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Aston Villa

9-8-11, 26 PTS

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Saturday, 27 February 1909

1908-09

11th=

Won

3-1

Everton

15-7-6, 37 PTS

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Division One

Villa Park

Attendance: 14,000

🟩 27 Feb 1909, Villa 3-1 Everton, Villa Park

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Scorer(s) | Harry Hampton | 30' | 39' | Joe Walters | 43' |

Assist(s) | Edmund Eyre | 30' | 39' | Harry Hampton | 43' |

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Last 5: 🟨 🟥 🟥 🟥 🟩

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George Ramsay | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | 1886-1926

🕒 738 | 🟩 379 🟨 132 🟥 227 | 1.72

Villa Career Form:

Top 6

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Game #764

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Match Record

Season | 1908-09 |
Matchday | #29 |
League Match | #28 |
Manager Game | #738 |
Saturday, 27 February 1909

Game Record

Manager: George Ramsay | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | Glasgow, 1886-1926 led Management Committee
Referee: Jack Sykes | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Stockport
HT Score: 🟩 3-1
FT Result: 🟩 Won
FT Score: 🟩 3-1
Last 5: 🟨 🟥 🟥 🟥 🟩

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Head to Head

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Previous 5 vs. Everton: 🟩 🟩 🟥 🟥 🟥

Total 🕒 45 | 🟩 W19 (42% ) | 🟨 D6 | 🇺(56% ) | 🟥 L20 (44% ) | ⚽ 76 | 🥅 85 | GD -9

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Villa Trophy Cabinet

League Champions: 🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆
FA Cup Winners: 🏆🏆🏆🏆
Last Trophy: 1904–05

Head to Head

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Opposition Trophy Cabinet

League Champions: 🏆
FA Cup Winners: 🏆
Last Trophy: 1905-06

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Team News

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Unavailable

Injury | 1 |
CB Chris Buckley | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

Opposition Unavailable

Not Recorded

George Tranter, Jack Kearns (debut), Frank Cornan and Edmund Eyre replace Chris Buckley, Tom Lyons, George Hunter, Albert Hall and Joe Bache.

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Squad News

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Debut Appearances

🟢 RB Jack Kearns | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

Final Appearances

None

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Match Timeline

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🟢 | 1' Debut, Jack Kearns
⚽ | 30' Goal, 1-0, Harry Hampton, Assist by Edmund Eyre
🥅 | 31' Goal, 1-1, (Everton), Bert Freeman
⚽ | 39' Goal, 2-1, Harry Hampton, Assist by Edmund Eyre
⚽ | 43' Goal, 3-1, Joe Walters, Assist by Harry Hampton
🕒 | HT Aston Villa 3-1 Everton
🕒 | FT Aston Villa 3-1 Everton

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Line Up & Subs

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George Ramsay | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | 1886-1926

GK Billy George | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
RB Jack Kearns | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 🟢 |
LB Jock Logan | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
FB Freddie Miles | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M George Tranter | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Frank Cornan | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
W Charlie Wallace | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
W Edmund Eyre | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 🔥 | 🔥 |
CF Harry Hampton | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | ⚽ | ⚽ | 🔥 |
F George Reeves | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
F Joe Walters | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | ⚽ |

Substitutes

No Substitutions permitted in period

Unused Substitutes

No Substitutions permitted in period

Will Cuff | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

GK Billy Scott | 🇮🇪 |
CB Jack Taylor | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
FB Bob Balmer | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
LB John Maconnachie | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
M Hugh Adamson | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
M Valentine Harris | 🇮🇪 |
F Walter White | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
CF Sandy Young | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
CF Bert Freeman | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | ⚽ |
W Jack Sharp (ex) | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
F Tim Coleman | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

Substitutes

No Substitutions Permitted in Period

Unused Substitutes

No Substitutions Permitted in Period

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Officials

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Referee: Jack Sykes | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Stockport, 1909-

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Officials

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Referee Profile

VAR Profile (Post 2021)

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Villa Bookings

None

Villa Sendings Off

None

Officials

Opposition Bookings

None

Opposition Sendings Off

None

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On This Day

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How can we do better next time?

Saturday, 27 February 1909

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Matchday Squads

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Goalkeepers
GK Billy George | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

Full Backs
RB Jack Kearns | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
LB Jock Logan | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
FB Freddie Miles | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

Midfielders
M George Tranter | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Frank Cornan | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

Wingers
W Charlie Wallace | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
W Edmund Eyre | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

Forwards
CF Harry Hampton | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
F George Reeves | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
F Joe Walters | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

Goalkeepers
GK Billy Scott | 🇮🇪 |

Defenders
CB Jack Taylor | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |

Full Backs
FB Bob Balmer | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
LB John Maconnachie | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |

Midfielders
M Hugh Adamson | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
M Valentine Harris | 🇮🇪 |

Wingers
W Jack Sharp (ex) | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

Forwards
F Walter White | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
CF Sandy Young | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
CF Bert Freeman | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
F Tim Coleman | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

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Match Stats

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Not recorded

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Match Media

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What they Said

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Match Highlights

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Team Selection

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Goalkeeper

GK Billy George | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

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RB Jack Kearns | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

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1908-09

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First Team Squad

GK Arthur Cartlidge | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #214 |

Goalkeeper

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Where are they now?

