top of page

Game #161

Aston Villa

9-0-8, 18 PTS

Saturday, 3 December 1892

Villa.gif
2509-2.png

Lost

4th

Last 5: 🟩 🟩 🟥 🟩 🟥

Division One

Sheffield Wednesday

9-1-5, 19 PTS

Olive Grove

Attendance: 6,000

🟥 3 Dec 1892, Villa 3-5 Wednesday, Olive Grove

Wednesday

5-3

Villa.gif

Aston Villa

2509-2.png

🟥 3 Dec 1892, Villa 3-5 Wednesday, Olive Grove

Villa.gif
2509-2.png
MATCH TIMELINE
Saturday, 3 December 1892

⚽ | 15’ Goal, 1-0, Peter Dowds
🚑 | Player retires from field of play with injury, Charlie Athersmith, eye injury
🚑 | Player returns to field of play with injury, Charlie Athersmith, eye injury
🥅 | 25’ Goal, 1-1, (Sheffield Wednesday), Spikesley
🥅 | Goal, 1-2, (Sheffield Wednesday), Rowan
🥅 | Goal, 1-3, (Sheffield Wednesday), Davis
🕒 | HT Sheffield Wednesday 3-1 Aston Villa
🥅 | Goal, 1-4, (Sheffield Wednesday), Woolhouse
🥅 | Goal, 1-5, (Sheffield Wednesday), Mumford
⚽ | Goal, 2-5, Jack Devey
⚽ | Goal, 3-5, Jack Devey
🕒 | FT Sheffield Wednesday 5-3 Aston Villa

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

🟥 3 Dec 1892, Villa 3-5 Wednesday, Olive Grove

Villa.gif
ON THIS DAY
Saturday, 3 December 1892
  • Villa face Sheffield Wednesday for the first time in competitive football, Wednesday become the 34th team that the Villa first team has played in League or Cup football. 

  • Villa lose at the Olive Grove as they are beaten for the second time in three games.

  • Jack Devey scores a brace but Villa are already 1-5 down as they lose for the second time in three.

🟥 3 Dec 1892, Villa 3-5 Wednesday, Olive Grove

Villa.gif
DEBUT APPEARANCES

None

FINAL APPEARANCES

None

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

Aston Villa

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

Sheffield Wednesday

Villa.gif
2509-2.png

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

FIXTURE HISTORY
Sheffield Wednesday
Villa.gif
2509-2.png
Previous 5 vs. Wednesday: None

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

Sheffield Wednesday

PREVIOUS MATCH
None
2509-2.png

Sheffield Wednesday

SUBSEQUENT MATCH

🟥 3 Dec 1892, Villa 3-5 Wednesday, Olive Grove

FIXTURE DETAILS
Villa.gif
2509-2.png

Season | 1892-93 |
Matchday | #17 |
League Match | #17 |
Manager Game | #135 |
Saturday, 3 December 1892

2020-21 (h) Aston Villa Kit.gif

🟥 3 Dec 1892, Villa 3-5 Wednesday, Olive Grove

MATCH SUMMARY
Villa.gif
2509-2.png

Manager: George Ramsay | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | Glasgow, 1886-1926 led Management Committee
Referee: John Lewis | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Blackburn, 1889-
HT Score: 🟥 1-3
FT Result: 🟥 Lost
FT Score: 🟥 3-5
Last 5: 🟩 🟩 🟥 🟩 🟥

Scorers
Timeline
On This Day
Trophies
Fixture
Manager
MANAGERIAL RECORD
Villa.gif
George Ramsay | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | 1886-1926

🕒 135 | 🟩 68 🟨 17 🟥 50 | 1.64

Villa Career Form:

Top 6

George Ramsay | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | 1886-1926

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

🟥 3 Dec 1892, Villa 3-5 Wednesday, Olive Grove

Villa.gif
MATCH OFFICIALS

Referee: John Lewis | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Blackburn, 1889-

VAR PROFILE (from 2021)

CARDS
Villa.gif

None

CARDS
2509-2.png

None

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

🟥 3 Dec 1892, Villa 3-5 Wednesday, Olive Grove

Villa.gif
TEAM NEWS
TEAM STATS

Bill Dunning, Gershom Cox and Charlie Athersmith return with Bob Roberts, Arthur Stokes and Charlie Hare making way.

