16 January

On This Day

20 things that happened today down Villa Park way, featuring Small Heath, Dennis Hodgetts, Alex Cropley, Gary Shaw, Pau, John Carew, Jimmy Danger and Jhon Durán.

1892 🟩 16 Jan 1892, Villa 4-1 Heanor, Wellington Road 1

1892 Dennis Hodgetts scores a hat-trick to see off Heanor Town in the FA Cup. 2

1897 🟩 16 Jan 1897, Villa 2-1 Sunderland, Wellington Road 3

1904 Small Heath "grossly unsportsmanlike bit of work" renders Alex Leake unconscious. 4

1909 Len Skiller made his final Villa appearance 5

1920 Prohibition began in America

1932 🟩 16 Jan 1932, Villa 6-1 Liverpool, Villa Park 6

1933 Harold Larwood’s delivery fractures an Aussie skull in the 'Bodyline' Ashes series

1947 John Woodward 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 was born in Stoke-on-Trent 7

1950 Eddie Lowe 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 made his 117th and final appearance 8

1951 Alex Cropley 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 was born in Aldershot 9

1960 16 Jan 1960, Villa 4-1 Bristol Rovers, Villa Park 10

1963 Villa wear trainers not football boots in terrible conditions at Ashton Gate 11

1965 🟩 16 Jan 1965, Villa 3-2 Blackpool, Villa Park 12

1971 🟩 16 Jan 1971, Villa 1-0 Vale, Villa Park 13

1982 Gary Shaw 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 makes his 100th appearance 14

1988 🟩 16 Jan 1988, Villa 1-0 Ipswich, Villa Park 15

1988 Gary Shaw 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 makes his 212th & final appearance 16

1998 Pau Torres 🇪🇸 was born in Villarreal 17

2011 John Carew 🇳🇴 made his final Villa appearance 18

2020 Jonathan Kodjia 🇨🇮 leaves for Al Gharafa Sports Club 🇶🇦 19

2023 Jhon Durán 🇨🇴 signs 20

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References

1 https://www.avfchistory.co.uk/game/134

2 https://www.avfchistory.co.uk/player/dennis-hodgetts

3 https://www.avfchistory.co.uk/game/295

4 https://www.avfchistory.co.uk/game/558

5 https://www.avfchistory.co.uk/player/len-skiller

6 https://www.avfchistory.co.uk/game/1601

7 https://www.avfchistory.co.uk/player/john-woodward

8 https://www.avfchistory.co.uk/player/eddie-lowe

9 https://www.avfchistory.co.uk/player/alex-cropley

10 https://www.avfchistory.co.uk/game/2566

11 https://www.avfchistory.co.uk/game/2721

12 https://www.avfchistory.co.uk/game/2822

13 https://www.avfchistory.co.uk/game/3112

14 https://www.avfchistory.co.uk/player/gary-shaw

15 https://www.avfchistory.co.uk/game/4001

16 https://www.avfchistory.co.uk/player/gary-shaw

17 https://www.avfchistory.co.uk/player/pau-torres

18 https://www.avfchistory.co.uk/player/john-carew

19 https://www.avfchistory.co.uk/player/jonathan-kodjia

20 https://www.avfchistory.co.uk/player/jhon-dur%C3%A1n

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