Game #44
Aston Villa
Saturday, 29 September 1888
Won
2nd (-)
LDWWW
Football League
Notts County
Attendance: 4,000
Wellington Road, Perry Barr
Aston Villa
9-1
Notts County
Assist(s) | Not recorded
MATCH SUMMARY
KEY MAN
Albert Allen scored a hat-trick as Villa recorded their biggest league win to date, Saturday, 29 September 1888
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MATCH TIMELINE
Saturday, 29 September 1888
[Exact chronological timings not recorded]
5’ Goal, 1-0, Albert Allen
Goal 2-0, Albert Allen
Goal 3-0, Albert Allen
Goal 4-0, Archie Hunter
HT Aston Villa 4-0 Notts County
Goal 4-1, Own Goal, Frank Coulton
Goal 5-1, Dennis Hodgetts
Goal 6-1, Albert Brown
Goal 7-1, Tommy Green
Goal 8-1, Tommy Green
Goal 9-1, Archie Hunter
FT Aston Villa 9-1 Notts County
ON THIS DAY
Villa record their biggest league win to date and make it three wins in a row and an unbeaten start to their inaugural season. They had yet to however keep a clean sheet in League football.
Wing half Arthur Dixon made his final appearance for the club aged 21. His last game came just two weeks after his debut before moving on to Stoke - the club against whom he made his only other Villa appearance
Aston Villa
Notts County
League Champions: ❌
FA Cup Winners: ❌
Last Trophy: ❌
FIXTURE HISTORY
Notts County
Previous 5 vs. Notts County: | 🟩 | 🟨 | 🟨 | 🟩 | 🟥 |
FIXTURE DETAILS
Season | 1888-89 |
Matchday | #4 |
League Match | #4 |
Manager Game | #18 |
Saturday, 29 September 1888
MATCH SUMMARY
Manager | George Ramsay led Management Committee |
FT Score | 9-1 |
FT Result | Won |
Last 5 Games | LDWWW |
MANAGERIAL RECORD
George Ramsay led Management Committee
GAMES | WINS | DRAWS | LOSSES | POINTS PER GAME
🕒 18 | 🟩 | 13 🟨 4 🟥 1 | 2.39
Villa Career Form:
Champions
MATCH OFFICIALS
ALL THE MATCHES REFEREED BY:
CARDS
Villa
Notts County
TEAM NEWS
Jimmy Warner returns in goal after injury.
TEAM STATS
[Exact birth dates not recorded]
Starting XI Average Age
| 25.18 |
Oldest Player |
F Archie Hunter | 29.04 |
Youngest Player |
D Frank Coulton | 20.67 |
MANAGER
George Ramsay led Management Committee
Aston Villa
GK Jimmy Warner |
D Gershom Cox |
D Frank Coulton |
D Harry Devey |
M Harry Yates |
M Arthur Dixon |
F Albert Brown |
F Tommy Green |
F Albert Allen |
F Dennis Hodgetts |
F Archie Hunter |
MANAGER
Notts County
Holland, Gutteridge, McClean, Brown, Shelton C, Shelton A, Gunn, Daft, Hodder, Brown, Moore.
Secretary Manager: Edwin Browne.
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, 1 October 1888