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Game #3

Aston Villa

Saturday, 30 October 1880

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Won

1st Round

Last 5: 🟨 🟩 🟩

FA Cup

Wednesbury Strollers

Wellington Road, Perry Barr

Attendance: 2,000

🟩 30 Oct 1880, Villa 5-3 Wednesbury Strollers, Wellington Road

Aston Villa

5-3

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Wednesbury Strollers

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Assist(s) | Not recorded

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MATCH TIMELINE

Saturday, 30 October 1880

🟢 | 1’ Debut, George Copley, Bill Watts, Howard Vaughton
🕒 | HT Aston Villa 1-3 Wednesbury Strollers
🕒 | FT Aston Villa 5-3 Wednesbury Strollers

Match Statistics

Not recorded

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ON THIS DAY

Saturday, 30 October 1880

  • Villa face Wednesbury Strollers for the first time in competitive football, Wednesbury Strollers become the 2nd team that the Villa first team has played in League or Cup football.

  • Villa record their biggest FA Cup win to date

  • Goalkeeper George Copley, utility player Bill Watts & forward Howard Vaughton made their Villa debuts in the FA Cup. 

  • Meanwhile, forward Charlie Johnstone made his final appearance for Villa in the FA Cup.

🟩 30 Oct 1880, Villa 5-3 Wednesbury Strollers, Wellington Road

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DEBUT APPEARANCES

🟢 GK George Copley | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
🟢 IR Bill Watts | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
🟢 IL Howard Vaughton | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

FINAL APPEARANCES

🔴 HB Charlie Johnstone | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 1879-80 | 🕒 2 | ⚽ 0 | 🔥 0 | #9 |

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Aston Villa

FA Cup Winners: ❌
Last Trophy: ❌

Wednesbury Strollers

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FA Cup Winners: ❌
Last Trophy: ❌

Aston Villa

Wednesbury Strollers

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FIXTURE HISTORY

Villa v

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Wednesbury Strollers

Previous 5 vs. Wednesbury Strollers: None

Wednesbury Strollers

PREVIOUS MATCH

None
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Wednesbury Strollers

SUBSEQUENT MATCH

None

🟩 30 Oct 1880, Villa 5-3 Wednesbury Strollers, Wellington Road

FIXTURE DETAILS

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Season | 1880-81 |
Matchday | #1 |
Manager Game | #3 |
Saturday, 30 October 1880

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🟩 30 Oct 1880, Villa 5-3 Wednesbury Strollers, Wellington Road

MATCH SUMMARY

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Manager: Management Committee 1879-86
Referee: Unknown
HT Score: 🟥 1-3
FT Result: 🟩 Won
FT Score: 🟩 5-3
Last 5: 🟨 🟩 🟩

Scorers
Timeline
On This Day
Trophies
Matches
Fixture

MANAGERIAL RECORD

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GAMES | WINS | DRAWS | LOSSES | POINTS PER GAME

🕒 3 | 🟩 | 2 🟨 | 1 🟥 0 | 2.33

Villa Career Form:

Champions

ALL THE MATCHES LED BY:

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MATCH OFFICIALS

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Referee: Unknown
Cards: None

ALL THE MATCHES REFEREED BY:

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CARDS

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None

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None

🟩 30 Oct 1880, Villa 5-3 Wednesbury Strollers, Wellington Road

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TEAM NEWS

TEAM STATS

George Copley, Bill Watts and Howard Vaughton come into the 1880-81 squad to make their Villa FA Cup debuts.

Starting XI Average Age: | 23 |

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

Youngest Player:
IR Andy Hunter | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | 16 |

*Exact birthdates unconfirmed

Referee
Manager

🟩 30 Oct 1880, Villa 5-3 Wednesbury Strollers, Wellington Road

MANAGER

Management Committee 1879-86

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Aston Villa

GK George Copley | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 🟢 |
B Ted Lee | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
HB Tommy Pank | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
HB Sammy Law | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
HB Charlie Johnstone | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 🔴 |
IR Bill Watts | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 🟢 |
IR Andy Hunter | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
IL Eli Davis | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
IL Howard Vaughton | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 🟢 |
CF Archie Hunter | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
CF William Crossland | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

MANAGER

Unknown

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Wednesbury Strollers

GK Beddow
B Alf Harvey
HB Scott
HB Tom Bryan
HB Jones
IR Powis
IR Parker
IL Knowles
IL Taylor
CF Burns
CF Reilly

Line Ups

🟩 30 Oct 1880, Villa 5-3 Wednesbury Strollers, Wellington Road

SUBSTITUTES

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No Substitutions permitted in period

SUBSTITUTES

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Substitutes

🟩 30 Oct 1880, Villa 5-3 Wednesbury Strollers, 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

🟩 30 Oct 1880, Villa 5-3 Wednesbury Strollers, Wellington Road

SQUAD STATS

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

SQUAD STATS

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

🟩 30 Oct 1880, Villa 5-3 Wednesbury Strollers, 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

Unavailable

LEAGUE TABLE

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MATCHDAY PROGRAMME

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Tables & Programmes

🟩 30 Oct 1880, Villa 5-3 Wednesbury Strollers, Wellington Road

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MATCH QUOTES

"After the change of ends the Villa played up in grand style, completely turning the tables on their adversaries."
Quotes

🟩 30 Oct 1880, Villa 5-3 Wednesbury Strollers, Wellington Road

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MATCH REPORTS

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*Nottinghamshire Guardian*
Friday, 5 November 1880

ENGLISH CHALLENGE CUP COMPETITION. ASTON VILLA v. WEDNESBURY STROLLERS. These two clubs met at Perry Bar on Saturday to play off their draw in the first round of the Football Association Cup ties. The early part of the game was very exciting, the Strollers, who had the advantage of down hill, scoring three goals to their opponents' one up to half-time. After the change of ends the Villa played up in grand style, completely turning the tables on their adversaries, and they eventually won by five goals to three.
Reports

🟩 30 Oct 1880, Villa 5-3 Wednesbury Strollers, Wellington Road

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