Game #751
Aston Villa
6-6-4, 18 PTS

Saturday, 12 December 1908
5th=
Last 5:🟨 🟩 🟨 🟥 🟥

Lost
0-3
🟥 12 Dec 1908, Villa 0-3 Boro, Villa Park
Division One
Middlesbrough
4-5-7, 13 PTS
Villa Park
Attendance: 20,000
On This Day
Villa fail to score for the first time this season as they lose consecutive games to make it six wins, six draws and four defeats in their sixteen division one games so far this season.
Meanwhile, winger Edmund Eyre made his Villa debut aged 26 after moving from Birmingham earlier this month.
Midfielder Rowland Codling made his final appearance aged 28 before moving onto Northampton Town in July 1909 after making 82 appearances over his four seasons with the club.
GK Billy George | 🏴 |
CB Chris Buckley | 🏴 |
FB Tom Lyons | 🏴 |
FB Freddie Miles | 🏴 |
LB Jock Logan | 🏴 |
M Rowland Codling | 🏴 | 🚑 | 🔴 |
W Edmund Eyre | 🏴 | 🟢 |
W Charlie Wallace | 🏴 |
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
League Champions: 🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆
FA Cup Winners: 🏆🏆🏆🏆
Last Trophy: 1904–05
Matchday Squad
Unavailable
Injury | 2 |
M George Hunter | 🏴 |
F Joe Walters | 🏴 |
Team News
Freddie Miles, Rowland Codling and Edmund Eyre (debut) replace Walter Kimberley, George Tranter and Albert Hall.
Team Stats
Not recorded
Debut Appearances
🟢 W Edmund Eyre | 🏴 |
Final Appearances
🔴 M Rowland Codling | 🏴 |
Substitutes
🕒
🔁
⚽
🔥
GK Sub
🟩
🟨
🟥
⛔
🥅
🕒
🔁
⚽
🔥
Sub 1
🟩
🟨
🟥
🕒
🔁
⚽
🔥
Sub 2
🟩
🟨
🟥
🕒
🔁
⚽
🔥
Sub 3
🟩
🟨
🟥
🕒
🔁
⚽
🔥
Sub 4
🟩
🟨
🟥
🕒
🔁
⚽
🔥
Sub 5
🟩
🟨
🟥
Scorer(s) | None
Assist(s) | None
Match Timeline
🟢 | 1' Debut, Edmund Eyre
🥅 | 17' Goal, 0-1, (Middlesbrough), Hall
🥅 | Goal, 0-2, (Middlesbrough), S. Aitken
🕒 | HT Aston Villa 0-2 Middlesbrough
🥅 | 60' Goal, 0-3, (Middlesbrough), Bloomer
❌ | Missed penalty, Harry Hampton
🚑 | 80' Player retires from field of play with injury, Rowland Codling 🔴
🕒 | FT Aston Villa 0-3 Middlesbrough
Season | 1908-09 |
Matchday | #16 |
League Match | #16 |
Manager Game | #725 |
Saturday, 12 December 1908
Match Record
Game Record
Manager: George Ramsay | 🏴 | Glasgow, 1886-1926 led Management Committee
Referee: Alfred Barker | 🏴 | Hanley
HT Score: 🟥 0-2
FT Result: 🟥 Lost
FT Score: 🟥 0-3
Last 5:🟨 🟩 🟨 🟥 🟥
Officials
Referee: Alfred Barker | 🏴 | Hanley, 1898-
Match Stats
Not recorded
George Ramsay | 🏴 | 1886-1926
🕒 725 | 🟩 376 🟨 130 🟥 219 | 1.74
Villa Career Form:
Top 6
What they Said
Williamson
Watson
S. Aitken
A. Aitken
Wilcox
Pentland
Bloomer
Hall
Common
Thackerey
Andy Aitken | 🏴 |
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





