Game #294
Aston Villa
Saturday, 9 January 1897
Sunderland
4-2
Aston Villa (Champions)
Division One
Sunderland
Newcastle Road
Attendance: 10,000
Lost
1st
WDWLL
Assists(s) | Not recorded
MATCH SUMMARY
KEY MAN
Johnny Campbell, consolation, Saturday, 9 January 1897.
MATCH TIMELINE
Saturday, 9 January 1897
[Exact timings not recorded]
Goal, 0-1, (Sunderland)
Goal, 1-1, Own Goal, Ferguson
HT Sunderland 1-1 Aston Villa
Goal, 2-1, Johnny Campbell
Goal, 2-2, (Sunderland)
Goal, 2-3, (Sunderland)
Goal, 2-4, (Sunderland)
FT Sunderland 4-2 Aston Villa
ON THIS DAY
Reigning Champions Villa suffer a second successive defeat for the first time this season but remain top of the league on goal ratio with four games in hand on fellow leaders Liverpool.
Aston Villa
League Champions: 🏆🏆
FA Cup Winners: 🏆🏆
Last Trophy: 1895-96
Sunderland
League Champions: 🏆🏆🏆
FA Cup Winners: ❌
Last Trophy: 1894-95
FIXTURE DETAILS
![Villa.gif](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/9be7fa_96a57f1d2d7a47c2b98d9218b9892ca5~mv2.gif)
![2509-2.png](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/9be7fa_ba028309dae04680bfc11fdb0558f777~mv2.gif)
Season | 1896-97 |
Matchday | #19 |
League Match | #19 |
Manager Game | #268 |
Saturday, 9 January 1897
MATCH SUMMARY
Manager | George Ramsay led Management Committee |
FT Score | 2-4 |
FT Result | Lost |
Last 5 Games | WDWLL |
MANAGERIAL RECORD
George Ramsay led Management Committee
GAMES | WINS | DRAWS | LOSSES | POINTS PER GAME
🕒 268 | 🟩 149 🟨 41 🟥 78 | 1.82
Villa Career Form:
Top 4
MATCH OFFICIALS
ALL THE MATCHES REFEREED BY:
CARDS
![Villa.gif](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/9be7fa_96a57f1d2d7a47c2b98d9218b9892ca5~mv2.gif)
![2509-2.png](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/9be7fa_ba028309dae04680bfc11fdb0558f777~mv2.gif)
TEAM NEWS
Villa make two changes from the team that lost to Burnley last time out with Jack Devey and Jack Reynolds replaced by Jimmy Crabtree and Fred Burton.
TEAM STATS
Starting XI Average Age
| 25.15 |
Oldest Player |
WH Fred Burton | 28.63 |
Youngest Player |
FB Howard Spencer | 21.40 |
MANAGER
George Ramsay led Management Committee
![Villa.gif](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/9be7fa_96a57f1d2d7a47c2b98d9218b9892ca5~mv2.gif)
Aston Villa
GK Jimmy Whitehouse |
CB Jimmy Cowan |
FB Howard Spencer |
FB Albert Evans |
M Jimmy Crabtree |
M Fred Burton |
W Charlie Athersmith |
W Steve Smith |
F Fred Wheldon |
F Johnny Campbell |
F Bob Chatt |
MANAGER
Robert Campbell | 🏴 |
![2509-2.png](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/9be7fa_ba028309dae04680bfc11fdb0558f777~mv2.gif)
Sunderland
SUBSTITUTES
![Villa.gif](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/9be7fa_96a57f1d2d7a47c2b98d9218b9892ca5~mv2.gif)
No Substitutions permitted in period
SUBSTITUTES
![2509-2.png](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/9be7fa_ba028309dae04680bfc11fdb0558f777~mv2.gif)
No Substitutions Permitted in Period
UNUSED SUBSTITUTES
![Villa.gif](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/9be7fa_96a57f1d2d7a47c2b98d9218b9892ca5~mv2.gif)
No Substitutions permitted in period
UNUSED SUBSTITUTES
![2509-2.png](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/9be7fa_ba028309dae04680bfc11fdb0558f777~mv2.gif)
No Substitutions Permitted in Period
SQUAD STATS
![Villa.gif](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/9be7fa_96a57f1d2d7a47c2b98d9218b9892ca5~mv2.gif)
SQUAD STATS
![2509-2.png](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/9be7fa_ba028309dae04680bfc11fdb0558f777~mv2.gif)
MATCHDAY SQUAD
![Villa.gif](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/9be7fa_96a57f1d2d7a47c2b98d9218b9892ca5~mv2.gif)
MATCHDAY SQUAD
![2509-2.png](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/9be7fa_ba028309dae04680bfc11fdb0558f777~mv2.gif)
UNAVAILABLE
![Villa.gif](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/9be7fa_96a57f1d2d7a47c2b98d9218b9892ca5~mv2.gif)
Not recorded
UNAVAILABLE
![Villa.gif](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/9be7fa_ba028309dae04680bfc11fdb0558f777~mv2.gif)
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
MATCH QUOTES
MATCH REPORT
*The Sporting Life*
Monday, 11 January 1897
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