Season #2 | 1880-81 | Games #3 - #6
133 Seasons, 33 Managers, 980 Players, 5,654 Matches, Only One Aston Villa
Player #247
Appearances:
2
Starts:
2
Goals:
0
Seasons:
1
Source: Villa News & Record, Our Portrait Gallery #236, January 31 1914.
Source: Villa News & Record, Our Portrait Gallery #236, January 31 1914.
John Laidlaw
Position
Forward
From
1913-14
To
1913-14
IMAGE CREDIT
John Wallace Laidlaw
Birth Date
Tuesday, 1 December 1891
Birth Place
Muirkirk, Kilmarnock
Birth Country
Scotland
Villa Youth
n/a
From
Transfer in
South Shields
From
For
Free
On
December 1913
Previous Clubs
Muirkirk Athletic |
Kilmarnock FC |
South Shields FC |
Loans Out
None
Transfer Out
To
Kilmarnock
For
Free
On
June 1914
Subsequent Clubs
Kilmarnock FC |
Source: Villa News & Record, Our Portrait Gallery #236, January 31 1914.
Source: Villa News & Record, Our Portrait Gallery #236, January 31 1914.
Villa Career
Seasons Active, Fee, Starts (Sub) | Goals |
1913-14 Aston Villa, Free, 2 | 0 |
STARTS
SUBS
GOALS
Played Under
George Ramsay led Management Committee
First Squad Appearance
Thursday, 25 December 1913
Debut Appearance
Thursday, 25 December 1913
Derby County (a), Division One
DEBUT
First Goal
Did not score
Final Appearance
Friday, 26 December 1913
Sheffield United (h), Division One
FINAL
Final Squad Appearance
Friday, 26 December 1913
Honours
Played for the Villa
Height
Foot
International Team
Not selected
Died
1 July 1954, Aged 62
John Laidlaw
Player #247 for Aston Villa, John Wallace Laidlaw, played as a forward for the club.
John played for Villa in 1913-14 making 2 appearances.
John was born in Muirkirk, Scotland in December 1891 and he made his Villa debut in the Christmas Day fixture of 1913 aged 22.
Villa had signed John from South Shields earlier in December 1913 but he was only to make one further appearance for Villa.
That happened to be the following day, the Boxing Day fixture of 1913.
Villa won both games but John wouldn’t feature again before moving to Kilmarnock in June 1914.
John had played under the George Ramsay led Management Committee.
John passed away in Scotland in July 1954 aged 62.