Game #1327
Aston Villa
9-7-7, 25 PTS
Friday, 1 January 1926


Lost
8th=
Last 5: 🟥 🟥 🟥 🟩 🟥
Division One
Liverpool
8-6-8, 22 PTS
Anfield
Attendance: 23,587
🟥 1 Jan 1926, Villa 1-3 Liverpool, Anfield
Liverpool
3-1

Aston Villa

Assist(s) | Arthur Dorrell | 67' |
🟥 1 Jan 1926, Villa 1-3 Liverpool, Anfield


MATCH TIMELINE
Friday, 1 January 1926
🥅 | 16' Goal, 0-1, (Liverpool), Forshaw
🥅 | Goal, 0-2, (Liverpool), Forshaw
🥅 | Goal, 0-3, (Liverpool), Oxley
🕒 | HT Liverpool 3-0 Aston Villa
⚽ | 67' Goal, 1-3, Len Capewell, Assist by Arthur Dorrell
🕒 | FT Liverpool 3-1 Aston Villa
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
🟥 1 Jan 1926, Villa 1-3 Liverpool, Anfield

ON THIS DAY
Friday, 1 January 1926
Villa are selected to play away from home on New Years Day for the 13th time in the 14 fixtures they have played on 1st January.
Villa had played their first New Years Day fixture in January 1891 and have now played just one home game on 1st January in 35 years.
Villa lose for the 11th time in 14 New Years Day fixtures and score for only the fifth game.
Villa open 1926 with a fourth defeat in their last five games as Len Capewell hits his twenty fourth goal of the season.
Villa make it ten wins, seven draws and six defeats in their twenty three division one matches.
Meanwhile, full back Cecil Harris, aged 27, made his final appearance of twenty six for Villa over his four seasons with the club before moving on to Grimsby Town.
🟥 1 Jan 1926, Villa 1-3 Liverpool, Anfield

DEBUT APPEARANCES
None
FINAL APPEARANCES
🔴 FB Cecil Harris | 🏴 |
Seasons | 🕒 Games | ✅ Starts (🔁 Subs) | ⚽ Goals | 🔥 Assists | 🇺 Unused | Player Number |
Aston Villa
League Champions: 🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆 🏆
FA Cup Winners: 🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆 🏆
Last Trophy: 1919–20
Liverpool


League Champions: 🏆🏆🏆🏆
FA Cup Winners: ❌
Last Trophy: 1922-23
🟥 1 Jan 1926, Villa 1-3 Liverpool, Anfield
FIXTURE DETAILS


Season | 1925-26 |
Matchday | #23 |
League Match | #23 |
Manager Game | #1301 |
Friday, 1 January 1926
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🟥 1 Jan 1926, Villa 1-3 Liverpool, Anfield
MATCH SUMMARY


Manager: George Ramsay | 🏴 | Glasgow, 1886-1926 led Management Committee
Referee: J. V. Pennington | 🏴 | Bury
HT Score: 🟥 0-3
FT Result: 🟥 Lost
FT Score: 🟥 1-3
Last 5: 🟥 🟥 🟥 🟩 🟥
MANAGERIAL RECORD

George Ramsay | 🏴 | 1919-1926
🕒 1301 | 🟩 647 🟨 248 🟥 406 | 1.68
Villa Career Form:
Games 🕒, Won 🟩, Drew 🟨, Lost 🟥, Points per Game
🟥 1 Jan 1926, Villa 1-3 Liverpool, Anfield

MATCH OFFICIALS
Referee: J. V. Pennington | 🏴 | Bury
VAR PROFILE (from 2021)
CARDS

None
CARDS

None
Won 🟩, Drew 🟨, Lost 🟥, Notably poor performance 🆘, Cards 🟨 Booking, Cards 🟥 Sending off, Disallowed ❌ Goal disallowed, ⚽ Penalty for, 🥅 Penalty against, ❌ Penalty Disallowed
🟥 1 Jan 1926, Villa 1-3 Liverpool, Anfield

TEAM NEWS
TEAM STATS
Cecil Harris, George Jakeman and Frank Moss replace Tommy Smart, Vic Milne and George Blackburn.
Not recorded
🟥 1 Jan 1926, Villa 1-3 Liverpool, Anfield
MANAGER
George Ramsay | 🏴 | 1919-1926

Aston Villa
GK Cyril Spiers | 🏴 |
FB Cecil Harris | 🏴 | 🔴 |
LB Tommy Mort | 🏴 |
CB George Jakeman | 🏴 |
M Frank Moss | 🏴 |
W Dicky York | 🏴 |
W Arthur Dorrell | 🏴 | 🔥 |
F George Stephenson | 🏴 |
F Len Capewell | 🏴 | ⚽ |
F Jock Johnstone | 🏴 |
F Billy Walker | 🏴 |
MANAGER
Matt McQueen | 🏴 |

Liverpool
Scott
Lucas
McKinlay
McNab
Cockburn
Pratt
Oxley
Jackson
Forshaw
Chambers
McMullan
🟥 1 Jan 1926, Villa 1-3 Liverpool, Anfield
SUBSTITUTES

No Substitutions permitted in period
SUBSTITUTES
No Substitutions Permitted in Period

🟥 1 Jan 1926, Villa 1-3 Liverpool, Anfield
UNUSED SUBSTITUTES

No Substitutions permitted in period
UNUSED SUBSTITUTES

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
🟥 1 Jan 1926, Villa 1-3 Liverpool, Anfield

MATCHDAY SQUAD BIOGRAPHIES
STARTING XI
🕒 | ✅ | ⚽ | 🔥 | 🟩 | 🟨 | 🟥 | 🥅 | ⛔ | Yellow | Red | |
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GK Cyril Spiers | 🏴 | |
SUBSTITUTES
Player | 🕒 | 🔁 | ⚽ | 🔥 | 🟩 | 🟨 | 🟥 | 🥅 | ⛔ | Yellow | Red |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
UNUSED
Player | 🇺 |
---|---|
Games 🕒, Starts ✅, Substitute 🔁, Goals ⚽, Assists 🔥, Won 🟩, Drew 🟨, Lost 🟥, Conceded 🥅, Clean Sheets ⛔, Unused Substitute 🇺
🟥 1 Jan 1926, Villa 1-3 Liverpool, Anfield
SQUAD STATS

SQUAD STATS

🟥 1 Jan 1926, Villa 1-3 Liverpool, Anfield
MATCHDAY SQUAD

MATCHDAY SQUAD

🟥 1 Jan 1926, Villa 1-3 Liverpool, Anfield
UNAVAILABLE

Not recorded
UNAVAILABLE

Not Recorded
LEAGUE TABLE



MATCHDAY PROGRAMME


🟥 1 Jan 1926, Villa 1-3 Liverpool, Anfield


MATCH QUOTES
🟥 1 Jan 1926, Villa 1-3 Liverpool, Anfield


MATCH REPORTS









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🟥 1 Jan 1926, Villa 1-3 Liverpool, Anfield

