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1880-81

Season Summary

League
Position
FA Cup
League Cup
Europe
n/a
n/a
4th Round
n/a
n/a
Season Summary
Player Records

1880-81

Leading Players

Top Scorer(s)
League
FA Cup
EFL Cup
Europe
Other
3 | Andy Hunter | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
n/a
3
n/a
n/a
n/a
Most Appearances
Most Starts
7 Players with 4 appearances
7 Players with 4 appearances
Most Cautions / Sendings off
None
Opponents

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Opposition Debuts
1. Wednesbury Strollers | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 2. Nottingham Forest | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 3. Notts County | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
Doubles Over
Unbeaten Against
Biggest Wins

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Biggest Wins

Biggest League Win
n/a
Manager

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Manager Performance

Manager
From
To
🕒
🟩
🟩 %
🟨
🟥
🟥 %
⭕ %
⛔ %
PPG
Management Committee
Ongoing
Ongoing
4
3
75%
0
1
25%
3
75%
0%
2.25

Games 🕒, Won 🟩, Drew 🟨, Lost 🟥, Unbeaten ⭕, Clean Sheet ⛔, Points per Game PPG

Season Stats

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Season Performance

🕒
🟩
🟩 %
🟨
🟥
🟥 %
⭕ %
🥅
GD
GR
CPG
GPG
⛔ %
PPG
4
3
75%
0
1
25%
75%
12
8
4
1.5
2
3
0
0%
2.25

League Performance

🕒
🟩
🟩 %
🟨
🟥
🟥 %
⭕ %
🥅
GD
GR
GPG
CPG
⛔ %
PPG

Sequences

Winning Run
Unbeaten Run
No Win Run
Losing Run
3
3
1
1

Games 🕒, Won 🟩, Drew 🟨, Lost 🟥, Unbeaten , Goals Scored ⚽, Goals Conceded 🥅, Goal Difference GD, Goal Ratio GR, Goals per Game GPG, Conceded per Game CPG, Clean Sheet ⛔, Points per Game PPG

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League Table

League Table

Position
Club
P
W
D
L
F
A
GD
Pts
Previous 5
Fixtures
Transfers

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Transfers In

1 July to 30 June

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Transfers Out

1 July to 30 June

Debut

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Debut Appearances

Final

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Final Appearances

Squad

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Squad

Age 🎂, Games 🕒, Starts ✅, Substitute 🔁, Unused 🇺, Goals ⚽, Assists 🔥, Goal Involvements GI, Bookings 🟨, Sendings Off 🟥 Goals Conceded 🥅, Clean Sheets ⛔, Conceded per Game CPG

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Goalkeepers

Player
🎂
🕒
🔁
🇺
🥅
CPG
🟨
🟥
Career to Date
GK George Copley
19
4
4
0
0
0
8
2.00
0
0
1880- | 4 | 0 |

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Defenders

Player
🎂
🕒
🔁
🇺
🔥
GI
🟨
🟥
Career to Date
D Ted Lee | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #5 |
23
4
4
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1879- | 6 | 0 |
B Harry Simmonds
22
3
3
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1879- | 5 | 0 |

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Full Backs

Player
🎂
🕒
🔁
🇺
🔥
GI
🟨
🟥
Career to Date

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Midfielders

Player
🎂
🕒
🔁
🇺
🔥
GI
🟨
🟥
Career to Date
HB Sammy Law
30
4
4
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1879- | 6 | 1 |
HB Tommy Pank
27
4
4
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1879- | 6 | 0 |
HB Arthur Brown
21
3
3
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1880- | 3 | 0 |
M Charlie Johnstone | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #9 |
24
1
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1879-80 | 2 | 0 |

1880-81

Wingers

Player
🎂
🕒
🔁
🇺
🔥
GI
🟨
🟥
Career to Date

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Forwards

Player
🎂
🕒
🔁
🇺
🔥
GI
🟨
🟥
Career to Date
IL Howard Vaughton
19
4
4
0
0
1
0
1
0
0
1880- | 4 | 1 |
CF Archie Hunter | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | #8 |
20
4
4
0
0
2
0
2
0
0
1879- | 6 | 2 |
F Eli Davis | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #6 |
24
4
4
0
0
1
1
2
0
0
1879- | 6 | 1 |
IR Andy Hunter
16
3
4
0
0
3
0
3
0
0
1879- | 5 | 4 |
F William Crossland
24
3
3
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1879- | 5 | 0 |
IR Bill Watts
21
3
3
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1880-81 | 3 | 0 |
Appearances
Starts
Substitutes

1880-81

🔁 Substitutes

Player
Total
League
FA Cup
League Cup
Europe

All European statistics exclude Intertoto Cup games
Substituttes were first introduced in the 1965-66 Season

Unused

1880-81

🇺 Unused Substitutes

Player
Unused
Goals

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⚽ Goals

Games per Goal

All European statistics exclude Intertoto Cup games

Assists

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🔥 Assists

Player
Total
League
FA Cup
League Cup
Europe
F Eli Davis | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #6 |
1
0
0

