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Game #104

Aston Villa

5-3-7, 13 PTS

Saturday, 13 December 1890

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Drew

8th (-)

Last 5: 🟩 🟩 🟥 🟥 🟨

Football League

Blackburn Rovers

8-2-4, 18 PTS

Wellington Road, Perry Barr

Attendance: 4,000

🟨 13 Dec 1890, Villa 2-2 Blackburn, Wellington Road

Aston Villa

2-2

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Blackburn Rovers

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🟨 13 Dec 1890, Villa 2-2 Blackburn, Wellington Road

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MATCH TIMELINE

Saturday, 13 December 1890

⚽ | Goal, 1-0, Albert Allen
🥅 | Goal, 1-1, (Blackburn Rovers), John Southworth
🥅 | Goal, 1-2, (Blackburn Rovers), John Southworth
🕒 | HT Aston Villa 1-2 Blackburn Rovers
⚽ | Goal, 2-2, Albert Brown
🕒 | FT Aston Villa 2-2 Blackburn Rovers

Match Statistics

Not recorded

🟨 13 Dec 1890, Villa 2-2 Blackburn, Wellington Road

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ON THIS DAY

Saturday, 13 December 1890

  • Villa stop a run of two heavy defeats to draw with their foes from the previous match after Albert Allen, opened the scoring.

🟨 13 Dec 1890, Villa 2-2 Blackburn, Wellington Road

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DEBUT APPEARANCES

None

FINAL APPEARANCES

None

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Aston Villa

League Champions: ❌
FA Cup Winners: 🏆
Last Trophy: 1886–87

Blackburn Rovers

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League Champions: ❌
FA Cup Winners: 🏆🏆🏆🏆
Last Trophy: 1889–90

Aston Villa

Blackburn Rovers

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FIXTURE HISTORY

Villa v

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Blackburn Rovers

Previous 5 vs. Blackburn: 🟥 🟥 🟥 🟩 🟥

🟨 13 Dec 1890, Villa 2-2 Blackburn, Wellington Road

FIXTURE DETAILS

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Season | 1890-91 |
Matchday | #15 |
League Match | #15 |
Manager Game | #78 |
Saturday, 13 December 1890

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🟨 13 Dec 1890, Villa 2-2 Blackburn, Wellington Road

MATCH SUMMARY

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Manager: George Ramsay | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | Glasgow, 1886-1926 led Management Committee
Referee: J. J. Bentley | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Bolton, 1888- 🆘
HT Score: 🟥 1-2
FT Result: 🟨 Drew
FT Score: 🟨 2-2
Last 5: 🟩 🟩 🟥 🟥 🟨

Scorers
Timeline
On This Day
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Matches
Fixture

MANAGERIAL RECORD

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George Ramsay | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | 1886-1899

GAMES | WINS | DRAWS | LOSSES | POINTS PER GAME

🕒 78 | 🟩 | 37 🟨 16 🟥 25 | 1.63

Villa Career Form:

Top 6

ALL THE MATCHES LED BY:

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George Ramsay | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | 1886-1899

🟨 13 Dec 1890, Villa 2-2 Blackburn, Wellington Road

MATCH OFFICIALS

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Referee: J. J. Bentley | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Bolton, 1888- 🆘
Matches Officiated: 2
🟩 : 0
🟨 : 2
🟥 : 0
🆘 : 1
🆘 Failed to keep up with play, leading to his chalking off a legitimate Villa goal
Previous 5: 🟨
Last Match: 🟨 3 Nov 1888, Villa 1-1 Stoke, Victoria Ground
Cards: None

🟨 13 Dec 1890, Villa 2-2 Blackburn, Wellington Road

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TEAM NEWS

TEAM STATS

After the thrashing by opponents Blackburn in the last game Albert Allen and Tom McKnight return with Jack Burton whilst Billy Dickson, Jack Graham and Tom Clarkson drop out.

Starting XI Average Age:
| 25.25 |

Oldest Player:
HB Harry Devey | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 30.78 |

Youngest Player:
HB George Campbell | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | 19.88 |

Referee
Manager

🟨 13 Dec 1890, Villa 2-2 Blackburn, Wellington Road

MANAGER

George Ramsay | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | 1886-1899

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Aston Villa

GK Jimmy Warner | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
B Walter Evans | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 |
B George Campbell | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
HB Harry Devey | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
HB James Brown | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
HB Jack Burton | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
OR Albert Brown | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | ⚽ |
OR Jimmy Cowan | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
OL Albert Allen | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | ⚽ |
OL Dennis Hodgetts | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CF Tom McKnight | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

MANAGER

Tom Mitchell | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |

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Blackburn Rovers

GK Gow
B Jimmy Douglas | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
B John Forbes | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
HB John Barton | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
HB Geordie Dewar | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
HB Jimmy Forrest | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
RW Joe Lofthouse | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
RW Harry Campbell | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
LW Coombe Hall | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
LW William Townley | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CF John Southworth | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | ⚽ | ⚽ |

