Appearances:
7 |
Starts:
7 |
Substitute:
0 |
Unused:
0 |
Goals:
0 |
Games per Goal:
Assists:
Goal Involvements:
Player #231
Source: Villa News & Record, Our Portrait Gallery #248, April 18 1914.
Source: Villa News & Record, Our Portrait Gallery #248, April 18 1914.
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Goalkeeper
1911-12
1913-14
3
Len Richards
Len Richards
Seasons Quick-View
Season
1911-12 | 1912-13 | 1913-14 |
Age
18 | 19 | 20 |
Division
D1 | D1 | D1 |
Squad #
Appearances
6 | 0 | 1 |
Starts
6 | 0 | 1 |
Subs
0 | 0 | 0 |
Unused
0 | 0 | 0 |
Goals
0 | 0 | 0 |
Assists
Bookings
Red Cards
Games / Goals
Goal
Involvements
FAC: FA Cup; FL: Football League; D1: Division 1; D2: Division 2; D3: Division 3; PL: Premier League; CH: Championship
Goalkeeping Statistics
Season
1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 |
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1911-12 | 1912-13 | 1913-14 |
🥅
7 |
🔢
1.00 |
⛔
3 |
⛔ %
43% |
🥅 : Goals Conceded; 🔢 : Goals Conceded per Game; ⛔ : Clean Sheets.
Leonard Joseph Richards
Birth Date
23 October 1892
Birth Place
Woodsetton, Dudley, Wolverhampton
Birth Country
England
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Citizenship
England
Villa Youth
n/a
Previous Teams
Dudley College |
Hurst Hill Wesleyans |
Stourbridge FC |
Transfer in
Aged
18
From
Stourbridge FC
For
Free
On
March 1911
Under
George Ramsay
Promoted to First Team Squad
In
Under
Loans Out
None
Transfer Out
Aged
22
Bilston
To
For
Free
On
April 1915
Under
George Ramsay
Subsequent Clubs
Bilston |
Died
1954, Aged 62
Villa Career
1912-14 Free, 7 | 0 | #231 |
Seasons | Fee |
Leagues | PL: Premier League; CH: Championship; D1: First Division; D2: Second Division; D3 Third Division.
🕒 Games | Starts (Subs) | ⚽ Goals | 🔥 Assists | 🇺 Unused | Player Number |
Appearances
Unused
7
0
Goals
0
Played Under
George Ramsay led Management Committee
Debut
Season
Date
Match
Age
Manager
(First Squad)
Manager
First Goal
1911-12
30 March 1912
Manchester United (h), Division One
19
No Substitutes in Period
Did not score
Appearances
Goals
7
0
Final Appearance
Season
Date
Match
1913-14
18 April 1914
Tottenham Hotspur (a), Division One
Aged
Manager
(Final Squad)
Manager
21
No Substitutes in Period
Honours
Played for the Villa
Height
Foot
International Record
National Team
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England
Years | Caps | Starts (Sub) | Goals |
Caps with Villa
Len Richards
Source: Villa News & Record, Our Portrait Gallery #248, April 18 1914.
Source: Villa News & Record, Our Portrait Gallery #248, April 18 1914.
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.