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Aston Villa

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4-0-1, 8 PTS

Saturday, 3 October 1891

1891-92

1st=

Lost

2-4

Derby County

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4-0-1, 8 PTS

Football League

Racecourse Ground

Attendance: 10,000

🟥 3 Oct 1891, Villa 2-4 Derby, Racecourse Ground

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Scorer(s) | Billy Dickson | 20’ | 83' |

Assist(s) | Jack Devey | 83' |

Fixture List

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🟩 5 Sep 1891, Villa 5-1 Blackburn, Wellington Road

Football League

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🟩 12 Sep 1891, Villa 5-1 Albion, Wellington Road

Football League

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🟩 19 Sep 1891, Villa 1-0 Preston, Deepdale

Football League

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🟩 28 Sep 1891, Villa 5-3 Sunderland, Wellington Road

Football League

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🟥 3 Oct 1891, Villa 2-4 Derby, Racecourse Ground

Football League

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🟥 10 Oct 1891, Villa 1-2 Bolton, Wellington Road

Football League

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🟥 17 Oct 1891, Villa 1-4 Burnley, Turf Moor

Football League

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🟩 24 Oct 1891, Villa 3-2 Stoke, Victoria Ground

Football League

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🟩 31 Oct 1891, Villa 5-1 Darwen, Barley Bank

Football League

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🟩 7 Nov 1891, Villa 5-1 Notts County, Wellington Road

Football League

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🟩 14 Nov 1891, Villa 3-0 Albion, Stoney Lane

Football League

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🟩 21 Nov 1891, Villa 2-1 Stoke, Wellington Road

Football League

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🟥 28 Nov 1891, Villa 1-5 Everton, Anfield

Football League

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🟩 5 Dec 1891, Villa 6-1 Burnley, Wellington Road

Football League

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🟥 19 Dec 1891, Villa 0-2 Wolves, Molineux

Football League

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🟩 26 Dec 1891, Villa 7-0 Darwen, Wellington Road

Football League

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🟥 28 Dec 1891, Villa 3-4 Everton, Wellington Road

Football League

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🟥 2 Jan 1892, Villa 2-5 Notts County, Trent Bridge

Football League

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🟥 4 Jan 1892, Villa 2-3 Accrington, Thorneyholme Road

Football League

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🟩 9 Jan 1892, Villa 6-0 Derby, Wellington Road

Football League

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🟩 16 Jan 1892, Villa 4-1 Heanor, Wellington Road

FA Cup

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🟩 30 Jan 1892, Villa 2-0 Darwen, Wellington Road

FA Cup

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🟩 13 Feb 1892, Villa 3-1 Wolves, Molineux

FA Cup

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🟩 27 Feb 1892, Villa 4-1 Sunderland, Bramall Lane

FA Cup

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🟥 5 Mar 1892, Villa 3-4 Blackburn, Ewood

Football League

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🟩 12 Mar 1892, Villa 12-2 Accrington, Wellington Road

Football League

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🟥 19 Mar 1892, Villa 0-3 Albion, Kennington Oval

FA Cup

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🟥 26 Mar 1892, Villa 1-2 Sunderland, Newcastle Road

Football League

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🟩 2 Apr 1892, Villa 2-1 Bolton, Pike's Lane

Football League

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🟩 16 Apr 1892, Villa 3-1 Preston, Wellington Road

Football League

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🟥 18 Apr 1892, Villa 3-6 Wolves, Wellington Road

Football League

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On This Day

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Saturday, 3 October 1891

Villa lost their first game of the season.
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Last 5: 🟩 🟩 🟩 🟩 🟥

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George Ramsay | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | 1886-1926

🕒 92 | 🟩 | 44 🟨 17 🟥 31 | 1.62

Villa Career Form:

Top 6

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Game #118

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Match Record

Season | 1891-92 |
Matchday | #5 |
League Match | #5 |
Manager Game | #92 |
Saturday, 3 October 1891

Game Record

Manager: George Ramsay | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | Glasgow, 1886-1926 led Management Committee
Referee: Craven | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Darlington, 1891-
Kick off: 3.50pm
HT Score: 🟥 1-2
FT Result: 🟥 Lost
FT Score: 🟥 2-4
Last 5: 🟩 🟩 🟩 🟩 🟥

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Head to Head

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Previous 5 vs. Derby: 🟥 🟩 🟥 🟥 🟩