Line Ups

🟨 13 Dec 1890, Villa 2-2 Blackburn, Wellington Road

SUBSTITUTES

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No Substitutions permitted in period

SUBSTITUTES

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No Substitutions Permitted in Period

Substitutes

🟨 13 Dec 1890, Villa 2-2 Blackburn, 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

🟨 13 Dec 1890, Villa 2-2 Blackburn, Wellington Road

SQUAD STATS

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

SQUAD STATS

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

🟨 13 Dec 1890, Villa 2-2 Blackburn, Wellington Road

MATCHDAY SQUAD

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MATCHDAY SQUAD

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🟨 13 Dec 1890, Villa 2-2 Blackburn, Wellington Road

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UNAVAILABLE

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LEAGUE TABLE

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MATCHDAY PROGRAMME

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Tables & Programmes

🟨 13 Dec 1890, Villa 2-2 Blackburn, Wellington Road

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MATCH QUOTES

"It was confidently expected that the Villa would make a good fight with the cup-holders, even if they did not succeed in defeating them, and so it proved, for the game ended in a draw after the home team had had much the best of the play."
Quotes

🟨 13 Dec 1890, Villa 2-2 Blackburn, 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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*Birmingham Daily Post*
Monday, 15 December 1890

ASTON VILLA V. BLACKBURN ROVERS. This League match was played at Perry Barr in the presence of a large number of spectators. It will be remembered that the clubs met in the League competition for the first time the previous Saturday, and that the Rovers defeated the Villa by 5 goals to 1. Notwithstanding this it was confidently expected that the Villa would make a good fight with the cup-holders, even if they did not succeed in defeating them, and so it proved, for the game ended in a draw after the home team had had much the best of the play. The result was certainly very creditable to the Villa, for the club was by no means fully represented. Cox, Graham, and Dickson were absentees, and the result was that the team underwent a rearrangement. Campbell went back, whilst his place was taken by J. Burton. McKnight played centre, and Allen partnered Hodgetts on the left wing. The substitution of McKnight for Dickson turned out well, for he played splendidly, and is much more useful on account of his superior activity. Allen did not play so well as Graham would have done, for his shooting was very weak; whilst Campbell is not seen to such advantage as a back as a half-back, his kicking being scarcely strong enough. The team, however, played very well, and were unfortunate in not beating the strong eleven that represented the Rovers. The Villa won the toss, and played towards the Wellington Road goal. Southworth kicked off, and Hodgetts quickly ran the ball down and centred, but it was not improved upon. Then Townley and Hall broke away, but were pulled up by Evans, and the game was once more fought out in proximity to the Rovers' goal. A grand centre from Hodgetts came right across the front, but McKnight and Allen overran the ball, and the chance was lost. It was noticeable that the Villa forwards were playing with splendid combination - a result due to the great judgment shown by McKnight, who fed his wings beautifully, and gave Allen several chances of shooting, which that player threw away by want of coolness. It must be confessed, however, that Allen played very well in the field, and at length retrieved his mistakes by scoring with a very slow oblique shoot, which struck the post and glanced through goal. The result was received with tremendous cheers. The Rovers now played considerably better than before, and dashing up the field beat the Villa backs and equalised, Southworth making the shot. The game then became very exciting, Gowe saved his goal brilliantly on several occasions, and then Warner's turn came. A fine shot came to him from Townley, but he just managed to get it away. A moment later Townley made another run, and again centred well, and Southworth rushing up placed the Rovers ahead. The Villa afterwards had the best of the play, and a sharp shot from McKnight struck Gow in the chest. Before he could recover himself, the Villa centre-forward pushed the goalkeeper and the ball quite a foot under the bar, and a general appeal was made for a goal. Mr. Bentley, however, was too far away to judge whether the ball was under or not, and consequently would not allow the point. This was very hard luck for the Villa, for the goal was undoubtedly a splendid one. The Villa tried hard to equalise, but at half-time ware a goal to the bad. On recommencing play, the Villa at once took up the aggressive, and McKnight tried a long shot, but the ball went over. Then the Rovers made a rush towards the Villa goal and Southworth seemed likely to score, but Campbell harassed him, and ultimately forced him to kick outside. The game was certainly in favour of the Villa for the next ten minutes, but Gow saved brilliantly time after time, and at length Southworth raised the siege, and wound up a fine run by a grand low shot which went a foot wide of the posts. This diversion had the effect of making the play more equal for a few minutes; but at length the Villa once more took the upper hand, and a shot from Albert Brown equalised the game amidst much enthusiasm. Stimulated by this success the Villa played grandly, and with the exception of an occasional break-away the Rovers were submitted to an incessant attack. Their goal however, was grandly defended by Forbes, Douglas, and Gow, and notwithstanding the Villa's utmost effort was kept intact to the finish, and the match thus ended in a draw of 2 goals each.
Reports

🟨 13 Dec 1890, Villa 2-2 Blackburn, Wellington Road

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