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Game #744

Aston Villa

4-3-2, 11 PTS

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Saturday, 24 October 1908

5th=

Last 5: 🟩 🟨 🟨 🟩 🟥

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Lost

1-3

🟥 24 Oct 1908, Villa 1-3 Everton, Goodison

Division One

Everton

8-0-2, 16 PTS

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Goodison Park

Attendance: 36,000

On This Day
  • George Reeves makes it three goals in two games but Villa lose for the first time since the opening day of the season.

  • Villa lose for the first time in eight to make it four wins, three draws and two defeats in their nine division one games so far this season.

  • Villa fall back to joint 5th in the table.

GK Billy George | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CB Chris Buckley | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
FB Tom Lyons | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
FB Freddie Miles | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
LB Jock Logan | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
M George Tranter | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
W Albert Hall | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
W Charlie Wallace | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
F George Reeves | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | ⚽ |
CF Joe Bache | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 🔥 |
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

Goalkeepers
GK Billy George | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

Defenders
CB Chris Buckley | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

Full Backs
FB Tom Lyons | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
FB Freddie Miles | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
LB Jock Logan | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |

Midfielders
M George Tranter | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

Wingers
W Albert Hall | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
W Charlie Wallace | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

Forwards
F George Reeves | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CF Joe Bache | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CF Harry Hampton | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

Unavailable

Injury | 3 |
M George Hunter | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Rowland Codling | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
F Joe Walters | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

Team News

George Ramsay names an unchanged line up for the first time this season.

Team Stats

Not recorded

Debut Appearances

None

Final Appearances

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Starting XI
GK Billy George | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
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CB Chris Buckley | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
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Substitutes
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Scorer(s) | George Reeves | 53' |

Assist(s) | Joe Bache | 53' |

Match Timeline

🥅 | 30' Goal, 0-1, (Everton), Tim Coleman
🕒 | HT Everton 1-0 Aston Villa
🥅 | 50' Goal, 0-2, (Everton), Jack Sharp
⚽ | 53' Goal, 1-2, George Reeves, Assist by Joe Bache
🥅 | 60' Goal, 1-3, (Everton), Bert Freeman
🕒 | FT Everton 3-1 Aston Villa

Season | 1908-09 |
Matchday | #9 |
League Match | #9 |
Manager Game | #718 |
Saturday, 24 October 1908

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Match Record
Game Record

Manager: George Ramsay | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | Glasgow, 1886-1926 led Management Committee
Referee: G. Sykes
HT Score: 🟥 0-1
FT Result: 🟥 Lost
FT Score: 🟥 1-3
Last 5: 🟩 🟨 🟨 🟩 🟥

Officials

Referee: G. Sykes
Linesmen: W. B. Thonton; W. Leslie

Previous 5 vs. Everton: 🟥 🟩 🟩 🟥 🟥

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Head to Head

Total 🕒 44 | 🟩 W18 (41% ) | 🟨 D6 | 🇺(55% ) | 🟥 L20 (45% ) | ⚽ 73 | 🥅 84 | GD -11

Match Stats

Not recorded

George Ramsay | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | 1886-1926

🕒 718 | 🟩 374 🟨 127 🟥 217 | 1.74

Villa Career Form:

Top 6

What they Said

GK Billy Scott | 🇮🇪 |
CB Jack Taylor | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
FB Bob Balmer | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
LB John Maconnachie | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
M Valentine Harris | 🇮🇪 |
M Harry Makepeace | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
W Harold Dawson | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
W Jack Sharp (ex) | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | ⚽ |
F Tim Coleman | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CF Bert Freeman | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | ⚽ |
CF Sandy Young | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |

Will Cuff | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
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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: 1905-06

Opposition Matchday Squad

Goalkeepers
GK Billy Scott | 🇮🇪 |

Defenders
CB Jack Taylor | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |

Full Backs
FB Bob Balmer | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
LB John Maconnachie | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |

Midfielders
M Valentine Harris | 🇮🇪 |
M Harry Makepeace | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

Wingers
W Harold Dawson | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
W Jack Sharp (ex) | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

Forwards
F Tim Coleman | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CF Bert Freeman | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CF Sandy Young | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |

Opposition Unavailable

Not Recorded

League Table
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1908-09
Playing Squad
GK Arthur Cartlidge | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #214 |
🟩 23 Nov 2025 Villa 2-1 Leeds, Elland Road IG2.jpg
GK Bert Turner | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #198 |
🟩 23 Nov 2025 Villa 2-1 Leeds, Elland Road IG2.jpg
GK Billy George | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #122 |
🟩 23 Nov 2025 Villa 2-1 Leeds, Elland Road IG2.jpg
GK Len Skiller | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #212 |
🟩 23 Nov 2025 Villa 2-1 Leeds, Elland Road IG2.jpg
CB Chris Buckley | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #191 |
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RB Arthur Layton | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #210 |
🟩 23 Nov 2025 Villa 2-1 Leeds, Elland Road IG2.jpg
FB Freddie Miles | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #170 |
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FB Jack Kearns | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #213 |
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LB Jock Logan | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | #182 |
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RB Jock McKenzie | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | #207 |
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FB Tom Lyons | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #201 |
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LB Walter Kimberley | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #202 |
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M Frank Cornan | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #209 |
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M George Harris | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #155 |
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M George Hunter | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #204 |
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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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W Albert Hall | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #169 |
🟩 23 Nov 2025 Villa 2-1 Leeds, Elland Road IG2.jpg
W Charlie Wallace | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #196 |
🟩 23 Nov 2025 Villa 2-1 Leeds, Elland Road IG2.jpg
W Edmund Eyre | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #208 |
🟩 23 Nov 2025 Villa 2-1 Leeds, Elland Road IG2.jpg
W Joseph Wilcox | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #199 |
🟩 23 Nov 2025 Villa 2-1 Leeds, Elland Road IG2.jpg
CF Alec Logan | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | #194 |
🟩 23 Nov 2025 Villa 2-1 Leeds, Elland Road IG2.jpg
F Alfred Gittins | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #206 |
🟩 23 Nov 2025 Villa 2-1 Leeds, Elland Road IG2.jpg
F George Reeves | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #200 |
🟩 23 Nov 2025 Villa 2-1 Leeds, Elland Road IG2.jpg
F George Travers | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #211 |
🟩 23 Nov 2025 Villa 2-1 Leeds, Elland Road IG2.jpg
CF Harry Hampton | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #175 |
🟩 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
F Sammy Whittaker | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #205 |
🟩 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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