Game #1024
Aston Villa
Wednesday, 28 April 1915
Lost
DDWLL
Division One
Attendance: 10,000
Newcastle United
St James' Park
George Ramsay's remarkable 998th match as Villa's Secretary Manager would prove to be his last for over four years as football is suspended due to the ongoing hostilities of WWI.
Newcastle United
3-0
Aston Villa
Assist(s) | None
KEY MAN
George Ramsay's remarkable 998th match as Villa's Secretary Manager would prove to be his last for over four years as football is suspended due to the ongoing hostilities of WWI, Wednesday, 28 April 1915.
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Wednesday, 28 April 1915
ON THIS DAY
Villa end the season in fourteenth place after what had proved to be a difficult campaign and their worst since 1900-01. Villa recorded just thirteen wins in their thirty eight division one games as well as eleven draws and fourteen defeats.
Against the backdrop of the increasingly global hostilities of WWI however nothing was normal and football would be suspended at the end of the 1914-15 season until 1919-20.
As a result, although of little consequence against the millions of lives lost in the utterly pointless conflict, a number of players would not retake the field post war and their Villa careers therefore ended with the suspension of football.
Villa’s legendary forward Joe Bache played his final game aged 35 ahead of his move to Mid-Rhondda in August 1920. Between 1900-01 and 1914-15 Joe had made 470 appearances and scored 185 goals for Villa winning the 1904-05 FA Cup, 1909-10 League title and the 1912-13 FA Cup as well as finishing League runners up on four occasions.
Also making their final appearances were midfielder Tommy Barber, 35, before moving on to Stalybridge Celtic having played for Villa between 1912-13 and 1914-15 making 51 appearances and scoring 10 goals whilst centre back Bill Morris also made his final appearance for Villa aged 27 before moving on to Shrewsbury Town having made 53 appearances and scoring once and full back William Littlewood, aged 22, before moving on to Wellington Town in August 1920 after 51 appearances.
Aston Villa
Newcastle United
FIXTURE HISTORY
Newcastle United
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FIXTURE DETAILS
Season | 1914-15 |
Matchday | #40 |
League Match | #38 |
Manager Game | #998 |
Wednesday, 28 April 1915
MATCH SUMMARY
Manager | George Ramsay led Management Committee |
FT Score | 0-3 |
FT Result | Lost |
Last 5 Games | DDWLL |
MANAGERIAL RECORD
George Ramsay led Management Committee
GAMES | WINS | DRAWS | LOSSES | POINTS PER GAME
🕒 998 | 🟩 512 🟨 185 🟥 301 | 1.72
Career Form:
Top 6
George Ramsay led Management Committee
MATCH OFFICIALS
CARDS
Villa
Newcastle United
TEAM NEWS
Bill Morris, Tommy Barber and Joe Bache replace Frank Moss, Jimmy Leach and Harold Edgley.
TEAM STATS
Not recorded
MANAGER
MANAGER
George Ramsay led Management Committee
Aston Villa
GK Sam Hardy |
CB Jim Harrop |
CB Bill Morris |
FB William Littlewood |
LB Tommy Weston |
M Tommy Barber |
W Charlie Wallace |
CF Harry Hampton |
F Clem Stephenson |
F Harry Nash |
F Joe Bache |
Newcastle United
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
TABLE
PROGRAMME
MATCHDAY QUOTES
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