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Game #863

Aston Villa

3-1-3, 7 PTS

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Saturday, 7 October 1911

8th=

Last 5: 🟩 🟩 🟩 🟨 🟥

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Lost

1-3

🟥 7 Oct 1911, Villa 1-3 Sunderland, Villa Park

Division One

Sunderland

3-2-2, 8 PTS

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Villa Park

Attendance: 28,000

On This Day
  • Despite Charlie Wallace scoring his third penalty in five games and Villa leading at the break, the George Ramsay benefit match ends in a first defeat in five for Villa, as Sunderland score two in eight second half minutes before adding a third two minutes from time.

  • Villa make it three wins, a draw and three defeats in their seven division one games so far this season. 

  • Villa drop to joint 8th in the table

  • Midfielder Alfred Edwards makes his Villa debut aged 21 after joining from Stourbridge FC in April 1910.

GK Dicky Roose | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 |
FB Tom Lyons | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
FB Freddie Miles | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Alfred Edwards | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 🟢 |
M George Tranter | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M George Hunter | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
W Charlie Wallace | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | ⚽ |
F Horace Henshall | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
F Joe Walters | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CF Harry Hampton | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CF Joe Bache | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

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: 1909–10

Matchday Squad

Unavailable

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

Team News

Alfred Edwards comes in for his debut in place of Chris Buckley.

Team Stats

Not recorded

Debut Appearances

🟢 M Alfred Edwards | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #224 | Youth team promotion

Final Appearances

None

Starting XI
GK Dicky Roose | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 |
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7

7

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0

2

🟩

3

🟨

1

🟥

3

1

🥅

13

FB Tom Lyons | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
🕒

🔥

🟩

🟨

🟥

🕒

🔥

🟩

🟨

🟥

🕒

🔥

🟩

🟨

🟥

🕒

🔥

🟩

🟨

🟥

M Alfred Edwards | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
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1

1

🔥

0

0

🟩

0

🟨

0

🟥

1

🕒

🔥

🟩

🟨

🟥

🕒

🔥

🟩

🟨

🟥

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🟩

🟨

🟥

F Horace Henshall | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
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28

28

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7

9

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15

🟨

5

🟥

8

🕒

🔥

🟩

🟨

🟥

Substitutes
🕒

🔁

🔥

GK Sub

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🥅

🕒

🔁

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Sub 1

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🟨

🟥

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🔁

🔥

Sub 2

🟩

🟨

🟥

🕒

🔁

🔥

Sub 3

🟩

🟨

🟥

🕒

🔁

🔥

Sub 4

🟩

🟨

🟥

🕒

🔁

🔥

Sub 5

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🟨

🟥

Scorer(s) | Charlie Wallace | 20' (pen) |

Assist(s) | None

Match Timeline

🟢 | 1' Debut, Alfred Edwards
⚽ | 20' Goal, 1-0, Charlie Wallace, pen
🕒 | HT Aston Villa 1-0 Sunderland
🥅 | 55' Goal, 1-1, (Sunderland), Holley
🥅 | 63' Goal, 1-2, (Sunderland), Holley
🥅 | 88' Goal, 1-3, (Sunderland), Best
🕒 | FT Aston Villa 1-3 Sunderland

Season | 1911-12 |
Matchday | #7 |
League Match | #7 |
Manager Game | #837 |
Saturday, 7 October 1911

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Match Record
Game Record

Manager: George Ramsay | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | Glasgow, 1886-1926 led Management Committee
Referee: Herbert Yates | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Bolton
HT Score: 🟩 1-0
FT Result: 🟥 Lost
FT Score: 🟥 1-3
Last 5: 🟩 🟩 🟩 🟨 🟥

Officials

Referee: Herbert Yates | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Bolton, 1911-

Previous 5 vs. Sunderland: 🟥 🟨 🟩 🟥 🟩

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Head to Head

Total 🕒 48 | 🟩 W19 (40% ) | 🟨 D10 | 🇺(60% ) | 🟥 L19 (40% ) | ⚽ 81 | 🥅 93 | GD -12

Match Stats

Not recorded

George Ramsay | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | 1886-1926

🕒 837 | 🟩 435 🟨 149 🟥 253 | 1.74

Villa Career Form:

Top 6

What they Said

Scott
Milton
Troughear
Cringan
Thomson
Tait
Mordue
Gemmell
Holley
R. Healey
Best

Bob Kyle | 🇬🇧 |
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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: 1901-02

Opposition Matchday Squad

Opposition Unavailable

Not Recorded

League Table
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1911-12
Playing Squad
GK Albert Lindon | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #231 |

Goalkeeper

🟩 23 Nov 2025 Villa 2-1 Leeds, Elland Road IG2.jpg

Where are they now?