Total 🕒 9 | 🟩 W4 (44% ) | 🟨 D0 | 🇺(44% ) | 🟥 L5 (56% ) | ⚽ 28 | 🥅 27 | GD 1

Trophy Cabinet

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Aston Villa

League Champions: ❌
FA Cup Winners: 🏆
Last Trophy: 1886–87

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Derby County

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

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Squad News

Debut Appearances

Final Appearances

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Match Timeline

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⚽ | 20’ Goal, 1-0, Billy Dickson
🥅 | 27' Goal, 1-1, (Derby County), Gershom Cox o.g
🥅 | 30' Goal, 1-2, (Derby County), Mills
🚑 | Player injured on field of play, (Derby County), Johnny Goodall
🕒 | HT Derby County 2-1 Aston Villa
🚑 | Player injured on field of play, (Derby County), McMillan
❌ | Player retires from field of play with injury, (Derby County), McMillan
🥅 | 70' Goal 1-3, (Derby County), Johnny Goodall
⚽ | 83' Goal, 2-3, Billy Dickson, Assist by Jack Devey
🥅 | 87' Goal 1-4, (Derby County), McLachlan
🕒 | FT Derby County 4-2 Aston Villa

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Officials

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Referee: Craven | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Darlington, 1891-

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Officials

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Referee Profile

VAR Profile (Post 2021)

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Officials

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Villa Bookings

None

Villa Sendings Off

None

Opposition Bookings

None

Opposition Sendings Off

None

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Match Stats

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Not recorded

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Line Up & Subs

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

GK Jimmy Warner | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
B Walter Evans | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 |
B Gershom Cox | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
HB Jimmy Cowan | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
HB George Campbell | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
HB James Brown | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
OR Charlie Athersmith | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
OR Billy Dickson | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | ⚽ | ⚽ |
OL Percy Hislop | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
OL Dennis Hodgetts | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CF Jack Devey | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 🔥 |

Substitutes

No Substitutions permitted in period

Unused Substitutes

No Substitutions permitted in period

Derby County
Management Committee

Robinson
Staley
Methven
E. Cox
Hickinbottom
HB Walter Roulston | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
Mills
RW McLachlan
Storer
McMillan
CF Johnny Goodall | 🇮🇪 |

Substitutes

No Substitutions Permitted in Period

Unused Substitutes

No Substitutions Permitted in Period

Team News

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None

Villa named an unchanged line up for the fifth successive game having won the four opening games of the season.

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Derby County

Not Recorded

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Matchday Squads

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Derby County

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Match Media

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What they Said

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"Macmillan, one of the Derby, forwards, who came into collision with a member of his own team, and was rendered unconscious."

DERBY COUNTY V. ASTON VILLA

The meeting of these well-known Midland clubs at Derby created a large amount of interest, and fully ten thousand spectators visited the ground.

Derby County were still without, the assistance of Archie Goodall, but the visitors put a very strong team into the field.

At the outset the Aston men pressed their opponents very closely, and when the game had been in progress a quarter of an hour Dickson scored the first goal for them.

However, the Derby team played up in fine style, and amidst great excitement Storer succeeded in equalising the score.

On the ball being restarted the Derby forwards made a strong attack, and Mills sent the ball through the posts. When the referee's whistle blew at half-time Derby County led by 2 goals to 1.

The commencement of the second half was marred by a painful accident to Macmillan, one of the Derby, forwards, who came into collision with a member of his own team, and was rendered unconscious.

He was conveyed to the infirmary and was reported to be suffering from concussion of the brain. He is, however , progressing favourably.

Despite this misfortune Derby County more than held their own. In the end they were able to claim a victory by 4 goals to 2.

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Match Highlights

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Team Selection

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Goalkeeper

GK Jimmy Warner | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
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Defenders

B Walter Evans | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 |
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B Gershom Cox | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
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HB Jimmy Cowan | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
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HB George Campbell | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
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Midfielders

HB James Brown | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
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OR Charlie Athersmith | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
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OR Billy Dickson | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
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OL Percy Hislop | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
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Forwards

OL Dennis Hodgetts | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
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CF Jack Devey | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
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Substitutes

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GK Sub

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Sub 1

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Sub 4

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Sub 2

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Sub 3

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Sub 5

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1891-92

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First Team Squad

GK Albert Hinchley | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #77 |

Goalkeeper

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Where are they now?

