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KEN MITCHELL

Full Name: Kenneth S. Mitchell

Born: 26 December 1933

Came from: Stockton Went to: North Shields

First game: 24 March 1956 Last game: 17 September 1956

Appearances: 8 (8/0) Goals: 4

Mitchell, a centre-forward, joined Argyle from Stockton following a recommendation from a team scout. He came to prominence in his youth, playing for the highly successful Billingham Synthonia under-18 football team in the early 1950s, who had gone two seasons without defeat, with Mitchell weighing in with over 50 goals. He also played for Whitby Town, at a time when their team was made up of mainly Stockton and Teesside-based players and the club used to run a private bus for them from Stockton Market to their Turnbull Ground every other weekend.

Most sources say that Mitchell joined Argyle from either Whitby Rovers, Whitby Rangers or Whitby Town, but the Western Evening Herald was clear that he came to Home Park from Stockton. Two days before his Argyle debut, in March 1956, the WEH said that he had signed amateur forms for Argyle some months before, and that the arrangement with Stockton was that when the North Eastern League club had no fixture, he was free to play for Argyle. At the end of that season, he signed professional terms for the Pilgrims. After a bright start, impressing for the reserves and scoring twice on his senior debut against Leeds United, he did not make much of an impression on the first team during just over a year with the club, and moved on to North Shields. He also had a spell with Bridgwater Town and went on to play for both Hartlepools United and Darlington, without appearing in a league match for either club.

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APPEARANCE DETAILS [reselect competitions]

The details below reflect appearances in all first-team competitions.

I'm very grateful to many who have helped write GoS-DB's player pen-pictures, and to Dave Rowntree, the PAFC Media Team and Colin Parsons for their help with photos. Thanks also to staff at the National Football Museum, the Scottish Football Museum and ScotlandsPeople for their valuable assistance.

The following publications have been particularly valuable in the research of pen-pictures: Plymouth Argyle, A Complete Record 1903-1989 (Brian Knight, ISBN 0-907969-40-2); Plymouth Argyle, 101 Golden Greats (Andy Riddle, ISBN 1-874287-47-3); Football League Players' Records 1888-1939 (Michael Joyce, ISBN 1-899468-67-6); Football League Players' Records 1946-1988 (Barry Hugman, ISBN 1-85443-020-3) and Plymouth Argyle Football Club Handbooks.