Bob Roberts, Aston Villa

GK Bob Roberts | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #90 |

Goalkeeper

1892-93 🕒 4 | 4 (-) | 🥅 2.00 | ⛔ 0% | 🇺 - | #90 |

GK Bob Roberts | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
Aston Villa 1892-93 |
Football League First Division |
🕒 4 | ⚽ 0 | 🔥 - | #90 |

Previous Player	Next Player
M Fred Burton \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \| #89 \|	F David Skea \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 \| #91 \|

GK Bob Roberts | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #90 |

Robert John Roberts

Personal Profile

Birth Date	Birthplace	Birth Country	Citizenship	Height	Foot
9 April 1859	West Bromwich, Sandwell, West Midlands	England 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿	England 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿

Personal

GK Bob Roberts | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #90 |

Villa Youth Record

Youth Record

n/a

GK Bob Roberts | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #90 |

Previous Clubs

Previous Clubs

Christ Church School
George Salter’s Spring Works FC
West Bromwich Strollers
1885-90 West Bromwich Albion
1890-91 Sunderland Albion
1891-92 West Bromwich Albion

Transfer In

GK Bob Roberts | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #90 |

Transfer In

Season	Joined Date	Aged	Fee	From	From	Signed Under
1892-93 (DEBUT)	1892	33	Free	West Bromwich Albion 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿		George Ramsay

Career

GK Bob Roberts | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #90 |

Played Under

Managers

George Ramsay 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿

Games 🕒, Starts ✅, Substitute 🔁, Won 🟩, Drew 🟨, Lost 🟥, Goals ⚽, Assists 🔥

GK Bob Roberts | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #90 |

Career Summary

🗓️	🕒	✅	🔁	🇺	PPG	🟩	🟨	🟥	🟩 %	🟨 %	🟥 %	⚽	🔥	Yellow	Red	GI	GPG	GPGi
1	4	4	0	0								0	0	0	-	0

Seasons 🗓️, Games 🕒, Starts ✅, Substitute 🔁, Won 🟩, Drew 🟨, Lost 🟥, Unused 🇺, Goals ⚽, Assists 🔥, Goals per Game GPG, Points per Game PPG, Goal Involvements GI, Games per Goal GPG, Games per Goal Involvement GPGi

GK Bob Roberts | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #90 |

Competition Record

🕒 League	🕒 FA Cup	🕒 League Cup	🕒 Europe	🕒 European Cup
		0	0	0

⚽ League	⚽ FA Cup	⚽ League Cup	⚽ Europe	⚽ European Cup
0	0	0	0	0

🔥 League	🔥 FA Cup	🔥 League Cup	🔥 Europe	🔥 European Cup
0	0	0	0	0

League Gi	FA Cup Gi	League Cup Gi	Europe Gi	European Cup Gi
0	0	0	0	0

League GPG	FA Cup GPG	League Cup GPG	Europe GPG	European Cup GPG
0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00

League GPGi	FA Cup GPGi	League Cup GPGi	Europe GPGi	European Cup GPGi
0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00

Games 🕒, Goals ⚽, Assists 🔥, Goals per Game GPG, Goal Involvements GI, Games per Goal GPG, Games per Goal Involvement GPGi

Seasons

GK Bob Roberts | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #90 |

Season by Season Record

Seasons 🗓️, Age 🎂, League 〽️, Position 🏆, Games 🕒, Starts ✅, Substitute 🔁, Won 🟩, Drew 🟨, Lost 🟥, Unused 🇺, Goals Scored ⚽, Goals Conceded 🥅, Goals per Game GPG, Conceded per Game CPG, Goal Difference GD, Clean Sheets ⛔, Points per Game PPG, Goal Involvements GI, Games per Goal GPG, Games per Goal Involvement GPGi

🗓️	🎂	〽️	🏆	🕒	✅	🔁	🇺	PPG	🟩	🟩 %	🟨	🟨 %	🟥	🟥 %	⚽	🔥	Yellow	Red	GI	GPG	GPGi
1892-93	33	D1		4	4	0	0								0	-	-	-	0

