Game #898
Aston Villa
1-0-0, 2 PTS

Monday, 2 September 1912
Last 5: ๐ฉ ๐ฉ ๐ฅ ๐ฉ ๐ฉ
GK Sam Hardy | ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ | ๐ข |
CB Jimmy Harrop | ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ | ๐ข |
CB Chris Buckley | ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ | ๐ด |
FB Freddie Miles | ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ |
LB Tommy Weston | ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ |
M Andy Ducat | ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ | ๐ข |
W Albert Hall | ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ |
W Charlie Wallace | ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ | ๐ฅ |
F Clem Stephenson | ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ | โฝ |
CF Harry Hampton | ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ |
CF Harold Halse | ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ | ๐ข |
George Ramsay | ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ณ๓ ฃ๓ ด๓ ฟ | 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: ๐๐๐๐๐ ๐
FA Cup Winners: ๐๐๐๐
Last Trophy: 1909โ10
Matchday Squad
Unavailable
None
Team News
Team Stats
Not recorded
Debut Appearances
๐ข CF Harold Halse | ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ | #236 | ยฃ1,200 signing from Manchester United
๐ข GK Sam Hardy | ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ | #237 | ยฃ600 signing from Liverpool
๐ข CB Jimmy Harrop | ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ | #238 | ยฃ600 signing from Liverpool
๐ข M Andy Ducat | ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ | #239 | ยฃ1,000 signing from Woolwich Arsenal
Final Appearances
๐ด CB Chris Buckley | ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ |

Won
1-0
๐ฉ 2 Sep 1912, Villa 1-0 Chelsea, Villa Park
Scorer(s) | Clem Stephenson | 1-0 |
Assist(s) | Charlie Wallace | 1-0 |
Match Timeline
๐ข | 1' Debut, Sam Hardy, Jimmy Harrop, Andy Ducat, Howard Halse
โฝ | Goal, 1-0, Clem Stephenson, Assist by Charlie Wallace
๐ | HT Aston Villa 1-0 Chelsea
๐ | FT Aston Villa 1-0 Chelsea
Season | 1912-13 |
Matchday | #1 |
League Match | #1 |
Manager Game | #872 |
Monday, 2 September 1912
Match Record
Game Record
Manager: George Ramsay | ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ณ๓ ฃ๓ ด๓ ฟ | Glasgow, 1886-1926 led Management Committee
Referee: Unknown
HT Score: ๐ฉ 1-0
FT Result: ๐ฉ Won
FT Score: ๐ฉ 1-0
Last 5: ๐ฉ ๐ฉ ๐ฅ ๐ฉ ๐ฉ
Officials
Referee: Unknown
Match Stats
Not recorded
George Ramsay | ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ณ๓ ฃ๓ ด๓ ฟ | 1886-1926
๐ 872 | ๐ฉ 451 ๐จ 156 ๐ฅ 265 | 1.73
Villa Career Form:
Top 6
Division One
Chelsea
0-0-1, 0 PTS
Villa Park
Attendance: 28,000
Not recorded
David Calderhead | ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ณ๓ ฃ๓ ด๓ ฟ |
Substitutes
No Substitutions Permitted in Period
Unused Substitutes
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Yellow Cards (Warnings, Cautions, Bookings)
None
Red Cards (Ordered from Field of Play, Dismissals, Sendings Off)
None
Opposition Trophy Record
League Champions: โ
FA Cup Winners: โ
Last Trophy: โ
Opposition Matchday Squad
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Not Recorded

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Match Media
On This Day
Clem Stephenson scores Villa's first goal of the season to secure an opening day win over Chelsea at Villa Park.
Goalkeeper Sam Hardy, 29, makes his debut appearance in a Villa shirt after joining from Liverpool for a fee of ยฃ600
Centre back Jimmy Harrop, 27, makes his debut appearance in a Villa shirt after joining from Liverpool for a fee of ยฃ600
Midfielder Andy Ducat, 26, makes his debut appearance in a Villa shirt after joining from Woolwich Arsenal for a fee of ยฃ1,000
Foward Harold Halse, 26, makes his debut appearance in a Villa shirt after joining from Manchester United for a fee of ยฃ1,200
Centre back Chris Buckley, 25, makes his final appearance in a Villa shirt before joining Woolwich Arsenal in January 1913. Buckley made 144 appearances for Villa over seven seasons and scored three goals as well as winning the 1909-10 League title and would return to Villa once his playing career was over to sit on the board and help guide Villa for decades to come.
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