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Game #283

Aston Villa

Saturday, 17 October 1896

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Won

4th

WLDWW

Division One

Derby County

Baseball Ground

Attendance: 10,000

🟩 17 Oct 1896, Villa 3-1 Derby, Baseball Ground

Derby County

1-3

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Aston Villa (Champions)

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🟩 17 Oct 1896, Villa 3-1 Derby, Baseball Ground

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MATCH TIMELINE
Saturday, 17 October 1896

[Exact timings not recorded]
Goal, 1-0, Fred Wheldon
Goal, 1-1, (Derby County)
HT Derby County 1-1 Aston Villa
Goal, 2-1, Johnny Campbell
Goal, 3-1, Jack Cowan
FT Derby County 1-3 Aston Villa

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

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ON THIS DAY
Saturday, 17 October 1896
Reigning Champions Villa record consecutive wins for the first time this season and as a result the League table has a more attractive look about it with Villa now in 4th place, two points behind leaders Bolton.

🟩 17 Oct 1896, Villa 3-1 Derby, Baseball Ground

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DEBUT APPEARANCES

FINAL APPEARANCES

Seasons | 🕒 Games | ✅ Starts (🔁 Subs) | ⚽ Goals | 🔥 Assists | 🇺 Unused | Player Number |

Aston Villa

League Champions: 🏆🏆
FA Cup Winners: 🏆🏆
Last Trophy: 1895-96

Derby County

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League Champions: ❌
FA Cup Winners: ❌
Last Trophy: ❌

FIXTURE HISTORY
Derby County
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Previous 5 vs. Derby County: | 🟩 | 🟩 | 🟩 | 🟥 | 🟨 |

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

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FIXTURE DETAILS
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Season | 1896-97 |
Matchday | #8 |
League Match | #8 |
Manager Game | #257 |
Saturday, 17 October 1896

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MATCH SUMMARY
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Manager | George Ramsay led Management Committee |
FT Score | 3-1 |
FT Result | Won |
Last 5 Games | WLDWW |

Scorers
Timeline
On This Day
Trophies
Fixture
Manager
MANAGERIAL RECORD
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George Ramsay | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | 1886-1926

🕒 257 | 🟩 142 🟨 39 🟥 76 | 1.81

Villa Career Form:

Top 4

George Ramsay | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | 1886-1926

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

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MATCH OFFICIALS

REFEREE PROFILE

VAR PROFILE (from 2021)

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

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TEAM NEWS
TEAM STATS

Villa name an unchanged line up from the team that beat Albion last time out.

Starting XI Average Age
| 25.91 |

Oldest Player |
F Jack Devey | 29.83 |

Youngest Player |
FB Howard Spencer | 21.17 |

Referee

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MANAGER

George Ramsay | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | 1886-1926

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Aston Villa

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

MANAGER

Harry Newbould | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

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Derby County

Line Ups

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SUBSTITUTES
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No Substitutions permitted in period

SUBSTITUTES

No Substitutions Permitted in Period

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Substitutes

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UNUSED SUBSTITUTES
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No Substitutions permitted in period

UNUSED SUBSTITUTES
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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

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🟩 17 Oct 1896, Villa 3-1 Derby, Baseball Ground

MATCHDAY SQUAD BIOGRAPHIES
STARTING XI
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🔥
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🟨
🟥
🥅
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Red
GK Jimmy Whitehouse | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
SUBSTITUTES
Player
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🟨
🟥
🥅
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UNUSED
Player
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Games 🕒, Starts ✅, Substitute 🔁, Goals ⚽, Assists 🔥, Won 🟩, Drew 🟨, Lost 🟥, Conceded 🥅, Clean Sheets ⛔, Unused Substitute 🇺

Squad Bios

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SQUAD STATS
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SQUAD STATS
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MATCHDAY SQUAD
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MATCHDAY SQUAD
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UNAVAILABLE
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UNAVAILABLE
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Not Recorded

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LEAGUE TABLE
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Tables & Programmes
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MATCHDAY PROGRAMME
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MATCH QUOTES
"Derby did not make the most of their chances front of goal, and Johnny Goodall’s loss was glaringly apparent. Villa thus won three goals to Derby's one."
Quotes

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MATCH REPORTS

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*The Sporting Life*
Monday, 19 October 1896
DERBY COUNTY V. ASTON VILLA. These teams antagonised each other at Derby on Saturday. There would be close upon 8,000 people present when the game commenced, and Derby, who won the toss, kicked towards the Town goal. M'Queen was at once conspicuous, but he was driven back and Athersmith was seen tearing away, only to be stopped neatly by Methven. The Villa again showed up prominently, but Cox was all there and stopped their progress very opportunely. More brilliant play by M’Queen and Stevenson was followed by run by Bloomer, who forced a corner, which, however, proved fruitless. Then the Villa attacked, and Wheldon rushing up beat A. Goodall and steered the object safely towards the aperture, where Robinson tried desperately, but could not reach the object, and thus Villa scored the first goal. Derby pressed very hotly after this, but so well did the Brums defend that it looked great odds against Derby. However, they did not relax their efforts as Cox sent a hot one to Miller, who, being in close proximity to the Villa sticks, headed through, thus bringing about an equalisation. This was the game at half time, County now showed up in fine style, and Whitehouse returned, but Derby returned to the attack. The game was fast and exciting, but the Villa appeared better in front of goal and from a combined attack the Brums shot a second. Whilst keeping up their excellent form a third point was secured them. Derby did not make the most of their chances front of goal, and Johnny Goodall’s loss was glaringly apparent. Villa thus won three goals to Derby's one.
Reports

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