GK Brendel Anstey | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #221 |

Goalkeeper

🟩 23 Nov 2025 Villa 2-1 Leeds, Elland Road IG2.jpg

Where are they now?

GK Dicky Roose | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 | #223 |

Goalkeeper

🟩 23 Nov 2025 Villa 2-1 Leeds, Elland Road IG2.jpg

Where are they now?

GK Len Richards | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #232 |

Goalkeeper

🟩 23 Nov 2025 Villa 2-1 Leeds, Elland Road IG2.jpg

Where are they now?

CB Bill Morris | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #235 |

Centre Back

🟩 23 Nov 2025 Villa 2-1 Leeds, Elland Road IG2.jpg

Where are they now?

CB Chris Buckley | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #191 |

Centre Back

🟩 23 Nov 2025 Villa 2-1 Leeds, Elland Road IG2.jpg

Where are they now?

FB Freddie Miles | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #170 |

Full Back

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Where are they now?

FB Jack Kearns | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #213 |

Full Back

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Where are they now?

LB Jock Logan | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | #182 |

Full Back

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Where are they now?

FB Tom Lyons | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #201 |

Full Back

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Where are they now?

LB Tommy Weston | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #228 |

Full Back

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Where are they now?

FB Wilfred Littlewood | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #234 |

Full Back

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Where are they now?

M Alfred Edwards | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #224 |

Midfielder

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Where are they now?

M Arthur Moss | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #216 |

Midfielder

🟩 23 Nov 2025 Villa 2-1 Leeds, Elland Road IG2.jpg

Where are they now?

M George Hunter | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #204 |

Midfielder

🟩 23 Nov 2025 Villa 2-1 Leeds, Elland Road IG2.jpg

Where are they now?

M George Tranter | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #195 |

Midfielder

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Where are they now?

M Les Askew | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #222 |

Midfielder

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Where are they now?

W Albert Hall | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #169 |

Winger

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Where are they now?

W Albert Ralphs | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #230 |

Winger

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Where are they now?

W Charlie Wallace | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #196 |

Winger

🟩 23 Nov 2025 Villa 2-1 Leeds, Elland Road IG2.jpg

Where are they now?

W Frank Mann | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #229 |

Winger

🟩 23 Nov 2025 Villa 2-1 Leeds, Elland Road IG2.jpg

Where are they now?

W Harold Edgley | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #226 |

Winger

🟩 23 Nov 2025 Villa 2-1 Leeds, Elland Road IG2.jpg

Where are they now?

W Walter Watson | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #233 |

Winger

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Where are they now?

F Bert Goode | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #227 |

Forward

🟩 23 Nov 2025 Villa 2-1 Leeds, Elland Road IG2.jpg

Where are they now?

CF Billy Gerrish | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #215 |

Forward

🟩 23 Nov 2025 Villa 2-1 Leeds, Elland Road IG2.jpg

Where are they now?

F Clem Stephenson | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #220 |

Forward

🟩 23 Nov 2025 Villa 2-1 Leeds, Elland Road IG2.jpg

Where are they now?

CF Harry Hampton | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #175 |

Forward

🟩 23 Nov 2025 Villa 2-1 Leeds, Elland Road IG2.jpg

Where are they now?

F Horace Henshall | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #219 |

Forward

🟩 23 Nov 2025 Villa 2-1 Leeds, Elland Road IG2.jpg

Where are they now?

CF Jimmy Birch | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #225 |

Forward

🟩 23 Nov 2025 Villa 2-1 Leeds, Elland Road IG2.jpg

Where are they now?

CF Joe Bache | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #144 |

Forward

🟩 23 Nov 2025 Villa 2-1 Leeds, Elland Road IG2.jpg

Where are they now?

F Joe Walters | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #183 |

Forward

🟩 23 Nov 2025 Villa 2-1 Leeds, Elland Road IG2.jpg

Where are they now?

F Sammy Whittaker | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #205 |

Forward

🟩 23 Nov 2025 Villa 2-1 Leeds, Elland Road IG2.jpg

Where are they now?

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Domestic:

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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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Europe:
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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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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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Reserve Cup
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Youth League:
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u17 FA Premier Academy League Champions: 1999-00, 2003-04
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Midland Youth League Champions: 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: 1994-95
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Midland Youth Cup Winners: 1995-96, 1997-98

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Southern Junior Floodlit Cup: 1993-94

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