D Frank Coulton | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #37 |

Defender

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Where are they now?

FB John Baird | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | #76 |

Full Back

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Where are they now?

M Harry Devey | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #45 |

Midfielder

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Where are they now?

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

Winger

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Where are they now?

F Albert A Brown | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #32 |

Forward

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Where are they now?

F Dennis Hodgetts | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #38 |

Forward

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Where are they now?

F Percy Hislop | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | #75 |

Forward

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Where are they now?

GK Jimmy Warner | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #41 |

Goalkeeper

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Where are they now?

D Gershom Cox | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #44 |

Defender

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Where are they now?

FB Walter Evans | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 | #67 |

Full Back

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Where are they now?

M James Brown | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | #71 |

Midfielder

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Where are they now?

W Lewis Campbell | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | #62 |

Winger

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Where are they now?

CF Billy Dickson | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | #57 |

Forward

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Where are they now?

CF Jack Devey | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #74 |

Forward

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Where are they now?

GK Ted Diver | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #80 |

Goalkeeper

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Where are they now?

CB Jimmy Cowan | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | #56 |

Centre Back

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Where are they now?

M George Campbell | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | #72 |

Midfielder

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Where are they now?

M Tom Clarkson | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #55 |

Midfielder

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Where are they now?

W Tom Dutton | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #79 |

Winger

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Where are they now?

F Charlie Hare | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #78 |

Forward

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Where are they now?

F Jack Graham | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #64 |

Forward

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Where are they now?

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Matchday Programme

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League Table

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The Trophy Cabinet

Domestic:

🏆 🏆 🏆 🏆 🏆 🏆 🏆 
League Champions: 1893-94, 1895-96, 1896-97, 1898-99, 1899-00, 1909-10, 1980-81

🏆 🏆 🏆 🏆 🏆 🏆 🏆 
FA Cup Winners: 1886-87, 1894-95, 1896-97, 1904-05, 1912-13, 1919-20, 1956-57

🏆 🏆 🏆 🏆 🏆
League Cup Winners: 1960-61, 1974-75, 1976-77, 1993-94, 1995-96


Europe:
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European Cup Winners: 1981-82
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European Super Cup Winners: 1982-83


Other Domestic:

🏆 🏆
Second Division Champions: 1937-38, 1959-60

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Third Division Champions: 1971-72


Other Europe:

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Intertoto Cup Winners: 2001-02

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Peace Cup Winners: 2009

Reserve League
:
🏆 🏆 🏆 🏆 🏆
Premier Reserve League Champions: 2003-04, 2007-08, 2008-09, 2009-10, 2011-12

🏆 🏆 🏆
Central League Champions: 1929-30, 1963-64, 1992-93

Reserve Cup
🏆 🏆 🏆 🏆 🏆 🏆 🏆 🏆 🏆 🏆 🏆 🏆 🏆 🏆 🏆 🏆 🏆 🏆 🏆 🏆
Birmingham Senior Cup Winners: 1879-80, 1881-82, 1882-83, 1883-84, 1884-85, 1887-88, 1888-90, 1889-90, 1890-91, 1895-96, 1898-99, 1902-03, 1903-04, 1905-06, 1907-08, 1908-09, 1909-10, 1911-12, 1984-85, 2023-24 

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NextGen Series Winners: 2012-13

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Premier League Cup Winners: 2017-18

Youth League:
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u18s Premier League Champions: 2024-25
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u18s Premier League National Champions: 2024-25
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u18 Premier League Tier Two Champions 2016-17
🏆 🏆 🏆
u18 Premier Academy League Academy Group B Champions: 2005-06, 2007-08, 2010-11
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u18 Premier Academy League National Champions 2007-08
🏆 🏆 
u17 FA Premier Academy League Champions: 1999-00, 2003-04
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Midland Youth League Champions: 1989-90, 1994-95, 1995-96

Youth Cup:
🏆 🏆 🏆 🏆 🏆
FA Youth Cup Winners: 1971-72, 1979-80, 2001-02, 2020-21, 2024-25
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Midland Youth League Cup Winners: 1991-92, 1994-95
🏆 🏆 🏆
Midland Youth Cup Winners: 1991-92, 1995-96, 1997-98
🏆 🏆 🏆 🏆 🏆 🏆 🏆
Southern Junior Floodlit Cup: 1972-73, 1974-75, 1975-76, 1978-79, 1979-80, 1980-81, 1993-94

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