Game #144

Aston Villa

Monday, 18 April 1892

Lost

LLWWL

Football League

Wolverhampton Wanderers

Wellington Road, Perry Barr

Attendance: 8,000

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

Aston Villa

3-6

Wolves

Scorer(s) | Dennis Hodgetts | Billy Dickson | Jack Devey |

Assist(s) | Not recorded

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

MATCH TIMELINE

Monday, 18 April 1892

[Exact chronological timings not recorded]
10’ Goal, 0-1, (Wolverhampton Wanderers)
Goal, 1-1, Dennis Hodgetts
Goal, 1-2, (Wolverhampton Wanderers)
Player retired injured, Jimmy Cowan
Goal, 2-2, Billy Dickson
Goal, 2-3, (Wolverhampton Wanderers)
Goal, 2-4, (Wolverhampton Wanderers)
Goal, 2-5, (Wolverhampton Wanderers)
HT Aston Villa 2-5 Wolverhampton Wanderers
Goal, 3-5, Jack Devey
Goal, 3-6, (Wolverhampton Wanderers)
FT Aston Villa 3-6 Wolverhampton Wanderers

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

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

ON THIS DAY

Monday, 18 April 1892

Villa played the majority of the game with 10 men after Jimmy Cowan retired injured during the first half. Villa field their oldest XI of the season with an average age of 26.35. Goalkeeper Ted Diver made his final appearance for Villa aged 31 before retiring from football to concentrate on his cricketing career. Centre forward Billy Dickson made his final appearance for Villa aged 25 before moving on to Stoke.

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

DEBUT APPEARANCES

FINAL APPEARANCES

PREVIOUS MATCH

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

SUBSEQUENT MATCH

🟩 5 Sep 1892, Villa 2-0 Burnley, Turf Moor

Aston Villa

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

Wolverhampton Wanderers

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

FIXTURE HISTORY

Wolverhampton Wanderers

Previous 5 vs. Wolves: | 🟨 | 🟥 | 🟩 | 🟥 | 🟩 |

All the matches

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

Wolverhampton Wanderers

PREVIOUS MATCH

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

Wolverhampton Wanderers

SUBSEQUENT MATCH

🟥 8 Oct 1892, Villa 1-2 Wolves, Molineux

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

FIXTURE DETAILS

Season | 1891-92 |
Matchday | #31 |
League Match | #26 |
Manager Game | #118 |
Monday, 18 April 1892

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

MATCH SUMMARY

Scorers

Timeline

On This Day

Trophies

Fixture

Manager

MANAGERIAL RECORD

George Ramsay | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | 1886-1926

🕒 118 | 🟩 59 🟨 17 🟥 42 | 1.64

Villa Career Form:

Top 6

George Ramsay | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | 1886-1926

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

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

MATCH OFFICIALS

REFEREE PROFILE

VAR PROFILE (from 2021)

CARDS

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

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

TEAM NEWS

TEAM STATS

Villa named an unchanged line up from the team that beat Preston last time out.

Referee

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

MANAGER

George Ramsay | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | 1886-1926

Aston Villa

MANAGER

Jack Addenbrooke | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

Wolverhampton Wanderers

Line Ups

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

SUBSTITUTES

No Substitutions permitted in period

SUBSTITUTES

No Substitutions Permitted in Period

Substitutes

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UNUSED SUBSTITUTES

No Substitutions permitted in period

UNUSED SUBSTITUTES

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

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

MATCHDAY SQUAD BIOGRAPHIES

STARTING XI

	🕒	✅	⚽	🔥	🟩	🟨	🟥	🥅	⛔	Yellow	Red
GK Ted Diver \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \|

D Gershom Cox | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

SUBSTITUTES

Player	🕒	🔁	⚽	🔥	🟩	🟨	🟥	🥅	⛔	Yellow	Red

UNUSED

Player	🇺

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

Squad Bios

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SQUAD STATS

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MATCHDAY SQUAD

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UNAVAILABLE

Not recorded

UNAVAILABLE

Not Recorded

Unavailable

LEAGUE TABLE

Tables & Programmes

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MATCHDAY PROGRAMME

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

MATCH QUOTES

"Wood scored a sixth goal for the Wanderers, who had slightly the best of the play. Cowan's absence weakening the Villa defence not a little."

Quotes

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

MATCH REPORTS

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Manchester Courier and Lancashire General Advertiser
Tuesday, 19 April 1892

WOLVERHAMPTON WANDERERS v. ASTON VILLA. At Perry Barr, before 10.000 spectators. The Wanderers kicked off. After 10 minutes' give and take play the Wanderers rushed the ball the Villa posts. From a scrimmage Hodgetts equalised, amidst applause. Rose then saved brilliantly twice. The Wanderers got a second point from a scrimmage. Dickson equalised. Johnson scored a third and fourth, and Wood a fifth for the Wanderers. Half time, Wanderers, five goals ; Villa, two goals. John Devey scored a third goal for the Villa soon after restarting. The home team, however, had only 10 men. Cowan having injured his ankle in the first half. Wood scored a sixth goal for the Wanderers, who had slightly the best of the play. Cowan's absence weakening the Villa defence not a little. Final Score : Wolverhampton Wanderers 6 Aston Villa 2

Reports

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

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