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

Saturday, 10 October 1908
5th=
Last 5: 🟩 🟩 🟩 🟨 🟨
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
None
Matchday Squad:
International Duty | 1 |
W Charlie Wallace | 🏴 |
Injury | 4 |
M George Hunter | 🏴 |
W Albert Hall | 🏴 |
M Rowland Codling | 🏴 |
F Joe Walters | 🏴 |
Jock Logan, Joseph Wilcox and Sammy Whittaker (debut) replace Rowland Codling, Charlie Wallace and Joe Walters.
Not recorded
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.

Drew
1-1
🟨 10 Oct 1908, Villa 1-1 Bradford, Valley Parade
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

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: 🟩 🟩 🟩 🟨 🟨
Referee: Robert Horrocks | 🏴 | Farnworth, 1898-
Not recorded
Debut Appearances:
🟢 F Sammy Whittaker | 🏴 |
Final Appearances:
🔴 W Joseph Wilcox | 🏴 |
George Ramsay | 🏴 | 1886-1926
🕒 716 | 🟩 373 🟨 127 🟥 216 | 1.74
Villa Career Form:
Top 6
Referee:
VAR (from 2021)
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Division One
Bradford City
1-2-4, 4 PTS

Valley Parade
Attendance: 30,000
Splendiff
MacLean
Campbell
Hanger
Williams
Robinson
>ould
McDonald
O'Rourke
Smith
Clarke
Peter O'Rourke | 🏴 |

Substitutes:
No Substitutions Permitted in Period
Unused Substitutes:
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None
League Champions: ❌
FA Cup Winners: ❌
Last Trophy: ❌
Matchday Squad:
Not Recorded
