117
Legacy
Number
0
Youth
Promotion #
0
Youth
Debut #
43
Villa Appearances
0
Villa
Goals
0
Villa
Assists
Game
Per
Jimmy Whitehouse

Goalkeeper
James Whitehouse
Role
GK Jimmy Whitehouse | 🏴 | #117 |
Position
Born
Goalkeeper
9 April 1873
Birthplace
Country
Citizenship
Birmingham, West Midlands
England 🏴
England 🏴
Height
Foot
Transfer Notes
Transfer In
Transfer In:
1896-97
Grimsby Town 🏴
£200
1896
23
George Ramsay
Transfer Out
Transfer Out:
1897-98
Bedminster FC 🏴
Free
1898
25
George Ramsay 🏴
Previous Clubs
Jimmy Whitehouse
Previous Clubs:
Albion Swifts
1890-92 Birmingham St. George’s
1892-96 Grimsby Town
Played Under
Jimmy Whitehouse
George Ramsay 🏴
Loans Out
Jimmy Whitehouse
Loans Out:
None
Subsequent Clubs
Jimmy Whitehouse
Subsequent Clubs:
1898-99 Bedminster FC
1899-00 Grimsby Town
1900-03 Manchester United
1903 Manchester City
1903-04 Third Lanark FC
1904-05 Hull City
1905-07 Southend United
Retired
Career Progression
Jimmy Whitehouse
n/a
Youth Career
Jimmy Whitehouse
Youth Appearances
Youth
Goals
Reserve Career
Jimmy Whitehouse
Reserve Appearances
Reserve
Goals
First Team Career
Jimmy Whitehouse
43
Villa Appearances
0
Villa
Goals
0
Villa
Assists
GK Jimmy Whitehouse | 🏴 |
Aston Villa 1896-98 |
Football League First Division |
🕒 43 | ⚽ 0 | 🔥 - | #117 |
Honours
Jimmy Whitehouse
1896-97 League Champions |
1896-97 FA Cup Winners |
First Team Debut
Jimmy Whitehouse
Debut Squad:
1896-97
5 September 1896
George Ramsay 🏴
Debut:
1896-97
5 September 1896
George Ramsay 🏴
23
Final First
Team Appearance
Jimmy Whitehouse
Final Appearance:
1897-98
30 April 1898
George Ramsay 🏴
25
Final Squad:
1897-98
30 April 1898
George Ramsay 🏴


43
Villa Appearances
0
Villa
Goals
0
Villa
Assists
Game
Per
Villa Career
Jimmy Whitehouse
Career Games
🕒 Games:
✅ Starter:
🔁 Substitute:
🇺 Unused:
43
43
0
0
Career Goals
⚽ Goals:
🔥 Assists:
Games / Goal:
Games / Involvement:
0
0
Career Results
🟩 Won:
🇺 Unbeaten:
🟥 Lost:
Points / Game:
Career Cards
🟨 Bookings:
🟥 Sendings Off:
Games / Card:
0
0
1.37
0
Villa
Goals
0
Villa
Assists
Jimmy Whitehouse
Jimmy Whitehouse
League Appearances
FA Cup
Appearances
0
League Cup
Appearances
0
European
Appearances
Competition Record
Jimmy Whitehouse
League
🕒 Games:
✅ Starter:
🔁 Substitute:
0
⚽ Goals:
🔥 Assists:
Games per Goal:
Games per Involvement:
0
0
0.00
0.00
FA Cup
Games:
Starter:
Substitute:
0
Goals:
Assists:
Games per Goal:
Games per Involvement:
0
0
0.00
0.00
League Cup
Games:
Starter:
0
Substitute:
0
Goals:
Assists:
Games per Goal:
Games per Involvement:
0
0
0.00
0.00
Europe
Games:
Starter:
0
Substitute:
0
Goals:
Assists:
Games per Goal:
Games per Involvement:
0
0
0.00
0.00
Season Record
Jimmy Whitehouse
1896-97
Games
🕒 Games:
✅ Starter:
🔁 Substitute:
🇺 Unused:
24
24
0
0
Goals
⚽ Goals:
🔥 Assists:
Games / Goal:
Games / Involvement:
0
Results
🟩 Won:
🇺 Unbeaten:
🟥 Lost:
Points / Game:
Cards
🟨 Bookings:
🟥 Sendings Off:
Games / Card:
1897-98
Games
🕒 Games:
✅ Starter:
🔁 Substitute:
🇺 Unused:
19
19
0
0
Goals
⚽ Goals:
🔥 Assists:
Games / Goal:
Games / Involvement:
0
Results
🟩 Won:
🇺 Unbeaten:
🟥 Lost:
Points / Game:
Cards
🟨 Bookings:
🟥 Sendings Off:
Games / Card:

