fullname years death_date clubs caps birth_place goals position birth_date article_title name
charles james ambler 1891 1894 1894 -- 1895 1895 -- 1896 1896 -- 1900 -- 1900 1900 -- 1901 1901 -- 1902 1902 -- ? 1894 1892 -- 1893 1893 -- 1894 1952 1868 royal/woolwich -lrb- loan -rrb- → luton town -lrb- loan -rrb- tottenham arsenal hotspur woolwich arsenal tottenham hotspur gravesend united new brompton west → ham united millwall clapton -lrb- loan -rrb- → dartford 0 1 1 alverstoke , hampshire , england 0 0 0 goalkeeper 1868 charles ambler
 charles ambler
charles ambler

charles james ambler -lrb- 1868 -- 1952 -rrb- 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 -lrb- soon after renamed woolwich arsenal -rrb- 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
