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Game #36

Aston Villa

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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
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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 |

Secretary Manager George Ramsay's Villa secure their first major trophy and first FA Cup win as they vanquish West Bromwich Albion at the Oval thanks to goals from Dennis Hodgetts and Archie Hunter. Meanwhile, forwards Richmond Davis and Howard Vaughton made their final appearances for the Villa.
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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

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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).

Previous 5 vs. Albion: 🟨 🟥

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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)

GK Jimmy Warner | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
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B Frank Coulton | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
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B Joe Simmonds | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
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HB Fred Dawson | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
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HB Harry Yates | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
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IR Albert Brown | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
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IL Howard Vaughton | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
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CF Archie Hunter | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
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HB Jack Burton | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
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F Richmond Davis | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
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IL Dennis Hodgetts | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
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FA Cup

West Bromwich Albion

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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
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Substitutes:

No Substitutions Permitted in Period

Unused Substitutes:

No Substitutions Permitted in Period

None

FA Cup Winners: ❌
Last Trophy: ❌

Matchday Squad:

Not Recorded

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"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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