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Game #2

Aston Villa

Saturday, 24 January 1880

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Won

2nd Round

Last 5: 🟨 🟩

FA Cup

Stafford Road

Wellington Road, Perry Barr

Attendance: 2,000

🟩 24 Jan 1880, Villa 3-1 Stafford Road, Wellington Road

Aston Villa

3-1

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Stafford Road

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Assists(s) | Eli Davis | 1-0 | Andy Hunter | 2-0 |

🟩 24 Jan 1880, Villa 3-1 Stafford Road, Wellington Road

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MATCH TIMELINE

Saturday, 24 January 1880

🟢 | 1’ Debut, George Ramsay
⚽ | Goal, 1-0, Billy Mason, Assist by Eli Davis
🕒 | HT Aston Villa 1-0 Stafford Road
⚽ | Goal, 2-0, Billy Mason, Assist by Andy Hunter
⚽ | Goal, 3-0, Sammy Law
🥅 | Goal, 3-1, (Stafford Road), Charles Crump
🕒 | FT Aston Villa 3-1 Stafford Road

Match Statistics

Not recorded

🟩 24 Jan 1880, Villa 3-1 Stafford Road, Wellington Road

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ON THIS DAY

Saturday, 24 January 1880

Having secured a draw in the original tie at the Wolverhampton ground of the Stafford Road Railway Works Football Club, Villa sweep aside their opponents in the replay at Wellington Road. Villa however, still an amateur and pecuniary disadvantaged club, had lost the toss for home status in the third round tie with Oxford University and withdrew from the competition being unable to formulate a side capable of fulfilling the fixture. Meanwhile, forward and future Villa leader George Ramsay made his sole appearance for Villa in the FA Cup whilst goalkeeper John Ball and forward Billy Mason made their final appearances for Villa.

🟩 24 Jan 1880, Villa 3-1 Stafford Road, Wellington Road

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DEBUT APPEARANCES

🟢 F George Ramsay | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |

FINAL APPEARANCES

🔴 GK John Ball | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 1879-80 | 🕒 2 | ⚽ 0 | 🔥 | 0 | #1 |
🔴 IF Billy Mason | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 1879-80 | 🕒 2 | ⚽ 2 | 🔥 0 | #7 |
🔴 F George Ramsay | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | 11880 | 🕒 1 | ⚽ 0 | 🔥 0 | #12 |

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Aston Villa

FA Cup Winners: ❌
Last Trophy: ❌

Stafford Road

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FA Cup Winners: ❌
Last Trophy: ❌

Aston Villa

Stafford Road

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FIXTURE HISTORY

Villa v

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Stafford Road

Previous 5 vs. Stafford Road: 🟨

🟩 24 Jan 1880, Villa 3-1 Stafford Road, Wellington Road

FIXTURE DETAILS

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Season | 1879-80 |
Matchday | #2 |
Manager Game | #2 |
Saturday, 24 January 1880

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🟩 24 Jan 1880, Villa 3-1 Stafford Road, Wellington Road

MATCH SUMMARY

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Manager: Management Committee 1879-86
Referee: L. H. Cofield | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 1880-
HT Score: 🟩 1-0
FT Result: 🟩 Won
FT Score: 🟩 3-1
Last 5: 🟨 🟩

Scorers
Timeline
On This Day
Trophies
Matches
Fixture

MANAGERIAL RECORD

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Management Committee 1879-86

GAMES | WINS | DRAWS | LOSSES | POINTS PER GAME

🕒 2 | 🟩 | 1 🟨 | 1 🟥 0 | 2.00

Villa Career Form:

Top 4

ALL THE MATCHES LED BY:

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Management Committee 1879-86

🟩 24 Jan 1880, Villa 3-1 Stafford Road, Wellington Road

MATCH OFFICIALS

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Referee: L. H. Cofield | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 1880-
Matches Officiated: 1
🟩 : 1
🟨 : 0
🟥 : 0
🆘 : 0
Previous 5: None
Last Match: None
Cards: None
Umpires: Messrs M'Gregor, G. C. Crump

🟩 24 Jan 1880, Villa 3-1 Stafford Road, Wellington Road

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TEAM NEWS

TEAM STATS

George Ramsay (debut) replaces Charlie Johnstone.

