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Game #57

Aston Villa

10-4-3, 24 PTS

Saturday, 5 January 1889

Burnley

4-0

Aston Villa

Football League

Burnley

6-2-10, 14 PTS

Turf Moor

Attendance: 6,000

Lost

2nd (-)

Last 5: 🟩 🟨 🟩 🟩 🟥

Assist(s) | None

MATCH SUMMARY

Villa started the match with only 8 players on the field including the returning Dennis Hodgetts, then after five minutes had elapsed a further two joined the play but Villa played the entire fixture with 10 men.

KEY MAN

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MATCH TIMELINE

Saturday, 5 January 1889

💥 | Villa's arrival is delayed due to the mists approaching the ground and kick off is thereby delayed
💥 | The referee commences the game despite Villa's arrival being incomplete and the ground being extremely heavy for even an 11v11 being contested
💥 | 1’ Villa start the game with 8 men as Gershom Cox, Fred Dawson & Harry Devey are delayed in the mists approaching the ground
💥 | 5’ Gershom Cox and Harry Devey take the field of play
🥅 | 20’ Goal, 0-1, (Burnley), Yates
🕒 | HT Burnley 1-0 Aston Villa
🥅 | Goal, 0-2 (Burnley), Gallocher
🥅 | Goal, 0-3 (Burnley), Yates
🥅 | Goal, 0-4 (Burnley), W Brady
🕒 | FT Burnley 4-0 Aston Villa

ON THIS DAY

Villa started the match with only 8 players on the field due to a dense mist around the ground preventing the team's arrival.

Following a delayed arrival of the majority of the Villa team, the referee deems play should commence 8v11.

After five minutes had elapsed a Cox and Devey joined the play but Villa are forced to played the fixture 10v11 as Dawson can not make it through the confitions.

Playing with 10 men on a pitch of the heaviest variety, that would render Villa's style of play impossible even in an 11v11 match, inevitably leads to defeat.

Ironically, Villa's previous fixture had seen Derby arrive with 10 men, before being allowed to field 11 from kick off by use of a reserve, and then allowing a 12th man to take the field of play after one of the original line up was injured. No such fortune was afforded Villa at Turf Moor.

Aston Villa

League Champions: ❌
FA Cup Winners: 🏆
Last Trophy: 1886-87

Burnley

League Champions: ❌
FA Cup Winners: ❌
Last Trophy: ❌

FIXTURE HISTORY

Villa Vs.

Burnley

Previous 5 vs. Burnley: 🟩

PREVIOUS MATCH

SUBSEQUENT MATCH

FIXTURE DETAILS

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Season | 1888-89 |
Matchday | #17 |
League Match | #17 |
Manager Game | #31 |
Saturday, 5 January 1889

MATCH SUMMARY

Manager: George Ramsay | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | Glasgow, 1886-1926 led Management Committee
Referee: Unknown
HT Score: 🟥 0-1
FT Result: 🟥 Lost
FT Score: 🟥 0-4
Last 5: 🟩 🟨 🟩 🟩 🟥

MANAGERIAL RECORD

George Ramsay | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | 1886-1926

GAMES | WINS | DRAWS | LOSSES | POINTS PER GAME

🕒 31 | 🟩 | 20 🟨 7 🟥 4 | 2.16

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

Dennis Hodgetts returns after injury however Villa have insufficient players to field XI.

TEAM STATS

Starting XI Average Age:
| 25.16 |

Oldest Player:
HB Harry Devey | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 28.84 |

Youngest Player:
B Frank Coulton | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 20.94 |

MANAGER

George Ramsay | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | 1886-1926

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Aston Villa

Villa play the match with 10 men

GK Jimmy Warner | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
B Gershom Cox | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
B Frank Coulton | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
HB Jack Burton | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
HB Harry Devey | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
IR Albert Brown | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
IR Tommy Green | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
IL Archie Goodall | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
IL Albert Allen | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
IL Dennis Hodgetts | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

*HB Fred Dawson | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | unable to reach ground

MANAGER

Management Committee

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Burnley

GK Walter Cox | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
B Sandy Lang | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
B William Bury | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
HB Bill McFettridge | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
HB Dan Friel | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
HB Jack Keenan | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
RF William Brady | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | ⚽ |
RF Alec Brady | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
LF Jack Yates | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | ⚽ | ⚽ |
LF William McKay | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
CF Pat Gallocher | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | ⚽ |

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 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 🇬🇧 : 10/10

SQUAD STATS

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Burnley XI:
Home Nation 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 🇬🇧 : 11/11

MATCHDAY SQUAD

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MATCHDAY SQUAD

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UNAVAILABLE

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Injury | 2 |
HB Harry Yates | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CF Archie Hunter | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |

Unable to reach ground | 1 |
HB Fred Dawson | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

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

FINAL APPEARANCES

MATCH STATS

Not recorded

MATCH QUOTES

"It was after three o’clock when Burnley kicked off, Villa having only eight men to start with, two more coming in five minutes"

MATCH REPORT

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*Birmingham Daily Gazette*
Monday, 7 January 1889

SATURDAY’S FOOTBALL LEAGUE MATCHES. SUMMARY OF RESULTS; Burnley beat Aston Villa by 4 goals to 0. ASTON VILLA V. BURNLEY. - Played at Turf Moor. In the presence of about 6,000 people. The visitors were without A. Hunter, but Dennis Hodgetts made his reappearance. Burnley were the same team which played against North End. It was after three o’clock when Burnley kicked off, Villa having only eight men to start with, two more coming in five minutes. Burnley pressed, and had two corners, Warner, who saved well, giving one of them, followed by a third. After the goalkeeper had saved Burnley having conceded a corner - the home team did good work, and at end of twenty minutes Yates headed a fine goal from a pass by J. Brady. Burnley had the best of the play, and very nearly scored from a free kick. The Villa gave another corner, and a severe struggle took place is front of the visitors’ goal. The score at half-time was—Burnley, 1 goal; Villa, 0. The “Villans” had only ten men, and Cox had nothing to do. Both sides pressed in turn on resumption, and in the course of a few minutes Gallacher notched another point for Burnley. The “Villains” retaliated and secured a fruitless corner, but had to concede a similar advantage immediately afterwards, a strong attack ensuing. Yates put the ball through, only to have it disallowed. The home side maintained an almost incessant attack and the Aston goal had miraculous escapes. K. A Brady notched a third point for Burnley, and, after a short interval M’Kay added a fourth. Burnley won a one-sided match by 4 to 0. Score: Burnley, 4 goals; Aston Villa 0.

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