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Game #718

Aston Villa

7-8-8, 23 PTS

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Saturday, 18 January 1908

9th=

Last 5: 🟨 🟨 🟨 🟩 🟥

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Lost

2-3

🟥 18 Jan 1908, Villa 2-3 Birmingham, Villa Park

Division One

Birmingham City

6-7-10, 19 PTS

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Villa Park

Attendance: 39,500

On This Day
  • Albert Hall scores but Villa couldn't avoid defeat to the rebranded Small Heath after shipping 3 first half goals.

  • Villa suffer a first reverse in eight games to make it seven wins, eight draws and eight defeats in their twenty three division one games so far this season. 

  • Meanwhile, winger Roly Harper made his second and final appearance for Villa aged 26 before moving on to Notts County in March 1908.

GK Billy George | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
LB Jock Logan | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
FB Freddie Miles | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
FB Tom Lyons | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Rowland Codling | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
W Albert Hall | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | ⚽ |
W Roly Harper | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
F Joe Bache | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
F Alec Logan | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | ⚽ |
CF Billy Garraty | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CF Harry Hampton | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

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)

None

Red Cards (Ordered from Field of Play, Dismissals, Sendings Off)

None

Trophy Record

League Champions: 🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆
FA Cup Winners: 🏆🏆🏆🏆
Last Trophy: 1904–05

Matchday Squad

Unavailable

Injury | 3 |
CB Chris Buckley | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M George Tranter | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
W Charlie Wallace | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

Team News

Harry Hampton and Roly Harper replace George Tranter and Charlie Wallace.

Team Stats

Not recorded

Debut Appearances

None

Final Appearances

🔴 W Roly Harper | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

Starting XI
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Scorer(s) | Alec Logan | 17' | Albert Hall | 70' |

Assist(s) | None

Match Timeline

🥅 | 15' Goal, 0-1, (Birmingham), Eyre
⚽ | 17’ Goal, 1-1, Alec Logan
🥅 | 35' Goal, 1-2, (Birmingham, pen), Green
🥅 | 41' Goal, 1-3, (Birmingham), Drake
🕒 | HT Aston Villa 1-3 Birmingham
⚽ | 70’ Goal, 2-3 Albert Hall
🕒 | FT Aston Villa 2-3 Birmingham

Season | 1907-08 |
Matchday | #24 |
League Match | #23 |
Manager Game | #692 |
Saturday, 18 January 1908

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Match Record
Game Record

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

Officials

Referee: John Ibbotson | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Derby, 1906-

Previous 5 vs. Birmingham: 🟥 🟥 🟩 🟥 🟩

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Head to Head

Total 🕒 19 | 🟩 11 | 🟨 4 | 🟥 4 | ⚽ 43 | 🥅 25 |
League 🕒 16 | 🟩 9 | 🟨 3 | 🟥 4 | ⚽ 38 | 🥅 25 |
FA Cup 🕒 3 | 🟩 2 | 🟨 1 | 🟥 0 | ⚽ 5 | 🥅 0 |
Home 🕒 9 | 🟩 6 | 🟨 1 | 🟥 2 | ⚽ 21 | 🥅 13 |
Away 🕒 10 | 🟩 5 | 🟨 3 | 🟥 2 | ⚽ 22 | 🥅 12 |

Match Stats

Not recorded

George Ramsay | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | 1886-1926

🕒 692 | 🟩 359 🟨 123 🟥 210 | 1.73

Villa Career Form:

Top 6

What they Said

Dorrington
Kearns
W. S. Corbett
Green
Wigmore
Beer
Eyre
Drake
Mounteley
Bluff
Tickle

Alf Jones | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
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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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1907-08
Playing Squad
GK Bert Turner | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #198 |

Goalkeeper

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Where are they now?

GK Billy George | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #122 |

Goalkeeper

🟩 23 Nov 2025 Villa 2-1 Leeds, Elland Road IG2.jpg

Where are they now?

GK Harry Cooch | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #162 |

Goalkeeper

🟩 23 Nov 2025 Villa 2-1 Leeds, Elland Road IG2.jpg

Where are they now?

CB Chris Buckley | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #191 |

Centre Back

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Where are they now?

FB Freddie Miles | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #170 |

Full Back

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Where are they now?

FB Howard Spencer | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #108 |

Full Back

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Where are they now?

LB Jock Logan | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | #182 |

Full Back

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Where are they now?

FB Tom Lyons | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #201 |

Full Back

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Where are they now?

LB Tom Riley | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #190 |

Full Back

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Where are they now?

LB Walter Kimberley | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #202 |

Full Back

🟩 23 Nov 2025 Villa 2-1 Leeds, Elland Road IG2.jpg

Where are they now?

M Alex Leake | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #163 |

Midfielder

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Where are they now?

M George Harris | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #155 |

Midfielder

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Where are they now?

M George Tranter | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #195 |

Midfielder

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Where are they now?

M Jack Windmill | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #168 |

Midfielder

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Where are they now?

M Rowland Codling | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #189 |

Midfielder

🟩 23 Nov 2025 Villa 2-1 Leeds, Elland Road IG2.jpg

Where are they now?

M Samuel Greenhalgh | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #184 |

Midfielder

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Where are they now?

W Albert Hall | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #169 |

Winger

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Where are they now?

W Bobby Evans | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 | #192 |

Winger

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Where are they now?

W Charlie Millington | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #178 |

Winger

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Where are they now?

W Charlie Wallace | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #196 |

Winger

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Where are they now?

W Joseph Wilcox | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #199 |

Winger

🟩 23 Nov 2025 Villa 2-1 Leeds, Elland Road IG2.jpg

Where are they now?

W Roly Harper | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #197 |

Winger

🟩 23 Nov 2025 Villa 2-1 Leeds, Elland Road IG2.jpg

Where are they now?

CF Alec Logan | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | #194 |

Forward

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Where are they now?

CF Billy Garraty | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #126 |

Forward

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Where are they now?

F Frederick Chapple | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #193 |

Forward

🟩 23 Nov 2025 Villa 2-1 Leeds, Elland Road IG2.jpg

Where are they now?

F George Reeves | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #200 |

Forward

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Where are they now?

CF Harry Hampton | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #175 |

Forward

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Where are they now?

F Jimmy Cantrell | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #176 |

Forward

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Where are they now?

CF Joe Bache | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #144 |

Forward

🟩 23 Nov 2025 Villa 2-1 Leeds, Elland Road IG2.jpg

Where are they now?

F Joe Walters | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #183 |

Forward

🟩 23 Nov 2025 Villa 2-1 Leeds, Elland Road IG2.jpg

Where are they now?

CF Peter Kyle | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | #203 |

Forward

🟩 23 Nov 2025 Villa 2-1 Leeds, Elland Road IG2.jpg

Where are they now?

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