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Game #14

Aston Villa

Saturday, 6 January 1883

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Won

3rd Round

Last 5: 🟩 🟥 🟩 🟩 🟩

FA Cup

Aston Unity

Wellington Road, Perry Barr

Attendance: 4,000

🟩 6 Jan 1883, Villa 3-1 Aston Unity, Wellington Road

Aston Villa

3-1

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Aston Unity

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🟩 6 Jan 1883, Villa 3-1 Aston Unity, Wellington Road

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MATCH TIMELINE
Saturday, 6 January 1883

🟢 | 1’ Debut, Tommy Mason
⚽ | 5’ Goal, 1-0, Howard Vaughton
⚽ | Goal, 2-0, Eli Davis
🕒 | HT Aston Villa 2-0 Aston Unity
🥅 | Goal, 2-1, (Aston Unity), Hellborn
⚽ | Goal, 3-1, Archie Hunter, Assist by Eli Davis
🕒 | FT Aston Villa 3-1 Aston Unity

Match Statistics

Not recorded

Goal ⚽, Assist 🔥, Goal Conceded 🥅, Injury 🚑, Booking 🟨, Sending off 🟥, Comment 🗒️, ❗ Villa Chance,❗❗Huge Villa Chance, 💥 Opposition action, 🎥 VAR, 🆘 Referee error, ❌ Missed pen, disallowed goal, player retires from field of play, 🟢 Debut, 🔴 Final appearance, 🕒 Half time, Full time, 🔁 Substitution

🟩 6 Jan 1883, Villa 3-1 Aston Unity, Wellington Road

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ON THIS DAY
Saturday, 6 January 1883
  • Villa face Aston Unity for the first time in competitive football, Unity become the 6th team that the Villa first team has played in League or Cup football.

  • Goalkeeper Tommy Mason makes his FA Cup debut as Villa beat neighbours Unity.

  • Howard Vaughton scores Villa's opener to help the club progress to the 4th Round for the third successive season.

🟩 6 Jan 1883, Villa 3-1 Aston Unity, Wellington Road

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DEBUT APPEARANCES

🟢 GK Tommy Mason | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

FINAL APPEARANCES

None

Seasons | 🕒 Games | ✅ Starts (🔁 Subs) | ⚽ Goals | 🔥 Assists | 🇺 Unused | Player Number |

Aston Villa

FA Cup Winners: ❌
Last Trophy: ❌

Aston Unity

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FA Cup Winners: ❌
Last Trophy: ❌

FIXTURE HISTORY
Aston Unity
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Previous 5 vs. Aston Unity: None

Games 🕒, Won 🟩, Drew 🟨, Lost 🟥, Goals Scored ⚽, Goals Conceded 🥅

Aston Unity

PREVIOUS MATCH
None
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Aston Unity

SUBSEQUENT MATCH
None

🟩 6 Jan 1883, Villa 3-1 Aston Unity, Wellington Road

FIXTURE DETAILS
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Season | 1882-83 |
Matchday | #3 |
Manager Game | #14 |
Saturday, 6 January 1883

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🟩 6 Jan 1883, Villa 3-1 Aston Unity, Wellington Road

MATCH SUMMARY
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Manager: Management Committee 1879-86
Referee: C. Crump | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Birmingham, 1882-
HT Score: 🟩 2-0
FT Result: 🟩 Won
FT Score: 🟩 3-1
Last 5: 🟩 🟥 🟩 🟩 🟩

Scorers
Timeline
On This Day
Trophies
Fixture
Manager
MANAGERIAL RECORD
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Management Committee 1879-86

🕒 14 | 🟩 | 9 🟨 | 3 🟥 2 | 2.14

Villa Career Form:

Champions

Management Committee 1879-86

Games 🕒, Won 🟩, Drew 🟨, Lost 🟥, Points per Game

🟩 6 Jan 1883, Villa 3-1 Aston Unity, Wellington Road

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MATCH OFFICIALS

Referee: C. Crump | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Birmingham, 1882-
Umpires: W. B. Mason (Villa) and J. Ford (Unity).

VAR PROFILE (from 2021)

CARDS
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None

CARDS
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None

Won 🟩, Drew 🟨, Lost 🟥, Notably poor performance 🆘, Cards 🟨 Booking, Cards 🟥 Sending off, Disallowed ❌ Goal disallowed, ⚽ Penalty for, 🥅 Penalty against, ❌ Penalty Disallowed

🟩 6 Jan 1883, Villa 3-1 Aston Unity, Wellington Road

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TEAM NEWS
TEAM STATS

Joe Simmonds is recalled as Villa hand a debut to goalkeeper Tommy Mason.

Starting XI Average Age:
| 22 |

Oldest Player:
IL Eli Davis | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 27 |

Youngest Player:
IR Andy Hunter | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | 18 |

*Exact birthdates unconfirmed

Referee

🟩 6 Jan 1883, Villa 3-1 Aston Unity, Wellington Road

MANAGER

Management Committee 1879-86

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Aston Villa

GK Tommy Mason | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 🟢 |
B Joe Simmonds | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
B Alf Harvey | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
HB Charles Apperley | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
HB David Anderson | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
HB Arthur Brown | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
IL Eli Davis | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | ⚽ | 🔥 |
IL Howard Vaughton | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | ⚽ |
IR Andy Hunter | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
CF Archie Hunter | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | ⚽ |
CF Olly Whateley | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

MANAGER

Management Committee

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Aston Unity

GK Matthews
B Benson
B Rogers
HB Pallett
HB Upton
HB Lloyd
F Green
F Dyer
F Coley
F Hellborn | ⚽ |
F Wilson

