Game #1243
Aston Villa
11-11-9, 33 PTS

Wednesday, 13 February 1924
6th
Last 5: ๐ฅ ๐ฉ ๐ฉ ๐ฅ ๐ฅ
GK Tommy Jackson | ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ |
CB Vic Milne | ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ณ๓ ฃ๓ ด๓ ฟ |
CB Alex McClure | ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ | ๐ข |
FB Tommy Smart | ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ |
LB Tommy Mort | ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ |
W Dicky York | ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ |
W Arthur Dorrell | ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ |
F Billy Kirton | ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ |
F Jock Johnstone | ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ณ๓ ฃ๓ ด๓ ฟ |
CF Billy Walker | ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ |
CF Percy Varco | ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ | ๐ข |
George Ramsay | ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ณ๓ ฃ๓ ด๓ ฟ | 1886-1926

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: ๐๐๐๐๐ ๐
FA Cup Winners: ๐๐๐๐๐ ๐
Last Trophy: 1919โ20
Matchday Squad
Unavailable
Injury | 4 |
GK Cyril Spiers | ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ |
M George Blackburn | ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ |
M Frank Moss | ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ |
CF Len Capewell | ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ |
Team News
Alex Mclure and Percy Varco are handed their debuts whilst Jock Johnstone is recalled as George Blackburn, Frank Moss and Len Capewell drop out.
Team Stats
Not recorded
Debut Appearances
๐ข CB Alex McClure | ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ | #300 | Free signing from Birmingham
๐ข CF Percy Varco | ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ | #301 | ยฃ200 signing from Torquay
Final Appearances
None
On This Day
Sunderland take an early lead at Roker before being reduced to 10 men due to injury,
Villa cannot score despite continued attacking pressure before the home side score just on time with their only attack of the second half.
Villa fail to score for the twelfth time this season.
Villa are beaten in successive games for the first time this season.
Villa make it four defeats in six division one games so far in 1924 and eleven wins, eleven draws and nine defeats in thirty one division one games.
Villa remain joint sixth.
Centre back Alex McClure and centre forward Percy Varco made their Villa debuts aged 31 and 19 after joining from Birmingham and Torquay United in December 1923 respectively.
Starting XI

Lost
0-2
๐ฅ 13 Feb 1924, Villa 0-2 Sunderland, Roker
Scorer(s) | None
Assist(s) | None
Match Timeline
๐ข | 1' Debut, Alex McClure, Percy Varco
๐ฅ
| 10โ Goal, 0-1, (Sunderland), Hawes
๐ | Player retires from field of play with injury, (Sunderland), Parker
๐ | HT Sunderland 1-0 Aston Villa
๐ฅ
| 89' Goal, 0-2, (Sunderland), Marshall
๐ | FT Sunderland 1-0 Aston Villa
Season | 1923-24 |
Matchday | #33 |
League Match | #31 |
Manager Game | #1217 |
Wednesday, 13 February 1924
Match Record
Game Record
Manager: George Ramsay | ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ณ๓ ฃ๓ ด๓ ฟ | Glasgow, 1886-1926 led Management Committee
Referee: Unknown
HT Score:
FT Result: ๐ฅ Lost
FT Score: ๐ฅ 0-2
Last 5: ๐ฅ ๐ฉ ๐ฉ ๐ฅ ๐ฅ
Officials
Referee: Unknown
Match Stats
Not recorded
George Ramsay | ๐ด ๓ ง๓ ข๓ ณ๓ ฃ๓ ด๓ ฟ | 1886-1926
๐ 1217 | ๐ฉ 613 ๐จ 225 ๐ฅ 379 | 1.70
Villa Career Form:
What they Said
Division One
Sunderland
16-7-6, 39 PTS
Roker Park
Attendance: 30,000
McInroy
Oakley
England
Ditchburn
Parker
Ferguson
Grimshaw
Marshall
Buchan
Hawes
Ellis
Bob Kyle | ๐ฌ๐ง |
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: ๐๐๐๐๐
FA Cup Winners: โ
Last Trophy: 1912-13
Opposition Matchday Squad
Opposition Unavailable
Not Recorded
League Table

1923-24
Playing Squad

































