top of page

Game #298

Aston Villa

14-4-4, 32 PTS

Monday, 8 February 1897

Burnley

3-4

Aston Villa (Champions)

Division One

Burnley

4-6-11, 14 PTS

Turf Moor

Attendance: 4,000

Won

1st

Last 5: 🟥 🟩 🟩 🟩 🟩

Assists(s) | Charlie Athersmith | 3-0 | Fred Wheldon | 4-2 |

MATCH SUMMARY

Jack Devey hits a hat-trick as reigning Champions Villa made it three consecutive League wins once again to leave them three points clear at the top of the table with a game in hand on nearest rivals Derby.

KEY MAN

Jack Devey, hat-trick.

2020-21 (h) Aston Villa Kit.gif
2020-21 (h) Aston Villa Kit.gif
2021-22 Matchweek 38.jpg

Copyright Historical Football Kits and reproduced by kind permission.

MATCH TIMELINE

Monday, 8 February 1897

⚽ | Goal, 1-0, Johnny Campbell
⚽ | 5' Goal, 2-0, Jack Devey
⚽ | Goal, 3-0, Jack Devey, Assist by Charlie Athersmith
🥅 | 35' Goal, 3-1, (Burnley), Hugh Robertson
🥅 | Goal, 3-2, (Burnley), Wilf Toman
🕒 | HT Burnley 2-3 Aston Villa
⚽ | Goal, 4-2, Jack Devey, Assist by Fred Wheldon
🥅 | Goal, 4-3, (Burnley), David Black
🕒 | FT Burnley 3-4 Aston Villa

ON THIS DAY

Reigning Champions Villa made it three consecutive League wins once again to leave them three points clear at the top of the table with a game in hand on nearest rivals Derby.

Aston Villa

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

Burnley

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

FIXTURE HISTORY

Villa Vs.

Burnley

Previous 5 vs. Burnley: 🟨 🟩 🟩 🟩 🟥

PREVIOUS MATCH

SUBSEQUENT MATCH

FIXTURE DETAILS

Villa.gif
2509-2.png

Season | 1896-97 |
Matchday | #23 |
League Match | #22 |
Manager Game | #272 |
Monday, 8 February 1897

MATCH SUMMARY

Manager: George Ramsay | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | Glasgow, 1886-1926 led Management Committee
Referee: Tom Armitt | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Leek
HT Score: 🟩 3-2
FT Score: 🟩 4-3
FT Result: 🟩 Won
Last 5: 🟥 🟩 🟩 🟩 🟩

MANAGERIAL RECORD

George Ramsay led Management Committee

GAMES | WINS | DRAWS | LOSSES | POINTS PER GAME

🕒 272 | 🟩 153 🟨 41 🟥 78 | 1.84

Villa Career Form:

Top 4

MATCH OFFICIALS

Referee: Tom Armitt | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Leek

ALL THE MATCHES REFEREED BY:

CARDS

Villa.gif

2509-2.png

TEAM NEWS

Villa name an unchanged line up for the second consecutive time.

TEAM STATS

Starting XI Average Age
| 25.25 |

Oldest Player |
F Jack Devey | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 30.14 |

Youngest Player |
FB Howard Spencer | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 21.47 |

MANAGER

George Ramsay led Management Committee

Villa.gif

Aston Villa

Goalkeeper: Harry Wilkes | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
Back: Howard Spencer | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
Back: Albert Evans | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
Half Back: Jimmy Cowan | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
Half Back: Jimmy Crabtree | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
Half Back: Bob Chatt | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
Forward: Steve Smith | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
Forward: Charlie Athersmith | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 🔥 |
Forward: Fred Wheldon | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 🔥 |
Forward: Jack Devey | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | ⚽ | ⚽ | ⚽ |
Forward: Johnny Campbell | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | ⚽ |

MANAGER

Harry Bradshaw | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

2509-2.png

Burnley

Goalkeeper: Willie Tatham | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
Back: Jeremiah Reynolds | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
Back: Tom McLintock | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
Half Back: Walter Place Snr | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
Half Back: William Longair | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
Half Back: Joe Taylor | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
Forward: Wilf Toman | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
Forward: David Black | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
Forward: Hugh Robertson | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
Forward: Billy Bowes | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
Forward: Walter Place Jnr | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

