Season #2 | 1880-81 | Games #3 - #6
133 Seasons, 33 Managers, 980 Players, 5,653 Matches, Only One Aston Villa
Player #233
Appearances:
7
Starts:
7
Goals:
0
Seasons:
4
Source: Villa News & Record, Our Portrait Gallery #248, April 18 1914.
Source: Villa News & Record, Our Portrait Gallery #248, April 18 1914.
Len Richards
Position
Goalkeeper
From
1911-12
To
1914-15
IMAGE CREDIT
Len Richards
Seasons Quick-View
Seasons
Age*
18 | 19 | 20 | 21 |
Division
D1 | D1 | D1 | D1 |
Appearances
7 |
6 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
Starts
7 |
6 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
Substitute
0 |
0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Unused
0 |
0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Goals
0 |
0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
*Age on opening day of the season
FAC: FA Cup; FL: Football League; D1: Division 1; D2: Division 2; D3: Division 3; PL: Premier League; CH: Championship
FULL SEASON BREAKDOWN
Leonard Joseph Richards
Birth Date
Sunday, 23 October 1892
Birth Place
Woodsetton, Dudley
Birth Country
England
Villa Youth
n/a
From
Transfer in
Stourbridge FC
From
For
Free
On
March 1911
Previous Clubs
Dudley College |
Hurst Hill Wesleyans |
Stourbridge FC |
Loans Out
None
Transfer Out
To
Bilston
For
Free
On
April 1915
Subsequent Clubs
Bilston |
Source: Villa News & Record, Our Portrait Gallery #248, April 18 1914.
Source: Villa News & Record, Our Portrait Gallery #248, April 18 1914.
Villa Career
Seasons Active, Fee, Starts (Sub) | Goals |
1912-15 Aston Villa, Free, 7 | 0 |
STARTS
SUBS
GOALS
Played Under
George Ramsay led Management Committee
First Squad Appearance
Saturday, 30 March 1912
Debut Appearance
Saturday, 30 March 1912
Manchester United (h), Division One
DEBUT
First Goal
Did not score
Final Appearance
Saturday, 18 April 1914
Tottenham Hotspur (a), Division One
FINAL
Final Squad Appearance
Saturday, 18 April 1914
Honours
Played for the Villa
Height
Foot
International Team
Not selected
Died
1954, Aged 62
Len Richards
Player #233 for Aston Villa, Leonard Joseph Richards, known as Len Richards, played as a goalkeeper for the club.
Len played for Villa between 1911-12 and 1913-14 making 7 appearances.
Len was born in Woodsetton, Dudley just 11 miles from Villa Park, on 23rd October 1892 and made his debut appearance for Villa at the age of 19 on the 30th March 1912.
Len was the 28th custodian of the Villa goal in League and Cup football and conceded 7 goals in his seven appearances, keeping 3 clean sheets.
Len played the final six games of the 1911-12 season but would not feature in the entirety of the 1912-13 campaign and would only make one further appearance for the club in 1913-14.
Villa had signed Len from Stourbridge in March 1911 but following his six appearances in 1911-12, goalkeeping great Sam Hardy became Villa’s number one and led Len to make his final appearance on Saturday, 18 April 1914 having spent much of the 1913-14 season on loan to Stourbridge.
Len subsequently moved on to Bilston.
Len played under the George Ramsay led Management Committee.