Charles Ambler

Charles Ambler

Personal information
Full name	Charles James Ambler
Date of birth	1868
Place of birth	Alverstoke, Hampshire, England
Date of death	1952
Playing position	Goalkeeper
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps†	(Gls)†
?	Bostall Rovers
1891–1894	Royal/Woolwich Arsenal	0	(0)
1892–1893	Clapton (loan)
1893–1894	Dartford (loan)
1894	Luton Town (loan)
1894–1895	Tottenham Hotspur
1895–1896	Woolwich Arsenal	1	(0)
1896–1900	Tottenham Hotspur
1900	Gravesend United
1900–1901	New Brompton
1901–1902	West Ham United
1902–?	Millwall
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. † Appearances (Goals).

Charles James Ambler (1868–1952) was an English footballer who played as a goalkeeper.

Born in Alverstoke, Hampshire, Ambler began his career at Bostall Rovers before signing with Royal Arsenal (soon after renamed Woolwich Arsenal) in 1891. As an amateur he was able to play for a variety of clubs with no fixed tenure at any of them; in the period 1891–94, as well as playing in friendlies for Arsenal, he also played for Clapton, Dartford and Luton Town while nominally being registered an Arsenal player.

In the summer of 1894 he was formally transferred to Tottenham Hotspur, but returned to Woolwich Arsenal in November 1895. There, he played in goal in a Second Division match against Newton Heath on 30 November 1895, a match Arsenal lost 5-1. With no other league appearances to his name, he left Arsenal in the summer of 1896 and returned to Tottenham Hotspur.

Ambler was registered with Spurs from 1896 until 1900; in total, in both his spells at Tottenham, he made 133 first team appearances. He had spells at Gravesend and New Brompton before, in 1901, he joined east London club West Ham United. Used as a reserve, he played just two first team games for the club in November 1901. The first came as a result of a clash of fixtures, with the Irons due to play a Southern League game against Spurs on the same day as hosting Leyton in the FA Cup. The club chose to field its regulars for the league game and play away for the cup; the first team lost 1-0 while the second side, with Ambler in goal, won by the same scoreline. Thus, Ambler got his chance in the following Southern League game, against Queens Park Rangers, but with the game ending in a 2-1 defeat, this was to be his only appearance in the league.

He went on to play for Millwall after leaving the Irons in 1902. He died in 1952, aged 83

References

• Hogg, Tony (2005). Who's Who of West Ham United. Profile Sports Media. pp. 19. ISBN 1-903135-50-8. 

Persondata
Name	Ambler, Charles
Alternative names	Ambler, Charlie
Short description	English football goalkeeper
Date of birth	1868
Place of birth	Alverstoke, Hampshire
Date of death	1952
Place of death