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Player #22

From:

To:

Career Status:

1882-83

1887-88

Retired

Appearances:

22

Starts:

22

Goals:

0

Assists:

0

Involvements:

0

Joe Simmonds

🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿

Defender

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Joe Simmonds

Seasons Quick-View

1882-87 🕒 22 | ⚽ 0 | 🔥 0 | #22 |

Season :

1882-83
1883-84
1884-85
1885-86
1886-87
1887-88

Age :

21
22
23
24
25
26

Division :

FAC
FAC
FAC
FAC
FAC
FAC

Squad # :

#
#
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Appearances :

4
3
4
0
10
1

Starts :

4
3
4
0
10
1

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
0

Involvements :

0
0
0
0
0
0

Games / Goal :

0.00
0.00
0.00
0.00
0.00
0.00

Bookings :

-
-
-
-
-
-

Sendings Off :

-
-
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-
-

FAC: FA Cup; FL: Football League; D1: Division 1; D2: Division 2; D3: Division 3; PL: Premier League; CH: Championship

Joseph Oscar Simmonds

Birth Date

April 1861

Birth Place

Birmingham

Birth Country

England

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Citizenship

🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿

England

Villa Youth

n/a

Previous Teams (incl. Youth)

Hockley Hill Council School
Key Hill Methodists
Hockley St. John’s Athletic

Original Transfer

Aged

21

From

Hockley St. John's Athletic

For

Free

On

1882

Under

Management Committee

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

26

Retired

Released

1887

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

Retired

Died

8 April 1940, Aged 79

Joe Simmonds

Villa Career

1882-87 | Free |
🕒 22 | ⚽ 0 | 🔥 0 | #22 |

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

Played Under

Management Committee 1882-86
George Ramsay 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 1886-87

Promoted to First Team Squad

In

21 October 1882

Under

Management Committee

First Squad

21 October 1882

Manager

Management Committee

Debut

Season

Date

Match

Age

Manager

1882-83

21 October 1882

Walsall Swifts (h), FA Cup

21

Management Committee

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Final Appearance

Season

Date

Match

Aged

Manager

1887-88

17 December 1887

Shankhouse (a), FA Cup

26

George Ramsay 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿

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Final Squad

17 December 1887

Manager

George Ramsay 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿

Honours

1886-87 FA Cup

Height

Foot

International Record

National Team

Not selected

Years | Caps | Starts (Sub) | Goals |

Not selected

Caps with Villa

Joe Simmonds

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Player #22 for Aston Villa, Joseph Oscar Simmonds, known as Joe Simmonds and nicknamed Red Cap played as a defender for the club. Joe represented Villa between 1882-83 and 1887-88.

Joe was born in Birmingham, three miles from Villa’s current ground, on 20th April 1861 and made his debut as a 21 year old on 21st October 1882.

Villa had signed Joe from Hockley St. John’s Athletic and he went on to represent the club 22 times.

Joe played in every game in Villa’s 1886-87 run to win the FA Cup for the first time including the final where West Bromwich Albion were defeated 2-0.

Joe’s final game for Villa came on the 17th December 1887 at the age of 26. Joe retired through injury with a damaged shoulder.

Joe played in the era when team selection was made by a Management Committee rather than the latter day more typical Manager role which from the 1884-85 season was led by George Ramsey.

Joe passed away on 8th April 1940 in Birmingham aged 79.

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