Game #775
Aston Villa
1-0-0, 2 PTS
Wednesday, 1 September 1909
Last 5: 🟥 🟥 🟩 🟩 🟩
Won
5-1
🟩 1 Sep 1909, Villa 5-1 Arsenal, Villa Park
Division One
Arsenal
0-0-1, 0 PTS
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
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
None
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
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: 🟥 🟥 🟩 🟩 🟩
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 | 🏴 |
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
1909-10
Playing Squad
GK Arthur Cartlidge | 🏴 | #214 |
GK Bert Turner | 🏴 | #198 |
GK Billy George | 🏴 | #122 |
CB Chris Buckley | 🏴 | #191 |
RB Arthur Layton | 🏴 | #210 |
FB Freddie Miles | 🏴 | #170 |
FB Jack Kearns | 🏴 | #213 |
LB Jock Logan | 🏴 | #182 |
FB Tom Lyons | 🏴 | #201 |
M Arthur Moss | 🏴 | #216 |
M George Hunter | 🏴 | #204 |
M George Tranter | 🏴 | #195 |
W Albert Hall | 🏴 | #169 |
W Charlie Wallace | 🏴 | #196 |
W Edmund Eyre | 🏴 | #208 |
CF Billy Gerrish | 🏴 | #215 |
CF Harry Hampton | 🏴 | #175 |
CF Joe Bache | 🏴 | #144 |
F Joe Walters | 🏴 | #183 |
F Sammy Whittaker | 🏴 | #205 |
