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Player #91

From:

To:

Career Status:

1892-93

1892-93

Retired

Appearances:

1

Starts:

1

Goals:

1

Assists:

-

Involvements:

1

David Skea

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Forward

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PREVIOUS PLAYER

SUBSEQUENT PLAYER

David Skea

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1892 🕒 1 | ⚽ 1 | 🔥 - | #91 |

Season :

1892-93

Age :

21

Division :

D1

Squad # :

#

Appearances :

1

Starts :

1

Substitute :

0

Unused :

0

Goals :

1

Assists :

-

Involvements :

1

Games / Goal :

Bookings :

-

Sendings Off :

-

FAC: FA Cup; FL: Football League; D1: Division 1; D2: Division 2; D3: Division 3; PL: Premier League; CH: Championship

David Frederick Skea

Birth Date

February 1871

Birth Place

Arbroath, Angus

Birth Country

Scotland

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Citizenship

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Scotland

Villa Youth

n/a

Previous Teams (incl. Youth)

Arbroath FC

Original Transfer

Aged

21

From

Arbroath

For

Free

On

1892

Under

George Ramsay

Returning Transfer 1

Aged

n/a

From

n/a

For

n/a

On

n/a

Under

n/a

Returning Transfer 2

Aged

n/a

From

n/a

For

n/a

On

n/a

Under

n/a

Transfer Notes

Loans Out

None

Transfer Out 1

Aged

To

For

On

Under

21

Dundee Thistle FC

Free

1893

George Ramsay 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿

Transfer Out 2

Aged

To

For

On

Under

n/a

n/a

n/a

n/a

n/a

Transfer Out 3

Aged

To

For

On

Under

n/a

n/a

n/a

n/a

n/a

Subsequent Clubs

Dundee Thistle
1893 Darwen
1893-94 Bury
1894-96 Leicester Fosse
1896 Swindon Town
1896-98 New Brompton FC
Retired

Died

1950, Aged 79

David Skea

Villa Career

1892 🕒 1 | ⚽ 1 | 🔥 - | #91 |

🕒 Games | Starts (Subs) | ⚽ Goals | 🔥 Assists | 🇺 Unused | Player Number |

Played Under

George Ramsay 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿

Promoted to First Team Squad

In

31 December 1892

Under

George Ramsay 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿

First Squad

31 December 1892

Manager

George Ramsay 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿

Debut

Season

Date

Match

Age

Manager

1892-93

31 December 1892

Notts County (a), Division One

21

George Ramsay 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿

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Final Appearance

Season

Date

Match

Aged

Manager

1892-93

31 December 1892

Notts County (a), Division One

21

George Ramsay 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿

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Final Squad

31 December 1892

Manager

George Ramsay 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿

Honours

Played for the Villa

Height

Foot

International Record

National Team

Not selected

Years | Caps | Starts (Sub) | Goals |

Not selected

Caps with Villa

David Skea

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Player #92 for Aston Villa, David Frederick Skea, known as David Skea, played as a forward for the club in the inside forward position.

David represented Villa in the 1892-93 season making a single appearance for the club.

David was born in Arbroath in February 1871 and made his sole appearance as a 21 year old on 31st December 1892, in the 4-1 win against Notts County at Trent Bridge in which David would also go on to score a goal.

Villa had signed David from Arbroath and he was to return to Scotland to play for Dundee Thistle following his single appearance for Villa.

David played under the George Ramsay led Management Committee.

David passed away in Scotland in 1950 aged 79.

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