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Game #554

Aston Villa

10-3-5, 23 PTS

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Saturday, 26 December 1903

3rd

Last 5: 🟩 🟨 🟥 🟩 🟩

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Won

2-1

🟩 26 Dec 1903, Villa 2-1 Wednesday, Villa Park

Division One

Sheffield Wednesday

8-6-3, 22 PTS

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Villa Park

Attendance: 49,500

On This Day
  • Billy Brawn scored to help Villa to a second successive win.

  • Villa record successive victories to make it ten wins, three draws and five losses in eighteen Division one games so far this season.

GK Billy George | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
FB Howard Spencer | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
FB Freddie Miles | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
D Alf Wood | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Joe Pearson | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Alex Leake | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
W Arthur Lockett | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
W Billy Brawn | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | ⚽ |
W Albert Hall | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
F Joe Bache | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
F Tommy Niblo | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | ⚽ |

George Ramsay | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | 1886-1926
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Substitutes

No Substitutions permitted in period

Unused Substitutes

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Yellow Cards (Warnings, Cautions, Bookings)

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Red Cards (Ordered from Field of Play, Dismissals, Sendings Off)

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Trophy Record

League Champions: 🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆
FA Cup Winners: 🏆🏆🏆
Last Trophy: 1899–00

Matchday Squad

Unavailable

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Team News

George Ramsay names an unchanged line up.

Team Stats

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Debut Appearances

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Final Appearances

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Starting XI
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Scorer(s) | Tommy Niblo | 1-0 | Billy Brawn | 2-1 |

Assist(s) | None

Match Timeline

⚽ | Goal, 1-0, Tommy Niblo
🥅 | 43' Goal, 1-1, (Sheffield Wednesday), Wilson
🕒 | HT Aston Villa 1-1 Sheffield Wednesday
⚽ | Goal, 2-1, Billy Brawn
🕒 | FT Aston Villa 2-1 Sheffield Wednesday

Season | 1903-04 |
Matchday | #18 |
League Match | #18 |
Manager Game | #528 |
Saturday, 26 December 1903

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Match Record
Game Record

Manager: George Ramsay | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | Glasgow, 1886-1926 led Management Committee
Referee: Pat Harrower | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
HT Score:
FT Result: 🟩 Won
FT Score: 🟩 2-1
Last 5: 🟩 🟨 🟥 🟩 🟩

Officials

Referee: Pat Harrower | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | 1903-

Previous 5 vs. Wednesday: 🟩 🟩 🟥 🟩 🟥

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Head to Head

Total 🕒 22 | 🟩 W13 (59% ) | 🟨 D1 | 🇺(64% ) | 🟥 L8 (36% ) | ⚽ 50 | 🥅 36 | GD 14

Match Stats

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George Ramsay | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | 1886-1926

🕒 528 | 🟩 280 🟨 93 🟥 155 | 1.77

Villa Career Form:

Top 6

What they Said

Lyall
Layton
Burton
Ferrier
Crawshaw
Ruddlesdin
Davis
Chapman
V. Wilson
S. Sampson
Mallock

Arthur Dickinson | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
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Substitutes

No Substitutions Permitted in Period

Unused Substitutes

No Substitutions Permitted in Period

Yellow Cards (Warnings, Cautions, Bookings)

None

Red Cards (Ordered from Field of Play, Dismissals, Sendings Off)

None

Opposition Trophy Record

League Champions: 🏆
FA Cup Winners: 🏆
Last Trophy: 1902–03

Opposition Matchday Squad

Opposition Unavailable

Not Recorded

League Table
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1903-04
Playing Squad
GK Billy George | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #122 |
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GK Harry Cooch | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #162 |
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D Alf Wood | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #146 |
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FB Albert Evans | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #118 |
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FB Freddie Miles | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #170 |
🟩 23 Nov 2025 Villa 2-1 Leeds, Elland Road IG2.jpg
FB George Shutt | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #156 |
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FB Howard Spencer | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #108 |
🟩 23 Nov 2025 Villa 2-1 Leeds, Elland Road IG2.jpg
FB Michael Noon | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #138 |
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M Albert Wilkes | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #131 |
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M Alex Leake | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #163 |
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M George Harris | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #155 |
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M Jack Windmill | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #168 |
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M Joe Pearson | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #142 |
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W Albert Hall | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #169 |
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W Arthur Lockett | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #167 |
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W Billy Brawn | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #160 |
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W Willie Clarke | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | #153 |
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CF Billy Garraty | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #126 |
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CF Billy Matthews | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #172 |
🟩 23 Nov 2025 Villa 2-1 Leeds, Elland Road IG2.jpg
CF George Johnson | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #129 |
🟩 23 Nov 2025 Villa 2-1 Leeds, Elland Road IG2.jpg
CF Jasper McLuckie | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | #159 |
🟩 23 Nov 2025 Villa 2-1 Leeds, Elland Road IG2.jpg
CF Joe Bache | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #144 |
🟩 23 Nov 2025 Villa 2-1 Leeds, Elland Road IG2.jpg
F Mart Watkins | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 | #171 |
🟩 23 Nov 2025 Villa 2-1 Leeds, Elland Road IG2.jpg
F Tommy Niblo | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | #161 |
🟩 23 Nov 2025 Villa 2-1 Leeds, Elland Road IG2.jpg
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Trophies


🏆 European Cup Winners: (1) 1981-82

🏆 🏆 🏆 🏆 🏆 🏆 🏆 League Champions: (7) 1893-94, 1895-96, 1896-97, 1898-99, 1899-00, 1909-10, 1980-81
🏆 🏆 🏆 🏆 🏆 🏆 🏆  FA Cup Winners: (7) 1886-87, 1894-95, 1896-97, 1904-05, 1912-13, 1919-20, 1956-57
🏆 🏆 🏆 🏆 🏆 League Cup Winners: (5) 1960-61, 1974-75, 1976-77, 1993-94, 1995-96

🏆 🏆 Second Division Champions: (2) 1937-38, 1959-60

🏆 Third Division Champions: (1) 1971-72

🏆 European Super Cup Winners: (1) 1982-83

🏆 Intertoto Cup Winners: (1) 2001-02

🏆 Peace Cup Winners: (1) 2009 (Friendly)

🏆 🏆 🏆 🏆 🏆 FA Youth Cup Winners: (5) 1971-72, 1979-80, 2001-02, 2020-21, 2024-25
🏆 NextGen Series Winners: (1) 2012-13
🏆 Premier League Cup Winners: (1) 2017-18
🏆 u18s Premier League Champions (3): 2024-25, 2007-08, 2003-04
🏆 🏆 🏆 🏆 🏆 🏆 🏆 🏆 🏆 🏆 🏆 🏆 🏆 🏆 🏆 🏆 🏆 🏆 🏆 🏆 Birmingham Senior Cup Winners: (20) 1879-80, 1881-82, 1882-83, 1883-84, 1884-85, 1887-88, 1888-90, 1889-90, 1890-91, 1895-96, 1898-99, 1902-03, 1903-04, 1905-06, 1907-08, 1908-09, 1909-10, 1911-12, 1984-85, 2023-24
🏆 🏆 🏆 🏆 🏆 Premier Reserve League Champions: (5) 2003-04, 2007-08, 2008-09, 2009-10, 2011-12
🏆 🏆 🏆 Central League Champions: (3) 1929-30, 1963-64, 1992-93

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