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Game #925

Aston Villa

11-10-5, 32 PTS

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Saturday, 15 February 1913

5th=

Last 5: 🟨 🟨 🟩 🟨 🟨

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Drew

1-1

🟨 15 Feb 1913, Villa 1-1 Blackburn, Villa Park

Division One

Blackburn Rovers

10-9-8, 29 PTS

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Villa Park

Attendance: 20,000

On This Day
  • Tommy Barber scores his first Villa goal in a fog shrouded Villa Park to extend Villa's unbeaten run to ten but they are held for the fourth successive League game.

  • Villa drop to joint 5th in the table.

  • Villa make it eleven wins, ten draws and five defeats in twenty six division one games so far this season. 

  • Midfielder Arthur Dobson and centre forward Stuart Doncaster make their Villa debuts aged 19 and 22 after joining from Audley North Staffs and Stourbridge FC in August 1912.

GK Sam Hardy | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
FB Tom Lyons | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
LB Tommy Weston | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CB Bill Morris | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Tommy Barber | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | ⚽ |
M Arthur Dobson | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 🟢 |
W Albert Hall | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
W Charlie Wallace | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 🔥 |
F Clem Stephenson | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CF Stuart Doncaster | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 🟢 |
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

Goalkeepers
GK Sam Hardy | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

Defenders
CB Bill Morris | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

Full Backs
FB Tom Lyons | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
LB Tommy Weston | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

Midfielders
M Tommy Barber | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Arthur Dobson | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

Wingers
W Albert Hall | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
W Charlie Wallace | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

Forwards
F Clem Stephenson | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CF Stuart Doncaster | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CF Joe Bache | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

Unavailable

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

Injury | 4 |
M Andy Ducat | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CB Jimmy Harrop | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CF Harry Hampton | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CF Harold Halse | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

Team News

Bill Morris, Arthur Dobson (debut) and Stuart Doncaster (debut) replace George Tranter, Harold Halse and Sammy Whittaker.

Team Stats

Not recorded

Debut Appearances

🟢 M Arthur Dobson | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #243 | Youth team promotion
🟢 CF Stuart Doncaster | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #244 | Youth team promotion

Final Appearances

None

Starting XI
GK Sam Hardy | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
🕒

27

27

🔥

0

0

🟩

12

🟨

10

🟥

5

6

🥅

35

LB Tommy Weston | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
🕒

42

42

🔥

0

0

🟩

19

🟨

12

🟥

11

🕒

🔥

🟩

🟨

🟥

CB Bill Morris | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
🕒

21

21

🔥

1

1

🟩

10

🟨

6

🟥

5

M Tommy Barber | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
🕒

8

8

🔥

1

0

🟩

3

🟨

5

🟥

0

M Arthur Dobson | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
🕒

1

1

🔥

0

0

🟩

0

🟨

1

🟥

0

🕒

🔥

🟩

🟨

🟥

🕒

🔥

🟩

🟨

🟥

F Clem Stephenson | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
🕒

50

50

🔥

24

12

🟩

24

🟨

12

🟥

14

🕒

🔥

🟩

🟨

🟥

CF Stuart Doncaster | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
🕒

1

1

🔥

0

0

🟩

0

🟨

1

🟥

0

Substitutes
🕒

🔁

🔥

GK Sub

🟩

🟨

🟥

🥅

🕒

🔁

🔥

Sub 1

🟩

🟨

🟥

🕒

🔁

🔥

Sub 2

🟩

🟨

🟥

🕒

🔁

🔥

Sub 3

🟩

🟨

🟥

🕒

🔁

🔥

Sub 4

🟩

🟨

🟥

🕒

🔁

🔥

Sub 5

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🟥

Scorer(s) | Tommy Barber | 4' |

Assist(s) | Charlie Wallace | 4' |

Match Timeline

🟢 | 1' Debut, Arthur Dobson, Stuart Doncaster
⚽ | 4' Goal, 1-0, Tommy Barber, Assist by Charlie Wallace
🥅 | 22’ Goal, 1-1, (Blackburn Rovers), Danny Shea
🕒 | HT Aston Villa 1-1 Blackburn Rovers
🕒 | FT Aston Villa 1-1 Blackburn Rovers

Season | 1912-13 |
Matchday | #28 |
League Match | #26 |
Manager Game | #899 |
Saturday, 15 February 1913

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Match Record
Game Record

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

Officials

Referee: Herbert Bamlett | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Gateshead, 1907-
Linesmen: A. H. Manning (London); H. Holmes (Hanley)

Previous 5 vs. Blackburn: 🟨 🟨 🟥 🟥 🟨

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Head to Head

Total 🕒 51 | 🟩 W20 (39% ) | 🟨 D14 | 🇺(67% ) | 🟥 L17 (33% ) | ⚽ 108 | 🥅 97 | GD 11

Match Stats

Not recorded

George Ramsay | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | 1886-1926

🕒 899 | 🟩 463 🟨 166 🟥 270 | 1.73

Villa Career Form:

Top 6

What they Said

GK Alfred Robinson | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
D Arthur Cowell | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Albert Walmsley | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Percy Smith | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Billy Bradshaw | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Joe Hodkinson | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Danny Shea | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | ⚽ |
M George Chapman | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
F Walter Anthony | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
F Walter Aitkenhead | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
F Eddie Latheron | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

Robert Middleton | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
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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: 1911–12

Opposition Matchday Squad

Goalkeepers
GK Alfred Robinson | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

Defenders
D Arthur Cowell | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

Midfielders
M Albert Walmsley | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Percy Smith | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Billy Bradshaw | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Joe Hodkinson | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Danny Shea | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M George Chapman | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |

Forwards
F Walter Anthony | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
F Walter Aitkenhead | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
F Eddie Latheron | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

Opposition Unavailable

Not Recorded

League Table
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1912-13
Playing Squad
GK Brendel Anstey | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #221 |

Goalkeeper

🟩 23 Nov 2025 Villa 2-1 Leeds, Elland Road IG2.jpg

Where are they now?

