Game #22
Aston Villa
Saturday, 6 December 1884
Walsall Town
0-2
Aston Villa
FA Cup
Walsall Town
The Chuckery
Attendance: 5,000
Won
2nd Round
Last 5: 🟩 🟩 🟥 🟩 🟩
Assist(s) | None
MATCH SUMMARY
KEY MAN
MATCH TIMELINE
Saturday, 6 December 1884
💥 | 1’ Villa line up with 10 men
⚽ | 10’ Goal, 1-0, Olly Whateley
💥 | 45' Walsall score after half time whistle is blow, refreee Slaney disallows the goal
🕒 | HT Walsall Town 0-1 Aston Villa
💥 | 46’ Villa line up with 11 men
⚽ | 65’ Goal, 2-0, Archie Hunter
🕒 | FT Walsall Town 0-2 Aston Villa
ON THIS DAY
Villa play the whole of the first half with 10-men as the selected Robert Price had not arrived in time for kick off but it doesn't prevent them progressing to the third round and a first ever FA Cup tie with West Bromwich Albion.
Aston Villa
FA Cup Winners: ❌
Last Trophy: ❌
Walsall Town
FA Cup Winners: ❌
Last Trophy: ❌
FIXTURE DETAILS
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Season | 1884-85 |
Matchday | #2 |
Manager Game | #22 |
Saturday, 6 December 1884
MATCH SUMMARY
Manager: Management Committee 1879-86
Referee: T. C. Slaney | 🏴 | Secretary of Staffordshire Association, 1884-
HT Score: 🟩 1-0
FT Score: 🟩 2-0
FT Result: 🟩 Won
Last 5: 🟩 🟩 🟥 🟩 🟩
MANAGERIAL RECORD
Management Committee 1879-86
GAMES | WINS | DRAWS | LOSSES | POINTS PER GAME
🕒 22 | 🟩 | 15 🟨 | 3 🟥 4 | 2.18
Villa Career Form:
Champions
MATCH OFFICIALS
Referee: T. C. Slaney | 🏴 | Secretary of Staffordshire Association, 1884-
Matches Officiated: 1
🟩 : 1
🟨 : 0
🟥 : 0
🆘 : 0
Previous 5: None
Last Match: None
Cards: None
Umpires: William McGregor (Villa) and Adams (Walsall)
TEAM NEWS
Villa field an unchanged line up but Robert Price is too late to take the field until half time.
TEAM STATS
Starting XI Average Age:
| 25.42 |
Oldest Player:
IL Eli Davis | 🏴 | 29.04 |
Youngest Player:
W Albert Brown | 🏴 | 22.93 |
MANAGER
Management Committee 1879-86
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Aston Villa
GK Alf Harvey | 🏴 |
B Joe Simmonds | 🏴 |
B Tom Riddell | 🏴 |
B Robert Price | 🏴 |
HB Fred Dawson | 🏴 |
HB Arthur Brown | 🏴 |
IL Eli Davis | 🏴 |
IL Howard Vaughton | 🏴 |
IR Albert Brown | 🏴 |
CF Olly Whateley | 🏴 | ⚽ |
CF Archie Hunter | 🏴 | ⚽ |
MANAGER
Unknown
Walsall Town
GK Icke
B Reynolds
B Cox
HB Brettle
HB Collington
HB Beech
RF Shaw
RF Hunter
LF Ash
LF Dodsworth
CF Bradbury
SUBSTITUTES
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No Substitutions permitted in period
SUBSTITUTES
No Substitutions permitted in period
UNUSED SUBSTITUTES
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No Substitutions permitted in period
UNUSED SUBSTITUTES
No Substitutions permitted in period
SQUAD STATS
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Villa XI:
Home Nation 🏴 🏴 🏴 🇬🇧 : 11/11
SQUAD STATS
Walsall XI:
Home Nation 🏴 🏴 🏴 🇬🇧 : 11/11
MATCHDAY SQUAD
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MATCHDAY SQUAD
UNAVAILABLE
![Villa.gif](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/9be7fa_96a57f1d2d7a47c2b98d9218b9892ca5~mv2.gif)
Not recorded
UNAVAILABLE
Not Recorded
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
DEBUT APPEARANCES
FINAL APPEARANCES
MATCH STATS
Not recorded
MATCH QUOTES
MATCH REPORT
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*The Birmingham Daily Mail*
Saturday, 6 December 1884
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