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Game #44

Aston Villa

3-1-0, 7 PTS

Saturday, 29 September 1888

Aston Villa

9-1

Notts County

Football League

Notts County

0-0-3, 0 PTS

Wellington Road, Perry Barr

Attendance: 4,000

Won

2nd (-)

Last 5: 🟥 🟨 🟩 🟩 🟩

Assist(s) | Albert Brown | 5-1 |

MATCH SUMMARY

Albert Allen scored a hat-trick as Villa record their biggest League win to date... as they make it seventeen goals in four games... winning three... and sit second in the early Football League table.

KEY MAN

Albert Allen scored a hat-trick as Villa recorded their biggest league win to date, Saturday, 29 September 1888

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MATCH TIMELINE

Saturday, 29 September 1888

⚽ | 5’ Goal, 1-0, Albert Allen
⚽ | Goal 2-0, Albert Allen
⚽ | Goal 3-0, Albert Allen
⚽ | Goal 4-0, Archie Hunter
🕒 | HT Aston Villa 4-0 Notts County
🥅 | Goal 4-1, (Notts County), Frank Coulton o.g.
⚽ | Goal 5-1, Dennis Hodgetts, Assist by Albert Brown
⚽ | Goal 6-1, Albert Brown
⚽ | Goal 7-1, Tommy Green
⚽ | Goal 8-1, Tommy Green
⚽ | Goal 9-1, Archie Hunter
🕒 | FT Aston Villa 9-1 Notts County

ON THIS DAY

Villa record their biggest league win to date and make it three wins in a row and an unbeaten start to their inaugural season. They had yet to however keep a clean sheet in League football.

Wing half Arthur Dixon made his final appearance for the club aged 21. His last game came just two weeks after his debut before moving on to Stoke.

Aston Villa

League Champions: ❌
FA Cup Winners: 🏆
Last Trophy: 1886-87

Notts County

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

FIXTURE HISTORY

Villa Vs.

Notts County

Previous 5 vs. Notts County: 🟩 🟨 🟨 🟩 🟥

PREVIOUS MATCH

SUBSEQUENT MATCH

FIXTURE DETAILS

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Season | 1888-89 |
Matchday | #4 |
League Match | #4 |
Manager Game | #18 |
Saturday, 29 September 1888

MATCH SUMMARY

Manager: George Ramsay | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | Glasgow, 1886-1926 led Management Committee
Referee: Unknown
HT Score: 🟩 4-0
FT Result: 🟩 Won
FT Score: 🟩 9-1
Last 5: 🟥 🟨 🟩 🟩 🟩

MANAGERIAL RECORD

George Ramsay | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | 1886-1926

GAMES | WINS | DRAWS | LOSSES | POINTS PER GAME

🕒 18 | 🟩 | 13 🟨 4 🟥 1 | 2.39

Villa Career Form:

Champions

MATCH OFFICIALS

Referee: Unknown
Cards: None

ALL THE MATCHES REFEREED BY:

CARDS

None

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None

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TEAM NEWS

Jimmy Warner returns in goal after injury.

TEAM STATS

Starting XI Average Age:
| 25.18 |

Oldest Player:
CF Archie Hunter | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | 29.04 |

Youngest Player:
B Frank Coulton | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 20.67 |

MANAGER

George Ramsay | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | 1886-1926

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Aston Villa

GK Jimmy Warner | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
B Frank Coulton | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
B Gershom Cox | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
HB Harry Devey | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
HB Harry Yates | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
HB Arthur Dixon | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 🔴 |
IR Albert Brown | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 🔥 | ⚽ |
IR Tommy Green | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | ⚽ | ⚽ |
IL Dennis Hodgetts | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | ⚽ |
CF Albert Allen | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | ⚽ | ⚽ | ⚽ |
CF Archie Hunter | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | ⚽ | ⚽ |

MANAGER

Edwin Browne | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

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Notts County

GK Jack Holland | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
B Frank Guttridge | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
B Tom McClean | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
HB George Brown | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
HB Charlie Shelton | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
HB Alf Shelton | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
RF W. Gunn
RF Harry Daft | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
LF John Brown | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
LF Albert Moore | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CF Bill Hodder | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

SUBSTITUTES

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No Substitutions permitted in period

SUBSTITUTES

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No Substitutions permitted in period

UNUSED SUBSTITUTES

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No Substitutions permitted in period

UNUSED SUBSTITUTES

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No Substitutions permitted in period

SQUAD STATS

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

SQUAD STATS

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

MATCHDAY SQUAD

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MATCHDAY SQUAD

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UNAVAILABLE

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Not recorded

UNAVAILABLE

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Not Recorded

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

DEBUT APPEARANCES

FINAL APPEARANCES

🔴 HB Arthur Dixon | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 1888 | 🕒 3 | ⚽ 1 | 🔥 0 | #48 |

MATCH STATS

Not recorded

MATCH QUOTES

"About 6,000 persons were attracted to the ground by the probability of witnessing a close and exciting game. In this hope they were disappointed."

MATCH REPORT

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)

*The Birmingham Daily Post*
Monday, 1 October 1888

SATURDAY’S FOOTBALL. LEAGUE MATCHES. ASTON VILLA V. NOTTS COUNTY. - These teams met at Perry Barr to play off a league fixture. About 6,000 persons were attracted to the ground by the probability of witnessing a close and exciting game. In this hope they were disappointed, for the game from kick off to finish was most one sided, the visitors being overplayed by the home team. In the first half the Villa scored four times and in the second five, the County only making a single point, and that they obtained through a mis-kick by Coulton. Hunter kicked off, and the Villa at once attacked but were kept at bay by McLean. They returned to the assault, and Hunter made a fine shot, which Holland, the goalkeeper, partially saved, but Allen, rushing in, drove the ball through the posts five minutes after the start. For some minutes after the County waged equal war with the home team, whose goal was attacked, but kept safe by Warner. Then the Villa forced their opponents back, and had much the best of the play, making three more goals by half time. Allen scored two of them and Hunter one. After the change over the Villa at once resumed the pressing and McLean and Guttridge were busily employed in checking assaults. Ten minutes or so was occupied by such play and then the County roused themselves and played a fine dashing game. Gunn, in particular, made some splendid runs, and, had he been better supported, the County might have scored several times. After a time Daft made a fine try to score, but the ball struck the crossbar and rebounded into play. Gunn pounced upon it and centred; Coulton tried to kick the ball out but it twisted through the goal. The Villa now played with great determination, and the County were powerless against them. Hodgetts headed a fifth goal from a corner kick by Brown. This was followed in rapid succession by a sixth, scored by the last named player, a seventh and eighth by Green, and a ninth by Hunter. The whistle was then blown, and the Villa were left victors by 9 goals to 1. Aston Villa: Warner, goal; Cox and Coulton, backs; Dixon, Devey and Yates, half backs; Hodgetts and Allen (left), Hunter (centre), Green and Brown (right) forwards. Notts County: Holland, goal; Gutteridge and McClean, backs; Brown, C. Shelton and A. Shelton, half backs; Gunn and Daft (right), Hodder (centre), Brown and Moore (left) forwards.

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