Line Ups

🟩 6 Jan 1883, Villa 3-1 Aston Unity, Wellington Road

SUBSTITUTES
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No Substitutions permitted in period

SUBSTITUTES

No Substitutions Permitted in Period

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Substitutes

🟩 6 Jan 1883, Villa 3-1 Aston Unity, Wellington Road

UNUSED SUBSTITUTES
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No Substitutions permitted in period

UNUSED SUBSTITUTES
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No Substitutions Permitted in Period

Player Positions:

GK : Goalkeeper
CB, D, B : Centre Back, Defender, Back
FB, LB, RB, WH : Full Back, Left Back, Right Back, Wing Back, Wing Half


M, CH, LH, RH : Midfielder, Centre Half, Left Half, Right Half
W, OL, OR : Winger, Outside Left, Outside Right
F, IF, IL, IR : Forward, Inside Forward, Inside Left, Inside Right, Second Striker, False 9
CF : Centre Forward

Match Symbols:

⚽ | Goal
🔥 | Assist
🔁 | Substitution

🟨 | Booking

🟥 | Sending off

🆘 | Poor refereeing performance
🟢 : Debut 🔴 : Final Game

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🟩 6 Jan 1883, Villa 3-1 Aston Unity, Wellington Road

MATCHDAY SQUAD BIOGRAPHIES
STARTING XI
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🔥
🟩
🟨
🟥
🥅
Yellow
Red
GK Tommy Mason | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
SUBSTITUTES
Player
🕒
🔁
🔥
🟩
🟨
🟥
🥅
Yellow
Red
UNUSED
Player
🇺

Games 🕒, Starts ✅, Substitute 🔁, Goals ⚽, Assists 🔥, Won 🟩, Drew 🟨, Lost 🟥, Conceded 🥅, Clean Sheets ⛔, Unused Substitute 🇺

Squad Bios

🟩 6 Jan 1883, Villa 3-1 Aston Unity, Wellington Road

SQUAD STATS
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Villa XI:
Home Nation 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 🇬🇧 : 11/11

SQUAD STATS
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Unity XI:
Home Nation 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 🇬🇧 : 11/11

🟩 6 Jan 1883, Villa 3-1 Aston Unity, Wellington Road

MATCHDAY SQUAD
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MATCHDAY SQUAD
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🟩 6 Jan 1883, Villa 3-1 Aston Unity, Wellington Road

UNAVAILABLE
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Not recorded

UNAVAILABLE
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Not Recorded

Unavailable
LEAGUE TABLE
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Tables & Programmes
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MATCHDAY PROGRAMME
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🟩 6 Jan 1883, Villa 3-1 Aston Unity, Wellington Road

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MATCH QUOTES
"These old opponents have not met for three seasons, and hence considerable interest was felt to their present encounter."
Quotes

🟩 6 Jan 1883, Villa 3-1 Aston Unity, Wellington Road

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MATCH REPORTS

Image © THE BRITISH LIBRARY BOARD. Digitised by Findmypast Newspaper Archive Limited. All rights reserved. Source: British Newspaper Archive (www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk)

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*Birmingham Daily Mail*
Monday, 8 January 1883
MATCHES PLAYED ON SATURDAY. ASTON VILLA v. ASTON UNITY (English Cup. 3rd Round) Drawn together above, these teams met at Perry barr to decide the same. These old opponents have not met for three seasons, and hence considerable interest was felt to their present encounter, and the weather turning out very fine, upwards of 3,000 lined the barriers. Both teams were fully represented, and, having lost the toss, the visitors started the ball up hill at 2.50. The Unity were soon seen to advantage, Pallett from a corner, placing the ball well Into goal, an exciting scrimmage ensued, but Mason at length cleverly relieved his goal, and soon after Matthews had to use his hands, but Anderson returned sharply. Matthews parrying, but Vaughton, who was lying handy, rushed up and scored a good goal five minutes only from the start. Runs on either side followed, both goals being assailed in turn, but gradually the home forwards gained the upper hand, but the Unity goal keeper and back division showed splendid defence; but just prior to half time Brown from a corner sent the ball well in. Matthews knocking it out but falling at Davis’ feet he promptly obtained a goal. Shortly after the change, the Unity worked the leather well into the Villa territory and Lloyd threw the leather into the Villa goalmouth. Mason thrice repelled the shots, but Hellborn found an opening and scored a point for the Unity. The game now assumed an interesting aspect, but the Unity forwards fell off considerably, while the Villa stuck well to their work and had much of the best of the play. However, the Unity defence continued so good that it was only in the last few minutes that, after a corner by Davis that Archie Hunter with a clever back kick scored a third goal; thus the Villa won an excellent game by 3 goals to 1. The Villa played finely all round, as did the Unity back division and Matthews, but the Unity forwards lacked combination and accurate passing. Sides - Villa: Goal. T. Mason ; backs, Simmonds, Harvey ; half backs, Apperiey, Brown, Anderson; forwards. Archie Hunter (captain), Vaughton, Davis, Whateley, and Andy Hunter. Unity : Goal, Matthews ; backs J. R. Benson (captain). Rogers; half becks, Pallett, Upton, Lloyd ; forwards, Green, Dyer. Coley, Hellborn, and Wilson. Umpires Messrs. W. B. Mason and J. Ford; Referee, Mr. C. Crump (President of the Birmingham Association)
Reports

🟩 6 Jan 1883, Villa 3-1 Aston Unity, Wellington Road

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