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Game #249

Saturday, 28 September 1895

Attendance: 15,000

Drew

Division One

3rd

Blackburn Rovers

WWLWD

Ewood Park

Johnny Campbell hit the opener as Villa draw their first game of the season to sit 3rd in the early First Division table, a point behind leaders Stoke and Bolton with five games played.

Blackburn Rovers

1-1

Aston Villa

Assists(s) | Not recorded

KEY MAN

Johnny Campbell, hit the opener, Saturday, 28 September 1895

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MATCH TIMELINE

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FT Blackburn Rovers 1-1 Aston Villa

ON THIS DAY

Villa draw their first game of the season to sit 3rd in the early First Division table, a point behind leaders Stoke and Bolton with five games played.

Aston Villa

Blackburn Rovers

FIXTURE HISTORY

Previous 5 vs. Blackburn: | 🟨 | 🟥 | 🟩 | 🟩 | 🟩 |

FIXTURE DETAILS

Season | 1895-96 |
Matchday | #5 |
League Match | #5 |
Manager Game | #223 |
Saturday, 28 September 1895

MATCH SUMMARY

Manager | George Ramsay led Management Committee |
FT Score | 1-1 |
FT Result | Drew |
Last 5 Games | WWLWD |

MATCH OFFICIALS

CARDS

Villa

Blackburn Rovers

All the matches

TEAM NEWS

Villa make one change from the team that defeated Derby last time out with Howard Spencer coming in for Fred Burton.

TEAM STATS

Starting XI Average Age
| 25.29 |

Oldest Player |
F Dennis Hodgetts | 31.85 |

Youngest Player |
FB Howard Spencer | 20.11 |

MANAGER

MANAGER

George Ramsay led Management Committee

Aston Villa

GK Harry Wilkes |
CB Jimmy Cowan |
FB Jimmy Welford |
FB Howard Spencer |
M Jack Reynolds |
M Jimmy Crabtree |
W Charlie Athersmith |
W Jack Cowan |
F Johnny Campbell |
F Jack Devey |
F Dennis Hodgetts |

Blackburn Rovers

SUBSTITUTES

No Substitutions permitted in period

SUBSTITUTES

UNUSED SUBSTITUTES

No Substitutions permitted in period

UNUSED SUBSTITUTES

SQUAD STATS

MATCHDAY SQUAD

SQUAD STATS

MATCHDAY SQUAD

UNAVAILABLE

Not recorded

UNAVAILABLE

Not Recorded

Player Abbreviations:

GK : Goalkeeper

LB, RB, FB : Left Back, Right Back, Full Back

CB, D : Centre Back, Defender

M, W : Midfielder. Winger

F, CF : Forward, Centre Forward

🟢 : Debut 🔴 : Final Game

Symbols:

⚽ | Goal
🔥 | Assist
🔁 | Substitution

🟨 | Booking

🟥 | Sending off

🆘 | Poor refereeing performance

DEBUT APPEARANCES

FINAL APPEARANCES

MATCH STATS

Not recorded

TABLE

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PROGRAMME

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MATCHDAY QUOTES

"For a time the Villa played Rovers almost to a standstill, their front rank being streets ahead in combination than that of their opponents."

*The Manchester Courier and Lancashire General Advertiser*
Monday, 30 September 1895

Blackburn Rovers v. Aston Villa.

At Blackburn, before 15,000 spectators. Despite the fact that the weather was terribly hot, the pace was fast from the start, and the game was most stubbornly contested.

The ball travelled rapidly from end to end, and both goalkeepers were often called upon, Ogilvie, however, having most to do.

After 23 minutes' play Campbell scored a grand goal for the Villa from a scrummage. Killean had a grand opening given him of equalising, but shot very tamely, and half time arrived with the score:—Aston Villa, one goal; Blackburn Rovers, none.

The second half was as strenuously fought as the previous one.

For a time the Villa played Rovers almost to a standstill, their front rank being streets ahead in combination than that of their opponents.

Ogilvie's brilliant goalkeeping, however, kept them from scoring, and after a while the Rovers' attack improved, but Spencer and Welford offered a stubborn resistance.

Twenty minutes from the end Chippendale equalised from a scrummage. The Rovers continued the pressure, and Wilkes saved with difficulty twice in quick succession. Final Score: Blackburn Rovers 1, Aston Villa 1