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Player #56

Appearances:

17

Starts:

17

Goals:

0

Seasons:

1

Albert Aldridge

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Position:

Full Back

From:

1889-90

To:

1889-90

Albert Aldridge

Seasons Quick-View

Season

Age*

1889-90
25

Division

FL

Appearances

17
17

Starts

Substitute

17
17
0
0

Unused

0
0

Goals

0
0

Games per Goal

*Age on opening day of the season

FAC: FA Cup; FL: Football League; D1: Division 1; D2: Division 2; D3: Division 3; PL: Premier League; CH: Championship

Goalkeeping Statistics

Season

1889-90

Conceded

per Game

Clean Sheets

%

Albert Arthur James Aldridge

Birth Date

April 1864

Birth Place

Walsall, West Midlands

Birth Country

England

Villa Youth

n/a

Transfer in

From

Walsall Town Swifts

For

Free

On

Unknown

Under

George Ramsay

Previous Clubs

Walsall Council and Pleck Schools
1882-86 Walsall Swifts
1886-88 West Bromwich Albion
1888-89 Walsall Town Swifts

Loans Out

None

Transfer Out

To

Retired

For

Released

On

1889

Under

George Ramsay

Subsequent Clubs

Retired

Career Status

Retired, Passed Away

Villa Career

Player # | Seasons Active. Fee, Appearances | Starts (Sub) | Goals |

#56 | 1889 Free, 17 | 0 |

Appearances

Goals

Played Under

George Ramsay led Management Committee

First Squad Appearance

Saturday, 7 September 1889

Debut Appearance

Saturday, 7 September 1889

Burnley (h), Football League

First Goal

Did not score

Final Appearance

Saturday, 28 December 1889

Derby County (a), Football League

Final Squad Appearance

Saturday, 28 December 1889

Honours

Played for the Villa

Height

Foot

International Record

Years Active | International Caps | Goals |

England

Died

1 May 1891, Aged 27

Albert Aldridge

Player #56 for Aston Villa, Albert Arthur James Aldridge, played as a full back for the club.

Albert represented Villa 17 times during the 1889-90 season.

Albert was born in Walsall, less 10 miles from the current Villa ground on 13th April 1864 and made his debut for the club as a 25 year old on 7th September 1889.

Villa had signed Albert from Walsall Town Swifts.

The Villa News and Record of 1st September 1906 paid tribute to Albert:

“Won his spurs with WBA for which club he showed consistent form for several seasons. A dogged, fearless back; reliable at close quarters, with flashes of real brilliance in the open. The harder the tussle, the better he played.”

Ill health forced Albert to retire from football and his final game came on 28th December 1889 aged 25.

Albert had played under the George Ramsay led Management Committee.

Albert passed away in Birmingham in May 1891 aged just 27.

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