1884-85

Season Summary

	League	Position		FA Cup		League Cup		Europe
	n/a	n/a		3rd Round		n/a		n/a

Season Summary

Records

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Player Records

Top Scorer ⚽	League ⚽	FA Cup ⚽	League Cup ⚽	Europe ⚽	Other ⚽
2 \| Archie Hunter \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 \| Arthur Brown \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \|	n/a	2	n/a	n/a	n/a

Most Assists 🔥	Most Goal Involvements ⚽ \| 🔥
2 \| Fred Dawson \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \|	2 \| Arthur Brown \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \| Archie Hunter \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 \| Fred Dawson \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \|

Most Appearances 🕒	Most Starts ✅
10 Players with 4 appearances	10 Players with 4 appearances

Most Cards 🟨 \| 🟥
None

🆕 Debut Season, 🔴 Final Season, Age 🎂, Games 🕒, Starts ✅, Substitute 🔁, Won 🟩, Drew 🟨, Lost 🟥, Unused 🇺, Goals Scored ⚽, Goals Conceded 🥅, Goals per Game GPG, Conceded per Game CPG, Goal Difference GD, Clean Sheets ⛔, Points per Game PPG, Goal Involvements GI, Games per Goal GPG, Games per Goal Involvement GPGi

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First Time Opponents

Opposition Debuts
1. Wednesbury Town \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \| 2. West Bromwich Albion \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \|

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Biggest Wins

		Biggest League Win 🟩
		n/a

		Biggest Cup Win 🟩
		🟩 3 Nov 1884, Villa 4-1 Wednesbury Town, Wellington Road

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Manager Performance

Manager	From	To	🕒	🟩	🟨	🟥	🇺	🟩 %	🟥 %	⭕ %	⛔ %	PPG	League PPG
Management Committee	Ongoing	Ongoing	4	2	1	1	3	50%	25%	75%	50%	1.75

🆕 Debut Season, 🔴 Final Season, Age 🎂, Games 🕒, Starts ✅, Substitute 🔁, Won 🟩, Drew 🟨, Lost 🟥, ⭕ Unbeaten, Unused 🇺, Goals Scored ⚽, Goals Conceded 🥅, Goals per Game GPG, Conceded per Game CPG, Goal Difference GD, Clean Sheets ⛔, Points per Game PPG, Goal Involvements GI, Games per Goal GPG, Games per Goal Involvement GPGi

Performance

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Season Performance

🕒	🟩	🟨	🟥	⚽	🥅	GD	GR	GPG	CPG	⛔	⛔ %	🟩 %	🟥 %	⭕ %	PPG
4	2	1	1	6	4	2	1.5	1.5	1	2	50%	50%	25%	75%	1.75

League Performance

🕒	🟩	🟨	🟥	⚽	🥅	GD	GR	GPG	CPG	⛔	⛔ %	🟩 %	🟥 %	⭕ %	PPG

Sequences

Winning Run 🟩	Unbeaten Run ⭕	No Win Run ❌ 🟩	Losing Run 🟥
2	3	2	1

🆕 Debut Season, 🔴 Final Season, Age 🎂, Games 🕒, Starts ✅, Substitute 🔁, Won 🟩, Drew 🟨, Lost 🟥, ⭕ Unbeaten, Unused 🇺, Goals Scored ⚽, Goals Conceded 🥅, Goals per Game GPG, Conceded per Game CPG, Goal Difference GD, Goal Ratio GR,Clean Sheets ⛔, Points per Game PPG, Goal Involvements GI, Games per Goal GPG, Games per Goal Involvement GPGi

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League Table

Position	Club		P	W	D	L	F	A	GD	Pts	Previous 5

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Results

#	Matchday Summary	Competition Summary	W	D	L	Position
21	🟩 3 Nov 1884, Villa 4-1 Wednesbury Town, Wellington Road	FA Cup	🟩			1st Round
22	🟩 6 Dec 1884, Villa 2-0 Walsall Town, The Chuckery	FA Cup	🟩			2nd Round
23	🟨 3 Jan 1885, Villa 0-0 Albion, Wellington Road	FA Cup		🟨		3rd Round
24	🟥 10 Jan 1885, Villa 0-3 Albion, Four Acres	FA Cup			🟥	3rd Round

