Game #318

Aston Villa

Monday, 27 September 1897

Lost

n/a

WWWLL

Division One

Sheffield Wednesday

Olive Grove

Attendance: 12,000

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Wednesday

3-0

Aston Villa (Champions)

Scorer(s) | None

Assist(s) | Not recorded

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MATCH TIMELINE

Monday, 27 September 1897

[Exact timings not recorded]
40’ Goal, 0-1, (Sheffield Wednesday)
HT Sheffield Wednesday 1-0 Aston Villa
Goal, 0-2, (Sheffield Wednesday)
Goal, 0-3, (Sheffield Wednesday)
FT Sheffield Wednesday 3-0 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

🟥 27 Sep 1897, Villa 0-3 Wednesday, Olive Grove

ON THIS DAY

Monday, 27 September 1897

Reigning Champions Villa suffer a second successive defeat having not lost in the previous 22 matches. As a result Villa were beaten in consecutive games for the first time since January and had failed to score for the first time in 12 games.

🟥 27 Sep 1897, Villa 0-3 Wednesday, Olive Grove

DEBUT APPEARANCES

FINAL APPEARANCES

PREVIOUS MATCH

🟥 25 Sep 1897, Villa 3-4 Blackburn, Ewood

SUBSEQUENT MATCH

🟩 2 Oct 1897, Villa 3-2 Bolton, Villa Park

Aston Villa

Sheffield Wednesday

League Champions: ❌
FA Cup Winners: 🏆
Last Trophy: 1895–96

FIXTURE HISTORY

Sheffield Wednesday

Previous 5 vs. Wednesday: | 🟩 | 🟩 | 🟩 | 🟩 | 🟩 |

All the matches

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

Sheffield Wednesday

PREVIOUS MATCH

🟩 1 Sep 1897, Villa 5-2 Wednesday, Villa Park

Sheffield Wednesday

SUBSEQUENT MATCH

🟥 26 Nov 1898, Villa 1-3 Wednesday, Owlerton Stadium

🟥 27 Sep 1897, Villa 0-3 Wednesday, Olive Grove

FIXTURE DETAILS

Season | 1897-98 |
Matchday | #6 |
League Match | #6 |
Manager Game | #292 |
Monday, 27 September 1897

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MATCH SUMMARY

Scorers

Timeline

On This Day

Trophies

Fixture

Manager

MANAGERIAL RECORD

George Ramsay | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | 1886-1926

🕒 292 | 🟩 168 🟨 44 🟥 80 | 1.88

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

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 recall Bob Chatt with Fred Burton making way.

Referee

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MANAGER

George Ramsay | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | 1886-1926

Aston Villa

MANAGER

Arthur Dickinson | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

Sheffield Wednesday

Line Ups

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SUBSTITUTES

No Substitutions permitted in period

SUBSTITUTES

No Substitutions Permitted in Period

Substitutes

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UNUSED SUBSTITUTES

No Substitutions permitted in period

UNUSED SUBSTITUTES

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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MATCHDAY SQUAD BIOGRAPHIES

STARTING XI

	🕒	✅	⚽	🔥	🟩	🟨	🟥	🥅	⛔	Yellow	Red
GK Harry Wilkes \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \|

CB Jimmy Cowan | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |

SUBSTITUTES

Player	🕒	🔁	⚽	🔥	🟩	🟨	🟥	🥅	⛔	Yellow	Red

UNUSED

Player	🇺

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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MATCHDAY SQUAD

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UNAVAILABLE

Not recorded

UNAVAILABLE

Not Recorded

Unavailable

LEAGUE TABLE

Tables & Programmes

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MATCHDAY PROGRAMME

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MATCH QUOTES

"A second disaster to the famous Birmingham side has followed immediately on that of Saturday."

Quotes

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MATCH REPORTS

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The Morning Post
Tuesday, 28 September 1897

FOOTBALL ASSOCIATION. The League Championship. Another Defeat for Aston Villa. A second disaster to the famous Birmingham side has followed immediately on that of Saturday, for yesterday at Olive Grove, Sheffield, Sheffield Wednesday vanquished Aston Villa by three goals to none. The match aroused widespread interest around Sheffield, and there was a crowd of 10,000 people. By the aid of a fine defence Sheffield Wednesday made the play fairly even in the first half, in addition to which they were able to score the only goal of the first period at the end of some 40 minutes, Ferrier being the kicker. Sheffield played in great form in the second half. Spikesley scored a couple more goals, and Aston Villa were beaten by three to none. It is curious that two of the clubs who had done badly this season should be the first to inflict defeat on the Villa.

Reports

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MATCH VIDEO

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