Game #262

Aston Villa

11-3-7, 25 PTS

Thursday, 26 December 1895

Won

3rd

Last 5: 🟩 🟥 🟩 🟥 🟩

Division One

Wolverhampton Wanderers

6-1-10 13 PTS

Molineux

Attendance: 22,200

🟩 26 Dec 1895, Villa 2-1 Wolves, Molineux

Wolves

1-2

Aston Villa

Scorer(s) | Steve Smith | 1-1 | Howard Spencer | 2-1 |

🟩 26 Dec 1895, Villa 2-1 Wolves, Molineux

MATCH TIMELINE

Thursday, 26 December 1895

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 1895, Villa 2-1 Wolves, Molineux

ON THIS DAY

Thursday, 26 December 1895

Steve Smith opened the scoring as Villa win for only the third time in seven, via the referee's leg, and remain in third place in the table but are now only two points behind leaders Everton with a game in hand.

🟩 26 Dec 1895, Villa 2-1 Wolves, Molineux

DEBUT APPEARANCES

None

FINAL APPEARANCES

None

PREVIOUS MATCH

🟥 21 Dec 1895, Villa 0-2 Everton, Goodison

SUBSEQUENT MATCH

🟩 28 Dec 1895, Villa 2-0 Bury, Wellington Road

Aston Villa

League Champions: 🏆
FA Cup Winners: 🏆🏆
Last Trophy: 1894–95

Wolverhampton Wanderers

League Champions: ❌
FA Cup Winners: 🏆
Last Trophy: 1892-93

FIXTURE HISTORY

Wolverhampton Wanderers

Previous 5 vs. Wolves: 🟥 🟩 🟨 🟩 🟨

All the matches

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

Wolverhampton Wanderers

PREVIOUS MATCH

🟨 15 Apr 1895, Villa 2-2 Wolves, Wellington Road

Wolverhampton Wanderers

SUBSEQUENT MATCH

🟩 6 Apr 1896, Villa 4-1 Wolves, Wellington Road

🟩 26 Dec 1895, Villa 2-1 Wolves, Molineux

FIXTURE DETAILS

Season | 1895-96 |
Matchday | #18 |
League Match | #18 |
Manager Game | #236 |
Thursday, 26 December 1895

🟩 26 Dec 1895, Villa 2-1 Wolves, Molineux

MATCH SUMMARY

Manager: George Ramsay | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | Glasgow, 1886-1926 led Management Committee
Referee: Arthur Roston Bourke | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | London
HT Score: 🟥 0-1
FT Result: 🟩 Won
FT Score: 🟩 2-1
Last 5: 🟩 🟥 🟩 🟥 🟩

Scorers

Timeline

On This Day

Trophies

Fixture

Manager

MANAGERIAL RECORD

George Ramsay | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | 1886-1926

🕒 236 | 🟩 129 🟨 35 🟥 72 | 1.79

Villa Career Form:

Top 6

George Ramsay | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | 1886-1926

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

🟩 26 Dec 1895, Villa 2-1 Wolves, Molineux

MATCH OFFICIALS

Referee: Arthur Roston Bourke | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | London, 1895-

REFEREE PROFILE

Referee: Arthur Roston Bourke | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | London, 1895-

VAR PROFILE (from 2021)

CARDS

None

CARDS

None

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

🟩 26 Dec 1895, Villa 2-1 Wolves, Molineux

TEAM NEWS

TEAM STATS

Villa named an unchanged line up for the second successive game.

Referee

🟩 26 Dec 1895, Villa 2-1 Wolves, Molineux

MANAGER

George Ramsay | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | 1886-1926

Aston Villa

GK Harry Wilkes | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
FB Howard Spencer | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | ⚽ |
FB Jimmy Welford | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Jack Reynolds | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Jimmy Crabtree | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
W Charlie Athersmith | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 🔥 |
W Steve Smith | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | ⚽ |
F Dennis Hodgetts | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
F Jack Devey | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
F Johnny Campbell | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
F Bob Chatt | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

MANAGER

Jack Addenbrooke | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

Wolverhampton Wanderers

Rose
Dunn
Baugh
Owen
Malpass
Nurse
Black
Wood
Bests
Henderson
R. Topham

Line Ups

🟩 26 Dec 1895, Villa 2-1 Wolves, Molineux

SUBSTITUTES

No Substitutions permitted in period

SUBSTITUTES

No Substitutions Permitted in Period

Substitutes

🟩 26 Dec 1895, Villa 2-1 Wolves, Molineux

UNUSED SUBSTITUTES

No Substitutions permitted in period

UNUSED SUBSTITUTES

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

🟩 26 Dec 1895, Villa 2-1 Wolves, Molineux

MATCHDAY SQUAD BIOGRAPHIES

STARTING XI

	🕒	✅	⚽	🔥	🟩	🟨	🟥	🥅	⛔	Yellow	Red
GK Harry Wilkes \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \|

FB Howard Spencer | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

SUBSTITUTES

Player	🕒	🔁	⚽	🔥	🟩	🟨	🟥	🥅	⛔	Yellow	Red

UNUSED

Player	🇺

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

Squad Bios

🟩 26 Dec 1895, Villa 2-1 Wolves, Molineux

SQUAD STATS

🟩 26 Dec 1895, Villa 2-1 Wolves, Molineux

MATCHDAY SQUAD

🟩 26 Dec 1895, Villa 2-1 Wolves, Molineux

UNAVAILABLE

Not recorded

UNAVAILABLE

Not Recorded

Unavailable

LEAGUE TABLE

Tables & Programmes

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MATCHDAY PROGRAMME

🟩 26 Dec 1895, Villa 2-1 Wolves, Molineux

MATCH QUOTES

“The Wanderers’ back division was again soon troubled, as the Villa ran down in a determined manner. Rose saved a couple of hot shots, but a minute later the ball glanced off the referee’s leg into the net, and the Villa were placed in front. The decision of the referee appeared to create much surprises even among the Villa players who were quite overjoyed at their good fortune.”

Quotes

🟩 26 Dec 1895, Villa 2-1 Wolves, Molineux

MATCH REPORTS

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The Manchester Courier and Lancashire General Advertiser
Friday, 27 December 1895

Wolverhampton Wanderers v. Aston Villa. Played at Wolverhampton, in frosty weather, before 15,000 spectators. Both sides were fully represented. The Wanderers played Topham on the right wing. The ground was hard and foothold difficult. The Wanderers scored through Owen in 20 minutes. Villa pressed for a long time after this reverse, but could not break through. Half-time score : Wanderers, one goal; Villa, nil The second half play was of an even character. Wilkes saved a shot from Wood, and Rose fisted twice in rapid succession, but could not stop from one from Smith, and then the Villa scored again soon after. Out of a scrummage later the Wanderers made several efforts to get on level terms, but failed, and Aston could not increase the score. Final Score : Villa 2 Wolverhampton Wanderers 1

Reports

🟩 26 Dec 1895, Villa 2-1 Wolves, Molineux

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