Fixtures

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Transfers In

Player	Aged	Date	From	Fee

Transfers

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Transfers Out

Player	Aged	Date	To	Fee
F Eli Davis \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \| #6 \|	29	1885	Retired	Released
D GK Alf Harvey \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \| #25 \|	24	1885	Chester 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿	Free

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Debut Appearances

Player	Debut Match
F Albert A Brown \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \| #32 \|	3 November 1884
M Dick Robertson \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \| #39 \|	30 October 1886

Debut

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Final Appearances

Player	Final Match
F Eli Davis \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \| #6 \|	10 January 1885
D GK Alf Harvey \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \| #25 \|	10 January 1885

Final

Goalkeepers

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Goalkeepers

Player	🎂	🆕	🔴	🕒	✅	🔁	🇺	⛔	🥅	CPG	🟨	🟥	Career to Date
GK Alf Harvey	24		🔴	4	4	0	0	2	4	1.00	0	0	1884-85 \| 8 \| 1 \|

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Defenders

Player	🎂	🕒	✅	🔁	🇺	⚽	🔥	GI	🟨	🟥	Career to Date
B Joe Simmonds	23	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1882- \| 11 \| 0 \|
B Tom Riddell	26	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1883- \| 8 \| 0 \|
CB Dick Robertson	23

Defenders

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Full Backs

Player	🎂	🆕	🔴	🕒	✅	🔁	🇺	⚽	🔥	GI	🟨	🟥	Career to Date

🆕 Debut Season, 🔴 Final Season, Age 🎂, Games 🕒, Starts ✅, Substitute 🔁, Won 🟩, Drew 🟨, Lost 🟥, Unused 🇺, Goals Scored ⚽, Goals Conceded 🥅, Conceded per Game CPG, Goal Difference GD, Clean Sheets ⛔, Points per Game PPG, Goal Involvements GI, Games per Goal GPG, Games per Goal Involvement GPGi

Full Backs

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Midfielders

Player	🎂	🕒	✅	⚽	🔥	GI	Career to Date
HB Arthur Brown	25	4	4	2	0	2	1880- \| 20 \| 11 \|
HB Robert Price	24	4	4	0	0	0	1883- \| 6 \| 0 \|
HB Fred Dawson	25	3	3	0	2	2	1881- \| 12 \| 1 \|

Midfielders

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Wingers

Player	🎂	🆕	🔴	🕒	✅	🔁	🇺	⚽	🔥	GI	🟨	🟥	Career to Date

Wingers

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Forwards

Player	🎂	🆕	🔴	🕒	✅	⚽	🔥	GI	Career to Date
F Olly Whateley	23			4	4	1	0	1	1881- \| 17 \| 10 \|
F Eli Davis \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \| #6 \|	28		🔴	4	4	0	0	0	1879-85 \| 22 \| 3 \|
CF Archie Hunter \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 \| #8 \|	24			4	4	2	0	2	1879- \| 23 \| 19 \|
IR Albert Brown	22	🆕		4	4	1	0	1	1884- \| 4 \| 1 \|
IL Howard Vaughton	23			4	4	0	1	1	1880- \| 21 \| 9 \|

Forwards

Stats

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Appearances 🕒

Player	Total	FA Cup
HB Arthur Brown	4	4
F Olly Whateley	4	4
F Eli Davis \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \| #6 \|	4	4
CF Archie Hunter \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 \| #8 \|	4	4
IR Albert Brown	4	4
B Joe Simmonds	4	4
HB Robert Price	4	4
GK Alf Harvey	4	4
IL Howard Vaughton	4	4
B Tom Riddell	4	4
HB Fred Dawson	3	3
CB Dick Robertson		1

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Starts ✅

Player	Total	FA Cup
HB Arthur Brown	4	4
F Olly Whateley	4	4
F Eli Davis \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \| #6 \|	4	4
CF Archie Hunter \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 \| #8 \|	4	4
IR Albert Brown	4	4
B Joe Simmonds	4	4
HB Robert Price	4	4
GK Alf Harvey	4	4
IL Howard Vaughton	4	4
B Tom Riddell	4	4
HB Fred Dawson	3	3
CB Dick Robertson		1

