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
KEY MAN
Albert Allen scored a hat-trick as Villa recorded their biggest league win to date, Saturday, 29 September 1888
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 DETAILS
![Villa.gif](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/9be7fa_96a57f1d2d7a47c2b98d9218b9892ca5~mv2.gif)
![2509-2.png](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/9be7fa_4b347c65549b4c0a97d81ffed0c372da~mv2.gif)
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
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
![Villa.gif](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/9be7fa_96a57f1d2d7a47c2b98d9218b9892ca5~mv2.gif)
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 | 🏴 |
![2509-2.png](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/9be7fa_4b347c65549b4c0a97d81ffed0c372da~mv2.gif)
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
![Villa.gif](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/9be7fa_96a57f1d2d7a47c2b98d9218b9892ca5~mv2.gif)
No Substitutions permitted in period
SUBSTITUTES
![2509-2.png](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/9be7fa_4b347c65549b4c0a97d81ffed0c372da~mv2.gif)
No Substitutions permitted in period
UNUSED SUBSTITUTES
![Villa.gif](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/9be7fa_96a57f1d2d7a47c2b98d9218b9892ca5~mv2.gif)
No Substitutions permitted in period
UNUSED SUBSTITUTES
![2509-2.png](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/9be7fa_4b347c65549b4c0a97d81ffed0c372da~mv2.gif)
No Substitutions permitted in period
SQUAD STATS
![Villa.gif](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/9be7fa_96a57f1d2d7a47c2b98d9218b9892ca5~mv2.gif)
Villa XI:
Home Nation 🏴 🏴 🏴 🇬🇧 : 11/11
SQUAD STATS
![2509-2.png](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/9be7fa_4b347c65549b4c0a97d81ffed0c372da~mv2.gif)
Notts XI:
Home Nation 🏴 🏴 🏴 🇬🇧 : 11/11
MATCHDAY SQUAD
![Villa.gif](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/9be7fa_96a57f1d2d7a47c2b98d9218b9892ca5~mv2.gif)
MATCHDAY SQUAD
![2509-2.png](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/9be7fa_4b347c65549b4c0a97d81ffed0c372da~mv2.gif)
UNAVAILABLE
![Villa.gif](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/9be7fa_96a57f1d2d7a47c2b98d9218b9892ca5~mv2.gif)
Not recorded
UNAVAILABLE
![Villa.gif](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/9be7fa_4b347c65549b4c0a97d81ffed0c372da~mv2.gif)
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
MATCH REPORT
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*The Birmingham Daily Post*
Monday, 1 October 1888
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