Thomas Fitchie

Thomas Tindal Fitchie (11 December 1881 – 17 October 1947) was a Scottish amateur football forward.

Career Club A talented forward, nicknamed the "Prince of Dribblers", Fitchie was born in Edinburgh and played football as an amateur (having had too many business commitments to commit to the game professionally). He appears to have travelled a lot, and his career was rather eclectic as a result; he played for a variety of clubs, and the dates of some of his tenures are not known.

Having started out at West Norwood, Fitchie joined Woolwich Arsenal when he was 19, in November 1901. He made his debut against Gainsborough Trinity in a Second Division match on 8 February 1902, and scored twice as Woolwich Arsenal rolled out 5–0 winners. However, being unable to fully commit to the team, he was only in the side intermittently. However, it seems he played mostly for Woolwich Arsenal while he was in London.

It wasn't until the 1904–05 season that he had any sort of decent run in the side, scoring six times in nine league games, He also spent some time in southern England during this period, occasionally appearing for Norwich City and Brighton & Hove Albion. He returned to Woolwich Arsenal in 1908 and played another full season there; he scored ten goals (nine in the league, one in the cup) in twenty-one games, After returning to England, Fitchie played for Glossop North End between 1909 and 1911, and for Fulham for a second spell in 1912. He was Arsenal's first representative for that country, along with Bobby Templeton who played in the same match. In all Fitchie won four caps and scored once, the only goal of the game against Ireland on St Patrick's Day in 1906. Second Division 3 3

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