GK Len Richards | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #232 |

Goalkeeper

🟩 23 Nov 2025 Villa 2-1 Leeds, Elland Road IG2.jpg

Where are they now?

GK Sam Hardy | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #238 |

Goalkeeper

🟩 23 Nov 2025 Villa 2-1 Leeds, Elland Road IG2.jpg

Where are they now?

CB Bill Morris | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #235 |

Centre Back

🟩 23 Nov 2025 Villa 2-1 Leeds, Elland Road IG2.jpg

Where are they now?

CB Chris Buckley | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #191 |

Centre Back

🟩 23 Nov 2025 Villa 2-1 Leeds, Elland Road IG2.jpg

Where are they now?

CB Jimmy Harrop | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #239 |

Centre Back

🟩 23 Nov 2025 Villa 2-1 Leeds, Elland Road IG2.jpg

Where are they now?

FB Freddie Miles | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #170 |

Full Back

🟩 23 Nov 2025 Villa 2-1 Leeds, Elland Road IG2.jpg

Where are they now?

LB Jock Logan | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | #182 |

Full Back

🟩 23 Nov 2025 Villa 2-1 Leeds, Elland Road IG2.jpg

Where are they now?

FB Tom Lyons | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #201 |

Full Back

🟩 23 Nov 2025 Villa 2-1 Leeds, Elland Road IG2.jpg

Where are they now?

LB Tommy Weston | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #228 |

Full Back

🟩 23 Nov 2025 Villa 2-1 Leeds, Elland Road IG2.jpg

Where are they now?

FB Wilfred Littlewood | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #234 |

Full Back

🟩 23 Nov 2025 Villa 2-1 Leeds, Elland Road IG2.jpg

Where are they now?

M Andy Ducat | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #236 |

Midfielder

🟩 23 Nov 2025 Villa 2-1 Leeds, Elland Road IG2.jpg

Where are they now?

M Arthur Dobson | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #243 |

Midfielder

🟩 23 Nov 2025 Villa 2-1 Leeds, Elland Road IG2.jpg

Where are they now?

M George Tranter | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #195 |

Midfielder

🟩 23 Nov 2025 Villa 2-1 Leeds, Elland Road IG2.jpg

Where are they now?

M Jimmy Leach | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #241 |

Midfielder

🟩 23 Nov 2025 Villa 2-1 Leeds, Elland Road IG2.jpg

Where are they now?

M Tommy Barber | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #242 |

Midfielder

🟩 23 Nov 2025 Villa 2-1 Leeds, Elland Road IG2.jpg

Where are they now?

W Albert Hall | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #169 |

Winger

🟩 23 Nov 2025 Villa 2-1 Leeds, Elland Road IG2.jpg

Where are they now?

W Charlie Wallace | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #196 |

Winger

🟩 23 Nov 2025 Villa 2-1 Leeds, Elland Road IG2.jpg

Where are they now?

W Harold Edgley | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #226 |

Winger

🟩 23 Nov 2025 Villa 2-1 Leeds, Elland Road IG2.jpg

Where are they now?

CF Andy McLachlan | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | #240 |

Forward

🟩 23 Nov 2025 Villa 2-1 Leeds, Elland Road IG2.jpg

Where are they now?

F Clem Stephenson | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #220 |

Forward

🟩 23 Nov 2025 Villa 2-1 Leeds, Elland Road IG2.jpg

Where are they now?

CF Harold Halse | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #237 |

Forward

🟩 23 Nov 2025 Villa 2-1 Leeds, Elland Road IG2.jpg

Where are they now?

CF Harry Hampton | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #175 |

Forward

🟩 23 Nov 2025 Villa 2-1 Leeds, Elland Road IG2.jpg

Where are they now?

CF Joe Bache | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #144 |

Forward

🟩 23 Nov 2025 Villa 2-1 Leeds, Elland Road IG2.jpg

Where are they now?

F Sammy Whittaker | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #205 |

Forward

🟩 23 Nov 2025 Villa 2-1 Leeds, Elland Road IG2.jpg

Where are they now?

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

Forward

🟩 23 Nov 2025 Villa 2-1 Leeds, Elland Road IG2.jpg

Where are they now?

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Domestic:

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


Other Domestic:

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Second Division Champions: 1937-38, 1959-60

🏆
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Other Europe:

🏆
Intertoto Cup Winners: 2001-02

🏆
Peace Cup Winners: 2009

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

🏆 🏆 🏆
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Reserve Cup
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Youth League:
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u18s Premier League National Champions: 2024-25
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🏆 🏆 🏆
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
🏆 🏆 🏆
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