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Player #41

From:

To:

Career Status:

1886-87

1887-88

Retired

Appearances:

3

Starts:

3

Goals:

3

Assists:

2

Involvements:

5

Arthur Loach

🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿

Forward

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PREVIOUS PLAYER

SUBSEQUENT PLAYER

Arthur Loach

Seasons Quick-View

1886 🕒 3 | ⚽ 3 | 🔥 2 | #41 |

Season :

1886-87

Age :

23

Division :

FAC

Squad # :

#

Appearances :

3

Starts :

3

Substitute :

0

Unused :

0

Goals :

3

Assists :

2

Involvements :

5

Games / Goal :

1.00

Bookings :

-

Sendings Off :

-

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

Arthur Albert Loach

Birth Date

8 November 1863

Birth Place

West Bromwich

Birth Country

England

🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿

Citizenship

🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿

England

Villa Youth

n/a

Previous Teams (incl. Youth)

Christ Church School
George Salter Works FC
1885-86 West Bromwich Albion

Original Transfer

Aged

22

From

West Bromwich Albion

For

Free

On

1886

Under

George Ramsay | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |

Returning Transfer 1

Aged

n/a

From

n/a

For

n/a

On

n/a

Under

n/a

Returning Transfer 2

Aged

n/a

From

n/a

For

n/a

On

n/a

Under

n/a

Transfer Notes

Loans Out

None

Transfer Out 1

Aged

To

For

On

Under

23

Rhyl FC

Free

1888

George Ramsay 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿

Transfer Out 2

Aged

To

For

On

Under

n/a

n/a

n/a

n/a

n/a

Transfer Out 3

Aged

To

For

On

Under

n/a

n/a

n/a

n/a

n/a

Subsequent Clubs

1888-96 Rhyl FC

1896 Retired

Died

1 February 1958, Aged 94

Arthur Loach

Villa Career

1886 | Free |
🕒 3 | ⚽ 3 | 🔥 2 | #41 |

🕒 Games | Starts (Subs) | ⚽ Goals | 🔥 Assists | 🇺 Unused | Player Number |

Played Under

George Ramsay | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | 1886

Promoted to First Team Squad

In

30 October 1886

Under

George Ramsay 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿

First Squad

30 October 1886

Manager

George Ramsay 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿

Debut

Season

Date

Match

Age

Manager

1886-87

30 October 1886

Wednesbury Old Athletic (h), FA Cup

22

George Ramsay 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿

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Final Appearance

Season

Date

Match

Aged

Manager

1886-87

11 December 1886

Wolverhampton Wanderers (h), FA Cup

23

George Ramsay 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿

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Final Squad

11 December 1886

Manager

George Ramsay | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |

Honours

1886-87 FA Cup Winners |

Height

Foot

International Record

National Team

Not selected

Years | Caps | Starts (Sub) | Goals |

Not selected

Caps with Villa

Arthur Loach

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Player #43 for Aston Villa, Arthur Albert Loach played as a forward for the club. Arthur represented Villa three times during the 1886-87 FA Cup campaign.

Arthur was born in West Bromwich, less than seven miles from the current Villa ground, in November 1863 and made his debut as a 23 year old on 30th October 1886.

Villa had signed Arthur from West Bromwich Albion in what was to be the first transfer between the clubs.

Arthur played in 3 of the 10 games in Villa’s victorious 1886-87 FA Cup campaign. Arthur scored 3 goals on the way to the final including 2 in the 13-0 1st Round annihilation of Wednesbury Old Athletic.

Arthur’s final game for Villa came just over a month after his debut on the 11th December 1886. Arthur moved on to Rhyl FC.

Arthur played under the George Ramsay led Management Committee.

Arthur passed away in Rhyl in February 1958 aged 94 - having at that point become the oldest living Villa player.

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