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217

Legacy
Number

0

Youth
Promotion #

0

Youth
Debut #

2

Villa Appearances

1

Villa
Goals

0

Villa
Assists

2.00

Game
Per

Bill Renneville

Player #217
Aston Villa player image
Forward
CF Bill Renneville | 🇮🇪 | #217 |
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William Thomas James Renneville

16 April 1884

Mullingar 🇮🇪

Ireland

(5 ft 6 in) 1.53 m

Transfer Notes

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Transfer In

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Transfer In:

1909-10

Leyton 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿

Free

May 1910

26

George Ramsay 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿

Transfer Out

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Transfer Out:

1910-11

Retired

Released

September 1910

26

George Ramsay 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿

Previous Clubs

Bill Renneville

Previous Clubs:

1907-10 Leyton 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿
Western League

Subsequent Clubs

Bill Renneville

Subsequent Clubs:

1910 Retired

1914 Worcester City 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿

1919-20 Walsall 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿

1920-21 Hinckley United 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿

1921 Wolesley Athletic 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿

Retired

Progression

Bill Renneville

n/a

Appearance Record

Bill Renneville

Centre Forward

CF Bill Renneville | 🇮🇪 |
Aston Villa 1910 | Free |
🕒 2 | ✅ 2 | 🔁 (-) | ⚽ 1 | 🔥 0 | 🇺 - | #217 |
🟩 1 | 🟨 0 | 🟥 1 |
Cards 🟨 0 | 🟥 0 |

Played Under

Bill Renneville

George Ramsay 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 1910 🕒 2 | ✅ 2 | 🔁 (-) | ⚽ 1 | 🔥 0 | 🟩 1 | 🟨 0 | 🟥 1 |

Honours

Bill Renneville

Played for the Villa

Debut Appearance

Bill Renneville

Debut Squad:

1910-11

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🟥 10 Sep 1910, Villa 2-3 Sunderland, Roker

George Ramsay 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿

Debut:

1910-11

🟥 10 Sep 1910, Villa 2-3 Sunderland, Roker

George Ramsay 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿

26

Loans Out

Bill Renneville

Loans Out:

None

Final Appearance

Bill Renneville

Final Appearance:

1910-11

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🟩 17 Sep 1910, Villa 3-0 Arsenal, Villa Park

George Ramsay 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿

26

Final Squad:

1910-11

🟩 17 Sep 1910, Villa 3-0 Arsenal, Villa Park

George Ramsay 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿

Villa Career

Bill Renneville

Career Games

🕒 Games:
✅ Starter:
🔁 Substitute:
🇺 Unused:
2
2
0
0

Career Goals

⚽ Goals:
🔥 Assists:
Games / Goal:
Games / Involvement:
1
0
2.00
2.00

Career Results

🟩 Won:
🇺 Unbeaten:
🟥 Lost:
Points / Game:
50%
50%
50%
1.50

Career Cards

🟨 Bookings:
🟥 Sendings Off:
Games / Card:
0
0

Career Goals

Bill Renneville

1

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🟩 17 Sep 1910, Villa 3-0 Arsenal, Villa Park

Scorer(s) | Billy Gerrish | 10' | Bill Renneville | 66' | Jock Logan | 67' |

Division One

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Career Assists

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0

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Competition Record

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League

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🕒 Games:
✅ Starter:
2
2
🔁 Substitute:
0
⚽ Goals:
🔥 Assists:
Games per Goal:
Games per Involvement:
1
0
2.00
2.00

FA Cup

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Games:
Starter:
0
0
Substitute:
0
Goals:
Assists:
Games per Goal:
Games per Involvement:
0
0
0.00
0.00

League Cup

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Games:
Starter:
0
0
Substitute:
0
Goals:
Assists:
Games per Goal:
Games per Involvement:
0
0
0.00
0.00

Europe

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Games:
Starter:
0
0
Substitute:
0
Goals:
Assists:
Games per Goal:
Games per Involvement:
0
0
0.00
0.00

Season Record

Bill Renneville

1910-11

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Games

🕒 Games:
✅ Starter:
🔁 Substitute:
🇺 Unused:
2
2
0
0

Goals

⚽ Goals:
🔥 Assists:
Games / Goal:
Games / Involvement:
1
0
2.00
2.00

Results

🟩 Won:
🇺 Unbeaten:
🟥 Lost:
Points / Game:
50%
50%
50%
1.50

Cards

🟨 Bookings:
🟥 Sendings Off:
Games / Card:
0
0
0.00

League Record

Premier League

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🕒 Games:
✅ Starter:
🔁 Sub::
⚽ Goals:
🔥 Assists:
Games / Goal:
Games / Involvement:
0
0
0
0
0
0.00
0.00

Championship

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🕒 Games:
✅ Starter:
🔁 Sub::
⚽ Goals:
🔥 Assists:
Games / Goal:
0
0
0
0
0
0.00
Games / Involvement:
0.00

Bill Renneville

First Division

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🕒 Games:
✅ Starter:
🔁 Sub:
⚽ Goals:
🔥 Assists:
Games / Goal:
2
2
0
1
0
2.00
Games / Involvement:
2.00

