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Aston Villa

10-5-5, 25 PTS

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Thursday, 26 December 1912

1912-13

1st=

Won

7-1

Oldham Athletic

8-7-3, 23 PTS

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Division One

Villa Park

Attendance: 22,000

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On This Day

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Thursday, 26 December 1912

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🟩 26 Dec 1912, Villa 7-1 Oldham, Villa Park

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Scorer(s) | Harry Hampton | 8' | 44' | 61' | Harold Halse | 30' | 65' | Clem Stephenson | 50' | 60' |

Assist(s) | Charlie Wallace | 8' | 60' | 65' | Joe Bache | 30' | 44' | 50' |

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Last 5: 🟥 🟨 🟥 🟩 🟩

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George Ramsay | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | 1886-1926

🕒 891 | 🟩 460 🟨 161 🟥 270 | 1.73

Villa Career Form:

Top 6

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Game #917

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Match Record

Season | 1912-13 |
Matchday | #20 |
League Match | #20 |
Manager Game | #891 |
Saturday, 26 December 1912

Game Record

Manager: George Ramsay | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | Glasgow, 1886-1926 led Management Committee
Referee: Harry Taylor | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Altrincham
HT Score: 🟩 3-0
FT Result: 🟩 Won
FT Score: 🟩 7-1
Last 5: 🟥 🟨 🟥 🟩 🟩

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Head to Head

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Previous 5 vs. Oldham: 🟨 🟨 🟩 🟩 🟨

Total 🕒 7 | 🟩 W4 (57% ) | 🟨 D3 | 🇺(100% ) | 🟥 L0 (0% ) | ⚽ 21 | 🥅 8 | GD 13

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Villa Trophy Cabinet

League Champions: 🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆 🏆
FA Cup Winners: 🏆🏆🏆🏆
Last Trophy: 1909–10

Head to Head

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Opposition Trophy Cabinet

League Champions: ❌
FA Cup Winners: ❌
Last Trophy: ❌

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Team News

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Unavailable

League Suspension | 1 |
CB Chris Buckley | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

Injury | 2 |
M Andy Ducat | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
W Albert Hall | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

Opposition Unavailable

Not Recorded

Jimmy Leach replaces Bill Morris.

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Squad News

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Debut Appearances

None

Final Appearances

None

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Match Timeline

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⚽ | 8' Goal, 1-0, Harry Hampton, Assist by Charlie Wallace
⚽ | 30' Goal, 2-0, Harold Halse, Assist by Joe Bache
⚽ | 44' Goal, 3-0, Harry Hampton, Assist by Joe Bache
🚑 | 44' Player retires from field of play with injury, Charlie Wallace
🕒 | HT Aston Villa 3-0 Oldham Athletic
🚑 | 50' Player returns to field of play, Charlie Wallace
⚽ | 50' Goal, 4-0, Clem Stephenson, Assist by Joe Bache
🥅 | 56' Goal, 4-1, (Oldham Athletic), Kemp
⚽ | 60' Goal, 5-1, Clem Stephenson, Assist by Charlie Wallace
⚽ | 61' Goal, 6-1, Harry Hampton
⚽ | 65' Goal, 7-1, Harold Halse, Assist by Charlie Wallace
🕒 | FT Aston Villa 7-1 Oldham Athletic

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Line Up & Subs

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George Ramsay | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | 1886-1926

GK Sam Hardy | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CB Jimmy Harrop | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
FB Tom Lyons | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
LB Tommy Weston | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Jimmy Leach | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
W Charlie Wallace | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 🚑 | 🔥 | 🔥 | 🔥 |
F Sammy Whittaker | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
F Clem Stephenson | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | ⚽ | ⚽ |
CF Harold Halse | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | ⚽ | ⚽ |
CF Joe Bache | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 🔥 | 🔥 | 🔥 |
CF Harry Hampton | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | ⚽ | ⚽ | ⚽ |

Substitutes

No Substitutions permitted in period

Unused Substitutes

No Substitutions permitted in period

David Ashworth | 🇬🇧 |

Matthews
Hodson
Cope
Moffatt
Hunter
D. Wilson
Tummon
Walters
Kemp
C. Wilson
Donachie

Substitutes

No Substitutions Permitted in Period

Unused Substitutes

No Substitutions Permitted in Period

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Officials

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Referee: Harry Taylor | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Altrincham, 1908-

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Officials

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Referee Profile

VAR Profile (Post 2021)

