Game #36
Aston Villa
Saturday, 2 April 1887
Final
Last 5: 🟩 🟩 🟩 🟩 🟩
GK Jimmy Warner | 🏴 |
B Frank Coulton | 🏴 |
B Joe Simmonds | 🏴 |
HB Harry Yates | 🏴 |
HB Fred Dawson | 🏴 |
HB Jack Burton | 🏴 |
IR Albert Brown | 🏴 | 🔥 |
IL Howard Vaughton | 🏴 | 🔴 |
F Richmond Davis | 🏴 | 🔴 |
IL Dennis Hodgetts | 🏴 | ⚽ |
CF Archie Hunter | 🏴 | ⚽ |
George Ramsay | 🏴 | 1886-1926
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
Trophy Record
FA Cup Winners: 🏆
Last Trophy: 1886-87
Matchday Squad
Unavailable
Not recorded
Team News
Villa named an unchanged line up for the sixth successive game as they tackled their first ever FA Cup final.
Team Stats
Starting XI Average Age:
| 24.83 |
Oldest Player:
HB Fred Dawson | 🏴 | 28.35 |
Youngest Player:
B Frank Coulton | 🏴 | 19.18 |
Debut Appearances
Final Appearances
🔴 F Richmond Davis | 🏴 | 1885-87 | 🕒 12 | ⚽ 2 | 🔥 4 | #36 |
🔴 IL Howard Vaughton | 🏴 | 1880-87 | 🕒 30 | ⚽ 10 | 🔥 3 | #15 |
On This Day
Starting XI
Won
2-0
🟩 2 Apr 1887, Villa 2-0 Albion, Kennington Oval
Scorer(s) | Dennis Hodgetts | 60' | Archie Hunter | 80' |
Assist(s) | Albert Brown | 80' |
Match Timeline
🕒 | HT Aston Villa 0-0 West Bromwich Albion
⚽ | 60’ Goal, 1-0, Dennis Hodgetts
⚽ | 80' Goal, 2-0, Archie Hunter, Assist by Albert Brown
🕒 | FT Aston Villa 2-0 West Bromwich Albion
Season | 1886-87 |
Matchday | #10 |
Manager Game | #10 |
Saturday, 2 April 1887
Match Record
Game Record
Manager: George Ramsay | 🏴 | Glasgow, 1886-1926 led Management Committee
Referee: Francis Marindin | 🏴 | FA President, 1887-
HT Score: 🟨 0-0
FT Result: 🟩 Won
FT Score: 🟩 2-0
Last 5: 🟩 🟩 🟩 🟩 🟩
Officials
Referee: Francis Marindin | 🏴 | FA President, 1887-
Umpires: Richard Gregson (Lancashire) and J C. Clegg (Sheffield).
Previous 5 vs. Albion: 🟨 🟥
Head to Head
Total 🕒 3 | 🟩 W1 (33% ) | 🟨 D1 | 🇺(67% ) | 🟥 L1 (33% ) | ⚽ 2 | 🥅 3 | GD -1
Match Stats
Not recorded
George Ramsay | 🏴 | 1886-1926
🕒 10 | 🟩 | 7 🟨 3 🟥 0 | 2.40
Villa Career Form:
Champions
What they Said
"The Albion men themselves exhibited an overweening confidence as to the result. They resented, with angry disdain, any hint that after all their opponents had an outside chance, and a prediction that the Villa would win was regarded as a deliberate insult, probably actuated by corrupt motives."
FA Cup
West Bromwich Albion
Kennington Oval, London
Attendance: 15,500
GK Bob Roberts | 🏴 |
B Harry Green | 🏴 |
B Albert Aldridge | 🏴 |
HB George Timmins | 🏴 |
HB Charlie Perry | 🏴 |
HB Ezra Horton | 🏴 |
LF Tom Pearson | 🏴 |
LF W. Paddock
RF Tommy Green | 🏴 |
RF George Woodhall | 🏴 |
CF Jem Bayliss | 🏴 |
Management Committee
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
FA Cup Winners: ❌
Last Trophy: ❌
Opposition Matchday Squad
Opposition Unavailable
Not Recorded
League Table
1886-87
Playing Squad
GK Jimmy Warner | 🏴 | #41 |
D Frank Coulton | 🏴 | #37 |
D Joe Simmonds | 🏴 | #26 |
M Dick Robertson | 🏴 | #40 |
M Fred Dawson | 🏴 | #17 |
M Harry Yates | 🏴 | #42 |
M Jack Burton | 🏴 | #33 |
F Albert A Brown | 🏴 | #32 |
CF Archie Hunter | 🏴 | #5 |
F Arthur Loach | 🏴 | #39 |
F Dennis Hodgetts | 🏴 | #38 |
F Howard Vaughton | 🏴 | #14 |
F Richmond Davis | 🏴 | #34 |
