M Edmund Strange | 🏴 | #127 |
Midfielder
1898 🕒 2 | ⚽ 0 | 🔥 - | #127 |
M Edmund Strange | 🏴 |
Aston Villa 1898 |
Football League First Division |
🕒 2 | ⚽ 0 | 🔥 - | #127 |

Seasons Active | In Fee
Active in League
🕒 Games | Starts (Subs) | ⚽ Goals | 🔥 Assists | 🇺 Unused | Player Number |
🟩 Won | 🟨 Drew | 🟥 Lost |
Cards 🟨 Booking | 🟥 Sending Off |
Goalkeepers Only 🥅 Goals Conceded | ⛔ Clean Sheets |
Previous Player | Next Player |
---|---|
CF Billy Garraty | 🏴 | #126 | | CF George Johnson | 🏴 | #128 | |
M Edmund Strange | 🏴 | #127 |
Edmund Wallace Strange
Personal Profile

Birth Date | Birthplace | Birth Country | Citizenship | Height | Foot |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
12 March 1871 | Bordesley Green, Birmingham | England 🏴 | England 🏴 |
M Edmund Strange | 🏴 | #127 |
Villa Youth Record
Youth Record

n/a
M Edmund Strange | 🏴 | #127 |
Previous Clubs

Previous Clubs
1890-91 Small Heath Ravenshurst
1891-92 Hoskins & Sewell FC
1892-93 Small Heath
1894-95 Langley Mill
1895-97 Unity Gas FC
M Edmund Strange | 🏴 | #127 |
Transfer In

Season | Joined Date | Aged | Fee | From | From | Signed Under |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1897-98 (DEBUT) | 1897 | 27 | Free | Unity Gas 🏴 | George Ramsay |
M Edmund Strange | 🏴 | #127 |
Played Under
Managers

George Ramsay 🏴
Games 🕒, Starts ✅, Substitute 🔁, Won 🟩, Drew 🟨, Lost 🟥, Goals ⚽, Assists 🔥
M Edmund Strange | 🏴 | #127 |
Career Summary

🗓️ | 🕒 | ✅ | 🔁 | 🇺 | PPG | 🟩 | 🟨 | 🟥 | 🟩 % | 🟨 % | 🟥 % | ⚽ | 🔥 | Yellow | Red | GI | GPG | GPGi |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | 2 | 2 | 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
M Edmund Strange | 🏴 | #127 |
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
M Edmund Strange | 🏴 | #127 |
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 |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1897-98 | 26 | D1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | - | - | - | 0 |
M Edmund Strange | 🏴 | #127 |
Goalkeeping Record

GK # | 🕒 | 🥅 | CPG | ⛔ | ⛔ % |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Season | 🕒 | 🥅 | CPG | ⛔ | ⛔ % |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Seasons 🗓️, Games 🕒, Goals Conceded 🥅, Goals per Game GPG, Conceded per Game CPG, Clean Sheets ⛔
M Edmund Strange | 🏴 | #127 |
Honours
Villa Honours

Played for the Villa
M Edmund Strange | 🏴 | #127 |
Debuts & Dates

Season | First Squad | Manager |
---|---|---|
1897-98 | 2 April 1898 | George Ramsay 🏴 |
Season | Debut | Manager | Aged |
---|---|---|---|
1897-98 | 2 April 1898 | George Ramsay 🏴 | 27 |
Game # | First Goal | Scorer(s) |
---|---|---|
Game # | First Assist |
---|---|
Game # | First Clean Sheet |
---|---|
Season | Final Game | Aged | Manager |
---|---|---|---|
1897-98 | 16 April 1898 | 27 | George Ramsay 🏴 |
Season | Final Squad | Manager |
---|---|---|
1897-98 | 16 April 1898 | George Ramsay 🏴 |
M Edmund Strange | 🏴 | #127 |
Loans Out

Loans
None
M Edmund Strange | 🏴 | #127 |
Transfer Out

Season | Date | Aged | Fee | To | To | Left Under |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1897-98 | 1898 | 27 | Free | Langley St. Michael's 🏴 | George Ramsay 🏴 |
M Edmund Strange | 🏴 | #127 |
Subsequent Clubs

