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1896-97
Matchday Summary
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๐ฉ 2 Sep 1896, Villa 2-1 Stoke, Wellington Road
Scorer(s) | Jack Cowan | 20' | Jack Devey |
Assists(s) | Not recorded
n/a
GK Harry Wilkes | ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ |
CB Jimmy Cowan | ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ณ๓ ฃ๓ ด๓ ฟ |
๐ฅ 5 Sep 1896, Villa 1-3 Albion, Stoney Lane
Scorer(s) | Jack Devey |
Assists(s) | Fred Wheldon
n/a
GK Jimmy Whitehouse | ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ |
CB Jimmy Cowan | ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ณ๓ ฃ๓ ด๓ ฟ |
๐จ 12 Sep 1896, Villa 2-2 Sheffield United, Wellington Road
Scorer(s) | Fred Burton | Fred Wheldon |
Assists(s) | Not recorded
10th
GK Harry Wilkes | ๐ด ๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ |
CB Jimmy Cowan | ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ณ๓ ฃ๓ ด๓ ฟ |
๐ฉ 19 Sep 1896, Villa 3-2 Everton, Goodison
Scorer(s) | Johnny Campbell | Johnny Campbell | Johnny Campbell |
Assists(s) | Not recorded
6th
GK Jimmy Whitehouse | ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ |
CB Jimmy Cowan | ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ณ๓ ฃ๓ ด๓ ฟ |
๐ฅ 26 Sep 1896, Villa 1-2 Everton, Wellington Road
Scorer(s) | Jack Devey |
Assists(s) | Jimmy Cowan
10th
GK Jimmy Whitehouse | ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ |
CB Jimmy Cowan | ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ณ๓ ฃ๓ ด๓ ฟ |
๐จ 3 Oct 1896, Villa 0-0 Sheffield United, Bramall Lane
Scorer(s) | None |
Assists(s) | Not recorded
10th
GK Jimmy Whitehouse | ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ |
CB Jimmy Cowan | ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ณ๓ ฃ๓ ด๓ ฟ |
๐ฉ 10 Oct 1896, Villa 2-0 Albion, Wellington Road
Scorer(s) | Fred Wheldon | Johnny Campbell |
Assists(s) | Not recorded
7th
GK Jimmy Whitehouse | ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ |
CB Jimmy Cowan | ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ณ๓ ฃ๓ ด๓ ฟ |
๐ฉ 17 Oct 1896, Villa 3-1 Derby, Baseball Ground
Scorer(s) | Fred Wheldon | Johnny Campbell | Jack Cowan |
Assists(s) | Not recorded
4th
GK Jimmy Whitehouse | ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ |
CB Jimmy Cowan | ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ณ๓ ฃ๓ ด๓ ฟ |
๐ฉ 24 Oct 1896, Villa 2-1 Derby, Wellington Road
Scorer(s) | Jack Cowan | Fred Wheldon |
Assists(s) | Not recorded
3rd
GK Jimmy Whitehouse | ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ |
CB Jimmy Cowan | ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ณ๓ ฃ๓ ด๓ ฟ |
๐ฉ 31 Oct 1896, Villa 2-0 Stoke, Victoria Ground
Scorer(s) | Fred Wheldon | Steve Smith |
Assists(s) | Not recorded
2nd
GK Jimmy Whitehouse | ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ |
CB Jimmy Cowan | ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ณ๓ ฃ๓ ด๓ ฟ |
๐จ 7 Nov 1896, Villa 1-1 Bury, Wellington Road
Scorer(s) | Charlie Athersmith |
Assists(s) | Not recorded
4th
GK Jimmy Whitehouse | ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ |
CB Jimmy Cowan | ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ณ๓ ฃ๓ ด๓ ฟ |
๐ฉ 14 Nov 1896, Villa 3-1 Wednesday, Olive Grove
Scorer(s) Fred Wheldon | Johnny Campbell | Charlie Athersmith |
Assists(s) | Not recorded
3rd
GK Jimmy Whitehouse | ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ |
CB Jimmy Cowan | ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ณ๓ ฃ๓ ด๓ ฟ |
๐ฉ 21 Nov 1896, Villa 4-0 Wednesday, Wellington Road
Scorer(s) | Steve Smith | Charlie Athersmith | Jack Devey | Fred Wheldon |
Assists(s) | Not recorded
2nd
GK Jimmy Whitehouse | ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ |
