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Game #756

Aston Villa

8-7-6, 23 PTS

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Saturday, 2 January 1909

5th

Last 5: 🟥 🟨 🟩 🟩 🟥

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Lost

2-4

🟥 2 Jan 1909, Villa 2-4 Wednesday, Owlerton

Division One

Sheffield Wednesday

12-5-5, 29 PTS

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Owlerton Stadium

Attendance: 15,000

On This Day
  • A Bert Turner mistake after 20' gifts Wednesday the lead before an offside goal in the second half takes the game away from Villa.

  • George Reeves scores for the second successive game but Villa lose at the Owlerton.

  • Villa lose for the first time in four to make it eight wins, seven draws and six defeats in their twenty one 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
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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)

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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

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

Team Stats

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Debut Appearances

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Final Appearances

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Starting XI
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Scorer(s) | Chris Buckley | 77' | George Reeves | 88' |

Assist(s) | Charlie Wallace | 77' |

Match Timeline

🥅 | 20' Goal, 0-1, (Sheffield Wednesday), Brittleton
🕒 | HT Sheffield Wednesday 1-0 Aston Villa
🥅 | Goal, 0-2, (Sheffield Wednesday), Wilson
🥅 | 75' Goal, 0-3, (Sheffield Wednesday), Tummon
⚽ | 77' Goal, 1-3, Chris Buckley, Assist by Charlie Wallace
🥅 | 80' Goal, 1-4, (Sheffield Wednesday), Chapman
⚽ | 88' Goal, 2-4, George Reeves
🕒 | FT Sheffield Wednesday 4-2 Aston Villa

Season | 1908-09 |
Matchday | #21 |
League Match | #21 |
Manager Game | #730 |
Saturday, 2 January 1909

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Match Record
Game Record

Manager: George Ramsay | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | Glasgow, 1886-1926 led Management Committee
Referee: David Hammond | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Heywood
HT Score: 🟥 0-1
FT Result: 🟥 Lost
FT Score: 🟥 2-4
Last 5: 🟥 🟨 🟩 🟩 🟥

Officials

Referee: David Hammond | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Heywood, 1907-

Previous 5 vs. Wednesday: 🟩 🟩 🟩 🟩 🟨

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Head to Head

Total 🕒 33 | 🟩 W17 (52% ) | 🟨 D3 | 🇺(61% ) | 🟥 L13 (39% ) | ⚽ 79 | 🥅 57 | GD 22

Match Stats

Not recorded

George Ramsay | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | 1886-1926

🕒 730 | 🟩 378 🟨 131 🟥 221 | 1.73

Villa Career Form:

Top 6

What they Said

Lyall
Holborn
Burton
Brittleton
Spoors
Taylor
Lloyd
Chapman
Wilson
Bradshaw
Tummon

Arthur Dickinson | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
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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: 1906–07

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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