Game #47
Aston Villa
Saturday, 20 October 1888
Won
2nd (-)
WWLWW
Football League
Attendance: 8,000
Bolton Wanderers
Pike's Lane
Albert Allen scored the winner as Villa make it successive wins and 26 goals this season as they consolidate second place.
Bolton Wanderers
2-3
Aston Villa
Assist(s) | Not recorded
KEY MAN
Albert Allen scored the winner in a tight game to make it 5 wins in 7 for Villa, Saturday, 20 October 1888.
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Saturday, 20 October 1888
HT Bolton Wanderers 0-0 Aston Villa
46’ Goal, 0-1, (Bolton Wanderers)
Goal, 1-1, Dennis Hodgetts
Goal, 1-2, (Bolton Wanderers)
Goal, 2-2, Archie Hunter
Goal, 3-2, Albert Allen
FT Bolton Wanderers 2-3 Aston Villa
ON THIS DAY
Villa win their second consecutive game and make it 5 wins in 7 league games in the inaugural Football League. Still no League clean sheet however.
Aston Villa
Bolton Wanderers
League Champions: ❌
FA Cup Winners: ❌
Last Trophy: ❌
FIXTURE HISTORY
Bolton Wanderers
Previous 5 vs. Bolton: None
FIXTURE DETAILS
Season | 1888-89 |
Matchday | #7 |
League Match | #7 |
Manager Game | #21 |
Saturday, 20 October 1888
MATCH SUMMARY
Manager | George Ramsay led Management Committee |
FT Score | 3-2 |
FT Result | Won |
Last 5 Games | WWLWW |
MANAGERIAL RECORD
George Ramsay led Management Committee
GAMES | WINS | DRAWS | LOSSES | POINTS PER GAME
🕒 21 | 🟩 | 15 🟨 4 🟥 2 | 2.33
Career Form:
Champions
George Ramsay led Management Committee
MATCH OFFICIALS
CARDS
Villa
Bolton Wanderers
TEAM NEWS
Harry Devey returns with new signing Archie Goodall missing out through injury.
TEAM STATS
[Exact birth dates not recorded]
Starting XI Average Age
| 25.59 |
Oldest Player |
F Archie Hunter | 29.10 |
Youngest Player |
D Frank Coulton | 20.73 |
MANAGER
MANAGER
George Ramsay led Management Committee
Aston Villa
GK Jimmy Warner |
D Gershom Cox |
D Frank Coulton |
D Harry Devey |
M Jack Burton |
M Harry Yates |
F Albert Brown |
F Tommy Green |
F Albert Allen |
F Dennis Hodgetts |
F Archie Hunter |
Bolton Wanderers
Harris, Robinson, Fletcher, Bullough, Weir, Roberts,Davenport, Brogan, Barbour, Milne, Tyler.
Manager: John Bentley.
SUBSTITUTES
No Substitutions permitted in period
SUBSTITUTES
No Substitutions Permitted in Period
UNUSED SUBSTITUTES
No Substitutions permitted in period
UNUSED SUBSTITUTES
No Substitutions Permitted in Period
SQUAD STATS
MATCHDAY SQUAD
SQUAD STATS
MATCHDAY SQUAD
UNAVAILABLE
Not recorded
UNAVAILABLE
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
MATCH STATS
Not recorded
TABLE
PROGRAMME
MATCHDAY QUOTES
"A splendid game was witnessed, the play being fast and furious."
*The Birmingham Daily Post*
Monday, 22 October 1888
SATURDAY’S FOOTBALL.
LEAGUE MATCHES.
ASTON VILLA V. BOLTON WANDERERS
This match was played at Bolton in the presence of 7,000 spectators.
The Villa kicked off, and give-and-take play was witnessed, both sets of backs doing well.
The Wanderers pressed heavily, but the visitors’ defence was grand, shot after shot being repelled smartly by Warner.
The Wanderers had very hard lines, and half-time was called with neither side having scored.
On crossing over, the Wanderers, playing with great dash, scored from a scrimmage a minute after the start.
The Villans then took up the pressure and Hodgetts equalised after a few more minutes’ play.
Barbour then scored amid tremendous excitement, and Hunter again equalised, the game being 2 each.
A splendid game was witnessed, the play being fast and furious. The excitement was very great when Allen scored for the Villa, who then led by 3 to 2.
The Wanderers strove hard to make matters equal but no other goals were scored, and the Villa won a most interesting game by 3 to 2.
Aston Villa: Warner, goal; Cox and Coulton, backs; Burton. Devey, and Yates, half- backs; Brown, Green, Hunter, Allen, and Hodgetts, forwards.
Wanderers: Harris, goal ; Robinson and Fletcher, backs ; Bullough, Weir, and Roberts, half-backs; Davenport, Brogan, Barbour, Milne, and Tyler, forwards.
Image © THE BRITISH LIBRARY BOARD. With thanks to Trinity Mirror. Digitised by Findmypast Newspaper Archive Limited. All rights reserved. Source: British Newspaper Archive (www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk)
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