Game #41
Aston Villa
Saturday, 8 September 1888
Drew
Not recorded
WWWLD
Football League
Wolverhampton Wanderers
Attendance: 2,500
Dudley Road
Wolves
1-1
Aston Villa
Assist(s) | Not recorded
MATCH SUMMARY
KEY MAN
Gershom Cox scored the first own goal in League football but Villa bounced back for the draw, Saturday, 8 September 1888
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MATCH TIMELINE
Saturday, 8 September 1888
1’ Debut, Batty Garvey
Goal, 0-1, Own Goal, Gershom Cox
Goal, 1-1, Tommy Green
HT Wolverhampton Wanderers 1-1 Aston Villa
FT Wolverhampton Wanderers 1-1 Aston Villa
ON THIS DAY
Villa’s first ever league game.
Tommy Green had the honour of scoring Villa’s first ever league goal however Gershom Cox had the ‘honour’ of scoring the first ever own goal in league football.
Forward Batty Garvey made his Villa debut aged 24 after signing from Aston Shakespeare
Aston Villa
Wolverhampton Wanderers
League Champions: ❌
FA Cup Winners: ❌
Last Trophy: ❌
FIXTURE HISTORY
Wolverhampton Wanderers
Previous 5 vs. Wolves: | - | 🟨 | 🟨 | 🟨 | 🟩 |
FIXTURE DETAILS
Season | 1888-89 |
Matchday | #1 |
League Match | #1 |
Manager Game | #15 |
Saturday, 8 September 1888
MATCH SUMMARY
Manager | George Ramsay led Management Committee |
FT Score | 1-1 |
FT Result | Drew |
Last 5 Games | WWWLD |
MANAGERIAL RECORD
George Ramsay led Management Committee
GAMES | WINS | DRAWS | LOSSES | POINTS PER GAME
🕒 15 | 🟩 | 10 🟨 4 🟥 1 | 2.27
Villa Career Form:
Champions
MATCH OFFICIALS
ALL THE MATCHES REFEREED BY:
CARDS
Villa
Wolverhampton Wanderers
TEAM NEWS
Batty Garvey makes his Villa debut.
TEAM STATS
[Exact birth dates not recorded]
Starting XI Average Age
| 25.47 |
Oldest Player |
WH Fred Dawson | 29.79 |
Youngest Player |
D Frank Coulton | 20.62 |
MANAGER
George Ramsay led Management Committee
Aston Villa
GK Jimmy Warner |
D Gershom Cox |
D Frank Coulton |
D Harry Devey |
M Harry Yates |
M Fred Dawson |
F Albert Brown |
F Tommy Green |
F Albert Allen |
F Batty Garvey |
F Dennis Hodgetts |
MANAGER
Jack Addenbrooke | 🏴 |
Wolverhampton Wanderers
Baynton, Mason, Bough, Fletcher, Allen, Lowder, White, Cannon, Anderson, Cooper, Hunter.
Manager: Jack Addenbrooke.
Not necessarily indicative of the actual matchday formation
SUBSTITUTES
No Substitutions permitted in period
SUBSTITUTES
No Substitutions Permitted in Period
UNUSED SUBSTITUTES
No Substitutions permitted in period
UNUSED SUBSTITUTES
No Substitutions Permitted in Period
SQUAD STATS
MATCHDAY SQUAD
SQUAD STATS
MATCHDAY SQUAD
UNAVAILABLE
Not recorded
UNAVAILABLE
Not Recorded
Player Positions:
GK : Goalkeeper
CB, D, B : Centre Back, Defender, Back
FB, LB, RB, WH : Full Back, Left Back, Right Back, Wing Back, Wing Half
M, CH, LH, RH : Midfielder, Centre Half, Left Half, Right Half
W, OL, OR : Winger, Outside Left, Outside Right
F, IF, IL, IR : Forward, Inside Forward, Inside Left, Inside Right, Second Striker, False 9
CF : Centre Forward
Match Symbols:
⚽ | Goal
🔥 | Assist
🔁 | Substitution
🟨 | Booking
🟥 | Sending off
🆘 | Poor refereeing performance
🟢 : Debut 🔴 : Final Game
DEBUT APPEARANCES
FINAL APPEARANCES
MATCH STATS
Not recorded
LEAGUE TABLE
MATCHDAY PROGRAMME
MATCH QUOTES
MATCH REPORT
*The Birmingham Daily Post*
Monday, 10 September 1888