# Charlie Preedy > Mediated Wiki article. Canonical URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Charlie_Preedy > Markdown URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Charlie_Preedy.md > Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charlie_Preedy > Source revision: 1335534327 > License: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/) **Charles James Fane Preedy** (11 January 1900 – February 1978) was an English [football](/source/Association_football) [goalkeeper](/source/Goalkeeper_(football)). One of six children, Preedy was born in [Neemuch](/source/Neemuch), [British India](/source/British_India), where his father was serving with the [Royal Artillery](/source/Royal_Artillery). The family returned to [Eltham, London](/source/Eltham,_London), in 1907 where he attended Gordon School. He began playing football as a youth, turning professional in 1924 with [Third Division South](/source/Football_League_Third_Division_South) [Charlton Athletic](/source/Charlton_Athletic_F.C.), where he became the club's regular keeper and made 131 league appearances in four seasons. In a Football League Management Committee Meeting in May 1928, Preedy was removed from retained to transfer list.[1] Preedy moved to [Wigan Borough](/source/Wigan_Borough_F.C.) in 1928 and spent a single season there, playing 41 league matches, before moving to [Arsenal](/source/Arsenal_F.C.) in May 1929. He was not initially the Gunners' first team goalkeeper, instead mainly playing as understudy to [Dan Lewis](/source/Dan_Lewis_(footballer)), Arsenal's regular keeper. Preedy made his Arsenal debut on 7 September 1929, against [Sheffield Wednesday](/source/Sheffield_Wednesday_F.C.), and kept a clean sheet as Arsenal won 2–0.[2] Preedy kept his place after that match but was dropped after a 2–5 defeat to [Aston Villa](/source/Aston_Villa_F.C.) in November. After that, he was often left out of the team in favour of Lewis, but after Lewis was injured in a 6–6 draw against [Leicester City](/source/Leicester_City_F.C.), Preedy was picked to play in the [FA Cup](/source/FA_Cup) Final against [Huddersfield Town](/source/Huddersfield_Town_A.F.C.) at [Wembley Stadium](/source/Wembley_Stadium). Preedy kept a clean sheet and Arsenal won the match 2–0 in front of 100,000 spectators, the first of Arsenal's many successes over the years.[3] He was presented with his winner's medal by [King George V](/source/George_V_of_the_United_Kingdom).[4] Arsenal manager [Herbert Chapman](/source/Herbert_Chapman) was never happy with any of his goalkeepers and in an attempt to fill the role signed both [Gerard Keizer](/source/Gerard_Keizer) and [Bill Harper](/source/Bill_Harper_(footballer,_born_1897)) in the 1930 close season, and then [Frank Moss](/source/Frank_Moss_(goalkeeper)) a year later. Despite intense competition for the goalkeeper's place, Preedy made 25 appearances in the [1930-31](/source/1930-31_in_English_football) and [1931-32](/source/1931-32_in_English_football) seasons, but not enough to win a [League Championship](/source/Football_League_First_Division) medal in the former.[3] After an entire season spent as Moss's understudy, Preedy left Arsenal for [Bristol Rovers](/source/Bristol_Rovers_F.C.) in 1933, having played 40 matches for the Gunners.[5] After a season with Rovers he moved to [Luton Town](/source/Luton_Town_F.C.) and finished his career with non-league [Margate](/source/Margate_F.C.) in 1935. He then followed in the footsteps of his elder brother Jack and became a London [taxi](/source/Taxicab) driver. He died in 1978 at age 75.[2] ## Honours **Arsenal** - [FA Cup](/source/FA_Cup): [1929–30](/source/1929%E2%80%9330_FA_Cup)[6] - [FA Charity Shield](/source/FA_Charity_Shield): [1931](/source/1931_FA_Charity_Shield)[7] ## References 1. ["Football League Meeting"](https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0000324/19280519/077/0006). *Hull Daily Mail*. 19 May 1928. p. 6. Retrieved 13 April 2020. – via British Newspaper Archive. 1. Harris, Jeff (1995). *Arsenal Who's Who*. London: Independent UK Sports. p. 101. ISBN 978-1899429035. 1. ["Charlie Preedy"](https://www.arsenal.com/historic/players/charlie-preedy). *Arsenal*. Retrieved 31 October 2023. 1. Soar, Phil & Tyler, Martin (1995). *Arsenal: Official History*. London: Hamlyn. pp. 6–13. ISBN 0600588262. 1. Attwood, Tony (7 September 2012). ["Charlie Preedy: One of Chapman's Many Keepers"](https://blog.woolwicharsenal.co.uk/archives/4566). *The History of Arsenal*. Retrieved 31 October 2023. 1. ["1930 FA Cup Final Match"](https://www.fa-cupfinals.co.uk/1930.htm). *FA Cup Finals*. Retrieved 29 November 2021. 1. ["1931/32 F.A. Charity Shield"](https://www.footballsite.co.uk/Statistics/CommunityShield/1931-32CharityShield.htm). *footballsite.co.uk*. Retrieved 2 February 2022. - Dykes, Garth (2011). *Wigan Borough in the Football League: A Complete Record and Who's Who 1921–1931*. Tony Brown. ISBN 978-1-905891-53-5. ## External links - [Gunners Greatest 50 Moments](https://web.archive.org/web/20150923185120/http://www.arsenal.com/ggm-36-arsenal-win-their-first-major-trophy) at arsenal.com. Preedy is pictured wearing white. --- Adapted from the Wikipedia article [Charlie Preedy](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charlie_Preedy) by Wikipedia contributors ([contributor history](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charlie_Preedy?action=history)). Available under [Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/). Changes may have been made.