Charlie Birch

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Charlie Birch
Personal information
Full name Charlie Mark Birch[1]
Date of birth (2001-10-23) 23 October 2001 (age 22)
Place of birth Carlisle, England
Height 6 ft 1 in (1.86 m)[2]
Position(s) Defender
Team information
Current team
 Appalachian FC
Youth career
0000–2019 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, correct 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[edit]

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

Career[edit]

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[edit]

As of match played 27 November 2021
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League FA Cup League Cup Other Total
Division Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Carlisle United 2019–20[15] League Two 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
2020–21[16] League Two 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Total 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
Kendal Town (loan) 2020–21[10] Northern Premier League Division One North West 11 1 1 0 — 1[a] 0 13 1
Annan Athletic 2021–22[17] Scottish League Two 7 0 2 0 4 0 1[b] 0 14 0
Career total 19 1 3 0 4 0 2 0 28 1
  1. ^ Appearance(s) in the FA Trophy
  2. ^ Appearance(s) in the Scottish Challenge Cup

References[edit]

  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. ^ a b c 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. ^ a b "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 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.

External links[edit]

Charlie Birch at WorldFootball.net

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