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CF Walter Leigh | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #135 |

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CF Walter Leigh | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #135 |

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CF Walter Leigh | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #135 |

Walter Herbert Leigh

Role

Position

Born

Birthplace

Country

Citizenship

Forward

Centre Forward

12 November 1874

Yardley, Birmingham

England 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿

England 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿

Died

1938, Aged 64

Height

Foot

Career Progression

CF Walter Leigh | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #135 |

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Youth Career

CF Walter Leigh | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #135 |

Youth Appearances

Youth
Goals

Reserve Career

CF Walter Leigh | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #135 |

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Goals

First Team Career

CF Walter Leigh | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #135 |

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CF Walter Leigh | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
Aston Villa 1899 |
Football League First Division |
🕒 1 | ⚽ 0 | 🔥 - | #135 |

CF Walter Leigh | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #135 |

Transfer In

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1898-99

Calishead Amateurs 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿

Free

1898

24

George Ramsay

Loans Out

None

Transfer Out

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1899-00

Altrincham FC 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿

Free

July 1899

24

George Ramsay 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿

CF Walter Leigh | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #135 |

Previous Clubs

Hall Green School
Bournville FC
Calishead Amateurs

Subsequent Clubs

Altrincham FC
Retired

Played Under

CF Walter Leigh | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #135 |

George Ramsay 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿

Honours

CF Walter Leigh | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #135 |

1898-99 League Champions |

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Villa Career

Career Games

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Walter Leigh

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European
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Competition Record

Walter Leigh

League

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FA Cup

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League Cup

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Europe

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First Team Debut

Walter Leigh

Debut Squad:

1898-99

15 April 1899

George Ramsay 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿

Debut:

1898-99

15 April 1899

George Ramsay 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿

24

Final First Team Appearance

Walter Leigh

Final Appearance:

1898-99

15 April 1899

George Ramsay 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿

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Final Squad:

1898-99

15 April 1899

George Ramsay 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿

Season Record

Walter Leigh

1898-99

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Games

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League Appearances

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League Seasons

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1898-99

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First Division

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Walter Leigh

1898-99
🟨 15 Apr 1899, Villa 1-1 Everton, Goodison Park
Division One
2nd
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FA Cup Appearances

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FA Cup
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Assists

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FA Cup
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FA Cup Seasons

Walter Leigh

1898-99

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FA Cup

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League Cup Seasons

Walter Leigh

1898-99

League Cup
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League Cup Appearances

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European Appearances

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European
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Assists

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European
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European Seasons

Walter Leigh

1898-99

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n/a

Games

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European Appearances

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Other Appearances

Other
Goals

Other
Assists

Other
per Game

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Villa Appearances

0

Unused
Sub

Unused Substitute Appearances

Walter Leigh

0

Bookings /
Cautions

0

Sendings
Off

Sendings Off

Walter Leigh

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International Career

Walter Leigh

Full International Record

Villa International Record

Career Notes

Walter Leigh

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Biography

Walter Leigh

Player #135 for Aston Villa, Walter Herbert Leigh, nicknamed Swappy played as a centre forward for the club.

Walter played just once for Villa, during the 1898-99 season.

Walter was born in Yardley, just 7 miles from Villa Park, on 12th November 1874 and made his sole appearance for the club as a 21 year old on the 15th April 1899.

Villa had signed Walter from Calishead Amateurs and made his sole appearance for Villa in the 1898-99 League title win.

Walter then moved to Altrincham on 1st July 1899.

Walter played under the George Ramsay led Management Committee.

Walter passed away in 1938 aged 64.

1938, Aged 64

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The Trophy Cabinet

Domestic:

🏆 🏆 🏆 🏆 🏆 🏆 🏆 
League Champions: 1893-94, 1895-96, 1896-97, 1898-99, 1899-00, 1909-10, 1980-81

🏆 🏆 🏆 🏆 🏆 🏆 🏆 
FA Cup Winners: 1886-87, 1894-95, 1896-97, 1904-05, 1912-13, 1919-20, 1956-57

🏆 🏆 🏆 🏆 🏆
League Cup Winners: 1960-61, 1974-75, 1976-77, 1993-94, 1995-96


Europe:
🏆
European Cup Winners: 1981-82
🏆
European Super Cup Winners: 1982-83


Other Domestic:

🏆 🏆
Second Division Champions: 1937-38, 1959-60

🏆
Third Division Champions: 1971-72


Other Europe:

🏆
Intertoto Cup Winners: 2001-02

🏆
Peace Cup Winners: 2009

Reserve League
:
🏆 🏆 🏆 🏆 🏆
Premier Reserve League Champions: 2003-04, 2007-08, 2008-09, 2009-10, 2011-12

🏆 🏆 🏆
Central League Champions: 1929-30, 1963-64, 1992-93

Reserve Cup
🏆 🏆 🏆 🏆 🏆 🏆 🏆 🏆 🏆 🏆 🏆 🏆 🏆 🏆 🏆 🏆 🏆 🏆 🏆 🏆
Birmingham Senior Cup Winners: 1879-80, 1881-82, 1882-83, 1883-84, 1884-85, 1887-88, 1888-90, 1889-90, 1890-91, 1895-96, 1898-99, 1902-03, 1903-04, 1905-06, 1907-08, 1908-09, 1909-10, 1911-12, 1984-85, 2023-24 

🏆
NextGen Series Winners: 2012-13

🏆
Premier League Cup Winners: 2017-18

Youth League:
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u18s Premier League Champions: 2024-25
🏆
u18s Premier League National Champions: 2024-25
🏆
u18 Premier League Tier Two Champions 2016-17
🏆 🏆 🏆
u18 Premier Academy League Academy Group B Champions: 2005-06, 2007-08, 2010-11
🏆
u18 Premier Academy League National Champions 2007-08
🏆 🏆 
u17 FA Premier Academy League Champions: 1999-00, 2003-04
🏆 🏆🏆
Midland Youth League Champions: 1989-90, 1994-95, 1995-96

Youth Cup:
🏆 🏆 🏆 🏆 🏆
FA Youth Cup Winners: 1971-72, 1979-80, 2001-02, 2020-21, 2024-25
🏆 🏆
Midland Youth League Cup Winners: 1991-92, 1994-95
🏆 🏆 🏆
Midland Youth Cup Winners: 1991-92, 1995-96, 1997-98
🏆 🏆 🏆 🏆 🏆 🏆 🏆
Southern Junior Floodlit Cup: 1972-73, 1974-75, 1975-76, 1978-79, 1979-80, 1980-81, 1993-94

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