Chris Penman

Christopher Penman (born 12 September 1945) is an English former footballer who made 30 appearances in the Football League playing as a goalkeeper for Darlington in the 1960s. He was on the books of Preston North End, but never represented them in the League, and went on to play non-league football for South Shields.[2] When he was only 18 years old, he was in goal as Darlington suffered what remained their record Football League defeat, 10–0 at Doncaster Rovers in the Fourth Division.[3][4]

Chris Penman
Personal information
Full name Christopher Penman[1]
Date of birth (1945-09-12) 12 September 1945[1]
Place of birth Houghton-le-Spring,[1] England
Position(s) Goalkeeper
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
Preston North End 0 (0)
1962–1964 Darlington 30 (0)
South Shields
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only

References

  1. "Chris Penman". Barry Hugman's Footballers. Retrieved 6 November 2016.
  2. "Darlington: 1946/47–1988/89 & 1990/91–2009/10". UK A–Z Transfers. Neil Brown. Retrieved 28 July 2014.
  3. Amos, Mike (9 October 2007). "Crook's cricketing heroes reunited". The Northern Echo. Darlington. Retrieved 22 December 2018.
  4. "Darlington: Records". Statto Organisation. Archived from the original on 4 May 2014. Retrieved 28 July 2014.


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