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Game #877

Aston Villa

9-4-8, 22 PTS

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Monday, 1 January 1912

10th=

Last 5: 🟥 🟩 🟩 🟨 🟥

GK Brendel Anstey | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
FB Freddie Miles | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
RB Jack Kearns | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Alfred Edwards | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Les Askew | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Arthur Moss | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
W Charlie Wallace | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
F Clem Stephenson | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
F Horace Henshall | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CF Joe Bache | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CF Jimmy Birch | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

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 | 4 |
F Joe Walters | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
FB Tom Lyons | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M George Tranter | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CF Harry Hampton | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

Team News

Freddie Miles, Les Askew, Jimmy Birch and Arthur Moss replace Tom Lyons, George Tranter, Harry Hampton and Sammy Whittaker.

Team Stats

Not recorded

Debut Appearances

None

Final Appearances

🔴 M Les Askew | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 1911-12 🕒 2 | ✅ 2 | 🔁 (-) | ⚽ 0 | 🔥 0 | 🇺 - | #223 |

On This Day
  • Villa lose for the second time in seven games as they fall back to joint 10th in the table.

  • Villa play their 8th away fixture on New Years Day of the 8 games they have played on 1st January. Villa have now not had a home fixture on the first day of the year in 21 years.

  • Villa fail to score for the 6th time in 8 New Years Day fixtures and lose for the 6th time ending a run of two wins on 1st January.

  • Villa lose for the first time in four to make it nine wins, four draws and eight defeats in twenty one division one games. 

  • Midfielder Les Askew makes his second and final appearance for Villa aged 26 before moving on to West Ham United in May 1912.

Starting XI
GK Brendel Anstey | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
🕒

20

20

🔥

0

0

🟩

10

🟨

4

🟥

6

7

🥅

27

FB Freddie Miles | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
🕒

🔥

🟩

🟨

🟥

🕒

🔥

🟩

🟨

🟥

🕒

🔥

🟩

🟨

🟥

M Arthur Moss | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
🕒

3

3

🔥

0

0

🟩

2

🟨

0

🟥

1

M Alfred Edwards | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
🕒

4

4

🔥

0

0

🟩

1

🟨

1

🟥

2

M Les Askew | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
🕒

2

2

🔥

0

0

🟩

0

🟨

0

🟥

2

🕒

🔥

🟩

🟨

🟥

F Clem Stephenson | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
🕒

10

10

🔥

5

3

🟩

4

🟨

2

🟥

4

F Horace Henshall | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
🕒

39

39

🔥

7

9

🟩

20

🟨

7

🟥

12

CF Jimmy Birch | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
🕒

2

2

🔥

2

0

🟩

0

🟨

0

🟥

2

Substitutes
🕒

🔁

🔥

GK Sub

🟩

🟨

🟥

🥅

🕒

🔁

🔥

Sub 1

🟩

🟨

🟥

🕒

🔁

🔥

Sub 2

🟩

🟨

🟥

🕒

🔁

🔥

Sub 3

🟩

🟨

🟥

🕒

🔁

🔥

Sub 4

🟩

🟨

🟥

🕒

🔁

🔥

Sub 5

🟩

🟨

🟥

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Lost

0-3

🟥 1 Jan 1912, Villa 0-3 Bolton, Burnden
Scorer(s) | None

Assist(s) | None

Match Timeline

🥅 | 45' Goal, 0-1, (Bolton Wanderers), Smith
🕒 | HT Bolton Wanderers 1-0 Aston Villa
🥅 | 55' Goal, 0-2, (Bolton Wanderers), Fay
🥅 | 88' Goal, 0-3, (Bolton Wanderers), Vizard
🕒 | FT Bolton Wanderers 3-0 Aston Villa

Season | 1911-12 |
Matchday | #21 |
League Match | #21 |
Manager Game | #851 |
Monday, 1 January 1912

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Match Record
Game Record

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

Officials

Referee: Unknown

Previous 5 vs. Bolton: 🟥 🟩 🟥 🟩 🟩

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Head to Head

Total 🕒 38 | 🟩 W19 (50% ) | 🟨 D5 | 🇺(63% ) | 🟥 L14 (37% ) | ⚽ 67 | 🥅 62 | GD 5

Match Stats

Not recorded

George Ramsay | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | 1886-1926

🕒 851 | 🟩 441 🟨 152 🟥 258 | 1.73

Villa Career Form:

Top 6

What they Said

Division One

Bolton Wanderers

10-2-9, 22 PTS

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Burnden Park

Attendance: 42,000

Edmondson
Stott
Feebury
Gimblett
Fay
Barber
Stokes
Jones
Bentley
Smith
Vizard

Will Settle | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
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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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1911-12
Playing Squad
GK Albert Lindon | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #231 |
🟩 23 Nov 2025 Villa 2-1 Leeds, Elland Road IG2.jpg
GK Brendel Anstey | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #221 |
🟩 23 Nov 2025 Villa 2-1 Leeds, Elland Road IG2.jpg
GK Dicky Roose | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 | #223 |
🟩 23 Nov 2025 Villa 2-1 Leeds, Elland Road IG2.jpg
GK Len Richards | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #232 |
🟩 23 Nov 2025 Villa 2-1 Leeds, Elland Road IG2.jpg
CB Bill Morris | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #235 |
🟩 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
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
LB Tommy Weston | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #228 |
🟩 23 Nov 2025 Villa 2-1 Leeds, Elland Road IG2.jpg
FB Wilfred Littlewood | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #234 |
🟩 23 Nov 2025 Villa 2-1 Leeds, Elland Road IG2.jpg
M Alfred Edwards | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #224 |
🟩 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
M Les Askew | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #222 |
🟩 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 Albert Ralphs | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #230 |
🟩 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 Frank Mann | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #229 |
🟩 23 Nov 2025 Villa 2-1 Leeds, Elland Road IG2.jpg
W Harold Edgley | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #226 |
🟩 23 Nov 2025 Villa 2-1 Leeds, Elland Road IG2.jpg
W Walter Watson | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #233 |
🟩 23 Nov 2025 Villa 2-1 Leeds, Elland Road IG2.jpg
F Bert Goode | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #227 |
🟩 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
F Clem Stephenson | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #220 |
�🟩 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
F Horace Henshall | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #219 |
🟩 23 Nov 2025 Villa 2-1 Leeds, Elland Road IG2.jpg
CF Jimmy Birch | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #225 |
🟩 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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