Ken Armstrong
Personal information
Full name	Kenneth Charles Armstrong
Date of birth	31 January 1959(1959-01-31)
Place of birth	Bridgnorth, England
Playing position	Centre half
Youth career
	Beith Juniors
Senior career1
Years	Club	App (Gls)*
1977–1983 1983–1984 1984 1984–1986 1986	Beith Juniors Kilmarnock Southampton → Notts County (loan) Birmingham City Walsall	88 (3) 26 (0) 10 (0) 58 (1) 00 (0)
1 Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. * Appearances (Goals)

Kenneth Charles "Ken" Armstrong (born 31 January 1959) is a former professional footballer who played as a centre half. Of Scottish parentage, Armstrong was born in Bridgnorth, Shropshire, while his father was working in the area.^[1] He made 88 appearances and scored three goals in the Scottish Football League playing for Kilmarnock, and made 94 appearances, scoring one goal, in the English Football League playing for Southampton, Notts County and Birmingham City.^[2] He signed for Walsall in February 1986 for a fee of £10,000, broke his ankle in his first training session, and nine months later, still only 27 years of age, retired from football because of the injury without ever playing for the club. He went on to become a social worker.^[1]

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• Birmingham City F.C. match programme article reproduced on Beith Juniors F.C. website

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