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Aston Villa

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12-3-4, 27 PTS

Saturday, 23 December 1899

1899-00

2nd

Won

4-1

Stoke

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8-3-7, 19 PTS

Division One

Villa Park

Attendance: 6,000

🟩 23 Dec 1899, Villa 4-1 Stoke, Villa Park

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Scorer(s) | Steve Smith | 15' | Billy Garraty | 22' | Fred Wheldon | 47' | 79' |

Assist(s) | None

Fixture List

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🟩 2 Sep 1899, Villa 1-0 Sunderland, Roker

Division One

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🟩 4 Sep 1899, Villa 9-0 Glossop, Villa Park

Division One

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🟥 9 Sep 1899, Villa 0-2 Albion, Villa Park

Division One

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🟩 16 Sep 1899, Villa 2-1 Everton, Goodison Park

Division One

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🟩 23 Sep 1899, Villa 3-1 Blackburn, Villa Park

Division One

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🟥 30 Sep 1899, Villa 0-2 Derby, Baseball Ground

Division One

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🟩 7 Oct 1899, Villa 2-1 Bury, Villa Park

Division One

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🟩 14 Oct 1899, Villa 4-1 Notts County, Trent Bridge

Division One

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🟩 21 Oct 1899, Villa 2-1 Manchester City, Villa Park

Division One

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🟥 28 Oct 1899, Villa 1-2 Sheffield United, Bramall Lane

Division One

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🟩 4 Nov 1899, Villa 2-1 Newcastle, Villa Park

Division One

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🟥 8 Nov 1899, Villa 1-2 Corinthians, Crystal Palace

Charity Shield

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🟨 11 Nov 1899, Villa 0-0 Wolves, Villa Park

Division One

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🟩 13 Nov 1899, Villa 2-0 Stoke, Victoria Ground

Division One

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🟨 18 Nov 1899, Villa 3-3 Liverpool, Anfield

Division One

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🟩 25 Nov 1899, Villa 2-0 Burnley, Villa Park

Division One

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🟩 2 Dec 1899, Villa 5-0 Preston, Deepdale

Division One

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🟨 9 Dec 1899, Villa 2-2 Forest, Villa Park

Division One

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🟥 16 Dec 1899, Villa 0-1 Glossop, North Road

Division One

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🟩 23 Dec 1899, Villa 4-1 Stoke, Villa Park

Division One

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🟩 30 Dec 1899, Villa 4-2 Sunderland, Villa Park

Division One

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🟥 1 Jan 1900, Villa 0-2 Bury, Gigg Lane

Division One

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🟩 6 Jan 1900, Villa 2-0 Albion, Stoney Lane

Division One

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🟨 13 Jan 1900, Villa 1-1 Everton, Villa Park

Division One

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🟩 20 Jan 1900, Villa 4-0 Blackburn, Ewood

Division One

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🟨 27 Jan 1900, Villa 1-1 Manchester City, Hyde Road

FA Cup

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🟩 31 Jan 1900, Villa 3-0 Manchester City, Villa Park

FA Cup

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🟩 3 Feb 1900, Villa 3-2 Derby, Villa Park

Division One

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🟩 10 Feb 1900, Villa 5-1 Bristol City, Villa Park

FA Cup

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🟩 17 Feb 1900, Villa 6-2 Notts County, Villa Park

Division One

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🟨 24 Feb 1900, Villa 1-1 Millwall, Athletic Grounds

FA Cup

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🟨 28 Feb 1900, Villa 0-0 Millwall, Villa Park

FA Cup

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🟨 3 Mar 1900, Villa 1-1 Sheffield United, Villa Park

Division One

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🟥 5 Mar 1900, Villa 1-2 Millwall, Elm Park

FA Cup

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🟥 10 Mar 1900, Villa 2-3 Newcastle, St James'

Division One

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🟩 19 Mar 1900, Villa 2-0 Manchester City, Hyde Road

Division One

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🟩 24 Mar 1900, Villa 1-0 Liverpool, Villa Park

Division One

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🟩 31 Mar 1900, Villa 2-1 Burnley, Turf Moor

Division One

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🟩 7 Apr 1900, Villa 3-1 Preston, Villa Park

Division One

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🟨 14 Apr 1900, Villa 1-1 Forest, Town Ground

Division One

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🟩 16 Apr 1900, Villa 1-0 Wolves, Molineux

Division One

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On This Day

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Saturday, 23 December 1899

  • "The midnight gloom which overhung the neighbourhood" began the match report.

