Game #285
Aston Villa
Saturday, 31 October 1896
Won
2nd
DWWWW
Division One
Attendance: 8,000
Stoke
Victoria Ground
Stoke
0-2
Aston Villa (Champions)
Assists(s) | Not recorded
MATCH SUMMARY
Fred Wheldon scored for the fourth successive match as reigning Champions Villa win their fourth consecutive match and climb to 2nd place in the League table, now just a single point behind leaders Bolton with 10 games of 30 played.
KEY MAN
Fred Wheldon, scored for the fourth successive match, Saturday, 31 October 1896.
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MATCH TIMELINE
Saturday, 31 October 1896
[Exact timings not recorded]
Goal, 1-0, Fred Wheldon
HT Stoke 0-1 Aston Villa
Goal, 2-0, Steve Smith
FT Stoke 0-2 Aston Villa
ON THIS DAY
Reigning Champions Villa win their fourth consecutive match and climb to 2nd place in the League table, now just a single point behind leaders Bolton with 10 games of 30 played.
Aston Villa
League Champions: 🏆🏆
FA Cup Winners: 🏆🏆
Last Trophy: 1895-96
Stoke
League Champions: ❌
FA Cup Winners: ❌
Last Trophy: ❌
FIXTURE HISTORY
Stoke
Previous 5 vs. Stoke: | 🟥 | 🟩 | 🟩 | 🟩 | 🟩 |
FIXTURE DETAILS
Season | 1896-97 |
Matchday | #10 |
League Match | #10 |
Manager Game | #259 |
Saturday, 31 October 1896
MATCH SUMMARY
Manager | George Ramsay led Management Committee |
FT Score | 2-1 |
FT Result | Won |
Last 5 Games | DWWWW |
MANAGERIAL RECORD
George Ramsay led Management Committee
GAMES | WINS | DRAWS | LOSSES | POINTS PER GAME
🕒 259 | 🟩 144 🟨 39 🟥 76 | 1.82
Villa Career Form:
Top 4
ALL THE MATCHES LED BY:
MATCH OFFICIALS
ALL THE MATCHES REFEREED BY:
CARDS
Villa
Stoke
TEAM NEWS
Villa make two changes from the side that recorded a third successive victory last time out with Steve Smith coming in for Jack Cowan who was forced to leave the field of play in the last match, and Fred Burton coming in for Jimmy Crabtree.
TEAM STATS
Starting XI Average Age
| 25.99 |
Oldest Player |
F Jack Devey | 29.87 |
Youngest Player |
FB Howard Spencer | 21.21 |
MANAGER
George Ramsay led Management Committee
Aston Villa
GK Jimmy Whitehouse |
CB Jimmy Cowan |
FB Howard Spencer |
FB Jimmy Welford |
M Jack Reynolds |
M Fred Burton |
W Steve Smith |
W Charlie Athersmith |
F Johnny Campbell |
F Fred Wheldon |
F Jack Devey |
MANAGER
Bill Rowley | 🏴 |
Stoke
Not necessarily indicative of the actual matchday formation
SUBSTITUTES
No Substitutions permitted in period
SUBSTITUTES
No Substitutions Permitted in Period
UNUSED SUBSTITUTES
No Substitutions permitted in period
UNUSED SUBSTITUTES
No Substitutions Permitted in Period
SQUAD STATS
MATCHDAY SQUAD
SQUAD STATS
MATCHDAY SQUAD
UNAVAILABLE
Not recorded
UNAVAILABLE
Not Recorded
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
DEBUT APPEARANCES
FINAL APPEARANCES
MATCH STATS
Not recorded
LEAGUE TABLE
MATCHDAY PROGRAMME
MATCHDAY QUOTES
"The visit of the Villa team to Stoke was always looked upon as one of the gems of the football season in the Pottery capital, and that of Saturday was no exception to the rule."
*The Sporting Life*
Monday, 2 November 1896
STOKE v. ASTON VILLA
The visit of the Villa team to Stoke was always looked upon as one of the gems of the football season in the Pottery capital, and that of Saturday was no exception to the rule. The Villa were, however, a bit unfortunate in having Crabtree and Jack Cowan unable to play, but then this was likely to recede the teams more to an equality, and no one regretted it, But when it was found that Eccles and Johnson could not play for Stoke, the hopes of victory faded considerably. Substitutes from the reserves had to be played.
The Stoke halves, however, stuck gallantly to work, and the game had progressed considerably before Wheldon, who had put on some brilliant play on the Villa left in company with Smith, scored for the Brums.
Soon after this from a free kick for a foul, Clare landed the ball through the goal past Whitehouse, but a second player not having touched it no point was scored.
The Villa, by grand passing, delighted the spectators, but so resolute was the Stoke defence that no further goals were score up to half time being sounded, when the Villa led by one goal to nil.
The second portion of the match saw the home men much better together, but however Schofield and Maxwell carried play up the wings they found a barrier in first Welford, then Spencer, and not in one of these in the phenomenon of a custodian, Whitehouse.
The Stoke men played gamely, but repulse after repulse had its effect, and the forwards got discouraged.
All this time the Villa had been putting in swift, clock-like movements up the field, and when in the closing stages of the game one of these resulted in Smith beating Rowley hope took its departure.
The sides played out time without any further increase and the game was called - Villa, two goals; Stoke, nil.