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Game #4

Aston Villa

Saturday, 4 December 1880

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Won

2nd Round

Last 5: 🟨 🟩 🟩 🟩

FA Cup

Nottingham Forest

Old Trent Bridge Ground, Nottingham

Attendance: 2,500

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

Nottingham Forest

1-2

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Aston Villa

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

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MATCH TIMELINE

Saturday, 4 December 1880

🟢 | 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

Match Statistics

Not recorded

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

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ON THIS DAY

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.

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

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DEBUT APPEARANCES

🟢 HB Arthur Brown | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

FINAL APPEARANCES

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Aston Villa

FA Cup Winners: ❌
Last Trophy: ❌

Nottingham Forest

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FA Cup Winners: ❌
Last Trophy: ❌

Aston Villa

Nottingham Forest

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FIXTURE HISTORY

Villa v

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Nottingham Forest

Previous 5 vs. Forest: None

Nottingham Forest

PREVIOUS MATCH

None
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Nottingham Forest

SUBSEQUENT MATCH

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

FIXTURE DETAILS

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

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

MATCH SUMMARY

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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: 🟨 🟩 🟩 🟩

Scorers

MANAGERIAL RECORD

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Management Committee 1879-86

GAMES | WINS | DRAWS | LOSSES | POINTS PER GAME

🕒 4 | 🟩 | 3 🟨 | 1 🟥 0 | 2.50

Villa Career Form:

Champions

ALL THE MATCHES LED BY:

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Management Committee 1879-86

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

MATCH OFFICIALS

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Referee: Rev. J. R. B. Owen | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 1880-
Matches Officiated: 1
🟩 : 1
🟨 : 0
🟥 : 0
🆘 : 0
Previous 5: None
Last Match: None
Cards: None
Umpires: Mr J. Hughes, Sheffield and Mr A Goodyer, Nottingham.

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

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TEAM NEWS

TEAM STATS

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

Starting XI Average Age: | 22 |

Oldest Player:
HB Sammy Law | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 30 |

Youngest Player:
IR Andy Hunter | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | 16 |

*Exact birthdates unconfirmed

Referee
Timeline
On This Day
Trophies
Matches
Fixture
Manager

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

MANAGER

Management Committee 1879-86

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Aston Villa

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 | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | ⚽ |

MANAGER

Harry Radford | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

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Nottingham Forest

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

Line Ups

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

SUBSTITUTES

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No Substitutions permitted in period

SUBSTITUTES

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Substitutes

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

UNUSED SUBSTITUTES

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No Substitutions permitted in period

UNUSED SUBSTITUTES

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No Substitutions permitted in period

Player Positions:

GK : Goalkeeper
CB, D, B : Centre Back, Defender, Back
FB, LB, RB, WH : Full Back, Left Back, Right Back, Wing Back, Wing Half


M, CH, LH, RH : Midfielder, Centre Half, Left Half, Right Half
W, OL, OR : Winger, Outside Left, Outside Right
F, IF, IL, IR : Forward, Inside Forward, Inside Left, Inside Right, Second Striker, False 9
CF : Centre Forward

Match Symbols:

⚽ | Goal
🔥 | Assist
🔁 | Substitution

🟨 | Booking

🟥 | Sending off

🆘 | Poor refereeing performance
🟢 : Debut 🔴 : Final Game

Squad Bios

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

SQUAD STATS

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Villa XI:
Home Nation 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 🇬🇧 : 11/11

SQUAD STATS

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Forest XI:
Home Nation 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 🇬🇧 : 11/11

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

MATCHDAY SQUAD

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MATCHDAY SQUAD

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UNAVAILABLE

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LEAGUE TABLE

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MATCHDAY PROGRAMME

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With thanks to

Ignition Sports Media https://www.ignitionsportsmedia.com/collections/aston-villa

Darren Hunt for the kind permission to use his collection of historic Villa programme covers. https://www.flickr.com/photos/astonvillaprogrammes/

Tables & Programmes

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MATCH QUOTES

"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."
Quotes

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

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MATCH REPORTS

Image © THE BRITISH LIBRARY BOARD. With thanks to Reach PLC. Digitised by Findmypast Newspaper Archive Limited. All rights reserved. Source: British Newspaper Archive (www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk)

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*Sporting Life*
Wednesday, 8 December 1880

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.
Reports

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