  • Fred Wheldon scored a brace as reigning Champions Villa return to winning ways with a crucial Christmas win over Stoke as leaders Sheffield United drop a point to leave Villa four points behind in second place.

  • Reigning Champions Villa return to winning ways with a crucial Christmas win over Stoke as leaders Sheffield United drop a point to leave Villa four points behind in second place.

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Last 5: 🟩 🟩 🟨 🟥 🟩

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George Ramsay | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | 1886-1926

🕒 373 | 🟩 209 🟨 60 🟥 104 | 1.84

Villa Career Form:

Top 4

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Game #399

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Match Record

Season | 1899-00 |
Matchday | #20 |
League Match | #19 |
Manager Game | #373 |
Saturday, 23 December 1899

Game Record

Manager: George Ramsay | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | Glasgow, 1886-1926 led Management Committee
Referee: S. Black | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Burton
HT Score: 🟩 2-0
FT Result: 🟩 Won
FT Score: 🟩 4-1
Last 5: 🟩 🟩 🟨 🟥 🟩

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Head to Head

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Previous 5 vs. Stoke: 🟨 🟨 🟩 🟥 🟩

Total 🕒 23 | 🟩 W15 (65% ) | 🟨 D5 | 🇺(87% ) | 🟥 L3 (13% ) | ⚽ 58 | 🥅 30 | GD 28

Trophy Cabinet

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Aston Villa

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

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Stoke

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

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Squad News

Debut Appearances

None

Final Appearances

None

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Match Timeline

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⚽ | 15' Goal, 1-0, Steve Smith
⚽ | 22' Goal, 2-0, Billy Garraty
🕒 | HT Aston Villa 2-0 Stoke
⚽ | 47’ Goal, 3-0, Fred Wheldon
🥅 | Goal, 3-1, (Stoke, pen), Robertson
⚽ | 79' Goal, 4-1, Fred Wheldon
🕒 | FT Aston Villa 4-1 Stoke

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Officials

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Referee: S. Black | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Burton, 1899-

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Officials

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Referee Profile

VAR Profile (Post 2021)

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Officials

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Villa Bookings

None

Villa Sendings Off

None

Opposition Bookings

None

Opposition Sendings Off

None

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Match Stats

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Not recorded

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Line Up & Subs

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

GK Billy George | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
D Michael Noon | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CB Jimmy Cowan | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
FB Howard Spencer | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Albert Wilkes | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Jimmy Crabtree | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
W Charlie Athersmith | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
W Steve Smith | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | ⚽ |
F Fred Wheldon | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | ⚽ | ⚽ |
F George Johnson | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CF Billy Garraty | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | ⚽ |

Substitutes

No Substitutions permitted in period

Unused Substitutes

No Substitutions permitted in period

Stoke
Horace Austerberry | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

Wilkes
Capewell
Robertson
Headley
Wood
Parsons
Turner
Maxwell
Higginson
Jones
Johnston

Substitutes

No Substitutions Permitted in Period

Unused Substitutes

No Substitutions Permitted in Period

Team News

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Aston Villa

Not recorded

Following their defeat Glossop, Villa bring back Jimmy Cowan and Jimmy Crabtree after 8 game absences and George Johnson after 11 games out of the team with Chris Mann, Tommy Bowman and Jack Devey making way.

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Stoke

Not Recorded

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Matchday Squads

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Stoke

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Match Media

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What they Said

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"From a penalty kick Robertson scored the first point for Stoke. The game continued to be fast and exciting, but the home term held their own and Wheldon scored again. Result: Villa 4, Stoke 1."

ASTON VILLA v. STOKE.
Played at Aston. The visitors won the toss, but the Villa, who were well represented, attacked in fine form, and after Garratty had just missed with his head, Smith shot through from a rebound off Capewell's legs.

Soon afterwards Garratty hit the post, but he got possession again and added the second point. Stoke pressed, but failed to score.

Half-time : Aston Villa 2, Stoke 0.

The Villa were the first to show up the in the second half, and within two minutes Wheldon put the ball into the net.

