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1884-85

Season Summary

League
Position
FA Cup
League Cup
Europe
n/a
n/a
3rd Round
n/a
n/a
Season Summary
Player Records

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Leading Players

Most Appearances
Most Starts
10 Players with 4 appearances
10 Players with 4 appearances
Most Cautions / Sendings off
None
Opponents

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Opponent Debuts

Opposition Debuts
1. Wednesbury Town | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 2. West Bromwich Albion | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

Doubles Over

Doubles Over

Unbeaten Against

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
2
50%
1
1
25%
3
75%
50%
1.75

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
2
50%
1
1
25%
75%
6
4
2
1.5
1
1.5
2
50%
1.75

League Performance

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

Sequences

Winning Run
Unbeaten Run
No Win Run
Losing Run
2
3
2
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

Player
Aged
Date
From
Fee

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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 Alf Harvey
24
4
4
0
0
2
4
1.00
0
0
1884-85 | 8 | 1 |

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Defenders

Player
🎂
🕒
✅
🔁
🇺
⚽
🔥
GI
🟨
🟥
Career to Date
B Joe Simmonds
23
4
4
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1882- | 11 | 0 |
B Tom Riddell
26
4
4
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1883- | 8 | 0 |
CB Dick Robertson
23

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Full Backs

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

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Midfielders

Player
🎂
🕒
✅
🔁
🇺
⚽
🔥
GI
🟨
🟥
Career to Date
HB Arthur Brown
25
4
4
0
0
2
0
2
0
0
1880- | 20 | 11 |
HB Robert Price
24
4
4
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1883- | 6 | 0 |
HB Fred Dawson
25
3
3
0
0
0
2
2
0
0
1881- | 12 | 1 |

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Wingers

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

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Forwards

Player
🎂
🕒
✅
🔁
🇺
⚽
🔥
GI
🟨
🟥
Career to Date
F Olly Whateley
23
4
4
0
0
1
0
1
0
0
1881- | 17 | 10 |
F Eli Davis | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #6 |
28
4
4
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1879-85 | 22 | 3 |
CF Archie Hunter | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | #8 |
24
4
4
0
0
2
0
2
0
0
1879- | 23 | 19 |
IR Albert Brown
22
4
4
0
0
1
0
1
0
0
1884- | 4 | 1 |
IL Howard Vaughton
23
4
4
0
0
0
1
1
0
0
1880- | 21 | 9 |
Appearances
Starts
Substitutes

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🔁 Substitutes

Player
Total
League
FA Cup
League Cup
Europe
CB Dick Robertson
0
0

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

Unused

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🇺 Unused Substitutes

Player
Unused
CB Dick Robertson
Goals

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⚽ Goals

Games per Goal

Player
Total
League
FA Cup
League Cup
Europe
HB Arthur Brown
0.00
0.00
CF Archie Hunter | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | #8 |
0.00
0.00
F Olly Whateley
0.00
0.00
IR Albert Brown
0.00
0.00
CB Dick Robertson
0.00
0.00

All European statistics exclude Intertoto Cup games

Assists

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🔥 Assists

Player
Total
League
FA Cup
League Cup
Europe
HB Fred Dawson
2
0
0
IL Howard Vaughton
1
0
0
CB Dick Robertson
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

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🟨 Bookings

Player
Bookings
CB Dick Robertson

🟥 Sendings Off

Player
Sendings Off
CB Dick Robertson

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 Alf Harvey
4
4
1.00
2
50%

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

Matches

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Matches

🟩 3 Nov 1884, Villa 4-1 Wednesbury Town, Wellington Road

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FA Cup

Game #21

Scorer(s) | Arthur Brown | 1-0 | 2-0 | Albert Brown | 3-0 Archie Hunter | 4-0 |

Assist(s) | Fred Dawson | 2-0 | 3-0 | Howard Vaughton | 4-0 |

Manager: Management Committee 1879-86
Referee: Unknown
HT Score: 🟩 2-1
FT Result: 🟩 Won
FT Score: 🟩 4-1
Last 5: 🟩 🟩 🟩 🟥 🟩

