Matthew_Armstrong_(English_footballer)

Matthew Armstrong (English footballer)

Matthew Armstrong (English footballer)

English footballer

Matthew Armstrong (26 January 1919 – 12 July 1941) was an English footballer who made 38 appearances in the Football League playing as a wing half for Darlington in the 1930s.[1] He joined Aston Villa in 1939 – a preview in the Daily Express highlighted him as one of "two young defenders who look as if they have that certain Soccer something"[5] – but he never played for Villa's first team before the league was abandoned for the duration of the Second World War.[1][6]

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Armstrong was killed during the Second World War while serving as a private in 149 Field Ambulance, Royal Army Medical Corps. He was 22, and is commemorated on the Brookwood Memorial.[3]

References

  1. [1]
    Joyce, Michael (2004). Football League Players' Records 1888 to 1939. Nottingham: SoccerData. p. 11. ISBN 978-1-899468-67-6.
  2. [2]
    "Matthew Armstrong's life in 1939: 26 East Street Blaydon U.D., Durham, England". 1939 Register. RG101/2754F/021/21 Letter Code: FFEX – via Findmypast.
  3. [3]
    "Casualty details: Armstrong, Matthew". Commonwealth War Graves Commission. Retrieved 22 April 2020.
  4. [4]
    "Sykes transferred". Birmingham Mail. 27 June 1939. p. 11 – via British Newspaper Archive.
  5. [5]
    Halsey, Stanley (17 August 1939). "Villa, Fulham put faith in young players". Daily Express. p. 14.
  6. [6]
    "Armstrong, Matthew". Aston Villa Player Database. Jörn Mårtensson. Retrieved 22 April 2020.
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