top of page

Game #1069

Aston Villa

Aston Villa.jpg

Saturday, 24 April 1920

Final

Last 5: 🟥 🟥 🟥 🟩 🟩

GK Sam Hardy | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
LB Tommy Weston | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CB Frank Barson | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
FB Tommy Smart | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Frank Moss | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Andy Ducat | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
W Arthur Dorrell | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
W Charlie Wallace | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
F Billy Kirton | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | ⚽ |
F Clem Stephenson | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CF Billy Walker | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

George Ramsay | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | 1886-1926
Aston Villa.jpg
Substitutes

No Substitutions permitted in period

Unused Substitutes

No Substitutions permitted in period

Yellow Cards (Warnings, Cautions, Bookings)

None

Red Cards (Ordered from Field of Play, Dismissals, Sendings Off)

None

Trophy Record

League Champions: 🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆 🏆
FA Cup Winners: 🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆 🏆
Last Trophy: 1919–20

Matchday Squad

Goalkeepers
GK Sam Hardy | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

Defenders
CB Frank Barson | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

Full Backs
LB Tommy Weston | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
FB Tommy Smart | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

Midfielders
M Frank Moss | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Andy Ducat | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

Wingers
W Arthur Dorrell | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
W Charlie Wallace | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

Forwards
F Billy Kirton | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
F Clem Stephenson | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CF Billy Walker | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

Unavailable

Injury | 4 |
CB Jimmy Harrop | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
W Harold Edgley | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
RB Jack Thompson | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Jack Hampson | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

Team News

Tommy Weston, Frank Moss, Andy Ducat and Billy Walker replace Jimmy Lawrence, Jack Pendleton, Dicky York and Andy Young.

Team Stats

Not recorded

Debut Appearances

None

Final Appearances

None

Aston Villa.jpg

Won

1-0

🟩 24 Apr 1920, Villa 1-0 Huddersfield, Stamford Bridge
Scorer(s) | Billy Kirton | 100' |

Assist(s) | None

Match Timeline

🕒 | HT Aston Villa 0-0 Huddersfield Town
🕒 | FT Aston Villa 0-0 Huddersfield Town
⚽ | 110' Goal, 1-0, Billy Kirton
🕒 | AET Aston Villa 1-0 Huddersfield Town

Season | 1919-20 |
Matchday | #45 |
Manager Game | #1043 |
Saturday, 24 April 1920

Aston Villa.jpg
Match Record
Game Record

Manager: George Ramsay | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | Glasgow, 1886-1926 led Management Committee
Referee: J. T. Howcroft | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Bolton
HT Score: 🟨 0-0
FT Score: 🟨 0-0
AET Result: 🟩 Won
AET Score: 🟩 1-0
Last 5: 🟥 🟥 🟥 🟩 🟩

Officials

Referee: Jack Howcroft | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Bolton, 1904-
Linesmen: H. A. Ayling (Southwick); A. Scholey (Sheffield)

Previous 5 vs. Huddersfield: None

Aston Villa.jpg
Head to Head

Total 🕒 1 | 🟩 W1 (100% ) | 🟨 D0 | 🇺(100% ) | 🟥 L0 (0% ) | ⚽ 1 | 🥅 0 | GD 1

Match Stats

Not recorded

George Ramsay | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | 1886-1926

🕒 1043 | 🟩 535 🟨 190 🟥 318 | 1.72

Villa Career Form:

Top 6

🟩 12 Apr 2025, Villa 3-0 Southampton, St Mary's TBL.png

FA Cup

Huddersfield Town

-

Aston Villa.jpg

Stamford Bridge

Attendance: 50,018

GK Sandy Mutch | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
CB Tom Wilson | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
RB James Wood | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
LB Fred Bullock | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Charlie Slade (ex) | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Billy Watson | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
W Ernie Islip | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
W George Richardson | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
F Frank Mann (ex) | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CF Sam Taylor | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
F Jack Swann | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

Ambrose Langley | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
Aston Villa.jpg
Substitutes

No Substitutions Permitted in Period

Unused Substitutes

No Substitutions Permitted in Period

Yellow Cards (Warnings, Cautions, Bookings)

None

Red Cards (Ordered from Field of Play, Dismissals, Sendings Off)

None

Opposition Trophy Record

League Champions: ❌
FA Cup Winners: ❌
Last Trophy: ❌

Opposition Matchday Squad

Goalkeepers
GK Sandy Mutch | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |

Defenders
CB Tom Wilson | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

Full Backs
RB James Wood | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
LB Fred Bullock | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

Midfielders
M Charlie Slade (ex) | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Billy Watson | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

Wingers
W Ernie Islip | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
W George Richardson | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

Forwards
F Frank Mann (ex) | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CF Sam Taylor | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
F Jack Swann | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

Opposition Unavailable

Not Recorded

🟩 12 Apr 2025, Villa 3-0 Southampton, St Mary's TBL.png
On This Day
  • Villa win the FA Cup for a record sixth time in the first ever final to go to extra time.

  • Billy Kirton scores in the 10th minute of extra time to secure Villa's record sixth FA Cup win.

  • Villa face Huddersfield Town for the first time in competitive football, Huddersfield become the 67th team that the Villa first team has played in League or Cup football.

  • Sam Hardy, Tommy Weston, Clem Stephenson and Charlie Wallace remain from Villa’s 1912-13 FA Cup final winning team.

Starting XI
GK Sam Hardy | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
🕒

150

150

🔥

0

0

🟩

73

🟨

31

🟥

46

46

🥅

212

FB Tommy Smart | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
🕒

13

13

🔥

0

0

🟩

6

🟨

1

🟥

6

CB Frank Barson | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
🕒

31

31

🔥

4

0

🟩

21

🟨

3

🟥

7

CB Frank Moss | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
🕒

16

16

🔥

0

0

🟩

6

🟨

2

🟥

8

LB Tommy Weston | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
🕒

130

130

🔥

0

0

🟩

67

🟨

25

🟥

38

M Andy Ducat | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
🕒

57

57

🔥

4

3

🟩

31

🟨

14

🟥

12

🕒

🔥

🟩

🟨

🟥

W Arthur Dorrell | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
🕒

16

16

🔥

4

4

🟩

6

🟨

2

🟥

8

F Billy Kirton | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
🕒

35

35

🔥

13

3

🟩

22

🟨

4

🟥

9

F Clem Stephenson | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
🕒

188

188

🔥

86

27

🟩

94

🟨

34

🟥

60

CF Billy Walker | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
🕒

18

18

🔥

13

1

🟩

9

🟨

3

🟥

6

Substitutes
🕒

🔁

🔥

GK Sub

🟩

🟨

🟥

🥅

🕒

🔁

🔥

Sub 1

🟩

🟨

🟥

🕒

🔁

🔥

Sub 2

🟩

🟨

🟥

🕒

🔁

🔥

Sub 3

🟩

🟨

🟥

🕒

🔁

🔥

Sub 4

🟩

🟨

🟥

🕒

🔁

🔥

Sub 5

🟩

🟨

🟥

Match Media
What they Said

bottom of page