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Game #211

Aston Villa

Saturday, 8 September 1894

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Won

DWWWW

Division One

Liverpool

Anfield

Attendance: 15,000

🟩 8 Sep 1894, Villa 2-1 Liverpool, Anfield

Liverpool

1-2

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Aston Villa (Champions)

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🟩 8 Sep 1894, Villa 2-1 Liverpool, Anfield

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MATCH TIMELINE
Saturday, 8 September 1894

[Exact timings not recorded]
1’ Debut, Billy Dorrell
Goal, 0-1, (Liverpool)
HT Liverpool 1-0 Aston Villa
Goal, 1-1, Steve Smith
Goal, 2-1, Charlie Athersmith
FT Liverpool 1-2 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

🟩 8 Sep 1894, Villa 2-1 Liverpool, Anfield

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ON THIS DAY
Saturday, 8 September 1894
  • Villa face Liverpool for the first time in competitive football, Liverpool become the 36th team that the Villa first team has played in League or Cup football and the first new opponent Villa have faced since playing Sheffield United 29 games previously.

  • Reigning Champions Villa won their second match in succession against League new boys. Forward Billy Dorrell made his Villa debut aged 22 after joining from Leicester Fosse for a fee of £250.

🟩 8 Sep 1894, Villa 2-1 Liverpool, Anfield

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DEBUT APPEARANCES

FINAL APPEARANCES

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

Aston Villa

League Champions: 🏆
FA Cup Winners: 🏆
Last Trophy: 1893–94

Liverpool

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

FIXTURE HISTORY
Liverpool
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Previous 5 vs. Liverpool: None

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

Liverpool

PREVIOUS MATCH
None
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Liverpool

SUBSEQUENT MATCH

🟩 8 Sep 1894, Villa 2-1 Liverpool, Anfield

FIXTURE DETAILS
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Season | 1894-95 |
Matchday | #2 |
League Match | #2 |
Manager Game | #185 |
Saturday, 8 September 1894

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🟩 8 Sep 1894, Villa 2-1 Liverpool, Anfield

MATCH SUMMARY
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Manager | George Ramsay led Management Committee |
FT Score | 2-1 |
FT Result | Won |
Last 5 Games | DWWWW |

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

🕒 185 | 🟩 98 🟨 27 🟥 60 | 1.74

Villa Career Form:

Top 6

George Ramsay | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | 1886-1926

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

🟩 8 Sep 1894, Villa 2-1 Liverpool, Anfield

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MATCH OFFICIALS

REFEREE PROFILE

VAR PROFILE (from 2021)

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

🟩 8 Sep 1894, Villa 2-1 Liverpool, Anfield

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TEAM NEWS
TEAM STATS

Villa make three changes from the team that beat Small Heath on the opening day of the season with Jim Elliott, Jack Devey and Billy Dorrell (debut) replacing John Baird, Dennis Hodgetts and Bob Gordon.

Starting XI Average Age
| 24.06 |

Oldest Player |
F Jack Devey | 27.72 |

Youngest Player |
GK Harry Wilkes | 20.24 |

Referee

🟩 8 Sep 1894, Villa 2-1 Liverpool, Anfield

MANAGER

George Ramsay | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | 1886-1926

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Aston Villa

GK Harry Wilkes |
CB Jimmy Cowan |
FB Jim Elliott |
FB Jimmy Welford |
M Jack Reynolds |
M George Russell |
W Steve Smith |
W Charlie Athersmith |
F Bob Chatt |
F Jack Devey |
F Billy Dorrell |

MANAGER

William Edward Barclay | 🇮🇪 | John McKenna | 🇮🇪 |

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Liverpool

Line Ups

🟩 8 Sep 1894, Villa 2-1 Liverpool, Anfield

SUBSTITUTES
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No Substitutions permitted in period

SUBSTITUTES

No Substitutions Permitted in Period

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Substitutes

🟩 8 Sep 1894, Villa 2-1 Liverpool, Anfield

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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🟩 8 Sep 1894, Villa 2-1 Liverpool, Anfield

MATCHDAY SQUAD BIOGRAPHIES
STARTING XI
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🟥
🥅
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Red
GK Harry Wilkes | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
SUBSTITUTES
Player
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🟨
🟥
🥅
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Red
UNUSED
Player
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Games 🕒, Starts ✅, Substitute 🔁, Goals ⚽, Assists 🔥, Won 🟩, Drew 🟨, Lost 🟥, Conceded 🥅, Clean Sheets ⛔, Unused Substitute 🇺

Squad Bios

🟩 8 Sep 1894, Villa 2-1 Liverpool, Anfield

SQUAD STATS
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SQUAD STATS
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🟩 8 Sep 1894, Villa 2-1 Liverpool, Anfield

MATCHDAY SQUAD
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MATCHDAY SQUAD
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🟩 8 Sep 1894, Villa 2-1 Liverpool, Anfield

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Not Recorded

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LEAGUE TABLE
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Tables & Programmes
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MATCHDAY PROGRAMME
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🟩 8 Sep 1894, Villa 2-1 Liverpool, Anfield

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MATCH QUOTES
"Once having tasted blood the Villa could not be kept back."
Quotes

🟩 8 Sep 1894, Villa 2-1 Liverpool, Anfield

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MATCH REPORTS

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*The Sporting Life*
Monday, 10 September 1894
LIVERPOOL v. ASTON VILLA. VILLA PULL A GAME OUT OF THE FIRE. The Liverpool team played their initial First Division League game at Liverpool, their visitors being the champions, Aston Villa, and there were 16,000 spectators present. The Villains had to face the sun in the first half. The home side pressed, Bradshaw all but scoring. Elliott, however, defended grandly, and Athersmith and Smith were each near scoring. The Liverpool spoiled a chance by off side play, but just before the interval the home side forwards bore down in a body, and score, Bradshaw doing the trick. The Villa could not get through. In the second moiety the Brums went to work with a will, but Hannah and M’Lean defended superbly. As the close was approaching Smith got through and beat M’Cann and once having tasted blood the Villa could not be kept back, and Athersmith scored again. Result : Villa, two ; Liverpool, one.
Reports

🟩 8 Sep 1894, Villa 2-1 Liverpool, Anfield

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