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Game #561

Aston Villa

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Saturday, 6 February 1904

1st Round

Last 5: 🟩 🟨 🟥 🟩 🟩

GK Billy George | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Alf Wood | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
FB Albert Evans | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 🚑 | ❌ |
FB Howard Spencer | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Albert Wilkes | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Alex Leake | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | ⚽ | 🚑 |
W Billy Brawn | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | ⚽ |
W Albert Hall | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
F Joe Bache | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | ⚽ | 🚑 |
CF Billy Garraty | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
F Tommy Niblo | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | 🚑 |

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

No Substitutions permitted in period

Unused Substitutes

No Substitutions permitted in period

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

None

Team News

Alf Wood, Howard Spencer, Alex Leake, Joe Bache and Billy Garraty replace Freddie Miles, Joe Pearson, George Harris, Arthur Lockett and Mart Watkins.

Team Stats

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Debut Appearances

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Final Appearances

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On This Day
  • Billy Brawn scores from the spot to help Villa to a first round FA Cup victory over Stoke but it comes at a cost as Villa lose Albert Evans to a broken foot and end the game with a host of walking wounded.

  • Villa beat Stoke in the FA Cup to set up a second round tie with second division side Tottenham Hotspur.

Starting XI
GK Billy George | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
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Won

3-2

🟩 6 Feb 1904, Villa 3-2 Stoke, Victoria Road
Scorer(s) | Billy Brawn | 26' | Alex Leake | 31' | Joe Bache | 57' |

Assist(s) | None

Match Timeline

⚽ | 26' Goal, 1-0, Billy Brawn, pen
⚽ | 31' Goal, 2-0, Alex Leake
🚑 | 36' Player retires from field of play with injury, Tommy Niblo
🚑 | 39' Player returns to field of play, Tommy Niblo
🥅 | 42’ Goal, 2-1, (Stoke), Baddeley
🕒 | HT Stoke 1-2 Aston Villa
💥 | 46' Villa commence the second half with just 8 players
💥 | 48' Villa return to a full complement
⚽ | 57' Goal, 3-1, Joe Bache
🚑 | 66' Player retires from field of play with injury, Albert Evans
🚑 | 67' Player injured on field of play, Joe Bache
🥅 | 73’ Goal, 3-2, (Stoke), Higginson
🚑 | Player injured on field of play, Alex Leake
🕒 | FT Stoke 2-3 Aston Villa

Season | 1903-04 |
Matchday | #25 |
Manager Game | #535 |
Saturday, 6 February 1904

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Match Record
Game Record

Manager: George Ramsay | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | Glasgow, 1886-1926 led Management Committee
Referee: John Lewis | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Blackburn, 1889-
HT Score: 🟩 2-1
FT Result: 🟩 Won
FT Score: 🟩 3-2
Last 5: 🟩 🟨 🟥 🟩 🟩

Officials

Referee: John Lewis | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Blackburn, 1889-

Previous 5 vs. Stoke: 🟥 🟥 🟩 🟥 🟩

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Head to Head

Total 🕒 34 | 🟩 W19 (56% ) | 🟨 D8 | 🇺(79% ) | 🟥 L7 (21% ) | ⚽ 71 | 🥅 41 | GD 30

Match Stats

Not recorded

George Ramsay | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | 1886-1926

🕒 535 | 🟩 284 🟨 95 🟥 156 | 1.77

Villa Career Form:

Top 6

What they Said

FA Cup

Stoke

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Victoria Road

Attendance: 10,000

Roose
Meredith
Hartsbourne
Baddeley
Holford
Bradley
Fielding
Whitehouse
Higginson
Capes
Coxon

Horace Austerberry | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
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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: ❌

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 |
🟩 23 Nov 2025 Villa 2-1 Leeds, Elland Road IG2.jpg
FB Albert Evans | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #118 |
🟩 23 Nov 2025 Villa 2-1 Leeds, Elland Road IG2.jpg
FB Freddie Miles | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #170 |
🟩 23 Nov 2025 Villa 2-1 Leeds, Elland Road IG2.jpg
FB George Shutt | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #156 |
🟩 23 Nov 2025 Villa 2-1 Leeds, Elland Road IG2.jpg
FB Howard Spencer | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #108 |
🟩 23 Nov 2025 Villa 2-1 Leeds, Elland Road IG2.jpg
FB Michael Noon | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #138 |
🟩 23 Nov 2025 Villa 2-1 Leeds, Elland Road IG2.jpg
M Albert Wilkes | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #131 |
🟩 23 Nov 2025 Villa 2-1 Leeds, Elland Road IG2.jpg
M Alex Leake | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #163 |
🟩 23 Nov 2025 Villa 2-1 Leeds, Elland Road IG2.jpg
M George Harris | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #155 |
🟩 23 Nov 2025 Villa 2-1 Leeds, Elland Road IG2.jpg
M Jack Windmill | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #168 |
🟩 23 Nov 2025 Villa 2-1 Leeds, Elland Road IG2.jpg
M Joe Pearson | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #142 |
🟩 23 Nov 2025 Villa 2-1 Leeds, Elland Road IG2.jpg
W Albert Hall | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #169 |
🟩 23 Nov 2025 Villa 2-1 Leeds, Elland Road IG2.jpg
W Arthur Lockett | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #167 |
🟩 23 Nov 2025 Villa 2-1 Leeds, Elland Road IG2.jpg
W Billy Brawn | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #160 |
🟩 23 Nov 2025 Villa 2-1 Leeds, Elland Road IG2.jpg
W Willie Clarke | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | #153 |
🟩 23 Nov 2025 Villa 2-1 Leeds, Elland Road IG2.jpg
CF Billy Garraty | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #126 |
🟩 23 Nov 2025 Villa 2-1 Leeds, Elland Road IG2.jpg
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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