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Game #1281

Aston Villa

7-10-6, 24 PTS

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Saturday, 3 January 1925

11th=

Last 5: 🟥 🟩 🟥 🟩 🟥

GK Cyril Spiers | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CB Vic Milne | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
FB Cecil Harris | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
FB Teddy Bowen | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Tommy Muldoon | 🇮🇪 |
W Arthur Dorrell | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
W Joe Eccles | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 🔥 |
F Billy Kirton | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | ⚽ |
F Jock Johnstone | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
CF Arthur Phoenix | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CF Billy Walker | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

George Ramsay | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | 1886-1926
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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

Unavailable

Injury | 10 |
LB Tommy Mort | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
FB Tommy Smart | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
W Dicky York | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CF Len Capewell | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CF Percy Varco | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
F Albert Surtees | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M George Blackburn | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CB Alec Talbot | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Frank Moss | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

Team News

Cyril Spiers replaces Tommy Jackson.

Team Stats

Not recorded

Debut Appearances

None

Final Appearances

None

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Lost

1-4

🟥 3 Jan 1925, Villa 1-4 Newcastle, St James'
Scorer(s) | Billy Kirton | 73' |

Assist(s) | Joe Eccles | 73' |

Match Timeline

🕒 | HT Newcastle United 0-0 Aston Villa
🥅 | 63' Goal, 0-1, (Newcastle United), McDonald
🥅 | 66' Goal, 0-2, (Newcastle United), Cowan
⚽ | 73' Goal, 1-2, Billy Kirton, Assist by Joe Eccles
🥅 | 74' Goal, 1-3, (Newcastle United), Cowan
🥅 | 75' Goal, 1-4, (Newcastle United), Cowan
🕒 | FT Newcastle United 4-1 Aston Villa

Season | 1924-25 |
Matchday | #23 |
League Match | #23 |
Manager Game | #1255 |
Saturday, 3 January 1925

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Match Record
Game Record

Manager: George Ramsay | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | Glasgow, 1886-1926 led Management Committee
Referee: Robert Kelso | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Sheffield, 1923-1927
HT Score: 🟨 0-0
FT Result: 🟥 Lost
FT Score: 🟥 1-4
Last 5: 🟥 🟩 🟥 🟩 🟥

Officials

Referee: Robert Kelso | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Sheffield, 1923-1927

Previous 5 vs. Newcastle: 🟨 🟥 🟩 🟥 🟨

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Head to Head

Total 🕒 50 | 🟩 W20 (40% ) | 🟨 D11 | 🇺(62% ) | 🟥 L19 (38% ) | ⚽ 89 | 🥅 72 | GD 17

Match Stats

Not recorded

George Ramsay | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | 1886-1926

🕒 1255 | 🟩 630 🟨 237 🟥 388 | 1.69

Villa Career Form:

Division One

Newcastle United

8-13-5, 29 PTS

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St James' Park

Attendance: 28,000

Bradley
Hampson
Hudspeth
McKenzie
Spencer
Curry
Urwin
Clark
Cowan
McDonald
Seymour

Frank Watt | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
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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: 1923-24

Opposition Matchday Squad

Opposition Unavailable

Not Recorded

🟩 12 Apr 2025, Villa 3-0 Southampton, St Mary's TBL.png
Starting XI
GK Cyril Spiers | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
🕒

🔥

🟩

🟨

🟥

🥅

FB Teddy Bowen | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
🕒

13

13

🔥

0

0

🟩

5

🟨

4

🟥

4

CB Vic Milne | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
🕒

41

41

🔥

0

0

🟩

19

🟨

10

🟥

12

FB Cecil Harris | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
🕒

19

19

🔥

0

0

🟩

8

🟨

7

🟥

4

M Tommy Muldoon | 🇮🇪 |
🕒

3

3

🔥

0

0

🟩

1

🟨

0

🟥

2

W Joe Eccles | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
🕒

9

9

🔥

0

5

🟩

3

🟨

2

🟥

4

W Arthur Dorrell | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
🕒

216

216

🔥

28

53

🟩

94

🟨

47

🟥

75

F Billy Kirton | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
🕒

214

214

🔥

55

18

🟩

103

🟨

43

🟥

68

F Jock Johnstone | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
🕒

43

43

🔥

0

1

🟩

14

🟨

13

🟥

16

CF Arthur Phoenix | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
🕒

2

2

🔥

2

0

🟩

1

🟨

0

🟥

1

CF Billy Walker | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
🕒

210

210

🔥

125

20

🟩

93

🟨

47

🟥

70

Substitutes
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🔥

GK Sub

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🟥

🥅

🕒

🔁

🔥

Sub 1

🟩

🟨

🟥

🕒

🔁

🔥

Sub 2

🟩

🟨

🟥

🕒

🔁

🔥

Sub 3

🟩

🟨

🟥

🕒

🔁

🔥

Sub 4

🟩

🟨

🟥

🕒

🔁

🔥

Sub 5

🟩

🟨

🟥

Match Media
On This Day
  • Billy Kirton scores Villa's first goal of 1925 but they suffer a second heavy defeat in three as they are beaten at St James' by a series of quick fire second half goals to make it seven wins, ten draws and six defeats in twenty three division one games. 

What they Said

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