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M Edmund Strange | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #127 |

Midfielder

1898 🕒 2 | ⚽ 0 | 🔥 - | #127 |

Aston Villa player image

M Edmund Strange | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
Aston Villa 1898 |
Football League First Division |
🕒 2 | ⚽ 0 | 🔥 - | #127 |

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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 |

M Edmund Strange | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #127 |

Edmund Wallace Strange

Personal Profile

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Birth Date
Birthplace
Birth Country
Citizenship
Height
Foot
12 March 1871
Bordesley Green, Birmingham
England 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿
England 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿
Personal

M Edmund Strange | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #127 |

Villa Youth Record

Youth Record

n/a

M Edmund Strange | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #127 |

Previous Clubs

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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

Transfer In

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
Career

M Edmund Strange | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #127 |

Played Under

Managers

George Ramsay 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿

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

M Edmund Strange | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #127 |

Career Summary

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🗓️
🕒
🔁
🇺
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

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🕒 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

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

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🗓️
🎂
〽️
🏆
🕒
🔁
🇺
PPG
🟩
🟩 %
🟨
🟨 %
🟥
🟥 %
🔥
Yellow
Red
GI
GPG
GPGi
1897-98
26
D1
2
2
0
0
0
-
-
-
0

M Edmund Strange | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #127 |

Goalkeeping Record

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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
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Played for the Villa

M Edmund Strange | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #127 |

Debuts & Dates

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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 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿
Debut
Loans

M Edmund Strange | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #127 |

Loans Out

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Loans

None

Transfer Out

M Edmund Strange | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #127 |

Transfer Out

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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

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Subsequent Clubs

1898 Langley St. Michael's
Retired

Quotes

M Edmund Strange | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #127 |

Quotes

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Biography

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.

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Died

18 December 1925, Aged 54

Appearances
Starts
Subs

M Edmund Strange | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #127 |

Substitute Appearances

0

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Game
Matchday Summary
Substitutes
Unused

M Edmund Strange | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #127 |

Unused Substitute Appearances

0

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Game
Matchday Summary
Unused Substitutes
Goals

M Edmund Strange | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #127 |

Goals Scored

0

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Game
Matchday Summary
Scorer(s)
Assists

M Edmund Strange | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #127 |

Assists Made

0

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Game
Matchday Summary
Assist(s)
Cards

M Edmund Strange | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #127 |

Cards Received

🟨

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0

🟥

-

Game
Matchday Summary
Villa Cards
International

M Edmund Strange | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #127 |

International Record

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International Career
Caps with Villa
Matches

M Edmund Strange | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #127 |

Matches

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M Edmund Strange | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #127 |

🟨 2 Apr 1898, Villa 1-1 Stoke, Villa Park

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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
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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 |

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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
Harry Wilkes, Villa’s former League winning ‘keeper lined up for Stoke as the reigning champions can only draw and thereby render their title defence over. With three games left to play, Sheffield United are 7 points clear with Villa back in 5th place. Villa however remain reigning League Champions as the destination of the 1897-98 title remains to be decided. Midfielder Edmund Strange made his Villa debut aged 27 after joining from Unity Gas FC. Centre forward Billy Garraty made his Villa debut aged 19 after joining from Aston Shakespeare.

M Edmund Strange | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #127 |

🟥 16 Apr 1898, Villa 0-4 Liverpool, Anfield

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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
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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 |

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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

On This Day
Villa’s season takes a further down turn with a heavy defeat to a club in the lower half of the table, as a result Villa remain in seventh with a game to play. Midfielder Edmund Strange made his final appearance for Villa aged 27 before moving on to Langley St. Michael’s FC. Forward Howard Harvey made his final appearance for Villa aged 23 before moving on to Burslem Port Vale for a fee of £50.
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