Subsequent Clubs
1898 Langley St. Michael's
Retired
M Edmund Strange | 🏴 | #127 |
Quotes

M Edmund Strange | 🏴 | #127 |
Biography
Player #127 for Aston Villa, Edmund Wallace Strange, known as Edmund Strange, and alternatively listed as Edmond, played as a midfielder for the club in a position then known as a left half. Edmund made 2 appearances for Villa during the 1897-98 season.
Edmund was born in Bordesley Green on 12th March 1871 and made his debut for the club as a 27 year old on the 2nd April 1898.
Villa had signed Edmund from Unity Gas FC with both his appearances coming in the league as Villa went in to finish 6th.
Although Edmund’s on field contribution to Villa was fleeting he went on to support the club both as assistant secretary between 1899 and 1925 as well as serving as manager of the second XI.
Edmund had played under the George Ramsay led Management Committee.
Edmund passed away in Birmingham on 18th December 1926 aged 54.

Died
18 December 1925, Aged 54
M Edmund Strange | 🏴 | #127 |
Appearances
2

M Edmund Strange | 🏴 | #127 |
Starts
2

M Edmund Strange | 🏴 | #127 |
Substitute Appearances
0

Game | Matchday Summary | Substitutes |
---|
M Edmund Strange | 🏴 | #127 |
Unused Substitute Appearances
0

Game | Matchday Summary | Unused Substitutes |
---|
M Edmund Strange | 🏴 | #127 |
Goals Scored
0

Game | Matchday Summary | Scorer(s) |
---|
M Edmund Strange | 🏴 | #127 |
Assists Made
0

Game | Matchday Summary | Assist(s) |
---|
M Edmund Strange | 🏴 | #127 |
Cards Received
🟨

0
🟥
-
Game | Matchday Summary | Villa Cards |
---|
M Edmund Strange | 🏴 | #127 |
International Record

International Career | Caps with Villa |
---|---|
M Edmund Strange | 🏴 | #127 |
Matches

M Edmund Strange | 🏴 | #127 |
🟨 2 Apr 1898, Villa 1-1 Stoke, Villa Park


Game #340
Division One
Manager: George Ramsay | 🏴 | Glasgow, 1886-1926 led Management Committee
Referee: Charles Sutcliffe | 🏴 | Rawtenstall
FT Score | 1-1 |
FT Result | Drew |
Last 5 Games | WWWLD |
Season | 1897-98 |
Matchday | #28 |
League Match | #27 |
Manager Game | #314 |
Saturday, 2 April 1898
Scorer(s) | Jack Sharp |
Assist(s) | Not recorded
Teams

GK Jimmy Whitehouse |
RB Bert Sharp |
FB Albert Evans |
M Tommy Bowman |
M Edmund Strange |
W Jack Sharp |
W Jack Cowan |
F Howard Harvey |
F James Fisher |
F Bob Chatt |
CF Billy Garraty |

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, Edmund Strange, Billy Garraty
HT Aston Villa 0-0 Stoke
Player retired injured (Stoke)
Goal, 1-0, Jack Sharp, Assist by Jack Cowan
Goal, 1-1, (Stoke)
Stoke return to full complement
FT Aston Villa 1-1 Stoke
On This Day
M Edmund Strange | 🏴 | #127 |
🟥 16 Apr 1898, Villa 0-4 Liverpool, Anfield


Game #342
Division One
Manager | George Ramsay led Management Committee |
FT Score | 0-4 |
FT Result | Lost |
Last 5 Games | WLDLL |
Season | 1897-98 |
Matchday | #30 |
League Match | #29 |
Manager Game | #316 |
Saturday, 16 April 1898
Scorer(s) | None
Assist(s) | Not recorded
Teams

GK Jimmy Whitehouse |
FB Albert Evans |
RB Bert Sharp |
M Tommy Bowman |
M Edmund Strange |
W Jack Sharp |
W Jack Cowan |
F Howard Harvey |
F Bob Chatt |
F James Fisher |
CF Billy Garraty |

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, 0-1, (Liverpool)
Goal, 0-2, (Liverpool)
Goal, 0-3, (Liverpool)
HT Liverpool 3-0 Aston Villa
Goal, 0-4, (Liverpool)
FT Liverpool 4-0 Aston Villa