Season #2 | 1880-81 | Games #3 - #6
133 Seasons, 33 Managers, 980 Players, 5,654 Matches, Only One Aston Villa
Player #19
Appearances:
7
Starts:
7
Goals:
0
Seasons:
3
Source: Football card Billy Clarke issued by Taddy & Co for Grapnel and Imperial cigarettes under the Prominent Footballers series, first series, 1907.
Source: Football card Billy Clarke issued by Taddy & Co for Grapnel and Imperial cigarettes under the Prominent Footballers series, first series, 1907.
Billy Clarke
Position
Goalkeeper
From
1881-82
To
1883-84
IMAGE CREDIT
Billy Clarke
Seasons Quick-View
Seasons
Age*
21 | 22 | 23 |
Division
FAC | FAC | FAC |
Appearances
7 |
4 | 2 | 1 |
Starts
7 |
4 | 2 | 1 |
Substitute
0 |
0 | 0 | 0 |
Unused
0 |
0 | 0 | 0 |
Goals
0 |
0 | 0 | 0 |
*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
FULL SEASON BREAKDOWN
Albert William Clarke
Birth Date
July 1860
Birth Place
Walsall, West Midlands
Birth Country
England
Villa Youth
n/a
From
Transfer in
Wednesbury Old Athletic
From
For
Free
On
Unknown
Previous Clubs
Wednesbury Old Athletic |
Loans Out
None
Transfer Out
To
Bilston Town
For
Free
On
1884
Subsequent Clubs
Bilston Town |
Source: Football card Billy Clarke issued by Taddy & Co for Grapnel and Imperial cigarettes under the Prominent Footballers series, first series, 1907.
Source: Football card Billy Clarke issued by Taddy & Co for Grapnel and Imperial cigarettes under the Prominent Footballers series, first series, 1907.
Villa Career
Seasons Active, Fee, Starts (Sub) | Goals |
1881-83 Aston Villa, Free, 7 | 0 |
STARTS
SUBS
GOALS
Played Under
Management Committee
First Squad Appearance
Saturday, 31 December 1881
Debut Appearance
Saturday, 31 December 1881
Notts County (h), FA Cup
DEBUT
First Goal
Did not score
Final Appearance
Saturday, 29 December 1883
Wednesbury Old Athletic (a), FA Cup
FINAL
Final Squad Appearance
Saturday, 29 December 1883
Honours
Played for the Villa
Height
Foot
International Team
Not selected
Died
1940, Aged 62
Billy Clarke
Player #19 for Aston Villa, Albert William Clarke, known as Billy Clarke played as a goalkeeper for the club. Billy represented Villa between 1881-82 and 1883-84.
Billy was born in Walsall, ten miles from Villa’s current ground, on 7th July 1860 and made his debut as a 21 year old in the New Year’s Eve match of 1881 against Notts County at Wellington Road.
Villa had signed Billy from Wednesbury Old Athletic and he went on to be the third custodian of the Villa goal in FA Cup football going on to represent the club seven times, conceding 15 goals without keeping a clean sheet at a ratio of 2.14 goals per game.
Ironically Billy’s final game for Villa also came over the Christmas period, this time on the 29th December 1883 at the age of 23. Billy moved on to Bilston Town shortly thereafter.
Billy played in the era when team selection was made by a Management Committee rather than the latter day more typical Manager role.
Billy passed away in 1934 in Birmingham aged 74.