Game #755
Aston Villa
8-7-5, 23 PTS

Friday, 1 January 1909
5th
Last 5: 🟥 🟥 🟨 🟩 🟩

Won
2-1
🟩 1 Jan 1909, Villa 2-1 Bury, Gigg Lane
Division One
Bury
6-3-12, 15 PTS
Gigg Lane
Attendance: 16,000
On This Day
Villa play their 6th away fixture on New Years Day of their 6 games played on that day.
Villa score on New Years Day for the first time in their history after 18 years and 6 games played on 1st January.
Villa win for the first time on New Years Day however not before conceding their 19th goal on the first day of the year.
Villa win successive games for the first time since September to make it eight wins, seven draws and five defeats in their twenty division one games so far this season.
GK Bert Turner | 🏴 |
CB Chris Buckley | 🏴 |
RB Arthur Layton | 🏴 |
FB Tom Lyons | 🏴 |
M Frank Cornan | 🏴 |
M George Hunter | 🏴 |
W Charlie Wallace | 🏴 | 🔥 |
W Edmund Eyre | 🏴 | ⚽ |
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 | 3 |
F Joe Walters | 🏴 |
GK Billy George | 🏴 |
FB Freddie Miles | 🏴 |
Team News
Bert Turner, Tom Lyons and Edmund Eyre replace Billy George, Freddie Miles and Albert Hall.
Team Stats
Not recorded
Debut Appearances
None
Final Appearances
None
Substitutes
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GK Sub
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Sub 1
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Sub 2
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Sub 3
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Sub 4
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Sub 5
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Scorer(s) | George Reeves | 41' | Edmund Eyre | 70' |
Assist(s) | Charlie Wallace | 41' |
Match Timeline
🥅 | 40' Goal, 0-1, (Bury), MacIntosh
⚽ | 41' Goal, 1-1, George Reeves, Assist by Charlie Wallace
🕒 | HT Bury 1-1 Aston Villa
⚽ | 70' Goal, 2-1, Edmund Eyre
🕒 | FT Bury 1-2 Aston Villa
Season | 1908-09 |
Matchday | #20 |
League Match | #20 |
Manager Game | #729 |
Friday, 1 January 1909
Match Record
Game Record
Manager: George Ramsay | 🏴 | Glasgow, 1886-1926 led Management Committee
Referee: Harry Taylor | 🏴 | Altrincham
HT Score: 🟨 1-1
FT Result: 🟩 Won
FT Score: 🟩 2-1
Last 5: 🟥 🟥 🟨 🟩 🟩
Officials
Referee: Harry Taylor | 🏴 | Altrincham, 1908-
Match Stats
Not recorded
George Ramsay | 🏴 | 1886-1926
🕒 729 | 🟩 378 🟨 131 🟥 220 | 1.74
Villa Career Form:
Top 6
What they Said
Wolstenholme
Lindsay
Parkin
Humphreys
Dewhurst
Rae
Gibson
MacIntosh
Hibbert
Kay
Duffy
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
League Table


