Game #96
Aston Villa
Saturday, 18 October 1890
Lost
10th (-1)
LLLDL
Football League
Attendance: 3,000
Derby County
Racehorse Ground
Derby County
5-4
Aston Villa
Assist(s) | Not recorded
MATCH SUMMARY
Villa score four away from home, have three goals disallowed and play 70’ with 10 men as Jimmy Cowan, "played superbly" for his hat-trick.
KEY MAN
Jimmy Cowan, "played superbly" for his hat-trick, Saturday, 18 October 1890
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MATCH TIMELINE
Saturday, 18 October 1890
3’ Goal, 0-1, (Derby County), Bakewell
4’ Goal, 1-1, Dennis Hodgetts
7’ Goal, 1-2, (Derby County), John Goodall
20’ Jim Paton leaves the field of play retiring injured
Goal, 2-2, Jimmy Cowan
Goal, 2-3, (Derby County), John Goodall
Goal, 3-3, Jimmy Cowan
HT Derby County 3-3 Aston Villa
Goal, 3-4, (Derby County)
Goal, 3-5, (Derby County)
Goal, 4-5, Jimmy Cowan
FT Derby County 5-4 Aston Villa
ON THIS DAY
Villa score four away from home, have three goals disallowed and play 70’ with 10 men after Jim Paton leaves the field injured, to remain 10th in the table. Villa’s position could have been worse by Sunderland were deducted two points for playing an ineligible player to sit at the foot of the table.
Meanwhile, Jimmy Cowan hit his first hat-trick for the club as the celebrated defender moonlighted in attack for ten man Villa whilst the injured forward Jim Paton made his final appearance for Villa aged 35 before moving on to Dundee Harp FC.
Aston Villa
League Champions: ❌
FA Cup Winners: 🏆
Last Trophy: 1886–87
Derby County
League Champions: ❌
FA Cup Winners: ❌
Last Trophy: ❌
FIXTURE HISTORY
Derby County
Previous 5 vs. Derby County: | 🟩 | 🟩 | 🟥 | 🟩 | 🟥 |
FIXTURE DETAILS
Season | 1890-91 |
Matchday | #7 |
League Match | #7 |
Manager Game | #70 |
Saturday, 18 October 1890
MATCH SUMMARY
Manager: George Ramsay | 🏴 | Glasgow, 1886-1926 led Management Committee
FT Score | 4-5 |
FT Result | Lost |
Last 5 Games | LLLDL |
MANAGERIAL RECORD
George Ramsay | 🏴 |
GAMES | WINS | DRAWS | LOSSES | POINTS PER GAME
🕒 70 | 🟩 | 33 🟨 14 🟥 23 | 1.61
Villa Career Form:
Top 6
George Ramsay | 🏴 |
MATCH OFFICIALS
CARDS
Villa
Derby County
TEAM NEWS
Jack Graham returns in place of Lewis Campbell in the only change from the side that drew with Everton last time out.
TEAM STATS
[Exact birth dates not recorded]
Starting XI Average Age
| 26.60 |
Oldest Player |
F Jim Paton | 35.32 |
Youngest Player |
D Jimmy Cowan | 22.02 |
MANAGER
George Ramsay | 🏴 |
Aston Villa
GK Jimmy Warner |
FB Walter Evans |
D Gershom Cox |
D Harry Devey |
CB Jimmy Cowan |
M Tom Clarkson |
F Albert Brown |
F Dennis Hodgetts |
F Jim Paton |
W Jack Graham |
CF Billy Dickson |
MANAGER
Management Committee
Derby County
Haddow, Goodall A, Hopkins, Chalmers, Walker, Roulstone, Bakewell (g), McLachlan, Goodall J (g) (g), Nelson, Holmes.
Manager: Harry Newbould.
