Season #2 | 1880-81 | Games #3 - #6
133 Seasons, 33 Managers, 980 Players, 5,653 Matches, Only One Aston Villa
Player #56
Appearances:
17
Starts:
17
Goals:
0
Seasons:
1
Source: Football card Aston Villa issued by Kane Products under the Football Clubs & Colours series, 1956.
Source: Football card Aston Villa issued by Kane Products under the Football Clubs & Colours series, 1956.
Albert Aldridge
Position
Full Back
From
1889-90
To
1889-90
IMAGE CREDIT
Albert Arthur James Aldridge
Birth Date
April 1864
Birth Place
Walsall, West Midlands
Birth Country
England
Villa Youth
n/a
From
Transfer in
Walsall Town Swifts
From
For
Free
On
Unknown
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
Subsequent Clubs
Retired |
Source: Football card Aston Villa issued by Kane Products under the Football Clubs & Colours series, 1956.
Source: Football card Aston Villa issued by Kane Products under the Football Clubs & Colours series, 1956.
Villa Career
Seasons Active, Fee, Starts (Sub) | Goals |
1889 Aston Villa, Free, 17 | 0 |
STARTS
SUBS
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
DEBUT
First Goal
Did not score
Final Appearance
Saturday, 28 December 1889
Derby County (a), Football League
FINAL
Final Squad Appearance
Saturday, 28 December 1889
Honours
Played for the Villa
Height
Foot
International Team
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.