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M Bill Dickie | ๐Ÿด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ | #65 |

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1890 ๐Ÿ•’ 1 | โšฝ 0 | ๐Ÿ”ฅ 0 | #65 |

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M Bill Dickie | ๐Ÿด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ |
Aston Villa 1890 | Free |
Football League |
๐Ÿ•’ 1 | โšฝ 0 | ๐Ÿ”ฅ 0 | #65 |

Seasons Active | In Fee
Active in League
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๐ŸŸฉ Won | ๐ŸŸจ Drew | ๐ŸŸฅ Lost |
Cards ๐ŸŸจ Booking | ๐ŸŸฅ Sending Off |
Goalkeepers Only ๐Ÿฅ… Goals Conceded | โ›” Clean Sheets |

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M Bill Dickie | ๐Ÿด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ | #65 |

William Walter Arthur Dickie

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Personal Profile

Birth Date
Birthplace
Birth Country
Citizenship
Height
Foot
September 1867
Wednesbury
England ๐Ÿด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ
England ๐Ÿด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ
Personal

M Bill Dickie | ๐Ÿด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ | #65 |

Villa Youth Record

Youth Record

n/a

Youth

M Bill Dickie | ๐Ÿด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ | #65 |

Previous Clubs

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Previous Clubs

Wednesbury White Star
Walsall Swifts

Previous Clubs
Transfer In

M Bill Dickie | ๐Ÿด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ | #65 |

Transfer In

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Joined Date
Aged
Fee
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Signed Under
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1889
22
Free
Walsall Swifts
George Ramsay ๐Ÿด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ณ๓ ฃ๓ ด๓ ฟ
Played Under

M Bill Dickie | ๐Ÿด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ | #65 |

Played Under

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Managers

George Ramsay ๐Ÿด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ณ๓ ฃ๓ ด๓ ฟ 1890

Games ๐Ÿ•’, Starts โœ…, Substitute ๐Ÿ”, Won ๐ŸŸฉ, Drew ๐ŸŸจ, Lost ๐ŸŸฅ, Goals โšฝ, Assists ๐Ÿ”ฅ

M Bill Dickie | ๐Ÿด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ | #65 |

Honours

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Villa Honours

Played for the Villa

Honours
Debut

M Bill Dickie | ๐Ÿด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ | #65 |

Debut

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First Squad
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1889-90
1 February 1890
George Ramsay ๐Ÿด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ณ๓ ฃ๓ ด๓ ฟ
Season
Debut
Manager
1889-90
1 February 1890
George Ramsay ๐Ÿด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ณ๓ ฃ๓ ด๓ ฟ

M Bill Dickie | ๐Ÿด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ | #65 |

Goals

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โšฝ Goals Scored
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Assists

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Competition Summary
Matchday Summary
Assist(s)

Goalkeeping Statistics

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Goals & Assists

M Bill Dickie | ๐Ÿด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ | #65 |

Final

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Final Game
Manager
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1 February 1890
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Season
Final Squad
Manager
1889-90
1 February 1890
George Ramsay ๐Ÿด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ณ๓ ฃ๓ ด๓ ฟ
Final

M Bill Dickie | ๐Ÿด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ | #65 |

Career Summary

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Career Summary

M Bill Dickie | ๐Ÿด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ | #65 |

Cup Record

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M Bill Dickie | ๐Ÿด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ | #65 |

League Record

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M Bill Dickie | ๐Ÿด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ | #65 |

Competition Record by Season

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Europe
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All European statistics exclude Intertoto Cup games

Season Record
Season Performance

M Bill Dickie | ๐Ÿด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ | #65 |

Season Performance

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Loans

M Bill Dickie | ๐Ÿด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ | #65 |

Loans Out

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Loans

None

Transfer Out

M Bill Dickie | ๐Ÿด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ | #65 |

Transfer Out

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Date
Aged
Fee
To
To
Left Under
1889-90
1890
22
Free
Darlaston Town FC ๐Ÿด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ
George Ramsay ๐Ÿด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ณ๓ ฃ๓ ด๓ ฟ

M Bill Dickie | ๐Ÿด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ | #65 |

Subsequent Clubs

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Darlaston FC
Retired

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Quotes

M Bill Dickie | ๐Ÿด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ | #65 |

Quotes

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M Bill Dickie | ๐Ÿด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ | #65 |

Biography

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Player #65 for Aston Villa William Walter Arthur Dickie, known as Bill Dickie, played as a midfielder for the club in the wing half position. Bill represented Villa on a single occasion during the 1889-90 season.