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Substitutes 🔁

Player	Total	League	FA Cup	League Cup	Europe
CB Dick Robertson

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Unused Substitutes 🇺

Player	Unused
CB Dick Robertson

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Goals ⚽

Player	Total	FA Cup
HB Arthur Brown	2	2
CF Archie Hunter \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 \| #8 \|	2	2
F Olly Whateley	1	1
IR Albert Brown	1	1
CB Dick Robertson

Goals Scored ⚽, Games per Goal GPG

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Assists

Player	Assists	League	FA Cup	League Cup	Europe
HB Fred Dawson	2
IL Howard Vaughton	1
CB Dick Robertson

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Goal Involvements

Player	Involvements	GPGi	League	Lg GPGi	FA Cup	FA GPGi	League Cup	Lc GPGi	Europe	EU GPGi
HB Arthur Brown	2
CF Archie Hunter \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 \| #8 \|	2
HB Fred Dawson	2
F Olly Whateley	1
IR Albert Brown	1
IL Howard Vaughton	1
CB Dick Robertson

Goal Involvements GI, Games per Goal Involvement GPGi

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Bookings 🟨

Player	Cautions 🟨
CB Dick Robertson

Sendings Off 🟥

Player	Red Cards 🟥
CB Dick Robertson

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'Keepers

Player	🕒	🥅	CPG	⛔	⛔ %
GK Alf Harvey	4	4	1.00	2	50%

Games 🕒, Goals Conceded 🥅, Conceded per Game CPG, Clean Sheets ⛔

Matches

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Matches

🟩 3 Nov 1884, Villa 4-1 Wednesbury Town, Wellington Road

FA Cup

Game #21

Scorer(s) | Arthur Brown | 1-0 | 2-0 | Albert Brown | 3-0 Archie Hunter | 4-0 |

Assist(s) | Fred Dawson | 2-0 | 3-0 | Howard Vaughton | 4-0 |

Manager: Management Committee 1879-86
Referee: Unknown
HT Score: 🟩 2-1
FT Result: 🟩 Won
FT Score: 🟩 4-1
Last 5: 🟩 🟩 🟩 🟥 🟩

Season | 1884-85 |
Matchday | #1 |
Manager Game | #21 |
Monday, 3 November 1884

Match Report

1st Round

Starting XI

GK Alf Harvey | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
B Joe Simmonds | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
B Tom Riddell | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
B Robert Price | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
HB Fred Dawson | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 🔥 | 🔥 |
HB Arthur Brown | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | ⚽ | ⚽ |
IL Eli Davis | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
IL Howard Vaughton | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 🔥 |
IR Albert Brown | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 🟢 | ⚽ |
CF Olly Whateley | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CF Archie Hunter | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | ⚽ |

Substitutes

No Substitutions permitted in period

Unused Substitutes

No Substitutions permitted in period

Starting XI

GK Tetstell,
B W. Whitehouse
B R. Whitehouse
HB Evetts
HB Waldron
HB J. Shinton
RW Danks
RW Jones
LW H. Wood H,
LW G. Wood | ⚽ |
CF A. Woodcock

Substitutes

No Substitutions Permitted in Period

Unused Substitutes

No Substitutions Permitted in Period

Match Timeline

On This Day

Villa face Wednesbury Town for the first time in competitive football, Town become the 10th team that the Villa first team has played in League or Cup football.
Back Alf Harvey made his debut as a Goalkeeper whilst forward Albert Brown made his FA Cup debut for Villa as Villa win at Wellington Road in the first round.

🟩 6 Dec 1884, Villa 2-0 Walsall Town, The Chuckery

FA Cup

Game #22

Assist(s) | None

Manager: Management Committee 1879-86
Referee: T. C. Slaney | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Secretary of Staffordshire Association, 1884-
HT Score: 🟩 1-0
FT Score: 🟩 2-0
FT Result: 🟩 Won
Last 5: 🟩 🟩 🟥 🟩 🟩

Season | 1884-85 |
Matchday | #2 |
Manager Game | #22 |
Saturday, 6 December 1884

Match Report

2nd Round

Starting XI

GK Alf Harvey | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
B Joe Simmonds | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
B Tom Riddell | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
B Robert Price | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
HB Fred Dawson | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
HB Arthur Brown | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
IL Eli Davis | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
IL Howard Vaughton | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
IR Albert Brown | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CF Olly Whateley | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | ⚽ |
CF Archie Hunter | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | ⚽ |

Substitutes

No Substitutions permitted in period

Unused Substitutes

No Substitutions permitted in period

Starting XI

GK Icke
B Reynolds
B Cox
HB Brettle
HB Collington
HB Beech
RF Shaw
RF Hunter
LF Ash
LF Dodsworth
CF Bradbury

Substitutes

No Substitutions permitted in period

Unused Substitutes

No Substitutions permitted in period

Match Timeline

On This Day

Villa play the whole of the first half with 10-men as the selected Robert Price had not arrived in time for kick off but it doesn't prevent them progressing to the third round and a first ever FA Cup tie with West Bromwich Albion.

