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Game #108

Aston Villa

Saturday, 17 January 1891

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Won

1st Round

Last 5: 🟨 🟨 🟥 🟥 🟩

FA Cup

The Casuals

Wellington Road, Perry Barr

Attendance: 5,000

🟩 17 Jan 1891, Villa 13-1 The Casuals, Wellington Road

Aston Villa

13-1

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London Casuals

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🟩 17 Jan 1891, Villa 13-1 The Casuals, Wellington Road

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MATCH TIMELINE
Saturday, 17 January 1891

⚽ | Goal, 1-0, Lewis Campbell, Assist by Albert Brown
⚽ | Goal, 2-0, Tom McKnight
🕒 | HT Aston Villa 2-0 London Casuals
⚽ | Goal, 3-0, Lewis Campbell
⚽ | Goal, 4-0, Dennis Hodgetts
⚽ | Goal, 5-0, Jack Graham
⚽ | Goal, 6-0, Lewis Campbell
⚽ | Goal, 7-0, Dennis Hodgetts
🥅 | Goal, 7-1, (London Casuals), Robert Topham
⚽ | Goal, 8-1, Albert Brown
⚽ | Goal, 9-1, Albert Brown
⚽ | Goal, 10-1, Lewis Campbell
⚽ | Goal, 11-1, Lewis Campbell
⚽ | Goal, 12-1, Tom McKnight
⚽ | Goal, 13-1, Dennis Hodgetts
🕒 | FT Aston Villa 13-1 London Casuals

Match Statistics

Not recorded

Goal ⚽, Assist 🔥, Goal Conceded 🥅, Injury 🚑, Booking 🟨, Sending off 🟥, Comment 🗒️, ❗ Villa Chance,❗❗Huge Villa Chance, 💥 Opposition action, 🎥 VAR, 🆘 Referee error, ❌ Missed pen, disallowed goal, player retires from field of play, 🟢 Debut, 🔴 Final appearance, 🕒 Half time, Full time, 🔁 Substitution

🟩 17 Jan 1891, Villa 13-1 The Casuals, Wellington Road

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ON THIS DAY
Saturday, 17 January 1891
  • Lewis Campbell scores five as Villa hammer the Casuals in the FA Cup with eleven second half goals.

  • Villa face The Casuals for the first time in competitive football, The Casuals become the 31st team that the Villa first team has played in League or Cup football.

  • Villa put their league travails behind them as they hand out a severe second half thrashing to the London Casuals as Lewis Campbell hits five.

🟩 17 Jan 1891, Villa 13-1 The Casuals, Wellington Road

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DEBUT APPEARANCES

None

FINAL APPEARANCES

None

Seasons | 🕒 Games | ✅ Starts (🔁 Subs) | ⚽ Goals | 🔥 Assists | 🇺 Unused | Player Number |

Aston Villa

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

The Casuals

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League Champions: ❌
FA Cup Winners: ❌
Last Trophy: ❌

FIXTURE HISTORY
The Casuals
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Previous 5 vs. The Casuals: None

Games 🕒, Won 🟩, Drew 🟨, Lost 🟥, Goals Scored ⚽, Goals Conceded 🥅

The Casuals

PREVIOUS MATCH
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The Casuals

SUBSEQUENT MATCH
None

🟩 17 Jan 1891, Villa 13-1 The Casuals, Wellington Road

FIXTURE DETAILS
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Season | 1890-91 |
Matchday | #19 |
Manager Game | #82 |
Saturday, 17 January 1891

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🟩 17 Jan 1891, Villa 13-1 The Casuals, Wellington Road

MATCH SUMMARY
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Manager: George Ramsay | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | Glasgow, 1886-1926 led Management Committee
Referee: John Charles Clegg | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Sheffield, 1888-
HT Score: 🟩 2-0
FT Result: 🟩 Won
FT Score: 🟩 13-1
Last 5: 🟨 🟨 🟥 🟥 🟩

Scorers
Timeline
On This Day
Trophies
Fixture
Manager
MANAGERIAL RECORD
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George Ramsay | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | 1886-1926

🕒 82 | 🟩 | 38 🟨 17 🟥 27 | 1.60

Villa Career Form:

Top 6

George Ramsay | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | 1886-1926

Games 🕒, Won 🟩, Drew 🟨, Lost 🟥, Points per Game

🟩 17 Jan 1891, Villa 13-1 The Casuals, Wellington Road

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MATCH OFFICIALS

Referee: John Charles Clegg | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Sheffield, 1888-
Umpires: M. Roberts, H.A Hill

