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Joe Birch
Personal information
Full name	Joseph Birch
Date of birth	6 July 1904
Place of birth	Hednesford, England
Date of death	4 December 1980 (aged 76)
Place of death	Colchester, England
Playing position	Full back
Senior career*
	* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only.; † Appearances (Goals).;

Joseph "Joe" Birch (6 July 1904 – 4 December 1980) was an English professional footballer who made more than 200 appearances in the Football League playing for Birmingham, Bournemouth & Boscombe Athletic and Fulham.^[1] He played as a full back.

Birch was born in Hednesford, Staffordshire. He played non-league football for Cannock Town and Hednesford Town before joining Birmingham in 1928.^[2] Birch played his only game for Birmingham in the First Division on Boxing Day 1928 in a 6–2 defeat at Bolton Wanderers, just before the club paid £4,000 for the services of Huddersfield Town full back Ned Barkas.^[3] He played for Bournemouth & Boscombe Athletic in the Third Division South before moving on to Fulham. In his first season Birch contributed to their winning the Third Division South title and consequent promotion,^[2] and in seven seasons with the club he played 185 league games.^[1] They awarded him a benefit match against fellow West London club Queens Park Rangers in 1937.^[4] He finished off his career with Colchester United, with whom he won the championship of the Southern League in the 1938–39 season.^[2]

Birch died in Colchester, Essex, in 1980 at the age of 76.^[2]

[edit] Honours

with Fulham

with Colchester United

^ ^a ^b Joyce, Michael (2004). Football League Players' Records 1888 to 1939. Nottingham: SoccerData (Tony Brown). p. 26. ISBN 978-1-899468-67-6.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d Matthews, Tony (1995). Birmingham City: A Complete Record. Derby: Breedon Books. p. 72. ISBN 978-1-85983-010-9.
^ Matthews, pp. 24, 171.
^ "Football Programmes & Memorabilia". Lockdales. 18 November 2007. http://www.lockdales.com/PricesFootball.htm. Retrieved 2 April 2009.

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