Season #2 | 1880-81 | Games #3 - #6
133 Seasons, 33 Managers, 980 Players, 5,654 Matches, Only One Aston Villa
Player #95
Appearances:
95
Starts:
95
Goals:
27
Seasons:
6
Source: Undated Aston Villa Player Portrait.
Source: Undated Aston Villa Player Portrait.
Bob Chatt
Position
Forward
From
1893-94
To
1897-98
IMAGE CREDIT
Bob Chatt
Seasons Quick-View
Seasons
Age*
24 | 25 | 26 | 27 | 28 | 27 |
Division
D1 | D1 | D1 | D1 | D1 | D1 |
Appearances
95 |
1 | 17 | 30 | 18 | 12 | 17 |
Starts
95 |
1 | 17 | 30 | 18 | 12 | 17 |
Substitute
0 |
0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Unused
0 |
0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Goals
27 |
0 | 9 | 14 | 3 | 1 | 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
Robert Samuel Chatt
Birth Date
August 1870
Birth Place
Barnard Castle, County Durham
Birth Country
England
Villa Youth
n/a
From
Transfer in
Middlesbrough Ironopolis
From
For
Free
On
Unknown
Previous Clubs
Cleator Moor |
Middlesbrough Ironopolis |
Loans Out
None
Transfer Out
To
Stockton
For
Free
On
1898
Subsequent Clubs
Stockton FC |
Source: Undated Aston Villa Player Portrait.
Source: Undated Aston Villa Player Portrait.
Villa Career
Seasons Active, Fee, Starts (Sub) | Goals |
1893-98 Aston Villa, Free, 95 | 27 |
STARTS
SUBS
GOALS
Played Under
George Ramsay led Management Committee
First Squad Appearance
Saturday, 15 April 1893
Debut Appearance
Saturday, 15 April 1893
Accrington (a), Division One
DEBUT
First Goal
Saturday, 27 January 1894
Final Appearance
Saturday, 30 April 1898
Nottingham Forest (h), Division One
FINAL
Final Squad Appearance
Saturday, 30 April 1898
Honours
1893-94 League Champions |
1894-95 FA Cup Winners |
1895-96 League Champions |
1896-97 League Champions |
1896-97 FA Cup Winners |
Height
Foot
International Team
Not selected
Died
1935, Aged 64
Bob Chatt
Player #95 for Aston Villa, Robert Samuel Chatt, known as Bob Chatt, played as a forward for the club.
Bob represented Villa for six seasons from1892-93 to 1897-98.
Bob was born in Barnard Castle in August 1870 and made his Villa debut as a 22 year old on 15th April 1893.
Villa had signed Bob from Middlesbrough Ironopolis and he went on to help Villa secure 3 League Championships in 1893-94, 1895-96 and 1896-97 as well as 2 FA Cups in 1894-95, 1896-97.
The latter completing a double for the club.
Bob’s goals were pivotal in helping Villa get to - and stay at - the top in the 1890s.
In the 1894-95 FA Cup Final, Bob scored after 30 seconds, a record which stood for more than a century.
Bob’s final game for Villa came on the 30th April 1898 aged 27 after which he moved on to Stockton FC.
After his retirement from playing football Bob returned to Villa to take up the position of Scout.
Bob played under the George Ramsay led Management Committee.
Bob passed away in 1935 aged 65.