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Game #882

Aston Villa

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Saturday, 3 February 1912

2nd Round

Last 5: 🟨 🟩 🟩 🟨 🟨

GK Brendel Anstey | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
FB Freddie Miles | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
LB Tommy Weston | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
LB Jock Logan | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
M Alfred Edwards | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 🔴 |
W Charlie Wallace | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
F Horace Henshall | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
F Joe Walters | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
F Sammy Whittaker | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CF Joe Bache | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CF Harry Hampton | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | ⚽ |

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 | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CB Chris Buckley | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M George Tranter | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

Team News

Jock Logan replaces George Tranter.

Team Stats

Not recorded

Debut Appearances

None

Final Appearances

🔴 M Alfred Edwards | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 1911-12 🕒 8 | ✅ 8 | 🔁 (-) | ⚽ 0 | 🔥 1 | 🇺 - | #224 |

On This Day
  • Reading put on an ultra-defensive performance at Villa Park to successfuly stymie Villa and equalise immediately after the restart with a rare foray into Villa territory.

  • Villa face Reading for the first time in competitive football, Reading become the 61st team that the Villa first team has played in League or Cup football. 

  • Villa face non-league side Reading for the first time in their history and are held to a draw at home in the second round of the FA Cup. 

  • Modfielder Alfred Edwards made his eighth and final Villa appearances aged 21 before moving on to Dudley Town in August 1912. 

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

25

25

🔥

0

0

🟩

12

🟨

7

🟥

6

8

🥅

32

LB Tommy Weston | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
🕒

3

3

🔥

0

0

🟩

1

🟨

2

🟥

0

🕒

🔥

🟩

🟨

🟥

🕒

🔥

🟩

🟨

🟥

🕒

🔥

🟩

🟨

🟥

M Alfred Edwards | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
🕒

8

8

🔥

0

1

🟩

2

🟨

4

🟥

2

🕒

🔥

🟩

🟨

🟥

🕒

🔥

🟩

🟨

🟥

🕒

🔥

🟩

🟨

🟥

F Horace Henshall | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
🕒

43

43

🔥

9

11

🟩

21

🟨

10

🟥

12

🕒

🔥

🟩

🟨

🟥

Substitutes
🕒

🔁

🔥

GK Sub

🟩

🟨

🟥

🥅

🕒

🔁

🔥

Sub 1

🟩

🟨

🟥

🕒

🔁

🔥

Sub 2

🟩

🟨

🟥

🕒

🔁

🔥

Sub 3

🟩

🟨

🟥

🕒

🔁

🔥

Sub 4

🟩

🟨

🟥

🕒

🔁

🔥

Sub 5

🟩

🟨

🟥

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Drew

1-1

🟨 3 Feb 1912, Villa 1-1 Reading, Villa Park
Scorer(s) | Harry Hampton | 25' |

Assist(s) | None

Match Timeline

⚽ | 25' Goal, 1-0, Harry Hampton
🕒 | HT Aston Villa 1-0 Reading
🥅 | 46’ Goal, 1-1, (Reading), Green
🕒 | FT Aston Villa 1-1 Reading

Season | 1911-12 |
Matchday | #26 |
Manager Game | #856 |
Saturday, 3 February 1912

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Match Record
Game Record

Manager: George Ramsay | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | Glasgow, 1886-1926 led Management Committee
Referee: J. Kenny | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Preston
HT Score: 🟩 1-0
FT Result: 🟨 Drew
FT Score: 🟨 1-1
Last 5: 🟨 🟩 🟩 🟨 🟨

Officials

Referee: J. Kenny | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Preston, 1912-

Previous 5 vs. Reading: None

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Head to Head

Total 🕒 1 | 🟩 W0 (0% ) | 🟨 D1 | 🇺(100% ) | 🟥 L0 (0% ) | ⚽ 1 | 🥅 1 | GD 0

Match Stats

Not recorded

George Ramsay | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | 1886-1926

🕒 856 | 🟩 443 🟨 155 🟥 258 | 1.73

Villa Career Form:

Top 6

What they Said

FA Cup

Reading

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Villa Park

Attendance: 25,000

Caldwell
Bartholomew
Smith
M James Bradley | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Ted Hanney | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
Smart
Greer
F Len Andrews | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
F Allen Foster | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
F Joe Bailey | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
Lee

Management Committee
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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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🏆 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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