CB Jimmy Cowan | ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ณ๓ ฃ๓ ด๓ ฟ |
๐ฉ 28 Nov 1896, Villa 5-1 Blackburn, Ewood
Scorer(s) | Jack Devey | Johnny Campbell | Charlie Athersmith | Steve Smith | Unknown |
Assists(s) | Not recorded
1st
GK Jimmy Whitehouse | ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ |
CB Jimmy Cowan | ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ณ๓ ฃ๓ ด๓ ฟ |
๐ฉ 19 Dec 1896, Villa 3-2 Forest, Wellington Road
Scorer(s) | Jack Reynolds | 5' | Jack Devey | 15' | Charlie Athersmith | 3-1 |
Assists(s) | Jimmy Crabtree | 5' | Albert Evans | 15' |
1st
None
GK Jimmy Whitehouse | ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ |
CB Jimmy Cowan | ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ณ๓ ฃ๓ ด๓ ฟ |
๐จ 25 Dec 1896, Villa 3-3 Liverpool, Anfield
Scorer(s) | Jimmy Cowan | 1-2 | Fred Wheldon | 2-2 | Charlie Athersmith | 3-3 |
Assist(s) | Charlie Athersmith | 1-2 | 2-2 |
1st
None
GK Jimmy Whitehouse | ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ |
CB Jimmy Cowan | ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ณ๓ ฃ๓ ด๓ ฟ |
๐ฉ 26 Dec 1896, Villa 2-1 Wolves, Molineux
Scorer(s) | Bob Chatt | 1-0 | Charlie Athersmith | 2-0 |
Assist(s) | Not recorded
1st
GK Jimmy Whitehouse | ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ |
CB Jimmy Cowan | ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ณ๓ ฃ๓ ด๓ ฟ |
๐ฅ 2 Jan 1897, Villa 0-3 Burnley, Wellington Road
Scorer(s) | None
Assist(s) | None
1st
GK Jimmy Whitehouse | ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ |
CB Jimmy Cowan | ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ณ๓ ฃ๓ ด๓ ฟ |
๐ฅ 9 Jan 1897, Villa 2-4 Sunderland, Newcastle Road
Scorer(s) | Own Goal | 35' | Johnny Campbell | 46' |
Assist(s) | Charlie Athersmith | 46' |
1st
GK Jimmy Whitehouse | ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ |
CB Jimmy Cowan | ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ณ๓ ฃ๓ ด๓ ฟ |
๐ฉ 16 Jan 1897, Villa 2-1 Sunderland, Wellington Road
Scorer(s) | Fred Wheldon | 46' | Unknown | 75' |
Assist(s) | Not recorded
1st
None
GK Harry Wilkes | ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ |
CB Jimmy Cowan | ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ณ๓ ฃ๓ ด๓ ฟ |
๐ฉ 30 Jan 1897, Villa 5-0 Newcastle, Wellington Road
Scorer(s) | Charlie Athersmith | 1-0 | Fred Wheldon | 2-0 | 5-0 | Steve Smith | 3-0 |Own Goal | 4-0 |
Assist(s) | Not recorded
1st Round
None
GK Harry Wilkes | ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ |
CB Jimmy Cowan | ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ณ๓ ฃ๓ ด๓ ฟ |
๐ฉ 6 Feb 1897, Villa 2-0 Bury, Gigg Lane
Scorer(s) | Johnny Campbell | 1-0 | 2-0 |
Assist(s) | Not recorded
1st
None
GK Harry Wilkes | ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ |
CB Jimmy Cowan | ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ณ๓ ฃ๓ ด๓ ฟ |
๐ฉ 8 Feb 1897, Villa 4-3 Burnley, Turf Moor
Scorer(s) | Johnny Campbell | 1-0 | Jack Devey | 2-0 | 3-0 | 4-2 |
Assist(s) | Charlie Athersmith | 3-0 | Fred Wheldon | 4-2 |
1st
None
GK Harry Wilkes | ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ |
B Howard Spencer | ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ |
๐ฉ 13 Feb 1897, Villa 2-1 Notts County, Wellington Road
Scorer(s) | Fred Wheldon | 1-1 | Johnny Campbell | 2-1 |
Assist(s) | Charlie Athersmith | 1-1 |
2nd Round
None
GK Harry Wilkes | ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ |
CB Jimmy Cowan | ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ณ๓ ฃ๓ ด๓ ฟ |
๐ฉ 22 Feb 1897, Villa 3-1 Preston, Wellington Road
Scorer(s) | Jack Devey | 13' | 2-0 | Charlie Athersmith | 70' |
Assist(s) | Fred Wheldon | 70' |
1st
None
GK Harry Wilkes | ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ |
CB Jimmy Cowan | ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ณ๓ ฃ๓ ด๓ ฟ |
๐จ 27 Feb 1897, Villa 1-1 Preston, Deepdale
Scorer(s) | Johnny Campbell | 50' |
Assist(s) | Charlie Athersmith | 50' |
3rd Round
None
GK Harry Wilkes | ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ |
CB Jimmy Cowan | ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ณ๓ ฃ๓ ด๓ ฟ |
๐จ 3 Mar 1897, Villa 0-0 Preston, Wellington Road
Scorer(s) | None
Assist(s) | None
3rd Round
None
GK Harry Wilkes | ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ |
CB Jimmy Cowan | ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ณ๓ ฃ๓ ด๓ ฟ |
๐ฉ 6 Mar 1897, Villa 4-2 Forest, Town Ground
Scorer(s) | Jack Devey | 12โ | Jack Cowan | 2-1 | Johnny Campbell | 3-2 | Fred Wheldon | 85' |
Assist(s) | Not recorded
1st
None
GK Harry Wilkes | ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ |
CB Jimmy Cowan | ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ณ๓ ฃ๓ ด๓ ฟ |
๐ฉ 10 Mar 1897, Villa 3-2 Preston, Bramall Lane
Scorer(s) | Charlie Athersmith | 39โ | Johnny Campbell | 52โ | Charlie Athersmith | 77โ |
Assists(s) | Not recorded
3rd Round
None
GK Harry Wilkes | ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ |
CB Jimmy Cowan | ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ณ๓ ฃ๓ ด๓ ฟ |
๐จ 13 Mar 1897, Villa 0-0 Liverpool, Wellington Road
Scorer(s) | None |
Assists(s) | Not recorded
1st
GK Jimmy Whitehouse | ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ |
CB Jimmy Cowan | ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ณ๓ ฃ๓ ด๓ ฟ |
๐ฉ 20 Mar 1897, Villa 3-0 Liverpool, Bramall Lane
Scorer(s) | Jack Cowan | 37โ | Jack Cowan | 56โ | Charlie Athersmith | 75โ |
Assists(s) | Not recorded
Semi Final
None
GK Jimmy Whitehouse | ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ |
CB Jimmy Cowan | ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ณ๓ ฃ๓ ด๓ ฟ |
๐ฉ 22 Mar 1897, Villa 6-2 Bolton, Wellington Road
Scorer(s) | Charlie Athersmith | 62โ | Jack Reynolds | 67โ | Johnny Campbell | Fred Wheldon | 72โ | Fred Wheldon | Jack Devey |
Assists(s) | Not recorded
1st
GK Harry Wilkes | ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ |
CB Jimmy Cowan | ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ณ๓ ฃ๓ ด๓ ฟ |
๐ฉ 27 Mar 1897, Villa 2-1 Bolton, Pike's Lane
Scorer(s) | Johnny Campbell | Fred Wheldon |
Assists(s) | Not recorded
1st
GK Jimmy Whitehouse | ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ |
CB Jimmy Cowan | ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ณ๓ ฃ๓ ด๓ ฟ |
๐ฉ 10 Apr 1897, Villa 3-2 Everton, Crystal Palace
Scorer(s) | Johnny Campbell | Fred Wheldon | Jimmy Crabtree |
Assists(s) | Not recorded
Final
None
GK Jimmy Whitehouse | ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ |
CB Jimmy Cowan | ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ณ๓ ฃ๓ ด๓ ฟ |
๐ฉ 17 Apr 1897, Villa 3-0 Blackburn, Villa Park
Scorer(s) | Johnny Campbell | Fred Wheldon | Own Goal |
Assists(s) | Not recorded
1st
GK Jimmy Whitehouse | ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ |
CB Jimmy Cowan | ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ณ๓ ฃ๓ ด๓ ฟ |
๐ฉ 19 Apr 1897, Villa 5-0 Wolves, Villa Park
Scorer(s) | Jimmy Cowan | Jack Devey | 47โ | Jack Cowan | Johnny Campbell | Johnny Campbell |
Assists(s) | Not recorded
1st
GK Jimmy Whitehouse | ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ |
CB Jimmy Cowan | ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ณ๓ ฃ๓ ด๓ ฟ |
๐ฉ 26 Apr 1897, Villa 1-0 Preston, Deepdale
Scorer(s) | Fred Wheldon |
Assists(s) | Not recorded
1st
GK Jimmy Whitehouse | ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ |
CB Jimmy Cowan | ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ณ๓ ฃ๓ ด๓ ฟ |
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