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Game #721

Aston Villa

8-8-9, 24 PTS

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Saturday, 8 February 1908

10th=

Last 5: 🟩 🟥 🟥 🟩 🟩

GK Billy George | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
LB Jock Logan | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
LB Walter Kimberley | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 🟢 |
FB Tom Lyons | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Rowland Codling | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M George Tranter | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
W Albert Hall | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
W Charlie Wallace | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
F Joe Bache | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | ⚽ |
CF Jimmy Cantrell | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
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 | 1 |
CB Chris Buckley | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

Team News

Walter Kimberley (debut) and Jimmy Cantrell replace Freddie Miles and Billy Garraty.

Team Stats

Not recorded

Debut Appearances

🟢 LB Walter Kimberley | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

Final Appearances

None

On This Day
  • Joe Bache scored to secure Villa victory in Plumstead.

  • Villa win in the League for the first time in three to make it eight wins, eight draws and nine defeats in their twenty five division one games so far this season. 

  • Meanwhile, left back Walter Kimberley made his Villa debut aged 23 after joining from Aston Manor.

Starting XI
GK Billy George | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
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Won

1-0

🟩 8 Feb 1908, Villa 1-0 Arsenal, Manor Ground
Scorer(s) | Joe Bache | 79' |

Assist(s) | None

Match Timeline

🟢 | 1' Debut, Walter Kimberley
🕒 | HT Arsenal 0-0 Aston Villa
⚽ | 79' Goal, 1-0, Joe Bache
🕒 | FT Arsenal 0-1 Aston Villa

Season | 1907-08 |
Matchday | #27 |
League Match | #25 |
Manager Game | #695 |
Saturday, 8 February 1908

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Match Record
Game Record

Manager: George Ramsay | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | Glasgow, 1886-1926 led Management Committee
Referee: Albert Hargreaves | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Blackpool
HT Score: 🟨 0-0
FT Result: 🟩 Won
FT Score: 🟩 1-0
Last 5: 🟩 🟥 🟥 🟩 🟩

Officials

Referee: Albert Hargreaves | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Blackpool, 1905-

Previous 5 vs. Arsenal: 🟩 🟥 🟨 🟥 🟥

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Head to Head

Total 🕒 8 | 🟩 W3 (38% ) | 🟨 D1 | 🇺(50% ) | 🟥 L4 (50% ) | ⚽ 10 | 🥅 11 | GD -1

Match Stats

Not recorded

George Ramsay | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | 1886-1926

🕒 695 | 🟩 361 🟨 123 🟥 211 | 1.74

Villa Career Form:

Top 6

What they Said

Division One

Arsenal

8-7-11, 23 PTS

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Manor Ground, Plumstead

Attendance: 12,000

Ashcroft
Gray
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Ducat
Sands
Mck?
Mordue
Coleman
Kyle
Satterthwaite
Heave

Phil Kelso | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
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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 |
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GK Billy George | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #122 |
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GK Harry Cooch | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #162 |
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CB Chris Buckley | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #191 |
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FB Freddie Miles | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #170 |
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FB Howard Spencer | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #108 |
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LB Jock Logan | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | #182 |
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FB Tom Lyons | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #201 |
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LB Tom Riley | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #190 |
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LB Walter Kimberley | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #202 |
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M Alex Leake | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #163 |
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M George Harris | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #155 |
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M George Tranter | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #195 |
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M Jack Windmill | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #168 |
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M Rowland Codling | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #189 |
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M Samuel Greenhalgh | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #184 |
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W Albert Hall | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #169 |
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W Bobby Evans | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 | #192 |
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W Charlie Millington | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #178 |
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W Charlie Wallace | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #196 |
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W Joseph Wilcox | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #199 |
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W Roly Harper | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #197 |
🟩 23 Nov 2025 Villa 2-1 Leeds, Elland Road IG2.jpg
CF Alec Logan | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | #194 |
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CF Billy Garraty | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #126 |
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F Frederick Chapple | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #193 |
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F George Reeves | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #200 |
🟩 23 Nov 2025 Villa 2-1 Leeds, Elland Road IG2.jpg
CF Harry Hampton | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #175 |
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F Jimmy Cantrell | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #176 |
🟩 23 Nov 2025 Villa 2-1 Leeds, Elland Road IG2.jpg
CF Joe Bache | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #144 |
🟩 23 Nov 2025 Villa 2-1 Leeds, Elland Road IG2.jpg
F Joe Walters | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #183 |
🟩 23 Nov 2025 Villa 2-1 Leeds, Elland Road IG2.jpg
CF Peter Kyle | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | #203 |
🟩 23 Nov 2025 Villa 2-1 Leeds, Elland Road IG2.jpg
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Trophies


🏆 European Cup Winners: (1) 1981-82

🏆 🏆 🏆 🏆 🏆 🏆 🏆 League Champions: (7) 1893-94, 1895-96, 1896-97, 1898-99, 1899-00, 1909-10, 1980-81
🏆 🏆 🏆 🏆 🏆 🏆 🏆  FA Cup Winners: (7) 1886-87, 1894-95, 1896-97, 1904-05, 1912-13, 1919-20, 1956-57
🏆 🏆 🏆 🏆 🏆 League Cup Winners: (5) 1960-61, 1974-75, 1976-77, 1993-94, 1995-96

🏆 🏆 Second Division Champions: (2) 1937-38, 1959-60

🏆 Third Division Champions: (1) 1971-72

🏆 European Super Cup Winners: (1) 1982-83

🏆 Intertoto Cup Winners: (1) 2001-02

🏆 Peace Cup Winners: (1) 2009 (Friendly)

🏆 🏆 🏆 🏆 🏆 FA Youth Cup Winners: (5) 1971-72, 1979-80, 2001-02, 2020-21, 2024-25
🏆 NextGen Series Winners: (1) 2012-13
🏆 Premier League Cup Winners: (1) 2017-18
🏆 u18s Premier League Champions (3): 2024-25, 2007-08, 2003-04
🏆 🏆 🏆 🏆 🏆 🏆 🏆 🏆 🏆 🏆 🏆 🏆 🏆 🏆 🏆 🏆 🏆 🏆 🏆 🏆 Birmingham Senior Cup Winners: (20) 1879-80, 1881-82, 1882-83, 1883-84, 1884-85, 1887-88, 1888-90, 1889-90, 1890-91, 1895-96, 1898-99, 1902-03, 1903-04, 1905-06, 1907-08, 1908-09, 1909-10, 1911-12, 1984-85, 2023-24
🏆 🏆 🏆 🏆 🏆 Premier Reserve League Champions: (5) 2003-04, 2007-08, 2008-09, 2009-10, 2011-12
🏆 🏆 🏆 Central League Champions: (3) 1929-30, 1963-64, 1992-93

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