Aston Villa Season 18 | 1896-97 Seasons

Season 18 | 1896-97

George Ramsay | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |

Competition Finishes

League

🏆
Champions
1st of 16
3rd Title

FA Cup

FA Cup
Winners
Beat Everton
3rd Title

League Cup

n/a

Europe

n/a

Season 18 | 1896-97

George Ramsay | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |

League Table

Season 18 | 1896-97

George Ramsay | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |

Performance

Results

🟩 Won:

🇺 Unbeaten:

🟥 Lost:

Points per Game:

70%

89%

11%

2.30

League

🟩 Won:

🇺 Unbeaten:

🟥 Lost:

Points per Game:

70%

87%

13%

2.27

Goals

⚽ Goals Scored:

🥅 Goals Conceded:

⚽ Goals per Game:

🥅 Conceded per Game:

⛔ Clean Sheets:

2.43

1.19

32%

League Goals

⚽ Goals Scored:

🥅 Goals Conceded:

⚽ Goals per Game:

🥅 Conceded per Game:

⛔ Clean Sheets:

2.43

1.27

30%

Season 18 | 1896-97

George Ramsay | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |

Leading Players

Goals

22 | Johnny Campbell | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |

Appearances

37 | Jimmy Cowan | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | Charlie Athersmith | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Fred Wheldon | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

Starts

37 | Jimmy Cowan | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | Charlie Athersmith | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Fred Wheldon | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