All European statistics exclude Intertoto Cup games

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⚽ Goal Involvements 🔥

Games per Goal Involvement

All European statistics exclude Intertoto Cup games

Goal Involvements
Cards

1880-81

🟨 Bookings

Player
Bookings

🟥 Sendings Off

Player
Sendings Off

Red & Yellow Cards were first adopted in the 1970 World Cup before entering English football for a period in the 1970s and 1980s. Their use was suspended before being reintroduced in the late 1980s and remain in force today. The practice of 'cautions' and 'ordering a player from the field' however has been in place since the beginning of football and the statistics here represent that practice as opposed to cases solely where a card was shown.

Goalkeepers

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🥅 'Keepers

Player
🕒
🥅
CPG
⛔ %
GK George Copley
4
8
2.00
0
0%

Games 🕒, Goals Conceded 🥅, Conceded per Game CPG, Clean Sheets ⛔

Matches

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Matches

🟩 30 Oct 1880, Villa 5-3 Wednesbury Strollers, Wellington Road

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FA Cup

Game #3

Scorer(s) | Not recorded

Assist(s) | None

Manager: Management Committee 1879-86
Referee: Unknown
HT Score: 🟥 1-3
FT Result: 🟩 Won
FT Score: 🟩 5-3
Last 5: 🟨 🟩 🟩

Season | 1880-81 |
Matchday | #1 |
Manager Game | #3 |
Saturday, 30 October 1880

1st Round

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Starting XI

GK George Copley | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 🟢 |
B Ted Lee | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
HB Tommy Pank | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
HB Sammy Law | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
HB Charlie Johnstone | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 🔴 |
IR Bill Watts | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 🟢 |
IR Andy Hunter | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
IL Eli Davis | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
IL Howard Vaughton | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 🟢 |
CF Archie Hunter | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
CF William Crossland | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

Substitutes

No Substitutions permitted in period

Unused Substitutes

No Substitutions permitted in period

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Starting XI

GK Beddow
B Alf Harvey
HB Scott
HB Tom Bryan
HB Jones
IR Powis
IR Parker
IL Knowles
IL Taylor
CF Burns
CF Reilly

Substitutes

No Substitutions permitted in period

Unused Substitutes

No Substitutions permitted in period

Match Timeline

🟢 | 1’ Debut, George Copley, Bill Watts, Howard Vaughton
🕒 | HT Aston Villa 1-3 Wednesbury Strollers
🕒 | FT Aston Villa 5-3 Wednesbury Strollers

On This Day

  • Villa face Wednesbury Strollers for the first time in competitive football, Wednesbury Strollers become the 2nd team that the Villa first team has played in League or Cup football.

  • Villa record their biggest FA Cup win to date

  • Goalkeeper George Copley, utility player Bill Watts & forward Howard Vaughton made their Villa debuts in the FA Cup. 

  • Meanwhile, forward Charlie Johnstone made his final appearance for Villa in the FA Cup.

🟩 4 Dec 1880, Villa 2-1 Forest, Trent Bridge

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FA Cup

Game #4

Scorer(s) | Andy Hunter | 1-0 | Howard Vaughton | 2-1 |

Assist(s) | Eli Davis | 1-0 |

Manager: Management Committee 1879-86
Referee: Referee: Rev. J. R. B. Owen | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 1880-
Kick off: 2.50pm
HT Score: 🟩 1-0
FT Result: 🟩 Won
FT Score: 🟩 2-1
Last 5: 🟨 🟩 🟩 🟩

Season | 1880-81 |
Matchday | #2 |
Manager Game | #4 |
Saturday, 4 December 1880

2nd Round

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Starting XI

GK George Copley | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
B Ted Lee | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
B Harry Simmonds | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
HB Tommy Pank | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
HB Sammy Law | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
HB Arthur Brown | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 🟢 |
IL Eli Davis | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 🔥 |
IL Howard Vaughton | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | ⚽ |
IR Bill Watts | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
IR Andy Hunter | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
CF Archie Hunter | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | ⚽ |

Substitutes

No Substitutions permitted in period

Unused Substitutes

No Substitutions permitted in period

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Starting XI

GK John Sands | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
B Charles Caborn | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
3QB Walter Luntley | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
3QB Edwin Luntley | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
HB Ernest Jardine | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
HB Mark Holroyd | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
F William Parr | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
F A.H. Smith | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
F Teddy Earp | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
F John Turner | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CF Sam Widdowson | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | ⚽ |

Substitutes

No Substitutions permitted in period

Unused Substitutes

No Substitutions permitted in period

Match Timeline

🟢 | 1’ Debut, Arthur Brown
⚽ | Goal, 1-0, Andy Hunter, Assist by Eli Davis
🕒 | HT Nottingham Forest 0-1 Aston Villa
🥅 | Goal, 1-1, (Nottingham Forest), Sam Widdowson
⚽ | Goal, 2-1, Howard Vaughton
🕒 | FT Nottingham Forest 1-2 Aston Villa

On This Day

  • Villa face Nottingham Forest for the first time in competitive football, Forest become the 3rd team that the Villa first team has played in League or Cup football.

