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Game #229

Aston Villa

11-1-6, 23 PTS

Wednesday, 26 December 1894

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Won

2nd

Last 5: 🟩 🟩 🟩 🟩 🟩

Division One

Stoke

3-3-11, 9 PTS

Wellington Road, Perry Barr

Attendance: 11,000

🟩 26 Dec 1894, Villa 6-0 Stoke, Wellington Road

Aston Villa (Champions)

6-0

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Stoke

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🟩 26 Dec 1894, Villa 6-0 Stoke, Wellington Road

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MATCH TIMELINE
Wednesday, 26 December 1894

⚽ | Goal, 1-0, Charlie Athersmith, Assist by Steve Smith
⚽ | Goal, 2-0, Jack Reynolds (pen)
🕒 | HT Aston Villa 2-0 Stoke
⚽ | Goal, 3-0, Bob Chatt, Assist by Howard Spencer
⚽ | Goal, 4-0, Charlie Athersmith
⚽ | Goal, 5-0, Jack Devey
⚽ | Goal, 6-0, Charlie Athersmith
🕒 | FT Aston Villa 6-0 Stoke

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

🟩 26 Dec 1894, Villa 6-0 Stoke, Wellington Road

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ON THIS DAY
Wednesday, 26 December 1894
  • Charlie Athersmith hits Villa's second successive hat-trick as the reigning Champions win their sixth successive game to keep them to second place in the table.

🟩 26 Dec 1894, Villa 6-0 Stoke, Wellington Road

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DEBUT APPEARANCES

None

FINAL APPEARANCES

None

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

Aston Villa

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

Stoke

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

FIXTURE HISTORY
Stoke
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Previous 5 vs. Stoke: 🟩 🟩 🟩 🟨 🟥

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

🟩 26 Dec 1894, Villa 6-0 Stoke, Wellington Road

FIXTURE DETAILS
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Season | 1894-95 |
Matchday | #20 |
League Match | #20 |
Manager Game | #203 |
Wednesday, 26 December 1894

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🟩 26 Dec 1894, Villa 6-0 Stoke, Wellington Road

MATCH SUMMARY
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Manager: George Ramsay | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | Glasgow, 1886-1926 led Management Committee
Referee: Unknown
HT Score: 🟩 2-0
FT Result: 🟩 Won
FT Score: 🟩 6-0
Last 5: 🟩 🟩 🟩 🟩 🟩

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

🕒 203 | 🟩 109 🟨 28 🟥 66 | 1.75

Villa Career Form:

Top 6

George Ramsay | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | 1886-1926

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

🟩 26 Dec 1894, Villa 6-0 Stoke, Wellington Road

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MATCH OFFICIALS

Referee: Unknown

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

🟩 26 Dec 1894, Villa 6-0 Stoke, Wellington Road

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TEAM NEWS
TEAM STATS

Villa name an unchanged line up from the team that secured their fifth successive victory last time out.

Starting XI Average Age
| 25.43 |

Oldest Player |
F Dennis Hodgetts | 31.10 |

Youngest Player |
FB Howard Spencer | 19.36 |

Referee

🟩 26 Dec 1894, Villa 6-0 Stoke, Wellington Road

MANAGER

George Ramsay | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | 1886-1926

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Aston Villa

GK Bill Dunning | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
CB Jimmy Cowan | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
FB Howard Spencer | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 🔥 |
FB Jimmy Welford | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M George Russell | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
M Jack Reynolds | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | ⚽ |
W Charlie Athersmith | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | ⚽ | ⚽ | ⚽ |
W Steve Smith | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 🔥 |
F Jack Devey | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | ⚽ |
F Dennis Hodgetts | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
F Bob Chatt | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | ⚽ |

MANAGER

Arthur Reeves | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

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Stoke

Clawley
Forster
Eccles
Christie
Merton
Brodie
Dickson
Evans
Naughton
Farrell
Scholfield

Line Ups

🟩 26 Dec 1894, Villa 6-0 Stoke, Wellington Road

SUBSTITUTES
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No Substitutions permitted in period

SUBSTITUTES

No Substitutions Permitted in Period

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Substitutes

🟩 26 Dec 1894, Villa 6-0 Stoke, Wellington Road

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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🟩 26 Dec 1894, Villa 6-0 Stoke, Wellington Road

MATCHDAY SQUAD BIOGRAPHIES
STARTING XI
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🟨
🟥
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GK Bill Dunning | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
SUBSTITUTES
Player
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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

🟩 26 Dec 1894, Villa 6-0 Stoke, Wellington Road

SQUAD STATS
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SQUAD STATS
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🟩 26 Dec 1894, Villa 6-0 Stoke, Wellington Road

MATCHDAY SQUAD
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MATCHDAY SQUAD
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UNAVAILABLE
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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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🟩 26 Dec 1894, Villa 6-0 Stoke, Wellington Road

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MATCH QUOTES
"In the second half the Perry Barr men had matters all their own way, outplaying their opponents at every point."
Quotes

🟩 26 Dec 1894, Villa 6-0 Stoke, Wellington Road

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MATCH REPORTS

*The Birmingham Daily Post*
Thursday, 27 December 1894
ASTON VILLA V. STOKE. The return League match between these teams was played at Perry Barr, before at crowd of about twelve thousand spectators. Both elevens were thoroughly representative, but the visitors proved no match for Aston Villa, who ran out easy winners by 6 goals to 0. For the first twenty minutes the game was evenly contested, the Villa goal being quite as hotly attacked as was that of the Stoke team. Then, however, the Villa players began to show their superiority, and a well-judged pass to Athersmith enabled that player to run right up to the goal. His shot struck an opposing player and went outside, but the corner kick was not improved upon. The Villa, however, again put on the pressure, and Athersmith receiving the ball from Smith, sent in a successful shot. The Villa once more attacked, and Hodgetts directed in a grand shot, which Clawley saved very, smartly. Stoke after-wards made a hot assault upon the Villa goal, but were ultimately driven out unsuccessful, and just before the interval the Villa were awarded a penalty kick, from which Reynolds put on the second point. This was the state of the game at half-time. In the second half the Perry Barr men had matters all their own way, outplaying their opponents at every point. The forwards and half-backs shot grandly, bu Clawley gave a brilliant exposition of custodianship, and it was fully a quarter of - an hour after the interval before the Villa scored again. Spencer, the back, who played soundly, placed the ball nicely in front of goal, and Chatt headed through. Still keeping up the pressure, the Villa soon got a fourth point, Chatt again scoring ; and subsequently Athersmith burst through the opposing defence and scored a couple of goals unaided. As we said before, the superiority of the Villa was most marked. Their forwards combined beautifully, and shot well, and, but for the exceptionally fine goal-keeping of Clawley, the score would undoubtedly have been much heavier than it was. Hodgetts and Smith were a fine left wing, Devey was a capital centre, playing with great dash, and feeding his wings judiciously and well ; whilst Chatt and Athersmith performed well on the right. The latter, indeed, was the most brilliant forward on the field, making many runs, and centring with deadly accuracy.
Reports

🟩 26 Dec 1894, Villa 6-0 Stoke, Wellington Road

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