Game #742
Aston Villa
3-3-1, 9 PTS

Saturday, 10 October 1908
5th=
Last 5: 🟩 🟩 🟩 🟨 🟨

Drew
1-1
🟨 10 Oct 1908, Villa 1-1 Bradford, Valley Parade
Division One
Bradford City
1-2-4, 4 PTS
Valley Parade
Attendance: 30,000
On This Day
Joe Bache scores for the fifth time in as many games but Villa are held for the second siccessive game, this time by a goal that only referee Horrocks believed was over the line after Billy George gathers the ball well away from danger.
Villa face Bradford City for the first time in competitive football, Bradford become the 56th team that the Villa first team has played in League or Cup football.
Villa extend their unbeaten run to six matches but are held for the second successive game to make it three wins, three draws and a defeat in their seven division one games so far this season.
Villa drop to joint 5th.
Forward Sammy Whittaker makes his Villa debut aged 20 after moving from Bloxwich Strollers in April 1908.
Winger Joseph Wilcox makes his sixth and final appearance for Villa aged 21 before moving on to Birmingham in November 1908.
GK Billy George | 🏴 |
CB Chris Buckley | 🏴 | 🔥 |
FB Tom Lyons | 🏴 |
FB Freddie Miles | 🏴 |
LB Jock Logan | 🏴 |
M George Tranter | 🏴 |
W Joseph Wilcox | 🏴 | 🔴 |
F Sammy Whittaker | 🏴 | 🟢 |
F George Reeves | 🏴 |
CF Joe Bache | 🏴 | ⚽ |
CF Harry Hampton | 🏴 |
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
Matchday Squad
Unavailable
International Duty | 1 |
W Charlie Wallace | 🏴 |
Injury | 4 |
M George Hunter | 🏴 |
W Albert Hall | 🏴 |
M Rowland Codling | 🏴 |
F Joe Walters | 🏴 |
Team News
Jock Logan, Joseph Wilcox and Sammy Whittaker (debut) replace Rowland Codling, Charlie Wallace and Joe Walters.
Team Stats
Not recorded
Debut Appearances
🟢 F Sammy Whittaker | 🏴 |
Final Appearances
🔴 W Joseph Wilcox | 🏴 |
Substitutes
🕒
🔁
⚽
🔥
GK Sub
🟩
🟨
🟥
⛔
🥅
🕒
🔁
⚽
🔥
Sub 1
🟩
🟨
🟥
🕒
🔁
⚽
🔥
Sub 2
🟩
🟨
🟥
🕒
🔁
⚽
🔥
Sub 3
🟩
🟨
🟥
🕒
🔁
⚽
🔥
Sub 4
🟩
🟨
🟥
🕒
🔁
⚽
🔥
Sub 5
🟩
🟨
🟥
Scorer(s) | Joe Bache | 40' |
Assist(s) | Chris Buckley | 40' |
Match Timeline
⚽ | 40' Goal, 1-0, Joe Bache, Assist by Chris Buckley
🕒 | HT Bradford City 0-1 Aston Villa
🥅 | 84' Goal, 1-1, (Bradford City), Gould
🕒 | FT Bradford City 1-1 Aston Villa
Season | 1908-09 |
Matchday | #7 |
League Match | #7 |
Manager Game | #716 |
Saturday, 10 October 1908
Match Record
Game Record
Manager: George Ramsay | 🏴 | Glasgow, 1886-1926 led Management Committee
Referee: Robert Horrocks | 🏴 | Farnworth
HT Score: 🟩 1-0
FT Result: 🟨 Drew
FT Score: 🟨 1-1
Last 5: 🟩 🟩 🟩 🟨 🟨
Officials
Referee: Robert Horrocks | 🏴 | Farnworth, 1898-
Match Stats
Not recorded
George Ramsay | 🏴 | 1886-1926
🕒 716 | 🟩 373 🟨 127 🟥 216 | 1.74
Villa Career Form:
Top 6
What they Said
Splendiff
MacLean
Campbell
Hanger
Williams
Robinson
>ould
McDonald
O'Rourke
Smith
Clarke
Peter O'Rourke | 🏴 |
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

1908-09
Playing Squad
Match Media



