Game #70
Aston Villa
Saturday, 5 October 1889
Won
4th (+4)
DDWLW
Football League
Attendance: 8,000
Burnley
Turf Moor
Albert Allen hit 4 goals as Villa beat Burnley at Turf Moor hitting six in their best result of the season to date.
Burnley
2-6
Aston Villa
Scorer(s) | Albert Allen | 10' | 11' | Unknown | Archie Hunter | 35' | Albert Allen | Albert Allen |
Assist(s) | Dennis Hodgetts | Dennis Hodgetts |
KEY MAN
Albert Allen hit 4 goals to crush Burnley, Saturday, 5 October 1889
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MATCH TIMELINE
Saturday, 5 October 1889
1’ Debut, George Davis
10’ Goal, 1-0, Albert Allen, Assist by Dennis Hodgetts
11’ Goal, 2-0, Albert Allen
Goal, 2-1, (Burnley), Friel
Goal, 3-1, Unknown
35’ Goal, 4-1, Archie Hunter
HT Burnley 1-4 Aston Villa
Goal, 5-1, Albert Allen
Goal, 6-1, Albert Allen, Assist by Dennis Hodgetts
Goal, 6-2, (Burnley)
FT Burnley 2-6 Aston Villa
ON THIS DAY
Goalkeeper George Davis made his only appearance for Villa aged 21 after joining from St. Phillip's FC before moving on to Witton White Star.
Aston Villa
Burnley
League Champions: ❌
FA Cup Winners: ❌
Last Trophy: ❌
FIXTURE HISTORY
Burnley
Previous 5 vs. Burnley: | - | - | 🟩 | 🟥 | 🟨 |
FIXTURE DETAILS
Season | 1889-90 |
Matchday | #5 |
League Match | #5 |
Manager Game | #44 |
Saturday, 5 October 1889
MATCH SUMMARY
Manager | George Ramsay led Management Committee |
FT Score | 6-2 |
FT Result | Won |
Last 5 Games | DDWLW |
MANAGERIAL RECORD
George Ramsay led Management Committee
GAMES | WINS | DRAWS | LOSSES | POINTS PER GAME
🕒 44 | 🟩 | 26 🟨 10 🟥 8 | 2.00
Career Form:
Top 4
George Ramsay led Management Committee
MATCH OFFICIALS
CARDS
Villa
Burnley
TEAM NEWS
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.
TEAM STATS
[Exact birth dates not recorded]
Starting XI Average Age
| 25.57 |
Oldest Player |
F Archie Hunter | 30.05 |
Youngest Player |
CB Jimmy Cowan | 20.98 |
MANAGER
MANAGER
George Ramsay led Management Committee
Aston Villa
GK George Davis |
FB Albert Aldridge |
CB Jimmy Cowan |
D Gershom Cox |
D Harry Devey |
M Tom Clarkson |
F Albert Brown |
F Albert Allen |
F Dennis Hodgetts |
F Archie Hunter |
CF Billy Dickson |
Burnley
Cox, White, Bury, McFetridge, Friel (g), Keenan, Haresnape, Duckworth, Yates, Heyes, Campbell.
SUBSTITUTES
No Substitutions permitted in period
SUBSTITUTES
No Substitutions Permitted in Period
UNUSED SUBSTITUTES
No Substitutions permitted in period
UNUSED SUBSTITUTES
No Substitutions Permitted in Period
SQUAD STATS
MATCHDAY SQUAD
SQUAD STATS
MATCHDAY SQUAD
UNAVAILABLE
Not recorded
UNAVAILABLE
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
TABLE
PROGRAMME
MATCHDAY QUOTES
"The Villa had the best of the game at all points, passing superbly, the Burnley backs only saving them from more crushing defeat."
*Birmingham Daily Post*
Monday, 7 October 1889
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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