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Game #279

Saturday, 19 September 1896

Attendance: 25,000

Won

Division One

6th

Everton

WWLDW

Goodison Park

Johnny Campbell hit a hat-trick as after a muted start to their title defence, reigning Champions Villa beat early League pace-setters Albion on their own patch and as a result climb to 6th in the early First Division table.

Everton

2-3

Aston Villa (Champions)

Assists(s) | Not recorded

KEY MAN

Johnny Campbell, hit a hat-trick to beat Everton, Saturday, 19 September 1896.

RELATED MATCHES

MATCH TIMELINE

[Exact timings not recorded]
Goal, 1-0, Johnny Campbell
Goal, 2-0, Johnny Campbell
HT Everton 0-2 Aston Villa
Goal, 3-0, Johnny Campbell
Goal, 3-1, (Everton)
Goal, 3-2, (Everton)
FT Everton 2-3 Aston Villa

ON THIS DAY

After a muted start to their title defence, reigning Champions Villa beat early League pace-setters Albion on their own patch and as a result climb to 6th in the early First Division table.

Aston Villa

Everton

FIXTURE HISTORY

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

FIXTURE DETAILS

Season | 1896-97 |
Matchday | #4 |
League Match | #4 |
Manager Game | #253 |
Saturday, 19 September 1896

MATCH SUMMARY

Manager | George Ramsay led Management Committee |
FT Score | 3-2 |
FT Result | Won |
Last 5 Games | WWLDW |

MATCH OFFICIALS

CARDS

Villa

Everton

TEAM NEWS

Jimmy Whitehouse returns in goal for Harry Wilkes in the only change from the team that drew with Sheffield United last time out.

TEAM STATS

Starting XI Average Age
| 25.91 |

Oldest Player |
F Jack Devey | 29.75 |

Youngest Player |
FB Howard Spencer | 21.09 |

MANAGER

George Ramsay led Management Committee

MANAGER

Aston Villa

GK Jimmy Whitehouse |
CB Jimmy Cowan |
FB Howard Spencer |
M Fred Burton |
M Jack Reynolds |
M Jimmy Crabtree |
W Jack Cowan |
W Charlie Athersmith |
F Johnny Campbell |
F Fred Wheldon |
F Jack Devey |

Everton

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

"The second half was fought just as keenly, and Everton for a while looked like scoring, but the first goal resulted to the Villa, this time through Campbell."

*The Sporting Life*
Monday, 21 September 1896

EVERTON V. ASTON VILLA

The presence of the League champions, Aston Villa, at Goodison Park, Liverpool, always proves a great draw, and on Saturday they maintained their character. The day was altogether against a big gate, a gusty wind accompanied heavy rain showers almost all the day. Still this did not prevent fully 25,000 spectators lining the ropes when the start was made, and this number was increased after the interval to quite 30,000.

The Villa put their best side on the field and so did Everton. The result was a game which, though the Villans held a decided advantage in the first half never for a single moment lost its absorbing interest.

The Evertonians right from the start went off and got at close quarters, but Whitehouse was not to be beaten, for he got rid of several fierce shots from Milward Cameron, and Chadwick. Then the Villa forwards got the better of the Everton halves, and Campbell, Devey, and others went straight for goal. Baker, however, proved a stumbling block, and Briggs several times fisted out brilliantly.

The Villa vanguard, however were not to be kept back, and though the Everton defenders were sound, Campbell eventually got through and beat Briggs with an irresistible long shot.

This did not by any means dispirit the home lot, but they had found more than their match when playing against the wind.

Campbell soon put the Villa up two goals, and though Cameron, the ex-Queen’s Park man, got right in and shot brilliantly, the home side could not score before the interval, when they were two goals to the bad.

The second half was fought just as keenly, and Everton for a while looked like scoring, but the first goal resulted to the Villa, this time through Campbell.

The Evertonians worked up brilliant passing, and a mistake by the defence let them in and they scored. This set them on their mettle, and just before the close Milward put on a second, and the game ended, amid tremendous excitement, with the score—Villa, three; Everton, two.