GK Bob Roberts | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #90 |

Goalkeeping Record

GK #	🕒	🥅	CPG	⛔	⛔ %
15	4	8	2.00	0	0%

Season	🕒	🥅	CPG	⛔	⛔ %
1892-93	4

Seasons 🗓️, Games 🕒, Goals Conceded 🥅, Goals per Game GPG, Conceded per Game CPG, Clean Sheets ⛔

GK Bob Roberts | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #90 |

Honours

Villa Honours

Played for the Villa

GK Bob Roberts | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #90 |

Debuts & Dates

Season	First Squad	Manager
1892-93	26 November 1892	George Ramsay 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿

Season	Debut	Manager	Aged
1892-93	26 November 1892	George Ramsay 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿	33

Game #	First Goal	Scorer(s)
	Did not Score

Game #	First Assist

Game #	First Clean Sheet
4	Did not keep a Clean Sheet

Season	Final Game	Aged	Manager
1892-93	25 March 1893	33	George Ramsay 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿

Season	Final Squad	Manager
1892-93	25 March 1893	George Ramsay 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿

Debut

Loans

GK Bob Roberts | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #90 |

Loans Out

Loans

None

Transfer Out

GK Bob Roberts | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #90 |

Transfer Out

Season	Date	Aged	Fee	To	To	Left Under
1892-93	1893	33	Released	Retired		George Ramsay 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿

GK Bob Roberts | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #90 |

Subsequent Clubs

Retired

Quotes

GK Bob Roberts | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #90 |

Quotes

Biography

GK Bob Roberts | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #90 |

Biography

Player #90 for Aston Villa, Robert John Roberts, known as Bob Roberts played as a goalkeeper for the club.

Bob represented Villa in the 1892-93 season making 4 appearances for the club.

Bob was born in West Bromwich, just 7 miles from Villa’s current ground, on 25th April 1859 and made his debut appearance as a 33 year old on 26th November 1892.

Villa had signed Bob from West Bromwich Albion and he became the fourteenth custodian of the Villa goal in League and Cup football and he went on to concede 8 goals in 4 games at a rate of 2.00 goals per game without keeping a clean sheet.

Bob’s final game came on Saturday, 25 March 1893 in the 6-4 victory over Accrington.

Bob played under the George Ramsay led Management Committee.

Bob passed away in Byker, Newcastle on 20th October 1929 aged 70.

Died

20 October 1929, Aged 70

Appearances

GK Bob Roberts | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #90 |

Appearances

4

Game	Matchday Summary	Match Squad
Game #160	🟩 26 Nov 1892, Villa 3-1 Preston, Wellington Road	GK Bob Roberts \| CB Jimmy Cowan \| FB Walter Evans \| FB Arthur Stokes \| M George Campbell \| M James Brown \| M Peter Dowds \| F Dennis Hodgetts \| F Charlie Hare \| F Jack Devey \| W Albert A Brown \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \|
Game #169	🟨 11 Feb 1893, Villa 2-2 Blackburn, Ewood	GK Bob Roberts \| D John Baird \| CB Jimmy Cowan \| D Gershom Cox \| M Peter Dowds \| M Fred Burton \| W Charlie Athersmith \| W Lewis Campbell \| F William Devey \| W Albert A Brown \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \| F Jack Devey \|
Game #171	🟩 18 Mar 1893, Villa 3-1 Notts County, Wellington Road	GK Bob Roberts \| D John Baird \| CB Jimmy Cowan \| D Gershom Cox \| M Peter Dowds \| M Fred Burton \| W Charlie Athersmith \| F Dennis Hodgetts \| F William Devey \| F Jack Devey \| W Albert A Brown \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \|
Game #172	🟩 25 Mar 1893, Villa 6-4 Accrington, Wellington Road	GK Bob Roberts \| D John Baird \| CB Jimmy Cowan \| M George Campbell \| M Peter Dowds \| M Fred Burton \| W Charlie Athersmith \| W Albert Woolley \| F Dennis Hodgetts \| F Jack Devey \| W Albert A Brown \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \|

