to a mid-table finish in what remained of the 1931/32 Division Three South season and resigned at the end of the 1932/33 season.

International and representative career

Mitchell made one appearance for England Juniors and made seven appearances for the Southern League representative team while with Queens Park Rangers.[2][5] He made an appearance for the Football League XI in a 4-1 win over the Army on 10 November 1921.[3]

Personal life

After leaving Brentford and before departing for the Balkans, Mitchell worked in Acton as a schoolteacher.[5]

Honours

As a player

Aston Villa Reserves

Queens Park Rangers

External links

References

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