Assists

Goal Involvements

Games / Goal

Games / Involvement

Substitutes

None

Unused Substitutes

None

Bookings

None

Red Cards

None

'Keeper Appearances

Season 18 | 1896-97

George Ramsay | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |

Results

🟩 2 Sep 1896, Villa 2-1 Stoke, Wellington Road

Division One

n/a

🟥 5 Sep 1896, Villa 1-3 Albion, Stoney Lane

Division One

n/a

🟨 12 Sep 1896, Villa 2-2 Sheffield United, Wellington Road

Division One

10th

🟩 19 Sep 1896, Villa 3-2 Everton, Goodison

Division One

6th

🟥 26 Sep 1896, Villa 1-2 Everton, Wellington Road

Division One

10th

🟨 3 Oct 1896, Villa 0-0 Sheffield United, Bramall Lane

Division One

10th

🟩 10 Oct 1896, Villa 2-0 Albion, Wellington Road

Division One

7th

🟩 17 Oct 1896, Villa 3-1 Derby, Baseball Ground

Division One

4th

🟩 24 Oct 1896, Villa 2-1 Derby, Wellington Road

Division One

3rd

🟩 31 Oct 1896, Villa 2-0 Stoke, Victoria Ground

Division One

2nd

🟨 7 Nov 1896, Villa 1-1 Bury, Wellington Road

Division One

4th

🟩 14 Nov 1896, Villa 3-1 Wednesday, Olive Grove

Division One

3rd

🟩 21 Nov 1896, Villa 4-0 Wednesday, Wellington Road

Division One

2nd

🟩 28 Nov 1896, Villa 5-1 Blackburn, Ewood

Division One

1st

🟩 19 Dec 1896, Villa 3-2 Forest, Wellington Road

Division One

1st

🟨 25 Dec 1896, Villa 3-3 Liverpool, Anfield

Division One

1st

🟩 26 Dec 1896, Villa 2-1 Wolves, Molineux

Division One

1st

🟥 2 Jan 1897, Villa 0-3 Burnley, Wellington Road

Division One

1st

🟥 9 Jan 1897, Villa 2-4 Sunderland, Newcastle Road

Division One

1st

🟩 16 Jan 1897, Villa 2-1 Sunderland, Wellington Road

Division One

1st

🟩 30 Jan 1897, Villa 5-0 Newcastle, Wellington Road

FA Cup

1st Round

🟩 6 Feb 1897, Villa 2-0 Bury, Gigg Lane

Division One

1st

🟩 8 Feb 1897, Villa 4-3 Burnley, Turf Moor

Division One

1st

🟩 13 Feb 1897, Villa 2-1 Notts County, Wellington Road

FA Cup

2nd Round

🟩 22 Feb 1897, Villa 3-1 Preston, Wellington Road

Division One

1st

🟨 27 Feb 1897, Villa 1-1 Preston, Deepdale

FA Cup

3rd Round

🟨 3 Mar 1897, Villa 0-0 Preston, Wellington Road

FA Cup

3rd Round

🟩 6 Mar 1897, Villa 4-2 Forest, Town Ground

Division One

1st

🟩 10 Mar 1897, Villa 3-2 Preston, Bramall Lane

FA Cup

3rd Round

🟨 13 Mar 1897, Villa 0-0 Liverpool, Wellington Road

Division One

1st

🟩 20 Mar 1897, Villa 3-0 Liverpool, Bramall Lane

FA Cup

Semi Final

🟩 22 Mar 1897, Villa 6-2 Bolton, Wellington Road

Division One

1st

🟩 27 Mar 1897, Villa 2-1 Bolton, Pike's Lane

Division One

1st

🟩 10 Apr 1897, Villa 3-2 Everton, Crystal Palace

FA Cup

Final

🟩 17 Apr 1897, Villa 3-0 Blackburn, Villa Park

Division One

1st

🟩 19 Apr 1897, Villa 5-0 Wolves, Villa Park

Division One

1st

🟩 26 Apr 1897, Villa 1-0 Preston, Deepdale

Division One

1st

Season 18 | 1896-97

George Ramsay | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |

Appearances

F Fred Wheldon

Appearances:

37

League:

FA Cup:

League Cup:

Europe:

F Johnny Campbell

Appearances:

36

League:

FA Cup:

League Cup:

Europe:

M Jimmy Crabtree

Appearances:

31

League:

FA Cup:

League Cup:

Europe:

LB Albert Evans

Appearances:

22

League:

FA Cup:

League Cup:

Europe:

GK Harry Wilkes

Appearances:

13

League:

FA Cup:

League Cup:

Europe:

M Fred Burton | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #89 |

Appearances:

8

League:

FA Cup:

League Cup:

Europe:

CB Jimmy Cowan | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | #56 |

Appearances:

37

League:

FA Cup:

League Cup:

Europe:

CF Jack Devey | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #74 |

Appearances:

36

League:

FA Cup:

League Cup:

Europe:

M Jack Reynolds | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #95 |

Appearances:

30

League:

FA Cup:

League Cup:

Europe:

W Steve Smith

Appearances:

19

League:

FA Cup:

League Cup:

Europe:

F Bob Chatt | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #94 |

Appearances:

12

League:

FA Cup:

League Cup:

Europe:

M Jeremiah Griffiths

Appearances:

2

League:

FA Cup:

League Cup:

Europe:

W Charlie Athersmith | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #73 |

Appearances:

37

League:

FA Cup:

League Cup:

Europe:

FB Howard Spencer

Appearances:

35

League:

FA Cup:

League Cup:

Europe:

GK Jimmy Whitehouse

Appearances:

24

League:

FA Cup:

League Cup:

Europe:

W Jack Cowan

Appearances:

18

League:

FA Cup:

League Cup:

Europe:

FB Jimmy Welford | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #97 |

Appearances:

10

League:

FA Cup:

League Cup:

Europe:

Season 18 | 1896-97

George Ramsay | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |

Starts

F Fred Wheldon

Starts:

League:

FA Cup:

League Cup:

Europe:

F Johnny Campbell

Starts:

League:

FA Cup:

League Cup:

Europe:

M Jimmy Crabtree

Starts:

League:

FA Cup:

League Cup:

Europe:

LB Albert Evans

Starts:

League:

FA Cup:

League Cup:

Europe:

GK Harry Wilkes

Starts:

League:

FA Cup:

League Cup:

Europe:

M Fred Burton | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #89 |

Starts:

League:

FA Cup:

League Cup:

Europe:

CB Jimmy Cowan | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | #56 |

Starts:

League:

FA Cup:

League Cup:

Europe:

CF Jack Devey | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #74 |

Starts:

League:

FA Cup:

League Cup:

Europe:

M Jack Reynolds | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #95 |

Starts:

League:

FA Cup:

League Cup:

Europe:

W Steve Smith

Starts:

League:

FA Cup:

League Cup:

Europe:

F Bob Chatt | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #94 |

Starts:

League:

FA Cup:

League Cup:

Europe:

M Jeremiah Griffiths

Starts:

League:

FA Cup:

League Cup:

Europe:

W Charlie Athersmith | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #73 |

Starts:

League:

FA Cup:

League Cup:

Europe:

FB Howard Spencer

Starts:

League:

FA Cup:

League Cup:

Europe:

GK Jimmy Whitehouse

Starts:

League:

FA Cup:

League Cup:

Europe:

W Jack Cowan

Starts:

League:

FA Cup:

League Cup:

Europe:

FB Jimmy Welford | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #97 |

Starts:

League:

FA Cup:

League Cup:

Europe:

Season 18 | 1896-97

George Ramsay | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |

Substitutes

Season 18 | 1896-97

George Ramsay | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |

Goals

F Johnny Campbell

Goals:

League:

FA Cup:

League Cup:

Europe:

CF Jack Devey | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #74 |

Goals:

League:

FA Cup:

League Cup:

Europe:

CB Jimmy Cowan | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | #56 |

Goals:

League:

FA Cup:

League Cup:

Europe:

F Bob Chatt | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #94 |

Goals:

League:

FA Cup:

League Cup:

Europe:

F Fred Wheldon

Goals:

League:

FA Cup:

League Cup:

Europe:

W Jack Cowan

Goals:

League:

FA Cup:

League Cup:

Europe:

M Jack Reynolds | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #95 |

Goals:

League:

FA Cup:

League Cup:

Europe:

M Fred Burton | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #89 |

Goals:

League:

FA Cup:

League Cup:

Europe:

W Charlie Athersmith | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #73 |

Goals:

League:

FA Cup:

League Cup:

Europe:

W Steve Smith

Goals:

League:

FA Cup:

League Cup:

Europe:

M Jimmy Crabtree

Goals:

League:

FA Cup:

League Cup:

Europe:

Season 18 | 1896-97

George Ramsay | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |

Assists

Season 18 | 1896-97

George Ramsay | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |

Goal Involvements

F Johnny Campbell

Goal Involvements:

League:

FA Cup:

League Cup:

Europe:

CF Jack Devey | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #74 |

Goal Involvements:

League:

FA Cup:

League Cup:

Europe:

CB Jimmy Cowan | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | #56 |

Goal Involvements:

League:

FA Cup:

League Cup:

Europe:

F Bob Chatt | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #94 |

Goal Involvements:

League:

FA Cup:

League Cup:

Europe:

F Fred Wheldon

Goal Involvements:

League:

FA Cup:

League Cup:

Europe:

W Jack Cowan

Goal Involvements:

League:

FA Cup:

League Cup:

Europe:

M Jack Reynolds | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #95 |

Goal Involvements:

League:

FA Cup:

League Cup:

Europe:

M Fred Burton | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #89 |

Goal Involvements:

League:

FA Cup:

League Cup:

Europe:

W Charlie Athersmith | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #73 |

Goal Involvements:

League:

FA Cup:

League Cup:

Europe:

W Steve Smith

Goal Involvements:

League:

FA Cup:

League Cup:

Europe:

M Jimmy Crabtree

Goal Involvements:

League:

FA Cup:

League Cup:

Europe:

Season 18 | 1896-97

George Ramsay | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |

Bookings

Season 18 | 1896-97

George Ramsay | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |

Sendings Off

Season 18 | 1896-97

George Ramsay | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |

Goalkeepers

GK Jimmy Whitehouse

Appearances:

Goals Conceded:

Condeded per Game:

1.17

Clean Sheets:

Clean Sheet %:

38%

GK Harry Wilkes

Appearances:

Goals Conceded:

Condeded per Game:

1.23

Clean Sheets:

Clean Sheet %:

23%

Season 18 | 1896-97

George Ramsay | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |

Unused Substitutes

Season 18 | 1896-97

George Ramsay | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |

Games per Goal Involvement

CF Jack Devey | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #74 |

All:

League:

FA Cup:

League Cup:

0.00

Europe:

0.00

W Jack Cowan

All:

League:

FA Cup:

League Cup:

0.00

Europe:

0.00

W Charlie Athersmith | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #73 |

All:

League:

FA Cup:

League Cup:

0.00

Europe:

0.00

F Fred Wheldon

All:

League:

FA Cup:

League Cup:

0.00

Europe:

0.00

F Johnny Campbell

All:

League:

FA Cup:

League Cup:

0.00

Europe:

0.00

Season 18 | 1896-97

George Ramsay | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |

Games per Goal

W Steve Smith

All:

League:

FA Cup:

League Cup:

0.00

Europe:

0.00

F Johnny Campbell

All:

League:

FA Cup:

League Cup:

0.00

Europe:

0.00

CF Jack Devey | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #74 |

All:

League:

FA Cup:

League Cup:

0.00

Europe:

0.00

W Jack Cowan

All:

League:

FA Cup:

League Cup:

0.00

Europe:

0.00

W Charlie Athersmith | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #73 |

All:

League:

FA Cup:

League Cup:

0.00

Europe:

0.00

F Fred Wheldon

All:

League:

FA Cup:

League Cup:

0.00

Europe:

0.00

Season 18 | 1896-97

Competition Finishes

League

🏆Champions1st of 163rd Title

FA Cup

FA CupWinnersBeat Everton3rd Title

League Cup

n/a

Europe

n/a

Season 18 | 1896-97

League Table

Season 18 | 1896-97

Performance

Results

🟩 Won:

🇺 Unbeaten:

🟥 Lost:

Points per Game:

League

🟩 Won:

🇺 Unbeaten:

🟥 Lost:

Points per Game:

Goals

⚽ Goals Scored:

🥅 Goals Conceded:

⚽ Goals per Game:

🥅 Conceded per Game:

⛔ Clean Sheets:

League Goals

⚽ Goals Scored:

🥅 Goals Conceded:

⚽ Goals per Game:

🥅 Conceded per Game:

⛔ Clean Sheets:

Season 18 | 1896-97

Leading Players

Goals

22 | Johnny Campbell | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |

Appearances

37 | Jimmy Cowan | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | Charlie Athersmith | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Fred Wheldon | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

Starts

37 | Jimmy Cowan | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | Charlie Athersmith | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Fred Wheldon | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

Assists

​

Goal Involvements

​

Games / Goal

​

Games / Involvement

​

Substitutes

None

Unused Substitutes

None

Bookings

None

Red Cards

None

'Keeper Appearances

​

Season 18 | 1896-97

Results

🟩 2 Sep 1896, Villa 2-1 Stoke, Wellington Road

🟥 5 Sep 1896, Villa 1-3 Albion, Stoney Lane

🟨 12 Sep 1896, Villa 2-2 Sheffield United, Wellington Road

🟩 19 Sep 1896, Villa 3-2 Everton, Goodison

🟥 26 Sep 1896, Villa 1-2 Everton, Wellington Road

🟨 3 Oct 1896, Villa 0-0 Sheffield United, Bramall Lane

🟩 10 Oct 1896, Villa 2-0 Albion, Wellington Road

🟩 17 Oct 1896, Villa 3-1 Derby, Baseball Ground

🟩 24 Oct 1896, Villa 2-1 Derby, Wellington Road

🟩 31 Oct 1896, Villa 2-0 Stoke, Victoria Ground

🟨 7 Nov 1896, Villa 1-1 Bury, Wellington Road

🟩 14 Nov 1896, Villa 3-1 Wednesday, Olive Grove

🟩 21 Nov 1896, Villa 4-0 Wednesday, Wellington Road

🟩 28 Nov 1896, Villa 5-1 Blackburn, Ewood

🟩 19 Dec 1896, Villa 3-2 Forest, Wellington Road

🟨 25 Dec 1896, Villa 3-3 Liverpool, Anfield

🏆
Champions
1st of 16
3rd Title

FA Cup
Winners
Beat Everton
3rd Title