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Game #410

Saturday, 24 February 1900

Attendance: 25,000

Drew

FA Cup 3rd Round

n/a

Millwall

WWWWD

The Athletic Grounds

Steve Smith, opened the scoring but Villa could not see off Millwall and can only draw in the third round FA Cup tie at The Athletic Grounds necessitating a midweek replay.

Millwall Athletic

1-1

Aston Villa

Assists(s) | Not recorded

KEY MAN

Steve Smith, opened the scoring but Villa could not see off Millwall, Saturday, 24 February 1900.

RELATED MATCHES

MATCH TIMELINE

[Exact timings not recorded]
Goal, 1-0, Steve Smith, Assist by Charlie Athersmith
HT Millwall 0-1 Aston Villa
Goal, 1-1, (Millwall)
FT Millwall 1-1 Aston Villa

ON THIS DAY

Villa can only draw with Millwall in the third round FA Cup tie at The Athletic Grounds necessitating a midweek replay.

Aston Villa

Millwall

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

FIXTURE HISTORY

Previous 5 vs. Millwall: | - | - | - | - | - |

FIXTURE DETAILS

Season | 1899-00 |
Matchday | #31 |
Manager Game | #384 |
Saturday, 24 February 1900

MATCH SUMMARY

Manager: George Ramsay | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | Glasgow, 1886-1926 led Management Committee
Referee: John Lewis | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Blackburn
FT Score | 1-1 |
FT Result | Drew |
Last 5 Games | WWWWD |

MATCH OFFICIALS

Referee: John Lewis | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Blackburn

CARDS

Villa

Millwall

TEAM NEWS

Villa name an unchanged line for the fourth successive game.

TEAM STATS

Starting XI Average Age | 27.36 |

Oldest Player |
F Jack Devey | 33.19 |

Youngest Player |
CF Billy Garraty | 21.40 |

MANAGER

George Ramsay led Management Committee

MANAGER

Aston Villa

GK Billy George |
CB Jimmy Cowan |
FB Albert Evans |
FB Howard Spencer |
M Tommy Bowman |
M Jimmy Crabtree |
W Charlie Athersmith |
W Steve Smith |
F Fred Wheldon |
F Jack Devey |
CF Billy Garraty |

Millwall

SUBSTITUTES

No Substitutions permitted in period

SUBSTITUTES

UNUSED SUBSTITUTES

No Substitutions permitted in period

UNUSED SUBSTITUTES

SQUAD STATS

MATCHDAY SQUAD

SQUAD STATS

MATCHDAY SQUAD

UNAVAILABLE

Not recorded

UNAVAILABLE

Not Recorded

Player Abbreviations:

GK : Goalkeeper

LB, RB, FB : Left Back, Right Back, Full Back

CB, D : Centre Back, Defender

M, W : Midfielder. Winger

F, CF : Forward, Centre Forward

🟢 : Debut 🔴 : Final Game

Symbols:

⚽ | Goal
🔥 | Assist
🔁 | Substitution

🟨 | Booking

🟥 | Sending off

🆘 | Poor refereeing performance

DEBUT APPEARANCES

FINAL APPEARANCES

MATCH STATS

Not recorded

TABLE

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PROGRAMME

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MATCHDAY QUOTES

"Towards the end a couple of corners fell to the home side, from one of which Nicoll, to the intense delight of the majority of those persons present, put on an equalising goal."

*The Sporting Life*
Monday, 26 February 1900

MILLWALL V. ASTON VILLA.
A DRAWN GAME

There must have been over 20,000 persons present in the small but compact enclosure at Millwall when the match started. Aston Villa, who won the toss, were quickly in evidence in their opponents’ half. The visitors certainly had the advantage of the hill, and with the wind at their backs they looked dangerous, Allan having to save his goal early in the match.

Garraty created trouble in the Millwall ranks, but his shot went wide, and although a corner accrued, nothing came of it.

A foul was given against Millwall, but it did not assist the visitors, and then Banks and Nicoll started aa smart attack on the others’ goal. Following a free kick Athersmith centred to Smith, who was in waiting, and the latter scored the opening goal of the game.

The Villa still pressed, and Brearley, getting offside, nearly let in the visitors, Garraty only being pulled up by Burgess within shooting distance.

The Villa showed very clever play up to the interval, but they were unable to score further, although their forwards more than once bothered Cox.

The second half opened in favour of the visitors, Wheldon testing Cox early on. One or two smart rushes on the part of Millwall were cleverly stopped by Spencer, and Dryburgh once his the side of the net.

Nicoll, too, put in sound work, and George had to handle, but the Villa backs were too good to allow the others to score, and more centre play followed.

The home eleven made strenuous efforts, and gave a display which was much appreciated by their supporters, the work being sound throughout, and the combination extremely good.

That the men were trained to the hour there could be no doubt and they played equally as well in the latter stages of the game as they had done in the early part.

One or two fouls given against the Villa nearly caused the Millwall men to score, a shot from Goldie only missing the net by a foot or so.

Crabtree saved the situation in fine style, and then with a visit to the other end Burgess cleared a well placed corner from Athersmith.

The Millwall custodian had to negotiate a shot from Devey, but clearing Gettins took the ball away in masterly manner, and only missed scoring by the merest chance.

Towards the end a couple of corners fell to the home side, from one of which Nicoll, to the intense delight of the majority of those persons present, put on an equalising goal.

This was all the scoring, and a great game resulted: Millwall, one goal; Aston Villa, one goal.