Player #37
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Career Status:
1886-87
1891-92
Retired
Jimmy Warner
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1886-92 🕒 101 | ⚽ 0 | 🔥 - | #37 |
Season :
1886-87 | 1887-88 | 1888-89 | 1889-90 | 1890-91 | 1891-92 |
Age :
21 | 22 | 23 | 24 | 25 | 26 |
Division :
FAC | FAC | FL | FL | FL | FL |
Squad # :
# | # | # | # | # | # |
Appearances :
10 | 4 | 24 | 23 | 24 | 16 |
Starts :
10 | 4 | 24 | 23 | 24 | 16 |
Substitute :
0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Unused :
0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Goals :
0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Assists :
0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | - |
Involvements :
0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Games / Goal :
0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 |
Bookings :
- | - | - | - | - | - |
Sendings Off :
- | - | - | - | - | - |
FAC: FA Cup; FL: Football League; D1: Division 1; D2: Division 2; D3: Division 3; PL: Premier League; CH: Championship
James Warner
Birth Date
15 April 1865
Birth Place
Lozells, Birmingham
Birth Country
England
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Citizenship
🏴
England
Villa Youth
n/a
Previous Teams (incl. Youth)
Hampton Road School
Milton FC
Original Transfer
Aged
21
From
Milton FC
For
Free
On
1886
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
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For
n/a
On
n/a
Under
n/a
Transfer Notes
Loans Out
None
Transfer Out 1
Aged
To
For
On
Under
26
Newton Heath
Free
1892
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
1892-93 Newton Heath
1893-94 Walsall Town Swifts
Retired
Died
7 November 1943, Aged 78
Jimmy Warner
Villa Career
1886-92 Free, 101 | 0 | #37 |
🕒 Games | Starts (Subs) | ⚽ Goals | 🔥 Assists | 🇺 Unused | Player Number |
Played Under
George Ramsay 🏴
Promoted to First Team Squad
In
30 October 1886
Under
George Ramsay 🏴
First Squad
30 October 1886
Manager
George Ramsay 🏴
Debut
Season
Date
Match
Age
Manager
1886-87
30 October 1886
Wednesbury Old Athletic (h), FA Cup
21
George Ramsay 🏴
Final Appearance
Season
Date
Match
Aged
Manager
1891-92
19 March 1892
West Bromwich Albion (n), FA Cup Final
26
George Ramsay 🏴
Final Squad
19 March 1892
Manager
George Ramsay 🏴
Honours
1886-87 FA Cup Winners |
Height
Foot
International Record
National Team
Not selected
Years | Caps | Starts (Sub) | Goals |
Not selected
Caps with Villa
Jimmy Warner
Player #40 for Aston Villa, James Warner, known as Jimmy Warner played as a goalkeeper for the club.
Jimmy represented Villa between 1886-87 and 1891-92 becoming Villa’s first relatively permanent custodian of the position however his career was not without controversy.
Jimmy was born in Lozells less than two miles from Villa’s current ground on 15th April 1865 and made his debut as a 21 year old on 30th October 1886.
Villa had signed Jimmy from Milton FC.
Jimmy was the eighth custodian of the Villa goal in FA Cup and League football and the first to be considered Villa's regular number one over successive seasons.
In total Jimmy conceded 216 goals in his 101 appearances, including 17 clean sheets at a ratio of 2.14 goals per game.
Jimmy played all of the 10 games in Villa’s victorious 1886-87 FA Cup campaign, including the final at the Kennington Oval that hosted the 2-0 win over West Bromwich Albion.
Jimmy made 75 League appearances across his 4 league seasons. His best league season was as runners up in 1888-89 however it was to be the 1891-92 FA Cup Final that would define his career - a competition Villa did not win against all expectations.
After his controversial performance in the 1891-92 FA Cup Final Jimmy never played for Villa again and was transferred to Newton Heath.
Jimmy had played his entire Villa career under the George Ramsay led Management Committee.
The Story of the FA Cup 1891/92
After an injury curtailed season, Warner regained his position to feature in the FA Cup Final again versus West Bromwich Albion however he was to repeat none of the heroics of the 1866/87 season.
Suspicions were aroused prior to the final when Warner apparently excused himself from training and was allegedly seen in the company of a ‘shady’ gentleman to whom it has been claimed Warner owed money having lost a significant amount of money on a previous bet. In return for this debt it is alleged Warner agreed to ‘throw’ the final in the favour of West Brom.
During the match suspicions appeared to be confirmed when Warner:
Helped Geddes shot to find the back of the net: 0-1
Fumbled a straightforward save for Sam Nicholls to score: 0-2
Stood out of position to allow John Reynold’s long range shot to hit the net: 3-0
Villa lost the final 3-0
Jimmy passed away on 7th November 1943 in Pittsburgh, USA aged 78.