Game #262
Aston Villa
11-3-7, 25 PTS
Thursday, 26 December 1895
3rd
Last 5: 🟩 🟥 🟩 🟥 🟩
Won
2-1
🟩 26 Dec 1895, Villa 2-1 Wolves, Molineux
Division One
Wolverhampton Wanderers
6-1-10 13 PTS
Molineux
Attendance: 22,200
On This Day
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.
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 | 🏴 |
George Ramsay | 🏴 | 1886-1926
Substitutes
No Substitutions permitted in period
Unused Substitutes
No Substitutions permitted in period
Yellow Cards (Warnings, Cautions, Bookings)
None
Red Cards (Ordered from Field of Play, Dismissals, Sendings Off)
None
Trophy Record
League Champions: 🏆
FA Cup Winners: 🏆🏆
Last Trophy: 1894–95
Matchday Squad
Unavailable
Not recorded
Team News
Villa named an unchanged line up for the second successive game.
Team Stats
Starting XI Average Age
| 25.09 |
Oldest Player |
F Dennis Hodgetts | 32.10 |
Youngest Player |
FB Howard Spencer | 20.36 |
Debut Appearances
None
Final Appearances
None
Substitutes
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GK Sub
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⛔
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Sub 1
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🟨
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⚽
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Sub 2
🟩
🟨
🟥
🕒
🔁
⚽
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Sub 3
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Sub 4
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Sub 5
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Scorer(s) | Steve Smith | 1-1 | Howard Spencer | 2-1 |
Assist(s) | Charlie Athersmith | 1-1 | Referee Rourke | 2-1 |
Match Timeline
🥅 | 20’ Goal, 0-1 (Wolverhampton Wanderers), Owen
🕒 | HT Wolverhampton Wanderers 1-0 Aston Villa
⚽ | Goal, 1-1, Steve Smith, Assist by Charlie Athersmith
⚽ | Goal, 2-1, Howard Spencer, referee Rourke's leg
🕒 | FT Wolverhampton Wanderers 1-2 Aston Villa
Season | 1895-96 |
Matchday | #18 |
League Match | #18 |
Manager Game | #236 |
Thursday, 26 December 1895
Match Record
Game Record
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: 🟩 🟥 🟩 🟥 🟩
Officials
Referee: Arthur Roston Bourke | 🏴 | London, 1895-
Previous 5 vs. Wolves: 🟥 🟩 🟨 🟩 🟨
Head to Head
Total 🕒 21 | 🟩 W9 (43% ) | 🟨 D7 | 🇺(76% ) | 🟥 L5 (24% ) | ⚽ 46 | 🥅 34 | GD 12
Match Stats
Not recorded
George Ramsay | 🏴 | 1886-1926
🕒 236 | 🟩 129 🟨 35 🟥 72 | 1.79
Villa Career Form:
Top 6
What they Said
“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.”
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
Rose
Dunn
Baugh
Owen
Malpass
Nurse
Black
Wood
Bests
Henderson
R. Topham
Jack Addenbrooke | 🏴 |
Substitutes
No Substitutions Permitted in Period
Unused Substitutes
No Substitutions Permitted in Period
Yellow Cards (Warnings, Cautions, Bookings)
None
Red Cards (Ordered from Field of Play, Dismissals, Sendings Off)
None
Opposition Trophy Record
League Champions: ❌
FA Cup Winners: 🏆
Last Trophy: 1892-93
Opposition Matchday Squad
Opposition Unavailable
Not Recorded
League Table
1895-96
Playing Squad
GK Edward Harris | 🏴 | #114 |
GK Harry Wilkes | 🏴 | #105 |
CB Jimmy Cowan | 🏴 | #56 |
FB Howard Spencer | 🏴 | #108 |
FB Jim Elliott | 🏴 | #95 |
FB Jimmy Welford | 🏴 | #98 |
M Fred Burton | 🏴 | #89 |
M Jack Reynolds | 🏴 | #96 |
M Jeremiah Griffiths | 🏴 | #115 |
M Jimmy Crabtree | 🏴 | #112 |
W Charlie Athersmith | 🏴 | #73 |
W Jack Cowan | 🏴 | #113 |
W Steve Smith | 🏴 | #100 |
F Billy Dorrell | 🏴 | #106 |
F Bob Chatt | 🏴 | #94 |
F Dennis Hodgetts | 🏴 | #38 |
CF Jack Devey | 🏴 | #74 |
F Johnny Campbell | 🏴 | #111 |