Season | 1884-85 |
Matchday | #1 |
Manager Game | #21 |
Monday, 3 November 1884

Match Report

1st Round

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Starting XI

GK Alf Harvey | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
B Joe Simmonds | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
B Tom Riddell | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
B Robert Price | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
HB Fred Dawson | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 🔥 | 🔥 |
HB Arthur Brown | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | ⚽ | ⚽ |
IL Eli Davis | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
IL Howard Vaughton | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 🔥 |
IR Albert Brown | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 🟢 | ⚽ |
CF Olly Whateley | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CF Archie Hunter | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | ⚽ |

Substitutes

No Substitutions permitted in period

Unused Substitutes

No Substitutions permitted in period

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Starting XI

GK Tetstell,
B W. Whitehouse
B R. Whitehouse
HB Evetts
HB Waldron
HB J. Shinton
RW Danks
RW Jones
LW H. Wood H,
LW G. Wood | ⚽ |
CF A. Woodcock

Substitutes

No Substitutions Permitted in Period

Unused Substitutes

No Substitutions Permitted in Period

Match Timeline

🟢 | 1' Debut, Albert Brown
⚽ | Goal, 1-0, Arthur Brown
⚽ | Goal, 2-0, Arthur Brown, Assist by Fred Dawson
🥅 | Goal, 2-1, (Wednesbury Town), G. Wood
🕒 | HT Aston Villa 2-1 Wednesbury Town
⚽ | Goal, 3-0, Albert Brown, Assist by Fred Dawson
⚽ | Goal, 4-0, Archie Hunter, Assist by Howard Vaughton
🕒 | FT Aston Villa 4-1 Wednesbury Town

On This Day

  • Villa face Wednesbury Town for the first time in competitive football, Town become the 10th team that the Villa first team has played in League or Cup football.

  • Back Alf Harvey made his debut as a Goalkeeper whilst forward Albert Brown made his FA Cup debut for Villa as Villa win at Wellington Road in the first round.

🟩 6 Dec 1884, Villa 2-0 Walsall Town, The Chuckery

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FA Cup

Game #22

Scorer(s) | Ollie Whateley | 10' | Archie Hunter | 65' |

Assist(s) | None

Manager: Management Committee 1879-86
Referee: T. C. Slaney | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Secretary of Staffordshire Association, 1884-
HT Score: 🟩 1-0
FT Score: 🟩 2-0
FT Result: 🟩 Won
Last 5: 🟩 🟩 🟥 🟩 🟩

Season | 1884-85 |
Matchday | #2 |
Manager Game | #22 |
Saturday, 6 December 1884

Match Report

2nd Round

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Starting XI

GK Alf Harvey | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
B Joe Simmonds | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
B Tom Riddell | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
B Robert Price | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
HB Fred Dawson | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
HB Arthur Brown | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
IL Eli Davis | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
IL Howard Vaughton | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
IR Albert Brown | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CF Olly Whateley | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | ⚽ |
CF Archie Hunter | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | ⚽ |

Substitutes

No Substitutions permitted in period

Unused Substitutes

No Substitutions permitted in period

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Starting XI

GK Icke
B Reynolds
B Cox
HB Brettle
HB Collington
HB Beech
RF Shaw
RF Hunter
LF Ash
LF Dodsworth
CF Bradbury

Substitutes

No Substitutions permitted in period

Unused Substitutes

No Substitutions permitted in period

Match Timeline

🚑 | 1’ Villa line up with 10 men
⚽ | 10’ Goal, 1-0, Olly Whateley
🆘 | 45' Walsall score after half time whistle is blow, refreee Slaney disallows the goal
🕒 | HT Walsall Town 0-1 Aston Villa
🚑 | 46’ Villa line up with 11 men
⚽ | 65’ Goal, 2-0, Archie Hunter
🕒 | FT Walsall Town 0-2 Aston Villa

On This Day

  • Villa play the whole of the first half with 10-men as the selected Robert Price had not arrived in time for kick off but it doesn't prevent them progressing to the third round and a first ever FA Cup tie with West Bromwich Albion.