From a penalty kick Robertson scored the first point for Stoke. The game continued to be fast and exciting, but the home term held their own and Wheldon scored again. Result: Villa 4, Stoke 1.

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Match Highlights

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Team Selection

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Goalkeeper

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1899-00

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First Team Squad

GK Billy George | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #122 |

Goalkeeper

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Where are they now?

FB Albert Evans | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #118 |

Full Back

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Where are they now?

FB Howard Spencer | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #108 |

Full Back

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Where are they now?

M Charlie McEleny | 🇮🇪 | #139 |

Midfielder

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Where are they now?

W Charlie Athersmith | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #73 |

Winger

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Where are they now?

F Alf Watkins | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 | #140 |

Forward

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Where are they now?

CF Fred Wheldon | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #116 |

Forward

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Where are they now?

CB Chris Mann | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #136 |

Centre Back

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Where are they now?

LB Billy Haggart | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | #132 |

Full Back

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Where are they now?

FB Michael Noon | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #138 |

Full Back

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Where are they now?

M Jimmy Crabtree | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #112 |

Midfielder

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Where are they now?

W Jim Garfield | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #137 |

Winger

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Where are they now?

CF Billy Garraty | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #126 |

Forward

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Where are they now?

CF George Johnson | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #129 |

Forward

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Where are they now?

CB Jimmy Cowan | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | #56 |

Centre Back

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Where are they now?

RB Charlie Aston | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #128 |

Full Back

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Where are they now?

M Albert Wilkes | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #131 |

Midfielder

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Where are they now?

M Tommy Bowman | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | #123 |

Midfielder

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Where are they now?

W Steve Smith | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #100 |

Winger

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Where are they now?

F Bobby Templeton | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | #134 |

Forward

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Where are they now?

CF Jack Devey | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #74 |

Forward

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Where are they now?

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League Table

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The Trophy Cabinet

Domestic:

🏆 🏆 🏆 🏆 🏆 🏆 🏆 
League Champions: 1893-94, 1895-96, 1896-97, 1898-99, 1899-00, 1909-10, 1980-81

🏆 🏆 🏆 🏆 🏆 🏆 🏆 
FA Cup Winners: 1886-87, 1894-95, 1896-97, 1904-05, 1912-13, 1919-20, 1956-57

🏆 🏆 🏆 🏆 🏆
League Cup Winners: 1960-61, 1974-75, 1976-77, 1993-94, 1995-96


Europe:
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European Cup Winners: 1981-82
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European Super Cup Winners: 1982-83


Other Domestic:

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Second Division Champions: 1937-38, 1959-60

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Third Division Champions: 1971-72


Other Europe:

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Intertoto Cup Winners: 2001-02

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Peace Cup Winners: 2009

Reserve League
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Premier Reserve League Champions: 2003-04, 2007-08, 2008-09, 2009-10, 2011-12

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Central League Champions: 1929-30, 1963-64, 1992-93

Reserve Cup
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Birmingham Senior Cup Winners: 1879-80, 1881-82, 1882-83, 1883-84, 1884-85, 1887-88, 1888-90, 1889-90, 1890-91, 1895-96, 1898-99, 1902-03, 1903-04, 1905-06, 1907-08, 1908-09, 1909-10, 1911-12, 1984-85, 2023-24 

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NextGen Series Winners: 2012-13

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Premier League Cup Winners: 2017-18

Youth League:
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u18s Premier League Champions: 2024-25
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u18s Premier League National Champions: 2024-25
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u18 Premier League Tier Two Champions 2016-17
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u18 Premier Academy League Academy Group B Champions: 2005-06, 2007-08, 2010-11
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u18 Premier Academy League National Champions 2007-08
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u17 FA Premier Academy League Champions: 1999-00, 2003-04
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Midland Youth League Champions: 1989-90, 1994-95, 1995-96

Youth Cup:
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FA Youth Cup Winners: 1971-72, 1979-80, 2001-02, 2020-21, 2024-25
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Midland Youth League Cup Winners: 1991-92, 1994-95
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Midland Youth Cup Winners: 1991-92, 1995-96, 1997-98
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Southern Junior Floodlit Cup: 1972-73, 1974-75, 1975-76, 1978-79, 1979-80, 1980-81, 1993-94

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