Game #574
Aston Villa
1-0-1, 2 PTS

Saturday, 3 September 1904
Last 5: 🟩 🟩 🟥 🟥 🟩

Won
3-0
🟩 3 Sep 1904, Villa 3-0 Stoke, Villa Park
Division One
Stoke
0-0-2, 0 PTS
Villa Park
Attendance: 25,000
On This Day
Joe Bache scored a brace to help Villa to a first win of the season.
Villa bounce back from their opening day reverse to beat Stoke at Villa Park.
Meanwhile, midfielder Josiah Gray made his Villa debut aged 26 after joining from Bristol Rovers in August 1904.
GK Billy George | 🏴 |
FB Freddie Miles | 🏴 |
FB Howard Spencer | 🏴 |
M Alex Leake | 🏴 |
M Josiah Gray | 🏴 | 🟢 |
M Albert Wilkes | 🏴 |
W Billy Brawn | 🏴 |
W Albert Hall | 🏴 | ⚽ |
W Willie Clarke | 🏴 |
CF Joe Bache | 🏴 | ⚽ | ⚽ |
CF Billy Garraty | 🏴 | 🔥 |
George Ramsay | 🏴 | 1886-1926

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
Trophy Record
League Champions: 🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆
FA Cup Winners: 🏆🏆🏆
Last Trophy: 1899–00
Matchday Squad
Unavailable
None
Team News
Freddie Miles, Josiah Gray (debut), Albert Wilkes and Willie Clarke replace Alf Wood, Albert Evans, Joe Pearson and Arthur Lockett.
Team Stats
Not recorded
Debut Appearances
🟢 M Josiah Gray | 🏴 |
Final Appearances
None
Substitutes
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⚽
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GK Sub
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⛔
🥅
🕒
🔁
⚽
🔥
Sub 1
🟩
🟨
🟥
🕒
🔁
⚽
🔥
Sub 2
🟩
🟨
🟥
🕒
🔁
⚽
🔥
Sub 3
🟩
🟨
🟥
🕒
🔁
⚽
🔥
Sub 4
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⚽
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Sub 5
🟩
🟨
🟥
Scorer(s) | Albert Hall | 43' | Joe Bache | 2-0 | 3-0 |
Assist(s) | Billy Garraty | 2-0 |
Match Timeline
🟢 | 1' Debut, Josiah Gray
⚽ | 43' Goal, 1-0, Albert Hall
🕒 | HT Aston Villa 1-0 Stoke
⚽ | Goal, 2-0, Joe Bache, Assist by Billy Garraty
⚽ | Goal, 3-0, Joe Bache
🕒 | FT Aston Villa 3-0 Stoke
Season | 1904-05 |
Matchday | #2 |
League Match | #2 |
Manager Game | #548 |
Saturday, 3 September 1904
Match Record
Game Record
Manager: George Ramsay | 🏴 | Glasgow, 1886-1926 led Management Committee
Referee: John Bailey | 🏴 | Leicester
HT Score: 🟩 1-0
FT Result: 🟩 Won
FT Score: 🟩 3-0
Last 5: 🟩 🟩 🟥 🟥 🟩
Officials
Referee: John Bailey | 🏴 | Leicester, 1903-
Linesmen: S. Makepeace; E. Sideaway
Match Stats
Not recorded
George Ramsay | 🏴 | 1886-1926
🕒 548 | 🟩 289 🟨 97 🟥 162 | 1.76
Villa Career Form:
Top 6
What they Said
Whitley (ex)
Hartshorn
Burgess
Bradley
Holford
Baddeley
Brown
Leonard
Gallimore
Rouse
Hesham
Horace Austerberry | 🏴 |
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



