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Aston Villa

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Saturday, 4 December 1880

1880-81

2nd Round

Won

2-1

Nottingham Forest

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FA Cup

Old Trent Bridge Ground, Nottingham

Attendance: 2,500

🟩 4 Dec 1880, Villa 2-1 Forest, Trent Bridge

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Scorer(s) | Andy Hunter | 1-0 | Howard Vaughton | 2-1 |

Assist(s) | Eli Davis | 1-0 |

Fixture List

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🟩 30 Oct 1880, Villa 5-3 Wednesbury Strollers, Wellington Road

FA Cup

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🟩 4 Dec 1880, Villa 2-1 Forest, Trent Bridge

FA Cup

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🟩 12 Feb 1881, Villa 3-1 Notts County, Trent Bridge

FA Cup

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🟥 19 Feb 1881, Villa 2-3 Stafford Road, Wellington Road

FA Cup

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On This Day

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Saturday, 4 December 1880

  • Villa face Nottingham Forest for the first time in competitive football, Forest become the 3rd team that the Villa first team has played in League or Cup football.

  • Villa beat Forest on their own patch in the second round of the FA Cup as forward Arthur Brown made his Villa debut in the Cup.

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Last 5: 🟨 🟩 🟩 🟩

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Management Committee 1879-86

🕒 4 | 🟩 | 3 🟨 | 1 🟥 0 | 2.50

Villa Career Form:

Champions

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Game #4

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Match Record

Season | 1880-81 |
Matchday | #2 |
Manager Game | #4 |
Saturday, 4 December 1880

Game Record

Manager: Management Committee 1879-86
Referee: Referee: Rev. J. R. B. Owen | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 1880-
Kick off: 2.50pm
HT Score: 🟩 1-0
FT Result: 🟩 Won
FT Score: 🟩 2-1
Last 5: 🟨 🟩 🟩 🟩

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Head to Head

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Previous 5 vs. Forest: None

Total 🕒 1 | 🟩 W1 (100% ) | 🟨 D0 | 🇺(100% ) | 🟥 L0 (0% ) | ⚽ 2 | 🥅 1 | GD 1

Trophy Cabinet

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Aston Villa

FA Cup Winners: ❌
Last Trophy: ❌

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Nottingham Forest

FA Cup Winners: ❌
Last Trophy: ❌

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Squad News

Debut Appearances

🟢 HB Arthur Brown | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

Final Appearances

None

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Match Timeline

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🟢 | 1’ Debut, Arthur Brown
⚽ | Goal, 1-0, Andy Hunter, Assist by Eli Davis
🕒 | HT Nottingham Forest 0-1 Aston Villa
🥅 | Goal, 1-1, (Nottingham Forest), Sam Widdowson
⚽ | Goal, 2-1, Howard Vaughton
🕒 | FT Nottingham Forest 1-2 Aston Villa

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Officials

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Referee: Rev. J. R. B. Owen | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 1880-
Umpires: Mr J. Hughes, Sheffield and Mr A Goodyer, Nottingham.

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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
Management Committee 1879-86

GK George Copley | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
B Ted Lee | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
B Harry Simmonds | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
HB Tommy Pank | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
HB Sammy Law | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
HB Arthur Brown | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 🟢 |
IL Eli Davis | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 🔥 |
IL Howard Vaughton | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | ⚽ |
IR Bill Watts | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
IR Andy Hunter | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
CF Archie Hunter | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | ⚽ |

Substitutes

No Substitutions permitted in period

Unused Substitutes

No Substitutions permitted in period

Nottingham Forest
Management Committee

GK John Sands | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
B Charles Caborn | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
3QB Walter Luntley | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
3QB Edwin Luntley | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
HB Ernest Jardine | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
HB Mark Holroyd | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
F William Parr | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
F A.H. Smith | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
F Teddy Earp | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
F John Turner | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CF Sam Widdowson | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | ⚽ |

Substitutes

No Substitutions permitted in period

Unused Substitutes

No Substitutions permitted in period

Team News

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Aston Villa

Not recorded

Harry Simmonds and Arthur Brown (debut) come in for Charlie Johnstone and William Crossland.

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Nottingham Forest

Not Recorded

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Matchday Squads

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Nottingham Forest

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Match Media

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What they Said

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"After a temporary assault had been made by Earp on the visitors’ goal, Davis ran it down to the opposite end and Hunter immediately scored."

ASTON VILLA BIRMINGHAM, v. NOTTINGHAM FOREST.

This match was played on the Old Trent Bridge Ground at Nottingham last Saturday afternoon, before nearly three thousand spectators.

Considerable interest was felt in the result, especially as Birmingham this season had already twice beaten their opponents.

Widdowson. the Forest captain, set the ball motion, and after temporary assault had been made by Earp on the visitors’ goal, Davis ran it down to the opposite end and Hunter immediately scored.

Play was continued, and for a time the Birmingham stronghold was in danger, repeated unsuccessful shots being directed towards it by Earp, Widdowson and Parr.

At half-time no further score had been registered, but soon after the interval Earp crossed prettily to Widdowson, and the latter succeeded i» equalising matters, although the success was of brief duration, Vaughton, coming with rush, added a second goal for Aston Villa, who eventually won by two goals to one.

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Match Highlights

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Team Selection

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Goalkeeper

GK George Copley | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
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Defenders

B Ted Lee | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
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B Harry Simmonds | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
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HB Tommy Pank | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
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HB Sammy Law | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
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Midfielders

IL Eli Davis | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
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IL Howard Vaughton | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
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IR Bill Watts | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
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IR Andy Hunter | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
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Forwards

HB Arthur Brown | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
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CF Archie Hunter | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
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Substitutes

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Sub 4

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1880-81

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First Team Squad

GK George Copley | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #13 |

Goalkeeper

🟩 23 Nov 2025 Villa 2-1 Leeds, Elland Road IG2.jpg

Where are they now?

M Arthur Brown | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #16 |

Midfielder

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Where are they now?

M Tommy Pank | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #10 |

Midfielder

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Where are they now?

F Bill Watts | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #15 |

Forward

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Where are they now?

CF William Crossland | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #2 |

Forward

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Where are they now?

D Harry Simmonds | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #11 |

Defender

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Where are they now?

M Charlie Johnstone | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #6 |

Midfielder

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Where are they now?

CF Andy Hunter | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | #4 |

Forward

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Where are they now?

F Eli Davis | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #3 |

Forward

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Where are they now?

D Ted Lee | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #8 |

Defender

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Where are they now?

M Sammy Law | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #7 |

Midfielder

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Where are they now?

CF Archie Hunter | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | #5 |

Forward

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Where are they now?

F Howard Vaughton | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #14 |

Forward

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Where are they now?

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Matchday Programme

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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

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

Reserve Cup
🏆 🏆 🏆 🏆 🏆 🏆 🏆 🏆 🏆 🏆 🏆 🏆 🏆 🏆 🏆 🏆 🏆 🏆 🏆 🏆
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
🏆 🏆 🏆
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:
🏆 🏆 🏆 🏆 🏆
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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