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Game #757
1908-09
Position:
Division One
Nottingham Forest
Villa Park
Attendance: 15,000
Saturday, 9 January 1909
Harry Hampton, scored on his return to the side but Villa lose for the third successive game.
Aston Villa
1-2
Nottingham Forest
Scorer(s) | Harry Hampton |
Assist(s) | Not recorded
AT A GLANCE
Game #757
Season | 1908-09 |
Matchday | #22 |
League Match | #22 |
Manager Game | #731 |
Saturday, 9 January 1909
MATCH SUMMARY
Manager | George Ramsay led Management Committee |
FT Score | 1-2 |
FT Result | Lost |
Last 5 Games | DWWLL |
MATCH OFFICIALS
MATCH INCIDENTS
Villa
Nottingham Forest
🟨 | Booking
🟥 | Sending off
💥+ | Incidents e.g. penalty awarded
💥- | Incidents e.g. penalty conceded, goal disallowed
💥 | Incidents e.g. refused clear pen
🆘 | Notably poor refereeing performance
TEAM STATS
Not recorded
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.
UNAVAILABLE
Not recorded
MATCH STATS
Not recorded
MANAGER
Management Committee | Club Secretary | George Ramsay
STAFF
STARTING LINE UP
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 |
F Joe Bache |
CF Harry Hampton |
SUBSTITUTES
No Substitutions permitted in period
UNUSED SUBSTITUTES
No Substitutions permitted in period
THE OPPOSITION
ex: Also played for the Villa
g: Scored
s/o: Sent off
s-: Sub off; s+: Sub on
ON THIS DAY
Villa lose successive games and 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.
Meanwhile, goalkeeper Len Skiller made his Villa debut aged 25 after joining from Leyton in September 1908.
Harry Hampton, scored on his return to the side but Villa lose for the third successive game, Saturday, 9 January 1909.
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