Background
Mitcheson was born and raised in Blackhill, County Durham, and was three months old at the time of the 1901 Census.
Mitcheson was born and raised in Blackhill, County Durham, and was three months old at the time of the 1901 Census.
Described as "a much sought outside right", he joined Third Division North runners-up Darlington ahead of the 1922-1923 Football League season, but played infrequently for the first team, and sometimes at outside left. At the end of the season, during which he made only six league appearances, he and teammate Ernie Young moved to Leadgate Park of the North-Eastern League. He died in 1938 at the age of 37, and was buried at Blackhill Cemetery, Consett, on 4 April 1938.