Game #754
Aston Villa
7-7-5, 21 PTS

Saturday, 26 December 1908
6th
Last 5: 🟥 🟥 🟥 🟨 🟩

Won
3-0
🟩 26 Dec 1908, Villa 3-0 Bury, Villa Park
Division One
Bury
6-3-11, 15 PTS
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

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 | 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
None
Substitutes
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⚽
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GK Sub
🟩
🟨
🟥
⛔
🥅
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⚽
🔥
Sub 1
🟩
🟨
🟥
🕒
🔁
⚽
🔥
Sub 2
🟩
🟨
🟥
🕒
🔁
⚽
🔥
Sub 3
🟩
🟨
🟥
🕒
🔁
⚽
🔥
Sub 4
🟩
🟨
🟥
🕒
🔁
⚽
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Sub 5
🟩
🟨
🟥
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
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-
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 | 🏴 |
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
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