Starting XI Average Age: | 23 |

Oldest Player:
HB Sammy Law | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 30 |

Youngest Player:
IR Andy Hunter | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | 15 |

*Exact birthdates unconfirmed

Referee
Manager

🟩 24 Jan 1880, Villa 3-1 Stafford Road, Wellington Road

MANAGER

Management Committee 1879-86

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Aston Villa

GK John Ball | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 🔴 |
B Harry Simmonds | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
B Ted Lee | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
HB Tommy Pank | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
HB Sammy Law | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | ⚽ |
IL Eli Davis | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 🔥 |
IF Billy Mason | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | ⚽ | ⚽ | 🔴 |
IF George Ramsay | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | 🟢 | 🔴 |
IR Andy Hunter | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | 🔥 |
CF Archie Hunter | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
CF William Crossland | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

MANAGER

Unknown

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Stafford Road

GK E. Ray
B G. Selman
HB Muir
HB Grant
HB A. Nicholls
F C. Davies
F Reeves
F Holden
F H. Crane
F J. W. Whitehead
F Charles Crump ⚽

Line Ups

🟩 24 Jan 1880, Villa 3-1 Stafford Road, Wellington Road

SUBSTITUTES

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No Substitutions permitted in period

SUBSTITUTES

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No Substitutions permitted in period

Substitutes

🟩 24 Jan 1880, Villa 3-1 Stafford Road, Wellington Road

UNUSED SUBSTITUTES

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No Substitutions permitted in period

UNUSED SUBSTITUTES

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No Substitutions permitted in period

Player Positions:

GK : Goalkeeper
CB, D, B : Centre Back, Defender, Back
FB, LB, RB, WH : Full Back, Left Back, Right Back, Wing Back, Wing Half


M, CH, LH, RH : Midfielder, Centre Half, Left Half, Right Half
W, OL, OR : Winger, Outside Left, Outside Right
F, IF, IL, IR : Forward, Inside Forward, Inside Left, Inside Right, Second Striker, False 9
CF : Centre Forward

Match Symbols:

⚽ | Goal
🔥 | Assist
🔁 | Substitution

🟨 | Booking

🟥 | Sending off

🆘 | Poor refereeing performance
🟢 : Debut 🔴 : Final Game

Squad Bios

🟩 24 Jan 1880, Villa 3-1 Stafford Road, Wellington Road

SQUAD STATS

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Villa XI:
Home Nation 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 🇬🇧 : 11/11

SQUAD STATS

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Stafford Road XI:
Home Nation 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 🇬🇧 : 11/11

🟩 24 Jan 1880, Villa 3-1 Stafford Road, Wellington Road

MATCHDAY SQUAD

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MATCHDAY SQUAD

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UNAVAILABLE

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Not recorded

UNAVAILABLE

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Not Recorded

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LEAGUE TABLE

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MATCHDAY PROGRAMME

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Tables & Programmes

🟩 24 Jan 1880, Villa 3-1 Stafford Road, Wellington Road

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MATCH QUOTES

"The Villa have lost the toss with Oxford and it is doubtful whether they will play the tie or not."
Quotes

🟩 24 Jan 1880, Villa 3-1 Stafford Road, Wellington Road

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MATCH REPORTS

Image © THE BRITISH LIBRARY BOARD. With thanks to Reach PLC. Digitised by Findmypast Newspaper Archive Limited. All rights reserved. Source: British Newspaper Archive (www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk)

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*Sporting Chronicle*
Tuesday, 27 January 1880

Aston Villa (Birmingham) v. Stafford Road (Wolverhampton) Some two thousand spectators assembled at Perry Barr, Birmingham, on Saturday last, to witness the match between the above-named club, who had played a drawn game a few weeks ago at Wolverhampton. Consequently great interest was attached to this second meeting, and few anticipated so easy a win for the Villa by three goals to one. The Villa kicked off, having the advantage of the hill and a slight breeze. The Wolverhampton men showed to the front early, and a nice run by - Reeves resulted in a corner kick to Stafford Road. The home teem then broke away, and a long throw in by Davie caused the Wolverhampton goal-keeper to use his hands, and soon after Archie Hunter sent the ball over the bar. For about a quarter of an hour the Villa gave their opponents' backs plenty to do, and Ray had to use his hands repeatedly in defence. At last Davis had a throw in from the corner flag, and placed the ball well in front of goal, Mason scoring No. 1 for the Villa. Several fine runs were made by the brothers Hunter on the one side, and Reeves and Whitehead for Stafford Road, but the score remained unaltered at halftime. The home team still retained the advantage, and seemed to play better up hill, for soon after the kick-off a beautiful run by Andrew Hunter well centred enabled Mason to score a very neat and clever goal. Tea minutes later Law, following up well from half back met the return kick and scored number three. Stafford Road were compelled for the most part to play a defensive game, their forwards seldom being able to come away. At last, about ten minutes to call of time, they assumed the offensive, and made several good attempts at scoring. At length Crump was enabled from a throw in to achieve the desired success, and thus the game ended in a win for the Aston Villa by three goals to one. For the Villa the brothers Hunter and Davis played a fine forward game, while Pank, Law, and Simmonds were efficient behind. For the Stafford Road Selman, Nicholls, and Muir played very well at back; their forwards weak, Whitehead, Reeves, and Holden being the only prominent men. The Villa have lost the toss with Oxford and it is doubtful whether they will play the tie or not.
Reports

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