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Game #334

Aston Villa

10-4-8, 24 PTS

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Saturday, 22 January 1898

5th

Last 5: 🟥 🟨 🟥 🟥 🟥

GK Jimmy Whitehouse | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CB Jimmy Cowan | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
RB Bert Sharp | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | ⚽ |
FB Albert Evans | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Tommy Bowman | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
M Jimmy Crabtree | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
W Charlie Athersmith | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
W Jack Sharp | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
W Steve Smith | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
F Howard Harvey | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
F Fred Wheldon | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

George Ramsay | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | 1886-1926
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Substitutes

No Substitutions permitted in period

Unused Substitutes

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Yellow Cards (Warnings, Cautions, Bookings)

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Red Cards (Ordered from Field of Play, Dismissals, Sendings Off)

None

Trophy Record

League Champions: 🏆🏆🏆
FA Cup Winners: 🏆🏆🏆
Last Trophy: 1896-97

Matchday Squad

Unavailable

F Jack Devey | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

Team News

In one change the team that lost a second consecutive match to Sheffield United, Jack Sharp comes in for Jack Devey.

Team Stats

Starting XI Average Age
| 24.65 |

Oldest Player |
CB Jimmy Cowan | 29.28 |

Youngest Player |
W Jack Sharp | 19.95 |

Debut Appearances

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Final Appearances

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On This Day
  • In an end to end game Villa and Derby create myriad chances but a goal on the stroke of half time hands the home side the advantage as they secure the points in the second half.

  • George Ramsay's reigning Champions' title defence really comes off the rails as they suffer a third consecutive defeat - for the first time since October 1892 - make it no wins in 6 games, and fall back to 5th in the table 7 points behind leaders Sheffield United, having played a game more and with just 8 League games remaining.

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Lost

1-3

🟥 22 Jan 1898, Villa 1-3 Derby, Baseball Ground
Scorer(s) | Bert Sharp | 26' |

Assist(s) | None

Match Timeline

🥅 | 17' Goal, 0-1, (Derby County), Maconnachie
⚽ | 26' Goal, 1-1, Bert Sharp
🥅 | 45' Goal, 1-2, (Derby County), McQueen
🕒 | HT Derby County 2-1 Aston Villa
🥅 | Goal, 1-3, (Derby County), Maconnachie
🕒 | FT Derby County 3-1 Aston Villa

Season | 1897-98 |
Matchday | #22 |
League Match | #22 |
Manager Game | #308 |
Saturday, 22 January 1898

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Match Record
Game Record

Manager: George Ramsay | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | Glasgow, 1886-1926 led Management Committee
Referee: Herbert Dale | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Newton Heath
HT Score: 🟥 1-2
FT Result: 🟥 Lost
FT Score: 🟥 1-3
Last 5: 🟥 🟨 🟥 🟥 🟥

Officials

Referee: Herbert Dale | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Newton Heath, 1895-

Previous 5 vs. Derby: 🟩 🟥 🟨 🟩 🟩

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Head to Head

Total 🕒 23 | 🟩 W13 (57% ) | 🟨 D2 | 🇺(65% ) | 🟥 L8 (35% ) | ⚽ 67 | 🥅 44 | GD 23

Match Stats

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George Ramsay | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | 1886-1926

🕒 308 | 🟩 174 🟨 48 🟥 86 | 1.85

Villa Career Form:

Top 4

What they Said

"Afterwards Villa tried hard to recover lost ground, but failed, and in the last minute Maconnochie nearly got through, heading the ball against the crossbar."

DERBY COUNTY v. ASTON VILLA.

At Derby, before 12,000 spectators. Derby, who had the sun in their eyes, had the worst of the play at starting. Notwithstanding this their scored the first through Maconnochie.

The Villa, however, equalised from a long shot by B. Sharp.

Just before the interval M’Queen placed Derby ahead. Halt time: Derby, two goals: Aston Villa, one goal.

The second half was productive of some very fine fast football, and after Derby had made many attacks Maconnochie gave them a third goal with a fine shot.

Afterwards Villa tried hard to recover lost ground, but failed, and in the last minute Maconnochie nearly got through, heading the ball against the crossbar.

Derby County 3; Aston Villa 1

Division One

Derby County

8-6-8, 22 PTS

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Baseball Ground

Attendance: 12,000

Fryer
Leiper
Methven
Turner
A. Goodall
Cox
McQueen
Stevenson
Maconnachie
J. Goodall
Handley

Harry Newbould | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
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Substitutes

No Substitutions Permitted in Period

Unused Substitutes

No Substitutions Permitted in Period

Yellow Cards (Warnings, Cautions, Bookings)

None

Red Cards (Ordered from Field of Play, Dismissals, Sendings Off)

None

Opposition Trophy Record

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

Opposition Matchday Squad

Opposition Unavailable

Not Recorded

League Table
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1897-98
Playing Squad
GK Billy George | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #122 |
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GK Harry Wilkes | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #105 |
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GK Jimmy Whitehouse | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #117 |
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CB Jimmy Cowan | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | #56 |
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FB Albert Evans | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #118 |
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FB Bert Sharp | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #120 |
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RB Charlie Aston | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #128 |
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FB Howard Spencer | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #108 |
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M Edmund Strange | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #127 |
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M Fred Burton | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #89 |
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M Jimmy Crabtree | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #112 |
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M Tommy Bowman | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | #123 |
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W Charlie Athersmith | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #73 |
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W Jack Cowan | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | #113 |
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W Jack Sharp | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #121 |
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W Steve Smith | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #100 |
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CF Billy Garraty | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #126 |
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F Bob Chatt | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #94 |
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CF Fred Wheldon | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #116 |
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CF George Johnson | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #129 |
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F Howard Harvey | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #124 |
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CF Jack Devey | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #74 |
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F James Fisher | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | #119 |
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F Jimmy Suddick | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #125 |
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