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
PROGRAMME

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.