🟨 3 Jan 1885, Villa 0-0 Albion, Wellington Road

FA Cup

Game #23

Scorer(s) | None

Assist(s) | None

Manager: Management Committee 1879-86
Referee: Unknown
HT Score: 🟨 0-0
FT Score: 🟨 0-0
FT Result: 🟨 Drew
Last 5: 🟩 🟥 🟩 🟩 🟨

Season | 1884-85 |
Matchday | #3 |
Manager Game | #23 |
Saturday, 3 January 1885

Match Report

3rd Round

Starting XI

Substitutes

No Substitutions permitted in period

Unused Substitutes

No Substitutions permitted in period

Starting XI

GK Bob Roberts | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
B Harry Green | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
B Harry Bell | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
HB Ezra Horton | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
HB Fred Bunn | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
HB Jimmy Stanton | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
F Harry Aston | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
F Arthur Loach | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
F George Woodhall | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
F George Bell | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CF Jem Bayliss | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

Substitutes

No Substitutions Permitted in Period

Unused Substitutes

No Substitutions Permitted in Period

Match Timeline

🕒 | HT Aston Villa 0-0 West Bromwich Albion
🕒 | FT Aston Villa 0-0 West Bromwich Albion

On This Day

Villa face West Bromwich Albion for the first time in competitive football, Albion become the 11th team that the Villa first team has played in League or Cup football.
A 22,000 crowd at Wellington Road - Villa’s record home attendance to date - witnessed the first FA Cup tie with neighbours Albion end in a dark, goalless draw as Villa led by captain Archie Hunter draw a blank. Due to the conditions the additional 30 minutes extra time is not played.

🟥 10 Jan 1885, Villa 0-3 Albion, Four Acres

FA Cup

Game #24

Scorer(s) | None

Assist(s) | None

Manager: Management Committee 1879-86
Referee: Fairhurst | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 1885-
HT Score: 🟥 0-2
FT Result: 🟥 Lost
FT Score: 🟥 0-3
Last 5: 🟥 🟩 🟩 🟨 🟩

Season | 1884-85 |
Matchday | #4 |
Manager Game | #24 |
Saturday, 10 January 1885

Match Report

3rd Round

Starting XI

GK Alf Harvey | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 🔴 |
B Joe Simmonds | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
B Tom Riddell | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
B Robert Price | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
HB Fred Dawson | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
HB Arthur Brown | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
IL Eli Davis | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 🔴 |
IL Howard Vaughton | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
IR Albert Brown | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CF Olly Whateley | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CF Archie Hunter | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |

Substitutes

No Substitutions permitted in period

Unused Substitutes

No Substitutions permitted in period

Starting XI

Substitutes

No Substitutions Permitted in Period

Unused Substitutes

No Substitutions Permitted in Period

Match Timeline

🥅 | Goal, 0-1, (West Bromwich Albion), Loach
🥅 | Goal, 0-2, (West Bromwich Albion), Bayliss
🕒 | HT West Bromwich Albion 2-0 Aston Villa
💥 | Albion players leave the field at the change of ends wanting postpone the game due to inclement conditions, Villa remain on the field intent on completing the game
🥅 | 65' Goal, 0-3, (West Bromwich Albion), Loach
🕒 | FT West Bromwich Albion 3-0 Aston Villa

On This Day

Villa suffer a shock defeat in the third round of the FA Cup to West Bromwich Albion as they are surprisingly beaten in difficult conditions by their young neighbours as Villa led by captain Archie Hunter draw a blank for the second successive game.
Villa fail to reach the fourth round of the FA Cup for the first time since first entering the competition as they are surprisingly beaten in difficult conditions by young neighbours Albion.
Meanwhile goalkeeper Walter Harvey and midfielder Eli Davis made their final appearances for Villa in the FA Cup.