GK Bob Roberts | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #90 |

Starts

4

Game	Matchday Summary	Line Up
Game #160	🟩 26 Nov 1892, Villa 3-1 Preston, Wellington Road	GK Bob Roberts \| CB Jimmy Cowan \| FB Walter Evans \| FB Arthur Stokes \| M George Campbell \| M James Brown \| M Peter Dowds \| F Dennis Hodgetts \| F Charlie Hare \| F Jack Devey \| F Albert Brown \|
Game #169	🟨 11 Feb 1893, Villa 2-2 Blackburn, Ewood	GK Bob Roberts \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \| FB John Baird \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 \| CB Jimmy Cowan \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 \| FB Gershom Cox \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \| M Peter Dowds \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 \| M Fred Burton \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \| W Charlie Athersmith \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \| ⚽ \| ⚽ \| W Lewis Campbell \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 \| F William Devey \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \| F Albert Brown \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \| F Jack Devey \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \|
Game #171	🟩 18 Mar 1893, Villa 3-1 Notts County, Wellington Road	GK Bob Roberts \| D John Baird \| CB Jimmy Cowan \| D Gershom Cox \| M Peter Dowds \| M Fred Burton \| W Charlie Athersmith \| F Dennis Hodgetts \| F William Devey \| F Jack Devey \| F Albert Brown \|
Game #172	🟩 25 Mar 1893, Villa 6-4 Accrington, Wellington Road	GK Bob Roberts \| D John Baird \| CB Jimmy Cowan \| M George Campbell \| M Peter Dowds \| M Fred Burton \| W Charlie Athersmith \| W Albert Woolley \| F Dennis Hodgetts \| F Jack Devey \| F Albert Brown \|

Starts

Subs

GK Bob Roberts | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #90 |

Substitute Appearances

0

Game	Matchday Summary	Substitutes

Unused

GK Bob Roberts | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #90 |

Unused Substitute Appearances

0

Game	Matchday Summary	Unused Substitutes

Goals

GK Bob Roberts | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #90 |

Goals Scored

0

Game	Matchday Summary	Scorer(s)

Assists

GK Bob Roberts | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #90 |

Assists Made

0

Game	Matchday Summary	Assist(s)

Cards

GK Bob Roberts | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #90 |

Cards Received

🟨

0 🟥

-

Game	Matchday Summary	Villa Cards

International

GK Bob Roberts | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #90 |

International Record

England

International Career	Caps with Villa
1887-90 🕒 3 \| 3 \| ⚽ 0 \|	1892-93 🕒 0 \| 0 \| ⚽ 0 \| 🔥 0 \| 🇺- \|

Matches

GK Bob Roberts | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #90 |

Matches

GK Bob Roberts | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #90 |

🟩 26 Nov 1892, Villa 3-1 Preston, Wellington Road

Game #160

Division One

Season | 1892-93 |
Matchday | #16 |
League Match | #16 |
Manager Game | #134 |
Saturday, 26 November 1892

Full Match Report

Scorer(s) | Dennis Hodgetts | Albert Brown | Peter Dowds |

Assist(s) | Not recorded

Teams

Starting XI

Substitutes

No Substitutions permitted in period

Unused Substitutes

No Substitutions permitted in period

Substitutes

No Substitutions Permitted in Period

Unused Substitutes

No Substitutions Permitted in Period

Match Timeline

[Exact timings not recorded]
1’ Debut, Bob Roberts
Goal, 1-0, Dennis Hodgetts
HT Aston Villa 1-0 Preston North End
Goal, 2-0, Albert Brown, Assist by Charlie Hare
Goal, 3-0, Peter Dowds
Goal, 3-1, (Preston North End)
FT Aston Villa 3-1 Preston North End

On This Day

Villa’s topsy turvy form continues as they win against a side that heavily beat them five games previously. Goalkeeper Bob Roberts made his debut for Villa age 33 after joining from West Bromwich Albion.

