James Christopher Armfield, CBE, DL (21 September 1935 – 22 January 2018) was an English professional football player and manager who latterly worked as a football pundit for BBC Radio Five Live. He played the whole of his Football League career at Blackpool, usually at right back. Between 1954 and 1971 he played 627 games in all competitions, scored six goals, and spent a decade as the club's captain. He also represented the England national team 43 times between 1959 and 1966, and captained them in 15 games. He was a member of England's 1966 World Cup-winning squad. After retiring from playing, Armfield managed Bolton Wanderers and Leeds United. More about Jimmy Armfield
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Armfield was born to Christopher and Doris Armfield. After Armfield's family moved to Blackpool from Denton during the Second World War, he was spotted in a practice match at Bloomfield Road by manager Joe Smith. Armfield, who played on the left wing for that game, scored all of Blackpool's goals in a 4–1 victory. Impressed, Smith offered him a trial. After finishing his studies at Arnold School in Blackpool and obtained his higher school certificate, he joined Blackpool at the age of 17. On 27 December 1954, Armfield made his Blackpool debut at Portsmouth. Armfield recalled of the game: "That League debut at Fratton Park was not, I fear, a very conspicuous one for me. I found myself up against Gordon Dale, a very clever and strong winger with plenty of experience. He was far too good and we lost 3–0. Gordon really gave me the run-around, and I realised just how much I had to learn. They were a very good team in those days, and they scored a goal in about the first two minutes — and I hadn't touched the ball. We were three down after fifteen minutes."In total, we tracked 464 items since 01/09/2012. The chart below shows the trade volume over time.
The most expensive item with a signature of Jimmy Armfield (Signed England 1966 World Cup FDC Jimmy Armfield Connelly Paine Flowers Eastham) was sold in January 2013 for £420.00 while the cheapest item (Jimmy Armfield ex Blackpool origionally signed photo) found a new owner for £0.60 in April 2020. The month with the most items sold (20) was January 2018 with an average selling price of £13.99 for an autographed item of Jimmy Armfield. Sold items reached their highest average selling price in August 2018 with £57.49 and the month that saw the lowest prices with £1.20 was April 2023. In average, an autographed item from Jimmy Armfield is worth £8.01.
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Jimmy Armfield - Blackpool F.C. & England '66 Footballer In Person Signed Card. | £8.50 | ||
Jimmy Armfield - England Footballer & Leeds Utd F.C. Manager Hand Signed Letter. | £10.00 | ||
JIMMY ARMFIELD - SIGNED 1966 WORLD CUP FINAL ILLUSTRATED CARD | £19.99 | ||
JIMMY ARMFIELD BLACKPOOL FOOTBALL CLUB SIGNED PHOTO SEE DESCRIPTION | £9.99 | ||
JIMMY ARMFIELD BLACKPOOL FOOTBALL CLUB SIGNED PHOTO SEE DESCRIPTION | £3.99 | ||
JIMMY ARMFIELD signed 1970 1971 A&BC Orange Back Series 3 card #231 BLACKPOOL | £6.50 | ||
Original JIMMY ARMFIELD Hand Signed Autograph on an A4 PAPER FOOTBALL PLAYER | £4.99 | ||
Signed Jimmy Armfield England World Cup 1966 Blackpool FC Football Autograph | £9.99 | ||
Signed Jimmy Armfield The Autobiography Hardback Book Right Back toThe Beginning | £10.00 | ||
SIGNED PROGRAMME - Blackpool Testimonial Brochure with JIMMY ARMFIELD autograph | £9.99 |
New owners, new team, new hope: Blackpool are winning back fans - Jimmy Armfield (04/18/21): The banner with the name of new owner Simon Sadler's name on it, proclaiming 'He's one of our own,' was not the only evidence of a re-galvanised club on Saturday.