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."The most expensive item with a signature of Jimmy Armfield (ALF RAMSEY BOBBY CHARLTON GEOFF HURST JIMMY ARMFIELD SIGNED FDC WORLD CUP 1966) was sold in March 2022 for $118.21 while the cheapest item (Jimmy Armfield ex Blackpool origionally signed photo) found a new owner for $0.75 in April 2020. The month with the most items sold (4) was March 2021 with an average selling price of $13.72 for an autographed item of Jimmy Armfield. Sold items reached their highest average selling price in March 2022 with $118.21 and the month that saw the lowest prices with $0.75 was April 2020. In average, an autographed item from Jimmy Armfield is worth $9.57.
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ALF RAMSEY BOBBY CHARLTON GEOFF HURST JIMMY ARMFIELD SIGNED FDC WORLD CUP 1966 | $118.21 | ||
Jimmy Armfield & Tom Finney Hand Signed Testimonial 1960 Photo Bid fr £8 | $10.89 | ||
Jimmy Armfield & Tom Finney Hand Signed Testimonial 1960 Photo Bid fr £8 | $10.79 | ||
Jimmy Armfield - Blackpool & England signed 5.5 x 5.5cm cutting | $3.61 | ||
JIMMY ARMFIELD BLACKPOOL FOOTBALL CLUB SIGNED PHOTO with white border | $4.99 | ||
Jimmy Armfield Signed Autograph England 1966 World Cup Blackpool Leeds Utd COA 2 | $32.57 | ||
Jimmy Armfield Signed Blackpool FC and England Mount | $40.46 | ||
Jimmy Armfield signed England Blackpool Leeds Bolton | $1.49 | ||
Jimmy Armfield Signed White Card Blackpool 1966 World Cup Football Autograph | $9.50 | ||
RARE Jimmy Armfield Blackpool Signed Photo Display + COA AUTOGRAPH 1966 WORLD | $54.11 |