Aston Villa
2-2-1, 6 PTS
Saturday, 5 October 1889
1889-90
4th (+4)
Won
6-2
Burnley
0-2-3, 2 PTS
Football League
Turf Moor
Attendance: 8,000
🟩 5 Oct 1889, Villa 6-2 Burnley, Turf Moor
Scorer(s) | Albert Allen | 10' | 11' | 3-1 | 50' | Archie Hunter | 35' | Dennis Hodgetts | 75' |
Assist(s) | Dennis Hodgetts | 10' | Albert Allen | 35' |
Last 5: 🟨 🟨 🟩 🟥 🟩
George Ramsay | 🏴 | 1886-1926
🕒 44 | 🟩 | 26 🟨 10 🟥 8 | 2.00
Villa Career Form:
Top 4
Game #70
Match Record
Season | 1889-90 |
Matchday | #5 |
League Match | #5 |
Manager Game | #44 |
Saturday, 5 October 1889
Game Record
Manager: George Ramsay | 🏴 | Glasgow, 1886-1926 led Management Committee
Referee: Unknown
HT Score: 🟩 4-1
FT Result: 🟩 Won
FT Score: 🟩 6-2
Last 5: 🟨 🟨 🟩 🟥 🟩
Head to Head
Previous 5 vs. Burnley: 🟩 🟥 🟨
Total 🕒 4 | 🟩 W2 (50% ) | 🟨 D1 | 🇺(75% ) | 🟥 L1 (25% ) | ⚽ 12 | 🥅 10 | GD 2
Villa Trophy Cabinet
League Champions: ❌
FA Cup Winners: 🏆
Last Trophy: 1886-87
Head to Head
Opposition Trophy Cabinet
League Champions: ❌
FA Cup Winners: ❌
Last Trophy: ❌
Team News
Unavailable
Injury | 2 |
GK Jimmy Warner | 🏴 |
B Frank Coulton | 🏴 |
Opposition Unavailable
Not Recorded
Jimmy Warner, Frank Coulton and Sammy Gray drop out with George Davis brought in for his debut, Archie Hunter returning and Gershom Cox getting his first appearance of the campaign.
Squad News
Debut Appearances
🟢 GK George Davis | 🏴 |
Final Appearances
🔴 GK George Davis | 🏴 | 1889 | 🕒 1 | ⚽ 0 | 🔥 0 | #59 |
Match Timeline
🟢 | 1’ Debut, George Davis
⚽ | 10’ Goal, 1-0, Albert Allen, Assist by Dennis Hodgetts
⚽ | 11’ Goal, 2-0, Albert Allen
🥅 | 20' Goal, 2-1, (Burnley), Friel
⚽ | Goal, 3-1, Albert Allen
⚽ | 35’ Goal, 4-1, Archie Hunter, Assist by Albert Allen
🕒 | HT Burnley 1-4 Aston Villa
⚽ | 50' Goal, 5-1, Albert Allen
⚽ | 75' Goal, 6-1, Dennis Hodgetts
🥅 | 87' Goal, 6-2, (Burnley)
🕒 | FT Burnley 2-6 Aston Villa
Line Up & Subs
George Ramsay | 🏴 | 1886-1926
GK George Davis | 🏴 | 🟢 | 🔴 |
B Albert Aldridge | 🏴 |
B Gershom Cox | 🏴 |
HB Jimmy Cowan | 🏴 |
HB Harry Devey | 🏴 |
HB Tom Clarkson | 🏴 |
IR Albert Brown | 🏴 |
IR Albert Allen | 🏴 | ⚽ | ⚽ | ⚽ | 🔥 | ⚽ |
IL Dennis Hodgetts | 🏴 | 🔥 | ⚽ |
IL Billy Dickson | 🏴 |
CF Archie Hunter | 🏴 | ⚽ |
Substitutes
No Substitutions permitted in period
Unused Substitutes
No Substitutions permitted in period
Management Committee
GK Walter Cox | 🏴 |
B Thomas White | 🏴 |
B William Bury | 🏴 |
HB Bill McFettridge | 🏴 |
HB Dan Friel | 🏴 | ⚽ |
HB Jack Keenan | 🏴 |
RF Robert Haresnape | 🏴 |
LF L. Heyes | 🏴 |
LF Jack Yates | 🏴 |
RF J. Campbell | 🏴 |
CF Robert Duckworth | 🏴 |
Substitutes
No Substitutions Permitted in Period
Unused Substitutes
No Substitutions Permitted in Period
Officials
Referee: Unknown
Officials
Referee Profile
VAR Profile (Post 2021)
Villa Bookings
None
Villa Sendings Off
None
Officials
Opposition Bookings
None
Opposition Sendings Off
None
On This Day
Saturday, 5 October 1889
Matchday Squads
Match Stats
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Match Media

What they Said
"The Villa had the best of the game at all points, passing superbly, the Burnley backs only saving them from more crushing defeat."
Burnley v. Aston Villa.
Played at Turf Moor
Six thousand spectators were present. The Villa took the lead, but Burnley retaliated, and the game became very fast.
Villa then scored a goal, which was claimed “offside” and immediately afterwards got a second point.
From a foul Burnley scored, and the Villa soon obtained a third point, their passing being superior to Burnley’s.
The home team then attacked and Heyes was hurt, but soon resumed.
A fourth point fell to theVilla, and several chances were missed by the Burnley forwards.
On resuming Allen scored for the Villa then Burnley had then a look in, but it came to nothing.
The Villa continued to hold the upper hand, and Burnley could not break through their defence, despite several good spurts.
A splendid run by Duckworth was not taken advantage of, and White and Bury played well to avert disaster, but the visitors gained their sixth goal.
The Burnley goalkeeper immediately after effected a good save, and was almost rushed through directly afterwards.
The Villa had the best of the game at all points, passing superbly, the Burnley backs only saving them from more crushing defeat. The result was a win for the visitors by 6 goals 2.
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Hodgetts now got possession and with one of his brilliant runs took the ball well up, then crossing to Allen enabled that player, always on the alert to draw first blood.
A claim for offside was set to, but was not allowed.
Just ten minutes has elapsed when the first goal was obtained, but a minute later, as the result of a remarkable piece of strategy on behalf of the forward, Allen notched the second point.
Breaking away, the visitors’ left wing took the ball smartly up the filled and secured the third goal from a header.
Ten minutes before the whistle blew for half time Hunter was mainly instrumental in securing the fourth goal for his team.
In the second half the Villain’s made a capital start and pressed very early on. Burnley, by a combined effort managed to transfer the scene of hostilities and for two or three minutes kept up a perpetual but ineffectual bombardment. They seemed on the point of surmounting all difficult, when Allen seized the ball, and dodging the half backs, made right for the goal, which he lowered with one of those lightning shots which no keeper could stop.
Hodgetts centred to Allen, who had no much difficult in heading through.
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