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Game #558
1903-04
Position:
Division One
Birmingham City
Villa Park
Attendance: 20,000
Saturday, 16 January 1904
Billy Brawn scored but Villa are surprisingly held at home by Small Heath.
Aston Villa
1-1
Birmingham
Scorer(s) | Billy Brawn |
Assist(s) | Not recorded
AT A GLANCE
Game #558
Season | 1903-04 |
Matchday | #22 |
League Match | #22 |
Manager Game | #532 |
Saturday, 16 January 1904
MATCH SUMMARY
Manager | George Ramsay led Management Committee |
FT Score | 1-1 |
FT Result | Drew |
Last 5 Games | WDWWD |
MATCH OFFICIALS
MATCH INCIDENTS
Villa
Birmingham City
🟨 | Booking
🟥 | Sending off
💥+ | Incidents e.g. penalty awarded
💥- | Incidents e.g. penalty conceded, goal disallowed
💥 | Incidents e.g. refused clear pen
🆘 | Notably poor refereeing performance
TEAM STATS
Not recorded
TEAM NEWS
Albert Wilkes and Albert Hall replace Albert Evans and George Johnson.
UNAVAILABLE
Not recorded
MATCH STATS
Not recorded
MANAGER
Management Committee | Club Secretary | George Ramsay
STAFF
STARTING LINE UP
GK Billy George |
FB Howard Spencer |
D Alf Wood |
M Joe Pearson |
M Albert Wilkes |
M Alex Leake |
W Arthur Lockett |
W Billy Brawn |
W Albert Hall |
F Joe Bache |
F Tommy Niblo |
SUBSTITUTES
No Substitutions permitted in period
UNUSED SUBSTITUTES
No Substitutions permitted in period
THE OPPOSITION
ex: Also played for the Villa
g: Scored
s/o: Sent off
s-: Sub off; s+: Sub on
ON THIS DAY
Villa extend their unbeaten run to six but are held by Small Heath to make it twelve wins, five draws and five defeats in twenty two Division one games so far this season.
Billy Brawn, scored but Villa are surprisingly held at home by Small Heath, Saturday, 16 January 1904.
MATCH TIMELINE
MANAGER WATCH
POSITION
MATCH PROGRAMME
MATCH PROGRAMME

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