Season #2 | 1880-81 | Games #3 - #6
133 Seasons, 33 Managers, 980 Players, 5,654 Matches, Only One Aston Villa
Player #236
Appearances:
51
Starts:
51
Goals:
0
Seasons:
5
Source: Aston Villa Team Portrait 1911-12.
Source: Aston Villa Team Portrait 1911-12.
William Littlewood
Position
Defender
From
1911-12
To
1919-20
IMAGE CREDIT
William Littlewood
Seasons Quick-View
Seasons
Age*
18 | 19 | 20 | 21 | 26 |
Division
D1 | D1 | D1 | D1 | D1 |
Appearances
51 |
3 | 5 | 7 | 36 | 0 |
Starts
51 |
3 | 5 | 7 | 36 | 0 |
Substitute
0 |
0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Unused
0 |
0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Goals
0 |
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
William Arthur Littlewood
Birth Date
Thursday, 1 December 1892
Birth Place
Aston, Birmingham
Birth Country
England
Villa Youth
n/a
From
Transfer in
Worcester City
From
For
Free
On
1910
Previous Clubs
Verity Works FC |
Worcester City |
Loans Out
None
Transfer Out
To
Wellington Town
For
Free
On
August 1920
Subsequent Clubs
Wellington Town |
Source: Aston Villa Team Portrait 1911-12.
Source: Aston Villa Team Portrait 1911-12.
Villa Career
Seasons Active, Fee, Starts (Sub) | Goals |
1912-20 Aston Villa, Free, 51 | 0 |
STARTS
SUBS
GOALS
Played Under
George Ramsay led Management Committee
First Squad Appearance
Saturday, 6 April 1912
Debut Appearance
Saturday, 6 April 1912
Liverpool (a), Division One
DEBUT
First Goal
Did not score
Final Appearance
Wednesday, 28 April 1915
Newcastle United (a), Division One
FINAL
Final Squad Appearance
Wednesday, 28 April 1915
Honours
Played for the Villa
Height
Foot
International Team
Not selected
Died
1949, Aged 56
William Littlewood
Player #236 for Aston Villa, William Littlewood played as a defender for the club.
William played for Villa between 1911-12 and 1914-15 making 51 appearances for the club.
William was born in Aston, less than a mile from Villa Park, in December 1892 and he made his debut appearance for Villa at the age of 19 on the 6th April 1912.
Villa had signed William from Worcester City in 1910 however it was to be season 1914-15 before William’s Villa career took off - making 34 appearances in the league and 2 in the cup, more than double his contribution over the previous 3 seasons combined.
That was also to be William’s last season with Villa as WW1 interrupted his career.
William’s final game for Villa came on 28th April 1915 aged just 22.
William played under the George Ramsay led Management Committee.
William moved on to Wellington town in August 1920 without making a further appearance for Villa.
William passed away in Shrewsbury in 1949 aged 57.