Second Division

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🕒 Games:
✅ Starter:
🔁 Sub::
⚽ Goals:
🔥 Assists:
Games / Goal:
0
0
0
0
0
0.00
Games / Involvement:
0.00

Third Division

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🕒 Games:
✅ Starter:
🔁 Sub::
⚽ Goals:
🔥 Assists:
Games / Goal:
0
0
0
0
0
0.00
Games / Involvement:
0.00

League Seasons

Bill Renneville

1910-11

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First Division

Games

🕒 Games:
✅ Starter:
🔁 Substitute:
🇺 Unused:
2
2
0
0

Goals

⚽ Goals:
🔥 Assists:
Games / Goal:
Games / Involvement:
1
0
2.00
2.00

League Appearances

1910-11
🟥 10 Sep 1910, Villa 2-3 Sunderland, Roker
Division One
11th=
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1910-11
🟩 17 Sep 1910, Villa 3-0 Arsenal, Villa Park
Division One
10th=
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FA Cup Seasons

Bill Renneville

1910-11

FA Cup.jpg
FA Cup

Games

🕒 Games:
✅ Starter:
🔁 Substitute:
0
0
0

Goals

⚽ Goals:
🔥 Assists:
Games / Goal:
Games / Involvement:
0
0
0.00
0.00
FA Cup.jpg

FA Cup Appearances

League Cup Seasons

Bill Renneville

1910-11

League Cup
EFL Cup.jpg

Games

🕒 Games:
✅ Starter:
🔁 Substitute:
0
0
0

Goals

⚽ Goals:
🔥 Assists:
Games / Goal:
Games / Involvement:
0
0
0.00
0.00
EFL.jpg

League Cup Appearances

European Seasons

Bill Renneville

1910-11

EFL Cup.jpg
n/a

Games

🕒 Games:
✅ Starter:
🔁 Substitute:
0
0
0

Goals

⚽ Goals:
🔥 Assists:
Games / Goal:
Games / Involvement:
0
0
0.00
0.00
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European Appearances

Unused Substitute Appearances

Bill Renneville

Sendings Off

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International Career

Bill Renneville

Full International Record

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Career Notes

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Biography

Bill Renneville

Player #217 for Aston Villa, William Thomas James Renneville, known as Bill Renneville and nicknamed Pepper played as a centre forward for the club.

Bill played for Villa in the 1910-11 season making 2 appearances.

Bill was born in Mullingar, Ireland on 16th April 1884 and made his debut appearance for Villa at the age of 26 on the 10th September 1910.

Villa had signed Bill from Leyton in May 1910. Bill made the jump from non-league to the reigning champions and despite his diminutive stature - at 5ft 0” the smallest ever first team player for Villa - he more than made up for it with a battering ram, combative style.

Bill scored in his second and final outing for Villa before succumbing to injury, an injury that put paid to his league football ambitions.

Bill did return to football at a succession of non-league clubs through to his retirement in the mid-1920s.

Bill played under the George Ramsay led Management Committee.

Bill passed away in Birmingham on 19th April 1943 aged 59.

19 April 1943, Aged 59

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Trophies


🏆 European Cup Winners: (1) 1981-82

🏆 🏆 🏆 🏆 🏆 🏆 🏆 League Champions: (7) 1893-94, 1895-96, 1896-97, 1898-99, 1899-00, 1909-10, 1980-81
🏆 🏆 🏆 🏆 🏆 🏆 🏆  FA Cup Winners: (7) 1886-87, 1894-95, 1896-97, 1904-05, 1912-13, 1919-20, 1956-57
🏆 🏆 🏆 🏆 🏆 League Cup Winners: (5) 1960-61, 1974-75, 1976-77, 1993-94, 1995-96

🏆 🏆 Second Division Champions: (2) 1937-38, 1959-60

🏆 Third Division Champions: (1) 1971-72

🏆 European Super Cup Winners: (1) 1982-83

🏆 Intertoto Cup Winners: (1) 2001-02

🏆 Peace Cup Winners: (1) 2009 (Friendly)

🏆 🏆 🏆 🏆 🏆 FA Youth Cup Winners: (5) 1971-72, 1979-80, 2001-02, 2020-21, 2024-25
🏆 NextGen Series Winners: (1) 2012-13
🏆 Premier League Cup Winners: (1) 2017-18
🏆 u18s Premier League Champions (3): 2024-25, 2007-08, 2003-04
🏆 🏆 🏆 🏆 🏆 🏆 🏆 🏆 🏆 🏆 🏆 🏆 🏆 🏆 🏆 🏆 🏆 🏆 🏆 🏆 Birmingham Senior Cup Winners: (20) 1879-80, 1881-82, 1882-83, 1883-84, 1884-85, 1887-88, 1888-90, 1889-90, 1890-91, 1895-96, 1898-99, 1902-03, 1903-04, 1905-06, 1907-08, 1908-09, 1909-10, 1911-12, 1984-85, 2023-24
🏆 🏆 🏆 🏆 🏆 Premier Reserve League Champions: (5) 2003-04, 2007-08, 2008-09, 2009-10, 2011-12
🏆 🏆 🏆 Central League Champions: (3) 1929-30, 1963-64, 1992-93

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