17 January
- James
- Jan 17
- 3 min read
35 things that happened today down Villa Park way, featuring 11 second-half goals, Dick Sloley, Pongo, Muhammad Ali, Spitgate, a Darius Vassell goal, The Sex Pistols, Ashley seeing red, Big John Carew and Keith Chegwin.
On This Day
1891 🟩 17 Jan 1891, Villa 13-1 The Casuals, Wellington Road 1
1891 Lewis Campbell scores five as Villa hammer the Casuals in the FA Cup with eleven second-half goals. 2
1895 Keeper Bill Dunning 🏴 makes his final appearance 3
1895 Dick Sloley 🏴 born in Barnstaple 4
1903 🟩 17 Jan 1903, Villa 1-0 Bury, Gigg Lane 5
1914 🟩 17 Jan 1914, Villa 5-0 Sunderland, Villa Park 6
1931 🟩 17 Jan 1931, Villa 3-1 Bolton, Villa Park 7
1931 Pongo Waring scores his THIRTIETH goal in twenty-four games 8
1931 Keeper Percy Maggs 🏴 makes his final appearance 9
1934 🟩 17 Jan 1934, Villa 2-0 Chesterfield, Villa Park 10
1942 Muhammad Ali was born nee Cassius Clay
1949 🟩 17 Jan 1949, Villa 2-1 Bolton, Villa Park 11
1957 Keith Chegwin was born in Liverpool
1960 Mark Lillis 🏴 born in Manchester 12
1970 Tommy Docherty loses his 4th in 5 and is sacked with Villa bottom of Div 2 13
1970 Barry Lynch 🏴 makes his final appearance 14
1970 Dick Edwards 🏴 makes his final appearance 15
1978 The Sex Pistols split, making the announcement the following day
1981 🟩 17 Jan 1981, Villa 2-1 Coventry, Highfield Road 16
1984 🟩 17 Jan 1984, Villa 2-0 Norwich, Carrow Road 17
1984 Paul Rideout is ‘sent off’ for wearing a ring 18
1990 🟩 17 Jan 1990, Villa 2-0 Leeds, Villa Park 19
1990 Gordon Cowans makes his 425th appearance in a Villa shirt 20
1993 🟩 17 Jan 1993, Villa 5-1 Boro, Villa Park 21
1993 Derrick Williams 🇮🇪 born in Hamburg 🇩🇪 22
1998 Savo Milošević ends his Villa career at Ewood 23
2001 🟩 17 Jan 2001, Villa 1-0 Newcastle, Villa Park 24
2001 Darius Vassell scores for the first time in 27 months 25
2001 Richard Walker 🏴 makes his final appearance 26
2009 🟩 17 Jan 2009, Villa 2-1 Sunderland, Stadium of Light 27
2009 Ashley Young is sent off for the first time in a Villa shirt 28
2010 John Carew makes his 100th appearance in a Villa shirt 29
2015 Paul Lambert lost the 53rd of his 111 games in charge. 30
2015 Carles Gil 🇪🇸 makes his debut 31
2021 Mana Iwabuchi 🇯🇵 makes her debut 32
2021 Olivia McLoughlin 🏴 makes her debut 33
2023 Indiana Vassilev 🇺🇸 leaves for St Louis CITY 🇺🇸 34
2023 Frédéric Guilbert 🇫🇷 leaves for RC Strasbourg 🇫🇷 35
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