🟨 3 Jan 1885, Villa 0-0 Albion, Wellington Road

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FA Cup

Game #23

Scorer(s) | None

Assist(s) | None

Manager: Management Committee 1879-86
Referee: Unknown
HT Score: 🟨 0-0
FT Score: 🟨 0-0
FT Result: 🟨 Drew
Last 5: 🟩 🟥 🟩 🟩 🟨

Season | 1884-85 |
Matchday | #3 |
Manager Game | #23 |
Saturday, 3 January 1885

Match Report

3rd Round

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Starting XI

GK Alf Harvey | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
B Joe Simmonds | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
B Tom Riddell | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
B Robert Price | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
HB Fred Dawson | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
HB Arthur Brown | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
IL Eli Davis | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
IL Howard Vaughton | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
IR Albert Brown | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CF Olly Whateley | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CF Archie Hunter | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |

Substitutes

No Substitutions permitted in period

Unused Substitutes

No Substitutions permitted in period

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Starting XI

GK Bob Roberts | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
B Harry Green | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
B Harry Bell | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
HB Ezra Horton | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
HB Fred Bunn | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
HB Jimmy Stanton | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
F Harry Aston | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
F Arthur Loach | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
F George Woodhall | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
F George Bell | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CF Jem Bayliss | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

Substitutes

No Substitutions Permitted in Period

Unused Substitutes

No Substitutions Permitted in Period

Match Timeline

🕒 | HT Aston Villa 0-0 West Bromwich Albion
🕒 | FT Aston Villa 0-0 West Bromwich Albion

On This Day

  • Villa face West Bromwich Albion for the first time in competitive football, Albion become the 11th team that the Villa first team has played in League or Cup football.

  • A 22,000 crowd at Wellington Road - Villa’s record home attendance to date - witnessed the first FA Cup tie with neighbours Albion end in a dark, goalless draw as Villa led by captain Archie Hunter draw a blank.  Due to the conditions the additional 30 minutes extra time is not played.

🟥 10 Jan 1885, Villa 0-3 Albion, Four Acres

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FA Cup

Game #24

Scorer(s) | None

Assist(s) | None

Manager: Management Committee 1879-86
Referee: Fairhurst | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 1885-
HT Score: 🟥 0-2
FT Result: 🟥 Lost
FT Score: 🟥 0-3
Last 5: 🟥 🟩 🟩 🟨 🟩

Season | 1884-85 |
Matchday | #4 |
Manager Game | #24 |
Saturday, 10 January 1885

Match Report

3rd Round

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Starting XI

GK Alf Harvey | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 🔴 |
B Joe Simmonds | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
B Tom Riddell | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
B Robert Price | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
HB Fred Dawson | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
HB Arthur Brown | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
IL Eli Davis | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 🔴 |
IL Howard Vaughton | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
IR Albert Brown | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CF Olly Whateley | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CF Archie Hunter | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |

Substitutes

No Substitutions permitted in period

Unused Substitutes

No Substitutions permitted in period

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Starting XI

GK Bob Roberts | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
B Harry Green | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
B Harry Bell | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
HB Ezra Horton | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
HB Fred Bunn | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
HB Jimmy Stanton | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
F Harry Aston | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
F Arthur Loach | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
F George Woodhall | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
F George Bell | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CF Jem Bayliss | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

Substitutes

No Substitutions Permitted in Period

Unused Substitutes

No Substitutions Permitted in Period

Match Timeline

🥅 | Goal, 0-1, (West Bromwich Albion), Loach
🥅 | Goal, 0-2, (West Bromwich Albion), Bayliss
🕒 | HT West Bromwich Albion 2-0 Aston Villa
💥 | Albion players leave the field at the change of ends wanting postpone the game due to inclement conditions, Villa remain on the field intent on completing the game
🥅 | 65' Goal, 0-3, (West Bromwich Albion), Loach
🕒 | FT West Bromwich Albion 3-0 Aston Villa

On This Day

  • Villa suffer a shock defeat in the third round of the FA Cup to West Bromwich Albion as they are surprisingly beaten in difficult conditions by their young neighbours as Villa led by captain Archie Hunter draw a blank for the second successive game.

  • Villa fail to reach the fourth round of the FA Cup for the first time since first entering the competition as they are surprisingly beaten in difficult conditions by young neighbours Albion. 

  • Meanwhile goalkeeper Walter Harvey and midfielder Eli Davis made their final appearances for Villa in the FA Cup.

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