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Game #775

Aston Villa

1-0-0, 2 PTS

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Wednesday, 1 September 1909

Last 5: 🟥 🟥 🟩 🟩 🟩

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Won

5-1

🟩 1 Sep 1909, Villa 5-1 Arsenal, Villa Park

Division One

Arsenal

0-0-1, 0 PTS

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Villa Park

Attendance: 12,000

On This Day
  • Joe Bache scores a brace on the opening day as Villa open the season with a resounding victory over Arsenal. 

  • Centre forward Billy Gerrish makes a goalscoring debut aged 24 after joining from Bristol Rovers.

GK Arthur Cartlidge | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
LB Jock Logan | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
FB Tom Lyons | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
FB Freddie Miles | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CB Chris Buckley | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M George Hunter | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
W Albert Hall | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | ⚽ | 🔥 |
W Charlie Wallace | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CF Billy Gerrish | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 🟢 | ⚽ |
CF Joe Bache | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | ⚽ | ⚽ |
F Joe Walters | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 🔥 | ⚽ |

George Ramsay | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | 1886-1926
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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

Trophy Record

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

Matchday Squad

Unavailable

Injury | 1 |
CF Harry Hampton | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

Team News

Team Stats

Not recorded

Debut Appearances

🟢 CF Billy Gerrish | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #215 | £200 signing from Bristol City

Final Appearances

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Starting XI
GK Arthur Cartlidge | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
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LB Jock Logan | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
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CF Billy Gerrish | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
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Scorer(s) | Joe Bache | 1-0 | 4-1 | Albert Hall | 2-0 | Billy Gerrish | 3-0 | Joe Walters | 5-1 |

Assist(s) | Joe Walters | 4-1 | Albert Hall | 5-1 |

Match Timeline

🟢 | 1' Debut, Billy Gerrish
⚽ | Goal, 1-0, Joe Bache
⚽ | Goal, 2-0, Albert Hall
⚽ | Goal, 3-0, Billy Gerrish
🕒 | HT Aston Villa 3-0 Arsenal
🥅 | Goal, 3-1, (Arsenal), Lee
⚽ | Goal, 4-1, Joe Bache, Assist by Joe Walters
⚽ | Goal, 5-1, Joe Walters, Assist by Albert Hall
🕒 | FT Aston Villa 5-1 Arsenal

Season | 1909-10 |
Matchday | #1 |
League Match | #1 |
Manager Game | #749 |
Wednesday, 1 September 1909

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Match Record
Game Record

Manager: George Ramsay | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | Glasgow, 1886-1926 led Management Committee
Referee: Richard Pitchford | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Sheffield
HT Score: 🟩 3-0
FT Result: 🟩 Won
FT Score: 🟩 5-1
Last 5: 🟥 🟥 🟩 🟩 🟩

Officials

Referee: Richard Pitchford | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Sheffield, 1907-

Previous 5 vs. Arsenal: 🟥 🟥 🟩 🟩 🟩

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Head to Head

Total 🕒 11 | 🟩 W6 (55% ) | 🟨 D1 | 🇺(64% ) | 🟥 L4 (36% ) | ⚽ 18 | 🥅 13 | GD 5

Match Stats

Not recorded

George Ramsay | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | 1886-1926

🕒 749 | 🟩 385 🟨 134 🟥 230 | 1.72

Villa Career Form:

Top 6

What they Said

McDonald
Shaw
Gray
Ducat
Tomson
McEachrane
Greenaway
Lewis
Lee
Drain
Hettinstall

George Morrell | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
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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: ❌

Opposition Matchday Squad

Opposition Unavailable

Not Recorded

League Table
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1909-10
Playing Squad
GK Arthur Cartlidge | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #214 |
🟩 23 Nov 2025 Villa 2-1 Leeds, Elland Road IG2.jpg
GK Bert Turner | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #198 |
🟩 23 Nov 2025 Villa 2-1 Leeds, Elland Road IG2.jpg
GK Billy George | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #122 |
🟩 23 Nov 2025 Villa 2-1 Leeds, Elland Road IG2.jpg
CB Chris Buckley | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #191 |
🟩 23 Nov 2025 Villa 2-1 Leeds, Elland Road IG2.jpg
RB Arthur Layton | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #210 |
🟩 23 Nov 2025 Villa 2-1 Leeds, Elland Road IG2.jpg
FB Freddie Miles | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #170 |
🟩 23 Nov 2025 Villa 2-1 Leeds, Elland Road IG2.jpg
FB Jack Kearns | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #213 |
🟩 23 Nov 2025 Villa 2-1 Leeds, Elland Road IG2.jpg
LB Jock Logan | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | #182 |
🟩 23 Nov 2025 Villa 2-1 Leeds, Elland Road IG2.jpg
FB Tom Lyons | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #201 |
🟩 23 Nov 2025 Villa 2-1 Leeds, Elland Road IG2.jpg
M Arthur Moss | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #216 |
🟩 23 Nov 2025 Villa 2-1 Leeds, Elland Road IG2.jpg
M George Hunter | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #204 |
🟩 23 Nov 2025 Villa 2-1 Leeds, Elland Road IG2.jpg
M George Tranter | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #195 |
🟩 23 Nov 2025 Villa 2-1 Leeds, Elland Road IG2.jpg
W Albert Hall | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #169 |
🟩 23 Nov 2025 Villa 2-1 Leeds, Elland Road IG2.jpg
W Charlie Wallace | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #196 |
🟩 23 Nov 2025 Villa 2-1 Leeds, Elland Road IG2.jpg
W Edmund Eyre | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #208 |
🟩 23 Nov 2025 Villa 2-1 Leeds, Elland Road IG2.jpg
CF Billy Gerrish | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #215 |
🟩 23 Nov 2025 Villa 2-1 Leeds, Elland Road IG2.jpg
CF Harry Hampton | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #175 |
🟩 23 Nov 2025 Villa 2-1 Leeds, Elland Road IG2.jpg
CF Joe Bache | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #144 |
🟩 23 Nov 2025 Villa 2-1 Leeds, Elland Road IG2.jpg
F Joe Walters | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #183 |
🟩 23 Nov 2025 Villa 2-1 Leeds, Elland Road IG2.jpg
F Sammy Whittaker | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #205 |
🟩 23 Nov 2025 Villa 2-1 Leeds, Elland Road IG2.jpg
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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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