Starting XI Average Age
| 25.97 |

Oldest Player |
F Albert Brown | 30.93 |

Youngest Player |
W Charlie Athersmith | 20.58 |

Referee

🟥 3 Dec 1892, Villa 3-5 Wednesday, Olive Grove

MANAGER

George Ramsay | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | 1886-1926

Villa.gif
Aston Villa

GK Bill Dunning | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
CB Jimmy Cowan | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
D Gershom Cox | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
FB Walter Evans | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 |
M George Campbell | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
M James Brown | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
M Peter Dowds | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | ⚽ |
W Charlie Athersmith | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
F Dennis Hodgetts | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
F Jack Devey | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | ⚽ | ⚽ |
F Albert Brown | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

MANAGER

Arthur Dickinson | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

2509-2.png
Sheffield Wednesday

GK W. Allan
B T. Brandon
B J. Darroch
HB H. Brandon
HB W. Betts
HB A.C. Mumford | ⚽ |
F H. Davis | ⚽ |
F H. Woolhouse | ⚽ |
F A. Rowan | ⚽ |
F A. Brady
F F. Spikesley | ⚽ |

Line Ups

🟥 3 Dec 1892, Villa 3-5 Wednesday, Olive Grove

SUBSTITUTES
Villa.gif

No Substitutions permitted in period

SUBSTITUTES

No Substitutions Permitted in Period

2509-2.png
Substitutes

🟥 3 Dec 1892, Villa 3-5 Wednesday, Olive Grove

UNUSED SUBSTITUTES
Villa.gif

No Substitutions permitted in period

UNUSED SUBSTITUTES
2509-2.png

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

Villa.gif

🟥 3 Dec 1892, Villa 3-5 Wednesday, Olive Grove

MATCHDAY SQUAD BIOGRAPHIES
STARTING XI
🕒
🔥
🟩
🟨
🟥
🥅
Yellow
Red
GK Bill Dunning | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
SUBSTITUTES
Player
🕒
🔁
🔥
🟩
🟨
🟥
🥅
Yellow
Red
UNUSED
Player
🇺

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

Squad Bios

🟥 3 Dec 1892, Villa 3-5 Wednesday, Olive Grove

SQUAD STATS
Villa.gif

SQUAD STATS
2509-2.png

🟥 3 Dec 1892, Villa 3-5 Wednesday, Olive Grove

MATCHDAY SQUAD
Villa.gif

MATCHDAY SQUAD
2509-2.png

🟥 3 Dec 1892, Villa 3-5 Wednesday, Olive Grove

UNAVAILABLE
Villa.gif

Not recorded

UNAVAILABLE
Villa.gif

Not Recorded

Unavailable
LEAGUE TABLE
Villa.gif
2509-2.png
Tables & Programmes
🟩 12 Apr 2025, Villa 3-0 Southampton, St Mary's TBL.png
MATCHDAY PROGRAMME
Villa.gif
2509-2.png
2021-22 Matchweek 38.jpg

🟥 3 Dec 1892, Villa 3-5 Wednesday, Olive Grove

Villa.gif
2509-2.png
MATCH QUOTES
"With the advantage of the wind behind them, Wednesday pressed hard at the beginning of the second half, and within a few minutes goals by Woolhouse and Mumford gave the home side a lead of four points."
Quotes

🟥 3 Dec 1892, Villa 3-5 Wednesday, Olive Grove

Villa.gif
2509-2.png
MATCH REPORTS

Opens in New Window

*The Birmingham Daily Post*
Monday, 5 December 1892
SHEFFIELD WEDNESDAY V. ASTON VILLA These clubs met in dull, cold weather, at Sheffield, before 6,000 people. Both teams were thoroughly representative, but the soft state of the ground seriously handicapped the efforts of the players. With the wind in their favour, Aston Villa, scored through Dowds within a quarter of an hour, but about ten minutes later Spikesley equalised. Rowani followed with a second goal for Sheffield, and Davis put on another, the home side thus leading when the team crossed over by 3 goals to 1. With the advantage of the wind behind them, Wednesday pressed hard at the beginning of the second half, and within a few minutes goals by Woolhouse and Mumford gave the home side a lead of four points. Devey, however, followed with a goal for the Villa, and after some even play the same member of the visiting eleven obtained another point. Nothing else of importance being done the match ended in a victory for Sheffield Wednesday by 5 goals to 3,
Reports

🟥 3 Dec 1892, Villa 3-5 Wednesday, Olive Grove

Villa.gif
2509-2.png
MATCH VIDEO
Videos
bottom of page