Not necessarily indicative of the actual matchday formation
SUBSTITUTES
No Substitutions permitted in period
SUBSTITUTES
No Substitutions Permitted in Period
UNUSED SUBSTITUTES
No Substitutions permitted in period
UNUSED SUBSTITUTES
No Substitutions Permitted in Period
SQUAD STATS
MATCHDAY SQUAD
SQUAD STATS
MATCHDAY SQUAD
UNAVAILABLE
Not recorded
UNAVAILABLE
Not Recorded
Player Positions:
GK : Goalkeeper
CB, D, B : Centre Back, Defender, Back
FB, LB, RB, WH : Full Back, Left Back, Right Back, Wing Back, Wing Half
M, CH, LH, RH : Midfielder, Centre Half, Left Half, Right Half
W, OL, OR : Winger, Outside Left, Outside Right
F, IF, IL, IR : Forward, Inside Forward, Inside Left, Inside Right, Second Striker, False 9
CF : Centre Forward
Match Symbols:
⚽ | Goal
🔥 | Assist
🔁 | Substitution
🟨 | Booking
🟥 | Sending off
🆘 | Poor refereeing performance
🟢 : Debut 🔴 : Final Game
DEBUT APPEARANCES
FINAL APPEARANCES
MATCH STATS
Not recorded
LEAGUE TABLE
MATCHDAY PROGRAMME
MATCHDAY QUOTES
"When Paton broke down Cowan took the dual position of centre half and forward, and he played superbly."
*Birmingham Daily Post*
Monday, 20 October 1890
NOTES ON SPORT.
The Football League
Aston Villa lost their match with Derby County by five goals to four, but the disappointment experienced by their followers over the reverse will be somewhat tempered by the sympathy which their misfortune is bound to create.
Nearly the whole time they had to play with only ten men, as Paton twisted his knee so badly in the first quarter of an hour that it will probably be some months before he will be able to play again, and they scored no fewer than seven goals against the County, three of which were disallowed.
As usual, Derby started at a breakneck pace, and in less than ten minutes the score was two goals to one.
When Paton broke down Cowan took the dual position of centre half and forward, and he played superbly.
All of the remaining legitimate points were scored by him, and the third-obtained just before half-time-was the result of a remarkably fine run, as he eluded four opponents and dribbled the ball clean through the Derby goal.
Afterwards the home team played up finely, and at one time were leading by five to three; but the Villa stuck pluckily and perseveringly to their work against the most trying odds, and succeeded in reducing the lead to one point.
Albert Brown scored two others, and Hodgetts one, and the team were anything but satisfied at the decisions given against them.
It was, perhaps, a little unfortunate that the same referee should have officiated as in the Everton match and it is quite a new thing for the Villa men to be such persistent poachers as to have three goals disallowed them.
Some of the decisions from a spectator's point of view were certainly a trifle curious.
Mr. Widdowson ought to thoroughly understand his business, and there is no question about his fairness and impartiality; but the Villa eleven are strongly of opinion that they won the match honestly and fairly, and that two at least of the points disallowed should have been put down to their credit.
The large number of goals scored points to one of two conclusions, either the goalkeepers were slightly out of form, or the men on either side accomplished some good shooting.
There is probably something to be said for both.
Neither Haddow nor Warner was seen at his best, and the Villa custodian was several times badly hampered, though two of the goals would have been saved on a more fortunate day.
Altogether luck was dead against the Villa.
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*Birmingham Daily Post*
Monday, 20 October 1890
DERBY COUNTY v. ASTON VILLA.
Played at Derby, in fine, warm weather, before 4,000 spectators.
Derby kicked against the wind and sun, but Bakewell scored in three minutes from the start.
Hodgetts immediately retaliated for the Villa, but three minutes later John Goodall added the second for the County. Play continued fast, and fairly even.
Twenty minutes after the start Paton got his knee hurt, and had to leave the field, and just afterwards the Villa equalised, Cowan scoring a rather soft goal.
The home side then pressed, and Warner cleverly saved shots from Bakewell and Maclachlan.
Laddow had also to save from Hodgetts.
From a free kick Archie Goodall sent the ball through without its being touched, and then corners were conceded at both ends without result.
John Goodall scored again with a splendid shot, and Derby continued to have somewhat the best of it: but just before half-time Cowan again scored.
Half-time score: Derby County 3 goals, Aston Villa 3 goals.
Immediately after the interval Derby scored out of a scrimmage.
Derby then pressed again, and a fine screw shot by Bakewell was well saved by Warner, another very good one from Goodall going just over the bar.
Hodgetts relieved, but on two occasions was given off-side, and with the home team coming again, John Goodall sent in a "daisy-cutter" which Warner returned; but Neilson and Holmes were well up, and together rushed the ball through, placing Derby two ahead.
Play was now more even, the Villa forwards making great efforts to rub off the arrears; but the Derby defence was better than usual.
However, Haddow muffling a long shot, Cowan got possession, and scored a fourth for the Villa.
Play slackened towards the finish, and no more goals were scored.
Result: Derby, 5 goals; Villa, 4 goals.
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