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Game #323

Saturday, 30 October 1897

Attendance: 25,000

Won

Division One

2nd

Liverpool

WDWDW

Villa Park

Fred Wheldon scored the opener as reigning Champions Villa are unbeaten in five games, and now have seven wins in 11 League games but are now 3 points behind leaders Sheffield United.

Aston Villa (Champions)

3-1

Liverpool

Assists(s) | Not recorded

KEY MAN

Fred Wheldon, scored the opener, Saturday, 30 October 1897.

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MATCH TIMELINE

[Exact timings not recorded]
25’ Goal, 1-0, Fred Wheldon
Goal, 2-0, Charlie Athersmith
HT Aston Villa 2-0 Liverpool
75’ Goal, 2-1, (Liverpool)
Goal, 3-1, Jack Devey
FT Aston Villa 3-1 Liverpool

ON THIS DAY

Reigning Champions Villa are unbeaten in five games, and now have seven wins in 11 League games but are now 3 points behind leaders Sheffield United.

Aston Villa

Liverpool

FIXTURE HISTORY

Liverpool

Previous 5 vs. Liverpool: | 🟩 | 🟩 | 🟨 | 🟩 | 🟩 |

FIXTURE DETAILS

Season | 1897-98 |
Matchday | #11 |
League Match | #11 |
Manager Game | #297 |
Saturday, 30 October 1897

MATCH SUMMARY

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

MATCH OFFICIALS

CARDS

Villa

Liverpool

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TEAM NEWS

Villa make one change from the team that drew with Sunderland as Jack Cowan returns in place of Steve Smith.

TEAM STATS

Starting XI Average Age
| 25.83 |

Oldest Player |
F Jack Devey | 30.87 |

Youngest Player |
W Jack Sharp | 19.72 |

MANAGER

MANAGER

George Ramsay led Management Committee

Aston Villa

GK Billy George |
CB Jimmy Cowan |
FB Albert Evans |
RB Bert Sharp |
M Jimmy Crabtree |
M Fred Burton |
W Charlie Athersmith |
W Jack Sharp |
W Jack Cowan |
F Jack Devey |
F Fred Wheldon |

Liverpool

SUBSTITUTES

No Substitutions permitted in period

SUBSTITUTES

UNUSED SUBSTITUTES

No Substitutions permitted in period

UNUSED SUBSTITUTES

SQUAD STATS

MATCHDAY SQUAD

SQUAD STATS

MATCHDAY SQUAD

UNAVAILABLE

Not recorded

UNAVAILABLE

Not Recorded

Player Abbreviations:

GK : Goalkeeper

LB, RB, FB : Left Back, Right Back, Full Back

CB, D : Centre Back, Defender

M, W : Midfielder. Winger

F, CF : Forward, Centre Forward

🟢 : Debut 🔴 : Final Game

Symbols:

⚽ | Goal
🔥 | Assist
🔁 | Substitution

🟨 | Booking

🟥 | Sending off

🆘 | Poor refereeing performance

DEBUT APPEARANCES

FINAL APPEARANCES

MATCH STATS

Not recorded

TABLE

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PROGRAMME

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MATCHDAY QUOTES

"Generally speaking Villa had the better of the game, but half an hour from the start Bradshaw scored from a free kick and some exciting play followed."

*Manchester Courier and Lancashire General Advertiser*
Monday, 1 November 1897

ASTON VILLA v. LIVERPOOL.

Played at Aston, before 20,000 persons.

Villa again played John Cowan, but Liverpool were without Goldie and Beckton. Villa kicked off, and even and interesting play was witnessed, but the Villa attacks were the more dangerous, and Wheldon scored 25 minutes from the start.

Villa though had the better of the game, but Storer kept goal excellently. Athersmith scored a second before the interval.

Half time score : Villa, two ; Liverpool, nil.

Villa pressed on restating, and Storer saved cleverly several times. Then Liverpool attacked, and George was responsible for some effective work.

Generally speaking Villa had the better of the game, but half an hour from the start Bradshaw scored from a free kick and some exciting play followed.

Devey scored a third for the Villa with a splendid shot.