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
None
FA Cup Winners: 🏆
Last Trophy: 1886-87
Matchday Squad:
Not recorded
Villa named an unchanged line up for the sixth successive game as they tackled their first ever FA Cup final.
Starting XI Average Age:
| 24.83 |
Oldest Player:
HB Fred Dawson | 🏴 | 28.35 |
Youngest Player:
B Frank Coulton | 🏴 | 19.18 |

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

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: 🟩 🟩 🟩 🟩 🟩
Referee: Francis Marindin | 🏴 | FA President, 1887-
Umpires: Richard Gregson (Lancashire) and J C. Clegg (Sheffield).
Not recorded
Debut Appearances:
Final Appearances:
🔴 F Richmond Davis | 🏴 | 1885-87 | 🕒 12 | ⚽ 2 | 🔥 4 | #36 |
🔴 IL Howard Vaughton | 🏴 | 1880-87 | 🕒 30 | ⚽ 10 | 🔥 3 | #15 |
George Ramsay | 🏴 | 1886-1926
🕒 10 | 🟩 | 7 🟨 3 🟥 0 | 2.40
Villa Career Form:
Champions
Referee:
VAR (from 2021)
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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
None
FA Cup Winners: ❌
Last Trophy: ❌
Matchday Squad:
Not Recorded
"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."
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