Bill was born in Wednesbury, just nine miles from Villaโ€™s current ground, in September 1867 and made his single appearance as a 22 year old on 1st February 1890 in the FA Cup 2nd Round defeat to Notts County.

Villa had signed Bill from Walsall Swifts and he was to shortly move on to Darlaston FC having played under the George Ramsay led Management Committee.

Bill passed away in Birmingham in 1930 aged 63.

Died

1 March 1931, Aged 63

Starts
Subs

M Bill Dickie | ๐Ÿด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ | #65 |

Substitute Appearances

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Unused Substitute Appearances

0

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Cards Received

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๐ŸŸจ

0

๐ŸŸฅ

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Villa Cards
International

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International Record

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Caps with Villa
Matches

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Matches

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Game #87

๐ŸŸฅ 1 Feb 1890, Villa 1-4 Notts County, Trent Bridge

Manager: George Ramsay | ๐Ÿด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ณ๓ ฃ๓ ด๓ ฟ | Glasgow, 1886-1926 led Management Committee
Referee: Morton Betts | ๐Ÿด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ | Harrow, 1884-
HT Score: ๐ŸŸฅ 0-3
FT Result: ๐ŸŸฅ Lost
FT Score: ๐ŸŸฅ 1-4
Last 5: ๐ŸŸฅ ๐ŸŸฅ ๐ŸŸฉ ๐ŸŸฅ ๐ŸŸฅ
Umpires: Gunning & Ashwell

Season | 1889-90 |
Matchday | #22 |
Manager Game | #61 |
Saturday, 1 February 1890

FA Cup

Scorer(s) | Dennis Hodgetts | 1-3 |

Assist(s) | Albert Brown | 1-3 |

Teams
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GK Jimmy Warner | ๐Ÿด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ |
B Frank Coulton | ๐Ÿด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ |
B Gershom Cox | ๐Ÿด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ |
HB Jimmy Cowan | ๐Ÿด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ณ๓ ฃ๓ ด๓ ฟ |
HB Jack Burton | ๐Ÿด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ |
HB Bill Dickie | ๐Ÿด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ | ๐ŸŸข | ๐Ÿ”ด |
IR Lewis Campbell | ๐Ÿด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ณ๓ ฃ๓ ด๓ ฟ |
IR Albert Brown | ๐Ÿด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ | ๐Ÿ”ฅ |
IL Dennis Hodgetts | ๐Ÿด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ | โšฝ |
IL Albert Allen | ๐Ÿด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ |
CF Billy Dickson | ๐Ÿด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ณ๓ ฃ๓ ด๓ ฟ |

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GK George Toone | ๐Ÿด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ |
B Tom McClean | ๐Ÿด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ณ๓ ฃ๓ ด๓ ฟ |
B James McMillan | ๐Ÿด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ณ๓ ฃ๓ ด๓ ฟ |
HB Sandy Ferguson | ๐Ÿด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ณ๓ ฃ๓ ด๓ ฟ |
HB David Calderhead | ๐Ÿด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ณ๓ ฃ๓ ด๓ ฟ |
HB Alf Shelton | ๐Ÿด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ |
RW Billy May | ๐Ÿด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ | โšฝ | โšฝ |
RW Tom McInnes | ๐Ÿด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ณ๓ ฃ๓ ด๓ ฟ |
LW John Oswald | ๐Ÿด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ณ๓ ฃ๓ ด๓ ฟ |
LW Harry Daft | ๐Ÿด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ |
CF James Oswald | ๐Ÿด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ณ๓ ฃ๓ ด๓ ฟ | โšฝ |

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Match Timeline

๐ŸŸข | 1' Debut, Bill Dickie
๐Ÿฅ… | Goal, 0-1, (Notts County)
๐Ÿฅ… | Goal, 0-2, (Notts County), James Oswald
๐Ÿฅ… | Goal, 0-3, (Notts County), Billy May
๐Ÿ•’ | HT Notts County 3-0 Aston Villa
โšฝ | Goal, 1-3, Dennis Hodgetts, Assist by Albert Brown
๐Ÿฅ… | Goal, 1-4, (Notts County), Billy May
๐Ÿ•’ | FT Notts County 4-1 Aston Villa

On This Day
  • Dennis Hodgetts scored but Villa bring their League form to the Cup as they are knocked out by Notts amid some controversy.

  • Villa lose to County in the FA Cup second round amid protests as to the independence of the officials. 

  • Meanwhile, Bill Dickie makes his sole appearance for Villa aged 22 after joining from Walsall Swifts. Dickie would later move on to Darlaston FC.

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