Season #2 | 1880-81 | Games #3 - #6
133 Seasons, 33 Managers, 980 Players, 5,653 Matches, Only One Aston Villa
Player #172
Appearances:
6
Starts:
6
Goals:
1
Seasons:
2
Source: Aston Villa portrait series, 1903.
Source: Aston Villa portrait series, 1903.
Mart Watkins
Position
Forward
From
1903-04
To
1904-05
IMAGE CREDIT
Mart Watkins
Seasons Quick-View
Seasons
Age*
23 | 24 |
Division
D1 | D1 |
Appearances
6 |
5 | 1 |
Starts
6 |
5 | 1 |
Substitute
0 |
0 | 0 |
Unused
0 |
0 | 0 |
Goals
1 |
1 | 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
Walter Martin Watkins
Birth Date
Sunday, 21 March 1880
Birth Place
Caersws, Powys
Birth Country
Wales
Villa Youth
n/a
From
Transfer in
Stoke
From
For
£400
On
January 1904
Previous Clubs
1894-96 Caersws FC |
1896-00 Oswestry Town |
1900-03 Stoke |
Loans Out
None
Transfer Out
To
Sunderland
For
Free
On
October 1904
Subsequent Clubs
1904-05 Sunderland |
1905-06 Crystal Palace |
1906-07 Northampton Town |
1907-08 Stoke |
1908-09 Crewe Alexandra |
1909-10 Stafford Rangers |
1910-11 Tunstall Park |
Source: Aston Villa portrait series, 1903.
Source: Aston Villa portrait series, 1903.
Villa Career
Seasons Active, Fee, Starts (Sub) | Goals |
1904 Aston Villa, £400, 6 | 1 |
STARTS
SUBS
GOALS
Played Under
George Ramsay led Management Committee
First Squad Appearance
Saturday, 23 January 1904
Debut Appearance
Saturday, 23 January 1904
Everton (a), Division One
DEBUT
First Goal
Saturday, 30 January 1904
Final Appearance
Monday, 12 September 1904
Everton (h), Division One
FINAL
Final Squad Appearance
Monday, 12 September 1904
Honours
Played for the Villa
Height
Foot
International Team
Wales
Died
14 May 1942, Aged 62
Mart Watkins
Player #172 for Aston Villa, Walter Martin Watkins, known as Mart Watkins played as a forward for the club in the inside forward position.
Mart played for Villa in the 1903-04 and 1904-05 seasons making 6 appearances.
Mart was born in Caersws, Wales in August 1880 and went on to represent Wales 10 times, scoring 4 goals.
Mart made his Villa debut on 23rd January 1904 aged 23.
Villa had signed Mart from Stoke for £400 however despite the significant fee he was a fleeing starter for Villa and made no appearances in the victorious 1904-05 FA Cup campaign.
All Mart’s appearances came in the league with 5 of his total 6 coming in his first season with the club, 1903-04.
Mart Watkins’ tall, slim build and neat moustache were very much in period.
Watkins was described as a ‘smart player’, possessing a whiplash shot who would pass to his winger before dashing back into the penalty area to launch himself at the ensuing cross. A proponent of the classic 1-2 move that would sadly rarely appear for the Villa.
Mart’s final game for Villa came on 12th September 1904 at the age of 24 after which he was sold to Sunderland.
Mart had played under the George Ramsey led Management Committee.
Mart passed away in Stoke-on-Trent on 17th May 1942 aged 61.