Game #37
Aston Villa
Saturday, 15 October 1887

Won
1st Round
Last 5: 🟩 🟩 🟩 🟩 🟩
FA Cup
Oldbury Town
Oldbury
Attendance: 3,500
Oldbury Town
0-4

Aston Villa (Holders)
Assist(s) | Dennis Hodgetts | 15' |
MANAGER
George Ramsay | 🏴 | 1886-1899

Aston Villa
GK Jimmy Warner | 🏴 |
B Frank Coulton | 🏴 |
B Gershom Cox | 🏴 | 🟢 |
HB Harry Devey | 🏴 | 🟢 |
HB Harry Yates | 🏴 |
HB Jack Burton | 🏴 |
IR Albert Brown | 🏴 | ⚽ | ⚽ |
IR Tommy Green | 🏴 | 🟢 |
IL Albert Allen | 🏴 | 🟢 | ⚽ |
IL Dennis Hodgetts | 🏴 | 🔥 | ⚽ |
CF Archie Hunter | 🏴 |
MANAGER
Management Committee
Oldbury Town
GK Matthews
B Bradbury
B Riddell
HB Hazlewood
HB F. Bunn
HB Stanton
IR Aston
IR W. Bunn
IL Southall
IL Barber
CF Neale
SUBSTITUTES

No Substitutions permitted in period
SUBSTITUTES
No Substitutions Permitted in Period
🟩 15 Oct 1887, Villa 4-0 Oldbury Town, Oldbury

ON THIS DAY
Saturday, 15 October 1887
Villa face Oldbury Town for the first time in competitive football, Oldbury become the 18th team that the Villa first team has played in League or Cup football.
Secretary Manager George Ramsay's Villa hammer Oldbury Town in their first game defending their 1887 FA Cup win as Gershom Cox, Harry Devey, Tommy Green & Albert Allen make their debuts for Villa.
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