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Game #148
1892-93
Position:
Division One
Sunderland
Wellington Road, Perry Barr
Attendance: 12,000
Saturday, 17 September 1892
Villa's good start to the season comes crashing down against Sunderland as Dennis Hodgetts hits a consolation.
Aston Villa
1-6
Sunderland
Scorer(s) | Dennis Hodgetts |
Assists(s) | Not recorded
AT A GLANCE
Game #148
Season | 1892-93 |
Matchday | #4 |
League Match | #4 |
Manager Game | #122 |
Saturday, 17 September 1892
MATCH SUMMARY
Manager | George Ramsay led Management Committee |
FT Score | 1-6 |
FT Result | Lost |
Last 5 Games | LWWWL |
MATCH OFFICIALS
MATCH INCIDENTS
Villa
Sunderland
🟨 | Booking
🟥 | Sending off
💥+ | Incidents e.g. penalty awarded
💥- | Incidents e.g. penalty conceded, goal disallowed
💥 | Incidents e.g. refused clear pen
🆘 | Notably poor refereeing performance
TEAM STATS
Starting XI Average Age
| 26.03 |
Oldest Player |
F Jim Paton | 37.24 |
Youngest Player |
W Charlie Athersmith | 20.37 |
TEAM NEWS
Villa make three changes from the team that had won three consecutive games from the start of the season with Jack Ramsey, George Campbell and Jim Paton coming in and John Baird, Peter Dowds and Jock Fleming dropping out.
UNAVAILABLE
Not recorded
MATCH STATS
Not recorded
MANAGER
George Ramsay led Management Committee
STAFF
STARTING LINE UP
GK Bill Dunning |
CB Jimmy Cowan |
FB Arthur Stokes |
LB Jack Ramsey |
M George Campbell |
M James Brown |
W Charlie Athersmith |
W Lewis Campbell |
F Dennis Hodgetts |
F Jack Devey |
F Jim Paton |
SUBSTITUTES
No Substitutions permitted in period
UNUSED SUBSTITUTES
No Substitutions permitted in period
THE OPPOSITION
ex: Also played for the Villa
g: Scored
s/o: Sent off
s-: Sub off; s+: Sub on
ON THIS DAY
Villa's good start to the season comes crashing down against Sunderland.
Forward Jim Paton made his final appearance for Villa aged 37 before joining Dundee Harp FC.
Dennis Hodgetts, consolation, Saturday, 17 September 1892
MATCH TIMELINE
[Exact timings not recorded]
Goal, 0-1, (Sunderland)
Goal, 0-2, (Sunderland)
Goal, 0-3, (Sunderland)
HT Aston Villa 0-3 Sunderland
Goal, 1-3, Dennis Hodgetts, Assist by Charlie Athersmith
Goal, 1-4, (Sunderland)
Goal, 1-5, (Sunderland)
Goal, 1-6, (Sunderland)
FT Aston Villa 1-6 Sunderland
MANAGER WATCH
POSITION
MATCH PROGRAMME
MATCH PROGRAMME

QUOTES

*The Sporting Life*
Monday, 19 September 1892
ASTON VILLA v. SUNDERLAND.
SUNDERLAND PLAY A MAGNIFICENT GAME
The League match between the above teams was played at Perry Barr on Saturday before 18,000 spectators. The visitors won the toss and elected to play downhill, with the sun at their backs.
The Villa pressed for two or three minutes, when Sunderland took up the running. Wilson scoring as good a goal as where was obtained on the ground a few minutes from the start, Campbell supplementing this by scoring an equally fine goal a few minutes later.
The Villa then took up the running, a particularly fine shot by Athersmith striking the bar and bouncing over.
Sunderland continued to have the best of the game, Campbell again scoring with a brilliant shot.
The Villa after this strove hard to score, but failed to pass an almost impregnable defence and half time was called with the score standing Sunderland three goals; Aston Villa 0.
In the second half the Villa with the sun behind them, were expected to do much better, and, indeed, for some time fairly held their own. They immediately ran down and secured a corner, which was splendidly placed by Athersmith, Hodgetts rushing through, thus scoring the first goal for the home side.
Sunderland immediately replied to this by scoring a forth goal by the aid of Hannah, Harvie adding a fifth five minutes later.
The game after this was of a more even description, but the Villa failed to get through, and Sunderland adding another goal by the aid of J Hannah, won by six goals to one.
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