  • Villa beat Forest on their own patch in the second round of the FA Cup as forward Arthur Brown made his Villa debut in the Cup.

🟩 12 Feb 1881, Villa 3-1 Notts County, Trent Bridge

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FA Cup

Game #5

Scorer(s) | Andy Hunter | 6' | 2-1 | Archie Hunter | 3-1 |

Assist(s) | None

Manager: Management Committee 1879-86
Referee: Unknown
Kick off: 3.40pm
HT Score: 🟨 1-1
FT Result: 🟩 Won
FT Score: 🟩 3-1
Last 5: 🟨 🟩 🟩 🟩 🟩

Season | 1880-81 |
Matchday | #3 |
Manager Game | #5 |
Saturday, 12 February 1881

3rd Round

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Starting XI

GK George Copley | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
B Harry Simmonds | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
B Ted Lee | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
HB Tommy Pank | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
HB Sammy Law | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
HB Arthur Brown | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
IL Eli Davis | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
IL Howard Vaughton | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
IR Andy Hunter | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | ⚽ | ⚽ |
CF Archie Hunter | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | ⚽ |
CF William Crossland | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

Substitutes

No Substitutions permitted in period

Unused Substitutes

No Substitutions permitted in period

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Starting XI

GK H. Greenhalgh | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
B Alfred Dobson | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
B H. Jepson | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
HB W. M'Crae | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
HB S. Palmer | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
HB H. Chapman | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
LW Harry Cursham | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
LW E. H. Greenhalgh | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
RW Arthur Cursham | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
RW C. Cursham | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | ⚽
CF Harold Morse | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

Substitutes

No Substitutions permitted in period

Unused Substitutes

No Substitutions permitted in period

Match Timeline

⚽ | 6’ Goal, 1-0, Andy Hunter
🥅 | Goal, 1-1, (Notts County), C Cursham
🕒 | HT Notts County 1-1 Aston Villa
⚽ | Goal, 2-1, Andy Hunter
⚽ | Goal, 3-1, Archie Hunter
🕒 | FT Notts County 1-3 Aston Villa

On This Day

  • Villa play a second successive away tie in Nottingham but are successful once again and progress to the fourth round of the FA Cup.

  • Villa face Notts County for the first time in competitive football, County become the 4th team that the Villa first team has played in League or Cup football.

  • Villa play a second successive away tie in Nottingham but are successful once again and progress to the fourth round of the FA Cup.

🟥 19 Feb 1881, Villa 2-3 Stafford Road, Wellington Road

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FA Cup

Game #6

Scorer(s) | Archie Hunter | 1-1 | Eli Davis | 2-1 |

Assist(s) | William Crossland | 1-1 |

Manager: Management Committee 1879-1886
Referee: W. Dodsworth | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 1881-
Kick off: 3.30pm
HT Score: 🟨 1-1
FT Result: 🟥 Lost
FT Score: 🟥 2-3
Last 5: 🟩 🟩 🟩 🟩 🟥

Season | 1880-81 |
Matchday | #4 |
Manager Game | #6 |
Saturday, 19 February 1881

4th Round

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Starting XI

GK George Copley | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
B Harry Simmonds | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
B Ted Lee | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
HB Arthur Brown | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
HB Tommy Pank | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
HB Sammy Law | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
IR Bill Watts | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 🔴 |
IL Eli Davis | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | ⚽ |
IL Howard Vaughton | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CF Archie Hunter | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | ⚽ |
CF William Crossland | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

Substitutes

No Substitutions permitted in period

Unused Substitutes

No Substitutions permitted in period

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Starting XI

GK E. Ray
B Colin Dorrance
HB G. Selman
HB Turton
HB A. Nicholls
F A. T. Ward
F R. Gowland ⚽ ⚽
F James
F Shone
F J. W. Whitehead
F Charles Crump ⚽

Substitutes

No Substitutions permitted in period

Unused Substitutes

No Substitutions permitted in period

Match Timeline

🥅 | Goal, 0-1, (Stafford Road), Gowland
⚽ | Goal, 1-1, Archie Hunter, Assist by William Crossland
🕒 | HT Aston Villa 1-1 Stafford Road
⚽ | Goal, 2-1, Eli Davis
🥅 | Goal, 2-2, (Stafford Road), Crump
🥅 | Goal, 2-3, (Stafford Road), Gowland
🕒 | FT Aston Villa 2-3 Stafford Road

On This Day

  • Villa are knocked out of the FA Cup on merit for the first time by Wolverhampton's premier club Stafford Road Railway Works Football Club.

  • Utility player Bill Watts made his final appearance for Villa.

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