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Game #5

Aston Villa

Saturday, 12 February 1881

Notts County

1-3

Aston Villa

FA Cup

Notts County

Trent Bridge

Attendance: 4,500

Won

3rd Round

Last 5: 🟨 🟩 🟩 🟩 🟩

Assist(s) | Not recorded

MATCH SUMMARY

Villa play a second successive away tie in Nottingham but are successful once again and progress to the fourth round of the FA Cup.

KEY MAN

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MATCH TIMELINE

Saturday, 12 February 1881

⚽ | 6’ Goal, 1-0, Andy Hunter
🥅 | Goal, 1-1, (Notts County), C Cursham
🕒 | HT Notts County 1-1 Aston Villa
⚽ | Goal, 2-1, Andy Hunter
⚽ | Goal, 3-1, Archie Hunter
🕒 | FT Notts County 1-3 Aston Villa

ON THIS DAY

Villa play a second successive away tie in Nottingham but are successful once again and progress to the fourth round of the FA Cup.

Aston Villa

FA Cup Winners: ❌
Last Trophy: ❌

Notts County

FA Cup Winners: ❌
Last Trophy: ❌

FIXTURE HISTORY

Villa Vs.

Notts County

Previous 5 vs. Notts County: None

PREVIOUS MATCH

None

SUBSEQUENT MATCH

FIXTURE DETAILS

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Season | 1880-81 |
Matchday | #3 |
Manager Game | #5 |
Saturday, 12 February 1881

MATCH SUMMARY

Manager: Management Committee 1879-86
Referee: Unknown
Kick off: 3.40pm
HT Score: 🟨 1-1
FT Result: 🟩 Won
FT Score: 🟩 3-1
Last 5: 🟨 🟩 🟩 🟩 🟩

MANAGERIAL RECORD

Management Committee 1879-86

GAMES | WINS | DRAWS | LOSSES | POINTS PER GAME

🕒 5 | 🟩 | 4 🟨 | 1 🟥 0 | 2.60

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

William Crossland returns in place of Bill Watts.

TEAM STATS

Starting XI Average Age: | 23 |

Oldest Player:
HB Sammy Law | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 31 |

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

*Exact birthdates unconfirmed

MANAGER

Management Committee 1879-86

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Aston Villa

GK George Copley | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
B Harry Simmonds | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
B Ted Lee | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
HB Tommy Pank | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
HB Sammy Law | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
HB Arthur Brown | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
IL Eli Davis | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
IL Howard Vaughton | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
IR Andy Hunter | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | ⚽ | ⚽ |
CF Archie Hunter | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | ⚽ |
CF William Crossland | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

MANAGER

Edwin Browne | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

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Notts County

GK H. Greenhalgh | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
B Alfred Dobson | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
B H. Jepson | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
HB W. M'Crae | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
HB S. Palmer | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
HB H. Chapman | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
LW Harry Cursham | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
LW E. H. Greenhalgh | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
RW Arthur Cursham | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
RW C. Cursham | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | ⚽
CF Harold Morse | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

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

None

FINAL APPEARANCES

MATCH STATS

Not recorded

MATCH QUOTES

"Play began very late, the ball not being set in motion until twenty minutes to four o'clock."

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)

*Birmingham Daily Mail*
Monday, 14 February 1881

FOOTBALL MATCHES PLAYED SATURDAY. NOTTS v. ASTON VILLA. — ASSOCIATION CHALLENGE CUP. ​These clubs met in the fourth round at the Trent Bridge Ground, Nottingham, before upwards of 4,000 spectators, when the visiting team won by three goals to one. Play began very late, the ball not being set in motion until twenty minutes to four o'clock. Aston Villa kicked off in the direction of the Bridgford goal, and a foul was early given to Nottingham in their own territory. A. W. Cursham made for the latter a very pretty run on the right, but in middling none of his confreres came to his support, and as a result the visitors on the left threatened considerable danger, the ball, in fact, being shot over the Notts barrier. A throw-in to Aston succeeded, and, after six minutes’ hot work, Andy Hunter on the right succeeded in drawn “first blood” on their behalf. On resuming, H. Cursham on the left transferred the ball into Birmingham quarters, and out of a clever middle his brother Charles was instrumental, amid loud applause, in equalising matters. The play was very fast, and another capital break away by H. Cursham met with well-deserved recognition. The Aston forwards were also conspicuous, and for a time it was difficult say who shone in the ascendant. Attacks on both sides were vigorously repulsed, until “a corner” by Aston appeared to cause some uneasiness in the Notts ranks. After half-time the visitors forged ahead; a second goal, kicked by Andy Hunter, was followed by a third and last from the foot of his brother.

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