Villa.gif

MATCHDAY SQUAD BIOGRAPHIES

STARTING XI

SUBSTITUTES

UNUSED

Not necessarily indicative of the actual matchday formation

SUBSTITUTES

Villa.gif

No Substitutions permitted in period

SUBSTITUTES

2509-2.png

No Substitutions Permitted in Period

UNUSED SUBSTITUTES

Villa.gif

No Substitutions permitted in period

UNUSED SUBSTITUTES

2509-2.png

No Substitutions Permitted in Period

SQUAD STATS

Villa.gif

XI:
Home Nation 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 🇬🇧 : 11/11

SQUAD STATS

2509-2.png

XI:
Home Nation 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 🇬🇧 : 11/11

MATCHDAY SQUAD

Villa.gif

Goalkeeper: Harry Wilkes | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

Back: Howard Spencer | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
Back: Albert Evans | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

Half Back: Jimmy Cowan | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
Half Back: Jimmy Crabtree | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
Half Back: Bob Chatt | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

Forward: Steve Smith | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
Forward: Charlie Athersmith | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
Forward: Fred Wheldon | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
Forward: Jack Devey | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
Forward: Johnny Campbell | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |

MATCHDAY SQUAD

2509-2.png

Goalkeeper: Willie Tatham | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

Back: Jeremiah Reynolds | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
Back: Tom McLintock | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |

Half Back: Walter Place Snr | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
Half Back: William Longair | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
Half Back: Joe Taylor | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

Forward: Wilf Toman | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
Forward: David Black | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
Forward: Hugh Robertson | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
Forward: Billy Bowes | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
Forward: Walter Place Jnr | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

UNAVAILABLE

Villa.gif

Not recorded

UNAVAILABLE

Villa.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

"The whole of the Villa front rank came away in a body, and Campbell put on a goal with a lightning-like shot. Devey soon followed with a second, while again the same player scored from a perfect centre by Athersmith."

MATCH REPORT

*The Sporting Life*
Tuesday, 9 February 1897

THE FOOTBALL LEAGUE. DIVISION I. BURNLEY v. ASTON VILLA. This League game, which was abandoned on the Burnley Ground on account of the state of the pitch on December 12, when the score stood at two to one in favour of the Villa, was replayed yesterday (Monday). The ground was heavy, and rain fell during a part of the game. The Birmingham team had been staying in Blackpool since playing Bury on Saturday, and turned up at full strength, while Burnley tried Toman on the wing and Robertson in centre. The Villans were not long in making it quite plain that they meant having the two points possible on the game. They played down the incline in the first half, and the speed and accurate play soon got the better of the home lot, Tatham twice saved from Campbell and Devey. The whole of the Villa front rank came away in a body, and Campbell put on a goal with a lightning-like shot. Devey soon followed with a second, while again the same player scored from a perfect centre by Athersmith. All these points had been scored in about a quarter of an hour. Burnley now played a lot better, and Wilkes and his backs were called on frequently. Ten minutes before half time Robertson scored after a corner. and then Toman put on a second, so that at the interval the Villa led by three to two. In the second half the Villa went off a great speed, and the home goal keeper had a hard time of it. He kept his charge grandly, hot shots from Campbell, Cowan, Devey, and Wheldon all coming nicely hand and being cleared. At length the home backs were beaten through a slip by Place, sen., who let in Wheldon. He got well up, turned over to Campbell, and this player scored. Burnley after half an hours play bucked up a lot and Place, jun. rushing in, turned the ball over to Black, who notched a third goal. Up to the end Burnley pressed but could not score, and the Villa won four goals to three.

All Videos

All Videos

All Videos
Search video...
HIGHLIGHTS | Crystal Palace 5-0 Aston Villa

HIGHLIGHTS | Crystal Palace 5-0 Aston Villa

02:16
Play Video
DURAN DOUBLE RESCUES A POINT FOR VILLA | Aston Villa 3-3 Liverpool

DURAN DOUBLE RESCUES A POINT FOR VILLA | Aston Villa 3-3 Liverpool

03:25
Play Video
Olympiacos vs Aston Villa | Highlights

Olympiacos vs Aston Villa | Highlights

03:22
Play Video
Brighton and Hove Albion 1-0 Aston Villa |  HIGHLIGHTS

Brighton and Hove Albion 1-0 Aston Villa | HIGHLIGHTS

03:00
Play Video
bottom of page