Game #757
Aston Villa
8-7-7, 23 PTS

Saturday, 9 January 1909
7th=
Last 5: 🟨 🟩 🟩 🟥 🟥

Lost
1-2
🟥 9 Jan 1909, Villa 1-2 Forest, Villa Park
Division One
Nottingham Forest
7-3-13, 17 PTS
Villa Park
Attendance: 15,000
On This Day
Harry Hampton scores on his return to the side but Villa lose for the third successive game.
Villa now have just three wins in eleven at Villa Park to make it eight wins, seven draws and seven defeats in their twenty two division one games so far this season.
Villa lose at home to Forest for the first time in their history (19 Games, 16 Wins, 2 Draws)
Meanwhile, goalkeeper Len Skiller made his Villa debut aged 25 after joining from Leyton in September 1908.
GK Len Skiller | 🏴 | 🟢 |
CB Chris Buckley | 🏴 | 🔥 |
RB Arthur Layton | 🏴 |
LB Jock Logan | 🏴 |
FB Freddie Miles | 🏴 |
M George Hunter | 🏴 |
W Charlie Wallace | 🏴 |
W Albert Hall | 🏴 |
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 | 1 |
GK Billy George | 🏴 |
Team News
Len Skiller (debut), Jock Logan, Freddie Miles, Albert Hall and Harry Hampton replace Bert Turner, Tom Lyons, Frank Cornan, Edmund Eyre and George Travers.
Team Stats
Not recorded
Debut Appearances
🟢 GK Len Skiller | 🏴 |
Final Appearances
None
Substitutes
🕒
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⚽
🔥
GK Sub
🟩
🟨
🟥
⛔
🥅
🕒
🔁
⚽
🔥
Sub 1
🟩
🟨
🟥
🕒
🔁
⚽
🔥
Sub 2
🟩
🟨
🟥
🕒
🔁
⚽
🔥
Sub 3
🟩
🟨
🟥
🕒
🔁
⚽
🔥
Sub 4
🟩
🟨
🟥
🕒
🔁
⚽
🔥
Sub 5
🟩
🟨
🟥
Scorer(s) | Harry Hampton | 12' |
Assist(s) | Chris Buckley | 12' |
Match Timeline
🟢 | 1' Debut, Len Skiller
⚽ | 12’ Goal, 1-0, Harry Hampton, Assist by Chris Buckley
🥅 | 32' Goal, 1-1, (Nottingham Forest), Marrison
🕒 | HT Aston Villa 1-1 Nottingham Forest
🥅 | 55' Goal, 1-2, (Nottingham Forest), West
🕒 | FT Aston Villa 1-2 Nottingham Forest
Season | 1908-09 |
Matchday | #22 |
League Match | #22 |
Manager Game | #731 |
Saturday, 9 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: 🟥 Lost
FT Score: 🟥 1-2
Last 5: 🟨 🟩 🟩 🟥 🟥
Officials
Referee: Harry Taylor | 🏴 | Altrincham, 1908-
Match Stats
Not recorded
George Ramsay | 🏴 | 1886-1926
🕒 731 | 🟩 378 🟨 131 🟥 222 | 1.73
Villa Career Form:
Top 6
What they Said
Linacre
Maltby
Dudley
Armstrong
Needham
Hughes
Birch
Whitchurch
West
Marrison
Hooper
Harry Hallam | 🏴 |
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: 1897-98
Opposition Matchday Squad
Opposition Unavailable
Not Recorded
League Table

1908-09
Playing Squad
Match Media




