Charlie Birch

Charlie Birch
Personal information
Full name Charlie Mark Birch[1]
Date of birth (2001-10-23) 23 October 2001
Place of birth Carlisle, England
Height 6 ft 1 in (1.86 m)[2]
Position Defender
Team information
Current team
 Appalachian FC
Youth career
–2019 Carlisle United
College career
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2023–2024 Chowan Hawks
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2019–2021 Carlisle United 1 (0)
2020 → Kendal Town (loan) 11 (1)
2021–2022 Annan Athletic 7 (0)
2022 Penrith
2022–2023 Workington 30 (0)
2024– Appalachian FC
* Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 13:41, 8 April 2024 (UTC)

Charlie Mark Birch (born 23 October 2001) is an English footballer who plays as a defender for Appalachian FC.

Early and personal life

Birch was born in Carlisle,[3] as the son of former professional footballer Mark Birch.[4]

Career

Birch started his career at Carlisle United and made his debut for the club on 21 December 2019 as a substitute in a 3–0 defeat away to Colchester United.[5] In February 2020, he was offered a professional contract with the club, signing a one-year contract with the club.[6][7] Birch was very excited to be offered a professional contract, stating that he was 'over the moon'.[8] In September 2020, Birch joined Northern Premier League Division One North West side Kendal Town on a season-long loan deal.[9] He scored once in 13 appearances for the club before his loan was cut short due to the COVID-19 pandemic.[10][4] He was released by the club at the end of his contract in summer 2021.[11]

On 10 July 2021, Birch signed for Scottish League Two side Annan Athletic; Birch made his debut for the club that same day in a 1–1 Scottish League Cup draw against Airdrieonians, with Birch scoring Annan's third penalty in a 5–4 shoot-out win.[4]

On 7 January 2022, Birch signed for Northern League Division One side Penrith.[12] In July 2022, he joined Workington.[13]

In April 2024, Birch joined National Premier Soccer League SouthEast Conference club Appalachian FC.[14]

Career statistics

As of match played 27 November 2021
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League FA Cup League Cup Other Total
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Carlisle United 2019–20[15] League Two 1000000010
2020–21[16] League Two 0000000000
Total 1000000010
Kendal Town (loan) 2020–21[10] Northern Premier League Division One North West 11110—1[a]0131
Annan Athletic 2021–22[17] Scottish League Two 7020401[b]0140
Career total 191304020281
  1. ↑ Appearance(s) in the FA Trophy
  2. ↑ Appearance(s) in the Scottish Challenge Cup

References

  1. ↑ "Notification of shirt numbers: Carlisle United" (PDF). English Football League. 7 February 2020. p. 19. Retrieved 2 July 2020.
  2. ↑ Charlie Birch at Soccerway. Retrieved 23 October 2020.
  3. ↑ "Charlie Birch – Defender – Carlisle United". Carlisle United F.C. Retrieved 2 July 2020.
  4. 1 2 3 Colman, Jon (10 July 2021). "Ex-Carlisle United duo Charlie Barnes and Charlie Birch help Annan Athletic to cup win at Airdrie". News and Star. Retrieved 10 July 2021.
  5. ↑ Colman, Jon (21 December 2019). "Carlisle Utd slump to dismal 3–0 defeat at Colchester as Beech suffers first loss". News and Star. Retrieved 2 July 2020.
  6. ↑ Colman, Jon (6 February 2020). "Carlisle Utd offer professional deals to four home-grown teenagers". News and Star. Retrieved 2 July 2020.
  7. ↑ Hall, Andy (6 February 2020). "YOUTH: Four local lads make it through". Carlisle United F.C. Retrieved 2 July 2020.
  8. ↑ Hall, Andy (9 June 2020). "INTERVIEW: It's what I've worked so hard for all these years". Carlisle United F.C. Retrieved 2 July 2020.
  9. ↑ Colman, Jon (12 September 2020). "Young Carlisle Utd player makes loan move". News and Star. Retrieved 18 September 2020.
  10. 1 2 "Kendal Town – Appearances – Charlie Birch". Football Web Pages. Retrieved 24 January 2021.
  11. ↑ Colman, Jon (14 May 2021). "Carlisle United offer deals to Paul Farman, Nick Anderton, Rhys Bennett, Morgan Feeney, Offrande Zanzala and Omari Patrick". News and Star. Retrieved 10 July 2021.
  12. ↑ "Charlie Birch moves to Penrith". Annan Athletic FC. 7 January 2022. Retrieved 7 January 2022.
  13. ↑ @WorkingtonAFC (6 July 2022). "📝 Two more commit to the cause. Defender Charlie Birch joined midfielder Bobby Carroll in signing a deal with the club yesterday evening. 🤝 Welcome aboard Charlie. https://workingtonafc.com/2022/07/06/two-more-commit-to-the-cause/" (Tweet). Retrieved 8 April 2024 – via Twitter.
  14. ↑ @AppalachianFC (5 April 2024). "More Chowan lads! They were a big part of the success Chowan MENS Soccer had in the fall, now they're bringing that hard working, winning mentality to Boone for the summer!Welcome to Boone fellas!! 👣⚽️👣⚽️💛🖤👣⚽️👣⚽️" (Tweet). Retrieved 8 April 2024 – via X (formerly Twitter).
  15. ↑ "Games played by Charlie Birch in 2019/2020". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 2 July 2020.
  16. ↑ "Games played by Charlie Birch in 2020/2021". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 24 January 2021.
  17. ↑ "Games played by Charlie Birch in 2021/2022". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 28 October 2021.

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