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Game #865

Aston Villa

3-1-5, 7 PTS

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Saturday, 21 October 1911

15th

Last 5: 🟩 🟨 🟥 🟥 🟥

GK Dicky Roose | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 |
FB Freddie Miles | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
RB Jack Kearns | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CB Chris Buckley | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M George Tranter | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M George Hunter | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
W Charlie Wallace | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 🔥 | 🔥 |
F Horace Henshall | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
F Joe Walters | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CF Jimmy Birch | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 🟢 | ⚽ | ⚽ |
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 | 3 |
FB Tom Lyons | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
F Sammy Whittaker | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CF Harry Hampton | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

Team News

Freddie Miles, Chris Buckley and Jimmy Birch (debut) replace Tom Lyons, Sammy Whittaker and Harry Hampton.

Team Stats

Not recorded

Debut Appearances

🟢 CF Jimmy Birch | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #225 | Youth team promotion

Final Appearances

None

On This Day
  • Villa record a third successive loss.

  • Villa make it three wins, a draw and five defeats in their nine division one games in what is proving to be a highly disappointing campaign so far this season. 

  • Villa fall to 15th in the table.

  • Forward Jimmy Birch scores a brace on his Villa debut aged 23 after joining from Stourbridge FC in May 1910.

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

9

9

🔥

0

2

🟩

3

🟨

1

🟥

5

1

🥅

19

FB Freddie Miles | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
🕒

🔥

🟩

🟨

🟥

🕒

🔥

🟩

🟨

🟥

🕒

🔥

🟩

🟨

🟥

🕒

🔥

🟩

🟨

🟥

🕒

🔥

🟩

🟨

🟥

🕒

🔥

🟩

🟨

🟥

🕒

🔥

🟩

🟨

🟥

🕒

🔥

🟩

🟨

🟥

F Horace Henshall | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
🕒

30

30

🔥

7

9

🟩

15

🟨

5

🟥

10

CF Jimmy Birch | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
🕒

1

1

🔥

2

0

🟩

0

🟨

0

🟥

1

Substitutes
🕒

🔁

🔥

GK Sub

🟩

🟨

🟥

🥅

🕒

🔁

🔥

Sub 1

🟩

🟨

🟥

🕒

🔁

🔥

Sub 2

🟩

🟨

🟥

🕒

🔁

🔥

Sub 3

🟩

🟨

🟥

🕒

🔁

🔥

Sub 4

🟩

🟨

🟥

🕒

🔁

🔥

Sub 5

🟩

🟨

🟥

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Lost

2-3

🟥 21 Oct 1911, Villa 2-3 Wednesday, Villa Park
Scorer(s) | Jimmy Birch | 34' | 89' |

Assist(s) | Charlie Wallace | 34' | 89' |

Match Timeline

🟢 | 1' Debut, Jimmy Birch
⚽ | 34' Goal, 1-0, Jimmy Birch, Assist by Charlie Wallace
🕒 | HT Aston Villa 1-0 Sheffield Wednesday
🥅 | 52' Goal, 1-1, (Sheffield Wednesday), Brittleton
🥅 | 61' Goal, 1-2, (Sheffield Wednesday), Kirkman
🥅 | 66' Goal, 1-3, (Sheffield Wednesday), Glennon
⚽ | 89' Goal, 2-3, Jimmy Birch, Assist by Charlie Wallace
🕒 | FT Aston Villa 2-3 Sheffield Wednesday

Season | 1911-12 |
Matchday | #9 |
League Match | #9 |
Manager Game | #839 |
Saturday, 21 October 1911

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Match Record
Game Record

Manager: George Ramsay | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | Glasgow, 1886-1926 led Management Committee
Referee: Jack Howcroft | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Bolton
HT Score: 🟩 1-0
FT Result: 🟥 Lost
FT Score: 🟥 2-3
Last 5: 🟩 🟨 🟥 🟥 🟥

Officials

Referee: Jack Howcroft | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Bolton, 1904-

Previous 5 vs. Wednesday: 🟥 🟥 🟩 🟩 🟥

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Head to Head

Total 🕒 38 | 🟩 W19 (50% ) | 🟨 D3 | 🇺(58% ) | 🟥 L16 (42% ) | ⚽ 90 | 🥅 65 | GD 25

Match Stats

Not recorded

George Ramsay | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | 1886-1926

🕒 839 | 🟩 435 🟨 149 🟥 255 | 1.73

Villa Career Form:

Top 6

What they Said

Division One

Sheffield Wednesday

2-2-5, 6 PTS

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Villa Park

Attendance: 13,570

Davison
McSkimming
Spoors
Campbell
Weir
Brittleton
Robertson
Wilson
McLean
Glennon
Kirkman

Arthur Dickinson | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
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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: 1906–07

Opposition Matchday Squad

Opposition Unavailable

Not Recorded

League Table
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1911-12
Playing Squad
GK Albert Lindon | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #231 |
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GK Brendel Anstey | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #221 |
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GK Dicky Roose | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 | #223 |
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GK Len Richards | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #232 |
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CB Bill Morris | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #235 |
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CB Chris Buckley | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #191 |
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FB Freddie Miles | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #170 |
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FB Jack Kearns | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #213 |
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LB Jock Logan | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | #182 |
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FB Tom Lyons | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #201 |
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LB Tommy Weston | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #228 |
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FB Wilfred Littlewood | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #234 |
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M Alfred Edwards | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #224 |
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M Arthur Moss | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #216 |
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M George Hunter | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #204 |
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M George Tranter | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #195 |
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M Les Askew | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #222 |
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W Albert Hall | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #169 |
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W Albert Ralphs | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #230 |
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W Charlie Wallace | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #196 |
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W Frank Mann | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #229 |
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W Harold Edgley | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #226 |
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W Walter Watson | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #233 |
🟩 23 Nov 2025 Villa 2-1 Leeds, Elland Road IG2.jpg
F Bert Goode | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #227 |
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CF Billy Gerrish | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #215 |
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F Clem Stephenson | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #220 |
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CF Harry Hampton | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #175 |
🟩 23 Nov 2025 Villa 2-1 Leeds, Elland Road IG2.jpg
F Horace Henshall | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #219 |
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CF Jimmy Birch | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #225 |
🟩 23 Nov 2025 Villa 2-1 Leeds, Elland Road IG2.jpg
CF Joe Bache | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #144 |
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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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