GK Len Skiller | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #212 |

Goalkeeper

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Where are they now?

FB Freddie Miles | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #170 |

Full Back

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Where are they now?

RB Jock McKenzie | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | #207 |

Full Back

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Where are they now?

M Frank Cornan | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #209 |

Midfielder

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Where are they now?

M George Tranter | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #195 |

Midfielder

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Where are they now?

W Albert Hall | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #169 |

Winger

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Where are they now?

W Joseph Wilcox | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #199 |

Winger

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Where are they now?

F George Reeves | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #200 |

Forward

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Where are they now?

CF Joe Bache | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #144 |

Forward

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Where are they now?

F Sammy Whittaker | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #205 |

Forward

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Where are they now?

GK Bert Turner | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #198 |

Goalkeeper

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Where are they now?

CB Chris Buckley | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #191 |

Centre Back

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Where are they now?

FB Jack Kearns | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #213 |

Full Back

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Where are they now?

FB Tom Lyons | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #201 |

Full Back

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Where are they now?

M George Harris | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #155 |

Midfielder

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Where are they now?

M Jack Windmill | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #168 |

Midfielder

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Where are they now?

W Charlie Wallace | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #196 |

Winger

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Where are they now?

CF Alec Logan | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | #194 |

Forward

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Where are they now?

F George Travers | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #211 |

Forward

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Where are they now?

F Joe Walters | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #183 |

Forward

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Where are they now?

GK Billy George | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #122 |

Goalkeeper

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Where are they now?

RB Arthur Layton | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #210 |

Full Back

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Where are they now?

LB Jock Logan | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | #182 |

Full Back

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Where are they now?

LB Walter Kimberley | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #202 |

Full Back

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Where are they now?

M George Hunter | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #204 |

Midfielder

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Where are they now?

M Rowland Codling | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #189 |

Midfielder

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Where are they now?

W Edmund Eyre | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #208 |

Winger

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Where are they now?

F Alfred Gittins | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #206 |

Forward

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Where are they now?

CF Harry Hampton | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #175 |

Forward

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Where are they now?

CF Peter Kyle | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | #203 |

Forward

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Where are they now?

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Matchday Programme

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League Table

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The Trophy Cabinet

Domestic:

🏆 🏆 🏆 🏆 🏆 🏆 🏆 
League Champions: 1893-94, 1895-96, 1896-97, 1898-99, 1899-00, 1909-10, 1980-81

🏆 🏆 🏆 🏆 🏆 🏆 🏆 
FA Cup Winners: 1886-87, 1894-95, 1896-97, 1904-05, 1912-13, 1919-20, 1956-57

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League Cup Winners: 1960-61, 1974-75, 1976-77, 1993-94, 1995-96


Europe:
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European Cup Winners: 1981-82
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European Super Cup Winners: 1982-83


Other Domestic:

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Second Division Champions: 1937-38, 1959-60

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Third Division Champions: 1971-72


Other Europe:

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Intertoto Cup Winners: 2001-02

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Peace Cup Winners: 2009

Reserve League
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Premier Reserve League Champions: 2003-04, 2007-08, 2008-09, 2009-10, 2011-12

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Central League Champions: 1929-30, 1963-64, 1992-93

Reserve Cup
🏆 🏆 🏆 🏆 🏆 🏆 🏆 🏆 🏆 🏆 🏆 🏆 🏆 🏆 🏆 🏆 🏆 🏆 🏆 🏆
Birmingham Senior Cup Winners: 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 

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NextGen Series Winners: 2012-13

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Premier League Cup Winners: 2017-18

Youth League:
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u18s Premier League Champions: 2024-25
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u18s Premier League National Champions: 2024-25
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u18 Premier League Tier Two Champions 2016-17
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u18 Premier Academy League Academy Group B Champions: 2005-06, 2007-08, 2010-11
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u18 Premier Academy League National Champions 2007-08
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u17 FA Premier Academy League Champions: 1999-00, 2003-04
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Midland Youth League Champions: 1989-90, 1994-95, 1995-96

Youth Cup:
🏆 🏆 🏆 🏆 🏆
FA Youth Cup Winners: 1971-72, 1979-80, 2001-02, 2020-21, 2024-25
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Midland Youth League Cup Winners: 1991-92, 1994-95
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Midland Youth Cup Winners: 1991-92, 1995-96, 1997-98
🏆 🏆 🏆 🏆 🏆 🏆
Southern Junior Floodlit Cup: 1974-75, 1975-76, 1978-79, 1979-80, 1980-81, 1993-94

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