Season #2 | 1880-81 | Games #3 - #6
Derby County
4-2
Aston Villa
Scorer(s) | Billy Dickson | 15’ | Unknown
Assists(s) | Not recorded
Game #118
Football League
Racecourse Ground
Attendance: 10,000
Saturday, 3 October 1891
Position:
AT A GLANCE
Game #118
Season | 1891-92 |
Matchday | #5 |
League Match | #5 |
Manager Game | #92 |
Saturday, 3 October 1891
MATCH SUMMARY
Manager | George Ramsay led Management Committee |
FT Score | 2-4 |
FT Result | Lost |
Last 5 Games | WWWWL |
TEAM STATS
Starting XI Average Age
| 24.10 |
Oldest Player |
D Gershom Cox | 28.61 |
Youngest Player |
W Charlie Athersmith | 19.41 |
TEAM NEWS
Villa named an unchanged line up for the fifth successive game having won the four opening games of the season.
UNAVAILABLE
Not recorded
MATCH STATS
Not recorded
QUOTE OF THE DAY
"Macmillan, one of the Derby, forwards, who came into collision with a member of his own team, and was rendered unconscious."
MATCH PROGRAMME
LEAGUE TABLE
STARTING LINE UP
GK Jimmy Warner |
D Gershom Cox |
CB Jimmy Cowan |
FB Walter Evans |
M James Brown |
M George Campbell |
W Charlie Athersmith |
F Percy Hislop |
F Jack Devey |
F Dennis Hodgetts |
CF Billy Dickson |
THE OPPOSITION
ex: Also played for the Villa
g: Scored
s/o: Sent off
s-: Sub off; s+: Sub on
SUBSTITUTES
No Substitutions permitted in period
UNUSED SUBSTITUTES
No Substitutions permitted in period
MATCH TIMELINE
[Exact chronological timings not recorded]
15’ Goal, 1-0, Billy Dickson
Goal, 1-1, (Derby County)
Goal, 1-2, (Derby County)
HT Derby County 2-1 Aston Villa
Player retired injured (Derby County)
Goal 1-3, (Derby County)
Goal 1-4, (Derby County)
Goal, 2-4, Unknown
FT Derby County 4-2 Aston Villa
ON THIS DAY
Villa lost their first game of the season.
KEY MAN
MATCH REPORT
*The Birmingham Daily Post*
Monday 05 October 1891
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.