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Officials

Villa Bookings

None

Opposition Bookings

None

Villa Sendings Off

None

Opposition Sendings Off

None

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Matchday Squads

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Match Stats

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Not recorded

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Match Media

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What they Said

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Match Highlights

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Team Selection

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Goalkeeper

GK Sam Hardy | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

🕒

19

19

🔥

0

0

🟩

9

🟨

5

🟥

5

4

🥅

28

Defenders

LB Tommy Weston | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

🕒

34

34

🔥

0

0

🟩

16

🟨

7

🟥

11

CB Jimmy Harrop | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

🕒

20

20

🔥

0

1

🟩

10

🟨

5

🟥

5

🕒

🔥

🟩

🟨

🟥

🕒

🔥

🟩

🟨

🟥

Midfielders

M Jimmy Leach | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

🕒

2

2

🔥

0

0

🟩

1

🟨

0

🟥

1

🕒

🔥

🟩

🟨

🟥

🕒

🔥

🟩

🟨

🟥

F Clem Stephenson | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

🕒

42

42

🔥

22

11

🟩

21

🟨

7

🟥

14

Forwards

🕒

🔥

🟩

🟨

🟥

CF Harold Halse | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

🕒

18

18

🔥

17

2

🟩

9

🟨

5

🟥

4

Substitutes

🕒

🔁

🔥

GK Sub

🟩

🟨

🟥

🥅

🕒

🔁

Sub 1

🔥

🟩

🟨

🟥

🕒

🔁

🔥

Sub 2

🟩

🟨

🟥

🕒

🔁

🔥

Sub 3

🟩

🟨

🟥

🕒

🔁

🔥

Sub 4

🟩

🟨

🟥

🕒

🔁

🔥

Sub 5

🟩

🟨

🟥

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1912-13

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First Team Squad

GK Brendel Anstey | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #221 |

Goalkeeper

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Where are they now?

CB Bill Morris | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #235 |

Centre Back

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Where are they now?

FB Freddie Miles | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #170 |

Full Back

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Where are they now?

LB Tommy Weston | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #228 |

Full Back

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Where are they now?

M Arthur Dobson | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #243 |

Midfielder

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Where are they now?

M Tommy Barber | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #242 |

Midfielder

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Where are they now?

W Harold Edgley | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #226 |

Winger

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Where are they now?

CF Harold Halse | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #237 |

Forward

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Where are they now?

F Sammy Whittaker | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #205 |

Forward

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Where are they now?

GK Len Richards | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #232 |

Goalkeeper

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Where are they now?

CB Chris Buckley | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #191 |

Centre Back

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Where are they now?

LB Jock Logan | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | #182 |

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 George Tranter | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #195 |

Midfielder

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Where are they now?

W Albert Hall | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #169 |

Winger

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Where are they now?

CF Andy McLachlan | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | #240 |

Forward

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Where are they now?

CF Harry Hampton | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #175 |

Forward

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Where are they now?

CF Stuart Doncaster | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #244 |

Forward

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Where are they now?

GK Sam Hardy | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #238 |

Goalkeeper

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Where are they now?

CB Jimmy Harrop | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #239 |

Centre Back

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Where are they now?

FB Tom Lyons | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #201 |

Full Back

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Where are they now?

M Andy Ducat | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #236 |

Midfielder

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Where are they now?

M Jimmy Leach | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #241 |

Midfielder

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Where are they now?

W Charlie Wallace | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #196 |

Winger

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Where are they now?

F Clem Stephenson | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #220 |

Forward

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Where are they now?

CF Joe Bache | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #144 |

Forward

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Where are they now?

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Matchday Programme

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League Table

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The Trophy Cabinet

Domestic:

🏆 🏆 🏆 🏆 🏆 🏆 🏆 
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

🏆 🏆 🏆 🏆 🏆
League Cup Winners: 1960-61, 1974-75, 1976-77, 1993-94, 1995-96


Europe:
🏆
European Cup Winners: 1981-82
🏆
European Super Cup Winners: 1982-83


Other Domestic:

🏆 🏆
Second Division Champions: 1937-38, 1959-60

🏆
Third Division Champions: 1971-72


Other Europe:

🏆
Intertoto Cup Winners: 2001-02

🏆
Peace Cup Winners: 2009

Reserve League
:
🏆 🏆 🏆 🏆 🏆
Premier Reserve League Champions: 2003-04, 2007-08, 2008-09, 2009-10, 2011-12

🏆 🏆 🏆
Central League Champions: 1929-30, 1963-64, 1992-93

Reserve Cup
🏆 🏆 🏆 🏆 🏆 🏆 🏆 🏆 🏆 🏆 🏆 🏆 🏆 🏆 🏆 🏆 🏆 🏆 🏆 🏆
Birmingham Senior Cup Winners: 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 

🏆
NextGen Series Winners: 2012-13

🏆
Premier League Cup Winners: 2017-18

Youth League:
🏆
u18s Premier League Champions: 2024-25
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u18s Premier League National Champions: 2024-25
🏆
u18 Premier League Tier Two Champions 2016-17
🏆 🏆 🏆
u18 Premier Academy League Academy Group B Champions: 2005-06, 2007-08, 2010-11
🏆
u18 Premier Academy League National Champions 2007-08
🏆 🏆 
u17 FA Premier Academy League Champions: 1999-00, 2003-04
🏆 🏆🏆
Midland Youth League Champions: 1989-90, 1994-95, 1995-96

Youth Cup:
🏆 🏆 🏆 🏆 🏆
FA Youth Cup Winners: 1971-72, 1979-80, 2001-02, 2020-21, 2024-25
🏆 🏆
Midland Youth League Cup Winners: 1991-92, 1994-95
🏆 🏆 🏆
Midland Youth Cup Winners: 1991-92, 1995-96, 1997-98
🏆 🏆 🏆 🏆 🏆 🏆 🏆
Southern Junior Floodlit Cup: 1972-73, 1974-75, 1975-76, 1978-79, 1979-80, 1980-81, 1993-94

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