0
PL Appearances
Division One
Appearances
Championship
Appearances
Division Two
Appearances
Division Three
Appearances
League Record
Premier League
🕒 Games:
✅ Starter:
🔁 Sub::
⚽ Goals:
🔥 Assists:
Games / Goal:
Games / Involvement:
0
0
0
0
0.00
0.00
Championship
🕒 Games:
✅ Starter:
🔁 Sub::
⚽ Goals:
🔥 Assists:
Games / Goal:
Games / Involvement:
Jimmy Whitehouse
First Division
🕒 Games:
✅ Starter:
🔁 Sub:
⚽ Goals:
🔥 Assists:
Games / Goal:
Games / Involvement:
Second Division
🕒 Games:
✅ Starter:
🔁 Sub::
⚽ Goals:
🔥 Assists:
Games / Goal:
Games / Involvement:
Third Division
🕒 Games:
✅ Starter:
🔁 Sub::
⚽ Goals:
🔥 Assists:
Games / Goal:
Games / Involvement:
League Appearances
0
League
Goals
0
League
Assists
0.00
League
per Game
League Seasons
Jimmy Whitehouse
1896-97
First Division
Games
🕒 Games:
✅ Starter:
🔁 Substitute:
🇺 Unused:
22
22
0
Goals
⚽ Goals:
🔥 Assists:
Games / Goal:
Games / Involvement:
1897-98
First Division
Games
🕒 Games:
✅ Starter:
🔁 Substitute:
🇺 Unused:
18
18
0
Goals
⚽ Goals:
🔥 Assists:
Games / Goal:
Games / Involvement:
League Appearances

FA Cup Appearances
0
FA Cup
Goals
0
FA Cup
Assists
0.00
FA Cup
per Game
FA Cup Seasons
Jimmy Whitehouse
1896-97
FA Cup
Games
🕒 Games:
✅ Starter:
🔁 Substitute:
2
2
Goals
⚽ Goals:
🔥 Assists:
Games / Goal:
Games / Involvement:
1897-98
FA Cup
Games
🕒 Games:
✅ Starter:
🔁 Substitute:
1
1
Goals
⚽ Goals:
🔥 Assists:
Games / Goal:
Games / Involvement:

0
League Cup Appearances
0
League Cup
Goals
0
League Cup
Assists
0.00
League Cup
per Game
League Cup Seasons
Jimmy Whitehouse
1896-97
League Cup
Games
🕒 Games:
✅ Starter:
🔁 Substitute:
0
0
0
Goals
⚽ Goals:
🔥 Assists:
Games / Goal:
Games / Involvement:
0
0
0.00
0.00
1897-98
League Cup
Games
🕒 Games:
✅ Starter:
🔁 Substitute:
0
0
0
Goals
⚽ Goals:
🔥 Assists:
Games / Goal:
Games / Involvement:
0
0
0.00
0.00
League Cup Appearances

0
European Appearances
0
European
Goals
0
European
Assists
0.00
European
per Game
European Seasons
Jimmy Whitehouse
1896-97
n/a
Games
🕒 Games:
✅ Starter:
🔁 Substitute:
0
0
0
Goals
⚽ Goals:
🔥 Assists:
Games / Goal:
Games / Involvement:
0
0
0.00
0.00
1897-98
n/a
Games
🕒 Games:
✅ Starter:
🔁 Substitute:
0
0
0
Goals
⚽ Goals:
🔥 Assists:
Games / Goal:
Games / Involvement:
0
0
0.00
0.00
European Appearances
Other Appearances
Other
Goals
Other
Assists
Other
per Game
43
Villa Appearances
0
Unused
Sub
Unused Substitute Appearances
Jimmy Whitehouse
0
Bookings /
Cautions
0
Sendings
Off
Sendings Off
Jimmy Whitehouse
International Career
Jimmy Whitehouse
Full International Record
Villa International Record
Career Notes
Jimmy Whitehouse
Biography
Jimmy Whitehouse
Player #117 for Aston Villa, James Whitehouse, known as Jimmy Whitehouse, and nicknamed Ripper played as a goalkeeper for the club.
Jimmy represented Villa in 1896-97 and 1897-98.
Jimmy was born in Birmingham, just 3 miles from Villa Park, on the 9th April 1873 and made his debut as a 23 year old on 5th September 1896.
Villa had signed Jimmy from Grimsby Town for £200 and he went on to represent the club 43 times.
The fee was a record fee for a goalkeeper at the time. In his time with the Villa Jimmy won 2 major trophies - the league and FA Cup double in 1896-97.
Jimmy was the eighteenth custodian of the Villa goal in League and Cup football.
In his 43 games for Villa, Jimmy conceded 59 goals at a ratio of 1.37 goals per game, and kept 12 clean sheets at the time this represented the best performance by a Villa keeper over a run of 10 games or more.
Jimmy played in 22 of 30 of Villa’s games in the 1896-97 Championship winning season keeping 9 clean sheets.
Whilst Jimmy only played twice in the 1896-97 FA Cup campaign one of those was the final, held at Crystal Palace, London in front of 65,891 people, as Villa recovered from a 2-1 deficit to beat Everton, 3-2.
By a twist of fate, as rival teams for the league title were involved in league matches on the afternoon of the 1896-97 FA Cup Final, results meant that Villa’s lead at the top of the table became unassailable.
Therefore, Villa became the only club to have won the League and FA Cup on the same day.
Jimmy’s final game for Villa came on the 30th April 1898 aged 25 after which he moved to Bedminster FC.
Jimmy played under the George Ramsay led Management Committee.
Jimmy passed away in Birmingham on the 7th February 1924 aged 50.
7 February 1924, Aged 50



























