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Game #754

Aston Villa

7-7-5, 21 PTS

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Saturday, 26 December 1908

6th

Last 5: 🟥 🟥 🟥 🟨 🟩

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Won

3-0

🟩 26 Dec 1908, Villa 3-0 Bury, Villa Park

Division One

Bury

6-3-11, 15 PTS

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Villa Park

Attendance: 20,000

On This Day
  • George Travers hits a hat-trick on his Villa debut aged 21 after joining from Birmingham earlier this month as Albert Hall contributes a hat-trick of assists.

  • Villa win for the first time in five to record their third home win in ten to make it seven wins, seven draws and five defeats in their nineteen division one games so far this season.

GK Billy George | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 🚑 |
CB Chris Buckley | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
RB Arthur Layton | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
FB Freddie Miles | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Frank Cornan | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M George Hunter | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
W Charlie Wallace | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
W Albert Hall | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 🔥 | 🔥 | 🔥 |
F George Reeves | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
F George Travers | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 🟢 | ⚽ | ⚽ | ⚽ |
CF Joe Bache | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

George Ramsay | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | 1886-1926
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Substitutes

No Substitutions permitted in period

Unused Substitutes

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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 |
F Joe Walters | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

Team News

Charlie Wallace, George Reeves and George Travers (debut) replace Edmund Eyre, Sammy Whittaker and Alec Logan.

Team Stats

Not recorded

Debut Appearances

🟢 F George Travers | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

Final Appearances

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Starting XI
GK Billy George | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
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Scorer(s) | George Travers | 4' | 17' | 25' |

Assist(s) | Albert Hall | 4' | 17' | 25' |

Match Timeline

🟢 | 1' Debut, George Travers
⚽ | 4' Goal, 1-0, George Travers, Assist by Albert Hall
🚑 | Player knocked out on field of play, George Reeves
⚽ | 17' Goal, 2-0, George Travers, Assist by Albert Hall
⚽ | 25' Goal, 3-0, George Travers, Assist by Albert Hall
🕒 | HT Aston Villa 3-0 Bury
🚑 | Villa 'keeper Billy George collides with a Bury player
🚑 | Player retires from field of play with injury, Billy George
🚑 | Full back Freddie Miles takes over in goal
🚑 | Player returns to field of play with injury, Billy George, incapicitated and able to use one arm only,
❌ | 89' Missed penalty, (Bury), Wolstenholme
🕒 | FT Aston Villa 3-0 Bury

Season | 1908-09 |
Matchday | #19 |
League Match | #19 |
Manager Game | #728 |
Saturday, 26 December 1908

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Match Record
Game Record

Manager: George Ramsay | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | Glasgow, 1886-1926 led Management Committee
Referee: Harry Taylor | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Altrincham
HT Score: 🟩 3-0
FT Result: 🟩 Won
FT Score: 🟩 3-0
Last 5: 🟥 🟥 🟥 🟨 🟩

Officials

Referee: Harry Taylor | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Altrincham, 1908-

Previous 5 vs. Bury: 🟨 🟩 🟩 🟨 🟥

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Head to Head

Total 🕒 29 | 🟩 W16 (55% ) | 🟨 D6 | 🇺(76% ) | 🟥 L7 (24% ) | ⚽ 52 | 🥅 39 | GD 13

Match Stats

Not recorded

George Ramsay | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | 1886-1926

🕒 728 | 🟩 377 🟨 131 🟥 220 | 1.73

Villa Career Form:

Top 6

What they Said

Wolstenholme
Parkin
Lindsay
Bullen
Dewhurst
Humphreys
Duffy
Currie
Hibbert
MacIntosh
Pearson

Archie Montgomery | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
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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: 1902-03

Opposition Matchday Squad

Opposition Unavailable

Not Recorded

League Table
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1908-09
Playing Squad
GK Arthur Cartlidge | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #214 |
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GK Bert Turner | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #198 |
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GK Billy George | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #122 |
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GK Len Skiller | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #212 |
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CB Chris Buckley | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #191 |
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RB Arthur Layton | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #210 |
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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 |
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W Charlie Wallace | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #196 |
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W Edmund Eyre | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #208 |
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W Joseph Wilcox | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #199 |
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CF Alec Logan | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | #194 |
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F Alfred Gittins | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #206 |
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F George Reeves | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #200 |
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F George Travers | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #211 |
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CF Harry Hampton | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #175 |
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CF Joe Bache | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #144 |
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F Joe Walters | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #183 |
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CF Peter Kyle | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | #203 |
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F Sammy Whittaker | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #205 |
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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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