Appearances:
258 |
Starts:
258 |
Substitute:
0 |
Unused:
0 |
Goals:
111 |
Games per Goal:
2.32 |
Assists:
Goal Involvements:
Player #125
Source: Football card #5 Billy Garraty issued by Taddy & Co for Grapnel and Imperial cigarettes under the Prominent Footballers series, first series, 1907.
Source: Football card #5 Billy Garraty issued by Taddy & Co for Grapnel and Imperial cigarettes under the Prominent Footballers series, first series, 1907.
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Centre Forward
1897-98
1907-08
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Billy Garraty
Billy Garraty
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Season
1897-98 | 1898-99 | 1899-00 | 1900-01 | 1901-02 | 1902-03 | 1903-04 | 1904-05 | 1905-06 | 1906-07 | 1907-08 |
Age
18 | 19 | 20 | 21 | 22 | 23 | 24 | 25 | 26 | 27 | 28 |
Division
D1 | D1 | D1 | D1 | D1 | D1 | D1 | D1 | D1 | D1 | D1 |
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Appearances
2 | 10 | 40 | 41 | 28 | 30 | 18 | 37 | 37 | 5 | 10 |
Starts
2 | 10 | 40 | 41 | 28 | 30 | 18 | 37 | 37 | 5 | 10 |
Subs
0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Unused
0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Goals
0 | 7 | 29 | 11 | 7 | 15 | 9 | 10 | 21 | 2 | 0 |
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Goal
Involvements
FAC: FA Cup; FL: Football League; D1: Division 1; D2: Division 2; D3: Division 3; PL: Premier League; CH: Championship
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William Garraty
Birth Date
6 October 1878
Birth Place
Saltley, Birmingham
Birth Country
England
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Citizenship
England
Villa Youth
n/a
Previous Teams
Church Road School
Saltley St. Saviour’s School
Ashted Swifts
St. Saviour’s FC
Highfield Villa
Lozells FC
Aston Shakespeare
Transfer in
Aged
19
From
Aston Shakespeare
For
Free
On
1897
Under
George Ramsay
Promoted to First Team Squad
In
Under
Loans Out
None
Transfer Out
Aged
29
Leicester Fosse
To
For
Free
On
1908
Under
George Ramsay
Subsequent Clubs
1908 Leicester Fosse
1908-10 West Bromwich Albion
1910-11 Lincoln City
Retired
Died
6 May 1931, Aged 52
Villa Career
1898-08 Free, 258 | 111 | #125 |
Appearances
Unused
258
0
Goals
111
Played Under
George Ramsay led Management Committee
Debut
Season
Date
Match
Age
Manager
(First Squad)
Manager
First Goal
1897-98
2 April 1898
Stoke (h), Division One
19
No Substitutes in Period
25 March 1899
Appearances
Goals
258
111
Final Appearance
Season
Date
Match
1907-08
11 March 1908
Bristol City (a), Division One
Aged
Manager
(Final Squad)
Manager
29
No Substitutes in Period
Honours
1898-99 League Champions |
1899-00 League Champions |
1904-05 FA Cup Winners |
Height
Foot
International Record
National Team
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England
Years | Caps | Starts (Sub) | Goals |
Caps with Villa
Billy Garraty
Source: Football card #5 Billy Garraty issued by Taddy & Co for Grapnel and Imperial cigarettes under the Prominent Footballers series, first series, 1907.
Source: Football card #5 Billy Garraty issued by Taddy & Co for Grapnel and Imperial cigarettes under the Prominent Footballers series, first series, 1907.
Player #127 for Aston Villa, William Garraty, known as Billy Garraty played as a centre forward for the club.
Billy played for Villa between 1897-98 and 1907-08.
Billy was born in Saltley, less than 3 miles from Villa Park, on 6th October 1878 and made his debut for the club as a 19 year old on the 2nd April 1898.
Villa had signed Billy from Aston Shakespeare and he went on to make a total of 258 appearances across 10 seasons with the club.
During his time with Villa, Billy won 5 major trophies: 2 League Championships in 1898-99 and 1899-00 as well as the 1904-05 FA Cup and 2 Charity Shields.
Billy’s contribution to the 1899-00 title winning season was outstanding with 27 goals in 33 league appearances. For good measure he hit another 3 in the FA Cup that season too.
Although his contribution remained strong Billy’s goalscoring wouldn’t again reach the heights of 1899-00 and indeed he would only exceed 15 league goals in 3 of his subsequent 8 seasons with the club.
The Villa News and Record of 1st September 1906 paid tribute to Billy:
“An excellent goalscorer throughout his career, with his dashing moustache, Billy was industrious, never-say-die utility forward, He could also play at right-half and centre-half, giving service from both positions and it has been said that he was one of the first great utility players. However, Billy always preferred to be ‘up front’ looking to score goals, and he did just that on a regular basis throughout his long career.”
“He joined the club as an outside-left, and played some games in that position. Known mainly for his goals in his earlier years (30 goals in his first full season), he became a sound midfield player at inside-right or right-half, and was even tried at centre-half. He gave long and highly valued service.”
Billy’s final appearance for Villa on 11th March 1908 following which he moved on to Leicester Fosse.
Billy played his entire Villa career under the George Ramsey led Management Committee.
Billy’s exit was not the end of his contribution to Villa however with his great grandson, Jack Grealish, going on to become another Villa talisman 9 decades later.
Billy passed away in Perry Barr on 6th May 1931 aged just 52.