Sandy Mutch
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| Sandy Mutch | ||
| Personal information | ||
|---|---|---|
| Full name | Alexander Mutch | |
| Date of birth | August 13, 1884 | |
| Place of birth | Inverurie, Scotland | |
| Date of death | September 16, 1967 | |
| Place of death | Newcastle upon Tyne, England | |
| Playing position | Goalkeeper | |
| Senior career1 | ||
| Years | Club | App (Gls)* |
| 19??-1910 1910-1922 1922-1924 |
Aberdeen Huddersfield Town Newcastle United |
? (?) 229 (0) ? (0) |
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1 Senior club appearances and goals |
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Alexander "Sandy" Mutch (born August 13, 1884, Inverurie, Scotland)-- d. September 16, 1967, Newcastle upon Tyne, England), was a footballer.
He began his playing career for Aberdeen before playing for Huddersfield Town between 1910 and 1922, winning the FA Cup once. While playing for Huddersfield, he played in two FA Cup Finals - 1920 where they lost 1-0 to Aston Villa after extra time, and in the 1922 Cup Final which they won 2-0 against Preston North End.
His Newcastle debut was on 26 Aug 1922 against Everton, a home match. In 1924 he was in the team for the FA Cup Final again, (his third FA Cup Final in four years), but shortly before Newcastle's 2-0 victory over Aston Villa he suffered a bad knee injury which eventually led to his retirement as a player.
He then became the coach for the first team and then finally a groundsman at the club he loved so much until he left due to poor health.
Sandy Mutch died of kidney failure in 1967.
