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Player #98

From:

To:

Career Status:

1893-94

1893-94

Retired

Appearances:

3

Starts:

3

Goals:

0

Assists:

-

Involvements:

0

James Gillan

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Midfielder

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SUBSEQUENT PLAYER

James Gillan

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1893 🕒 3 | ⚽ 0 | 🔥 - | #98 |

Season :

1893-94

Age :

22

Division :

D1

Squad # :

#

Appearances :

3

Starts :

3

Substitute :

0

Unused :

0

Goals :

0

Assists :

-

Involvements :

0

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

James Stanley Gillan

Birth Date

December 1870

Birth Place

Derby, Derbyshire

Birth Country

England

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Citizenship

🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿

England

Villa Youth

n/a

Previous Teams (incl. Youth)

Burton United
Burton Swifts

Original Transfer

Aged

22

From

Burton Swifts

For

Free

On

1893

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

22

Brierley Hill Alliance

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

Brierley Hill Alliance
Retired

Died

1944, Aged 73

James Gillan

Villa Career

1893 🕒 3 | ⚽ 0 | 🔥 - | #98 |

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

Played Under

George Ramsay 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿

Promoted to First Team Squad

In

23 September 1893

Under

George Ramsay 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿

First Squad

23 September 1893

Manager

George Ramsay 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿

Debut

Season

Date

Match

Age

Manager

1893-94

23 September 1893

Everton (h), Division One

22

George Ramsay 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿

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Final Appearance

Season

Date

Match

Aged

Manager

1893-94

14 October 1893

Darwen (a), Division One

22

George Ramsay 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿

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Final Squad

14 October 1893

Manager

George Ramsay 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿

Honours

1893-94 League Champions |

Height

Foot

International Record

National Team

Not selected

Years | Caps | Starts (Sub) | Goals |

Not selected

Caps with Villa

James Gillan

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Player #99 for Aston Villa, James Stanley Gillan, known as James Gillan played as a midfielder for the club in a position then known as a left half.

James represented Villa three times during the 1893-94 season.

James was born in Derby in December 1870 and made his debut as a 22 year old on 23rd September 1893.

Villa had signed James from Burton Swifts and he went on to help Villa secure the League title in 1893-94.

James’ final game for Villa came just 6 weeks after his debut on 14th October 1893 after which James moved to Brierley Hill Alliance.

James played under the George Ramsay led Management Committee.

James passed away in Ilkeston in 1944 aged 74.

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