GK Bob Roberts | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #90 |

🟨 11 Feb 1893, Villa 2-2 Blackburn, Ewood

Game #169

Division One

Manager: George Ramsay | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | Glasgow, 1886-1926 led Management Committee
Referee: Unknown
HT Score: 🟩 1-0
FT Result: 🟨 Drew
FT Score: 🟨 2-2
Last 5: 🟩 🟩 🟥 🟥 🟨

Season | 1892-93 |
Matchday | #25 |
League Match | #24 |
Manager Game | #143 |
Saturday, 11 February 1893

Full Match Report

Scorer(s) | Charlie Athersmith | 7' | 2-1 |

Assist(s) | Not recorded

Teams

GK Bob Roberts | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
FB John Baird | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
CB Jimmy Cowan | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
FB Gershom Cox | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Peter Dowds | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
M Fred Burton | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
W Charlie Athersmith | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | ⚽ | ⚽ |
W Lewis Campbell | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
F William Devey | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
F Albert Brown | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
F Jack Devey | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

Not Recorded

Starting XI

Substitutes

No Substitutions permitted in period

Unused Substitutes

No Substitutions permitted in period

Substitutes

No Substitutions Permitted in Period

Unused Substitutes

No Substitutions Permitted in Period

Match Timeline

On This Day

Charlie Athersmith scores both Villa's goals as Villa draw for the second time in six having not previously drawn since the 1890-91 season.

GK Bob Roberts | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #90 |

🟩 18 Mar 1893, Villa 3-1 Notts County, Wellington Road

Game #171

Division One

Season | 1892-93 |
Matchday | #27 |
League Match | #26 |
Manager Game | #145 |
Saturday, 18 March 1893

Full Match Report

Scorer(s) | Fred Burton | Jack Devey | Jack Devey |

Assist(s) | Not recorded

Teams

Starting XI

Substitutes

No Substitutions permitted in period

Unused Substitutes

No Substitutions permitted in period

Substitutes

No Substitutions permitted in period

Unused Substitutes

No Substitutions permitted in period

Match Timeline

[Exact timings not recorded]
Goal, 1-0, Fred Burton
Goal, 2-0, Jack Devey
HT Aston Villa 2-0 Notts County
Goal, 2-1, (Notts County)
Goal, 3-1, Jack Devey, Assist by Charlie Athersmith
FT Aston Villa 3-1 Notts County

On This Day

Villa fielded their oldest team of the season with an average age of 26.94. Defender Gershom Cox made his final appearance for Villa aged 30 before moving on to Willenhall Pickwick. Cox represented Villa 102 times over his six seasons with the club.

GK Bob Roberts | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #90 |

🟩 25 Mar 1893, Villa 6-4 Accrington, Wellington Road

Game #172

Division One

Season | 1892-93 |
Matchday | #28 |
League Match | #27 |
Manager Game | #146 |
Saturday, 18 March 1893

Full Match Report

Scorer(s) | Jack Devey | Albert Brown | Jack Devey | Albert Woolley | Albert Woolley | Charlie Athersmith |

Assist(s) | Not recorded

Teams

Starting XI

Substitutes

No Substitutions permitted in period

Unused Substitutes

No Substitutions permitted in period

Substitutes

No Substitutions permitted in period

Unused Substitutes

No Substitutions permitted in period

Match Timeline

[Exact timings not recorded]
1’ Debut, Albert Woolley
17’ Goal, 0-1, (Accrington)
19’ Goal, 1-1, Jack Devey, Assist by Albert Woolley
Goal, 1-2, (Accrington)
Goal, 1-3, (Accrington)
HT Aston Villa 1-3 Accrington
Goal, 1-4, (Accrington)
Goal, 2-4, Albert Brown, Assist by Albert Woolley
Goal, 3-4, Jack Devey
Goal, 4-4, Albert Woolley
Goal, 5-4, Albert Woolley, Assist by Dennis Hodgetts
Goal, 6-4, Charlie Athersmith
FT Aston Villa 6-4 Accrington

On This Day

Winger Albert Woolley scored a brace on his Villa debut aged 22 after joining from Park Mills FC. Goalkeeper Bob Roberts made his final appearance for Villa aged 33 before retiring from football. Midfielder George Campbell made his final appearance for Villa aged 22 before moving on to Dundee FC.