VAR PROFILE (from 2021)

CARDS
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None

CARDS
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None

Won 🟩, Drew 🟨, Lost 🟥, Notably poor performance 🆘, Cards 🟨 Booking, Cards 🟥 Sending off, Disallowed ❌ Goal disallowed, ⚽ Penalty for, 🥅 Penalty against, ❌ Penalty Disallowed

🟩 17 Jan 1891, Villa 13-1 The Casuals, Wellington Road

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TEAM NEWS
TEAM STATS

Villa make one change from the team thrashed by Sunderland last time out as Tom McKnight returns with Harry Devey dropping out.

Starting XI Average Age:
| 24.63 |

Oldest Player:
OR Albert Brown | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 29.05 |

Youngest Player:
HB George Campbell | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | 19.97 |

Referee

🟩 17 Jan 1891, Villa 13-1 The Casuals, Wellington Road

MANAGER

George Ramsay | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | 1886-1926

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Aston Villa

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

MANAGER

Management Committee

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The Casuals

G W. J. Seton
B T. L. Nelson
B T. H. Pelley
HB E. J. W. Disbrowe
HB A. G. Topham | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
HB H. G. Izard
OR A. W. Pryce-Jones
OR G. P. Dewhurst
OL H. A. Rhodes
OL A. Street
CF R. Topham | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | ⚽ |

Line Ups

🟩 17 Jan 1891, Villa 13-1 The Casuals, Wellington Road

SUBSTITUTES
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No Substitutions permitted in period

SUBSTITUTES

No Substitutions permitted in period

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Substitutes

🟩 17 Jan 1891, Villa 13-1 The Casuals, 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

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🟩 17 Jan 1891, Villa 13-1 The Casuals, Wellington Road

MATCHDAY SQUAD BIOGRAPHIES
STARTING XI
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🔥
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🟨
🟥
🥅
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Red
GK Jimmy Warner | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
SUBSTITUTES
Player
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🟨
🟥
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Red
UNUSED
Player
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Games 🕒, Starts ✅, Substitute 🔁, Goals ⚽, Assists 🔥, Won 🟩, Drew 🟨, Lost 🟥, Conceded 🥅, Clean Sheets ⛔, Unused Substitute 🇺

Squad Bios

🟩 17 Jan 1891, Villa 13-1 The Casuals, Wellington Road

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

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

🟩 17 Jan 1891, Villa 13-1 The Casuals, Wellington Road

MATCHDAY SQUAD
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MATCHDAY SQUAD
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🟩 17 Jan 1891, Villa 13-1 The Casuals, Wellington Road

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None

UNAVAILABLE
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Not Recorded

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LEAGUE TABLE
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Tables & Programmes
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MATCHDAY PROGRAMME
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🟩 17 Jan 1891, Villa 13-1 The Casuals, Wellington Road

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MATCH QUOTES
"The second half was not worthy of description."
Quotes

🟩 17 Jan 1891, Villa 13-1 The Casuals, 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, 19 January 1891
ASTON VILLA v. LONDON CASUALS. The above teams met at Perry Barr. Owing to the frost, the ground was in a shocking condition, and the Casuals on seeing it lodged a protest with the referee. Another change was made in the constitution of the Villa forwards, McKnight being placed on the right wing. The change worked admirably, and the Villa, especially during the second half, completely overplayed the Casuals, who seemed to experience greater difficulty in standing than did their opponents. The visitors started the ball uphill, but were immediately robbed of it by the Villa, who at once made a strong attack on goal. Several shots were sent in, but Seton saved well and the visitors' forwards relieved, Topham sending in a fine shot which Warner saved with credit. The goalkeeper at the other end was soon busy again, and at length Brown screwed across goal, and L. Campbell scored with a capital shot. The game continued to be entirely in favour of the home team up to the interval, before which McKnight had scored a second goal for the Villa by a beautiful piece of play, which gained him the hearty applause of all who witnessed it. The second half was not worthy of description. With the exception of a run by Topham, who scored, the Casuals gave a miserable exhibition, and were completely and decisively beaten by the home team. L. Campbell, who dribbled and centred splendidly, scored four goals; Hodgetts was responsible for three, Brown for two, whilst McKnight and Graham each scored once-so that the Villa won by 13 goals to 1.
Reports

🟩 17 Jan 1891, Villa 13-1 The Casuals, Wellington Road

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