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Game #17

Aston Villa

Saturday, 10 November 1883

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Won

1st Round

Last 5: 🟩 🟩 🟩 🟥 🟩

FA Cup

Walsall Swifts

The Chuckery

Attendance: 4,000

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Walsall Swifts

1-5

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Aston Villa

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🟩 10 Nov 1883, Villa 5-1 Walsall Swifts, The Chuckery

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MATCH TIMELINE

Saturday, 10 November 1883

🟢 | 1’ Debut, Archibald Vale, Tom Riddell, Robert Price
⚽ | Goal, 1-0, Archie Hunter
🕒 | HT Walsall Swifts 0-1 Aston Villa
⚽ | Goal, 2-0, Archie Hunter
⚽ | Goal, 3-0, Olly Whateley, Assist by Eli Davis
⚽ | Goal, 4-0, Archie Hunter
⚽ | Goal, 5-0, Howard Vaughton
🥅 | Goal, 5-1, (Walsall Swifts), Farmer
🕒 | FT Walsall Swifts 1-5 Aston Villa

Match Statistics

Not recorded

🟩 10 Nov 1883, Villa 5-1 Walsall Swifts, The Chuckery

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ON THIS DAY

Saturday, 10 November 1883

  • Villa face Walsall Swifts for the first time in competitive football, Swifts become the 8th team that the Villa first team has played in League or Cup football.

  • Villa record their biggest FA Cup win to date as they see off the Swifts at the Chuckery as goalkeeper Archibald Vale, full back Tom Riddell and defender Robert Price made their debuts for Villa Meanwhile, forward Archie Hunter scored Villa’s first ever hat-trick in League or Cup football.

🟩 10 Nov 1883, Villa 5-1 Walsall Swifts, The Chuckery

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DEBUT APPEARANCES

🟢 GK Archibald Vale | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
🟢 B Tom Riddell | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
🟢 HB Robert Price | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
🟢 HB Fred Dawson | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

FINAL APPEARANCES

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Aston Villa

FA Cup Winners: ❌
Last Trophy: ❌

Walsall Swifts

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FA Cup Winners: ❌
Last Trophy: ❌

Aston Villa

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FIXTURE HISTORY

Villa v

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Walsall Swifts

Previous 5 vs. Walsall Swifts: 🟩

Walsall Swifts

PREVIOUS MATCH

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Walsall Swifts

SUBSEQUENT MATCH

None

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FIXTURE DETAILS

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Season | 1883-84 |
Matchday | #1 |
Manager Game | #17 |
Saturday, 10 November 1883

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MATCH SUMMARY

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Manager: Management Committee 1879-86
Referee: C. Crump | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | President Birmingham Association, 1882-
HT Score: 🟩 1-0
FT Result: 🟩 Won
FT Score: 🟩 5-1
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

🕒 17 | 🟩 | 11 🟨 | 3 🟥 3 | 2.12

Villa Career Form:

Champions

ALL THE MATCHES LED BY:

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Management Committee 1879-86

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MATCH OFFICIALS

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Referee: C. Crump | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | President Birmingham Association, 1882-
Matches Officiated: 4
🟩 : 4
🟨 : 0
🟥 : 0
🆘 : 0
Previous 5: 🟩 🟩 🟩
Last Match: 🟩 6 Jan 1883, Villa 3-1 Aston Unity, Wellington Road
Cards: None
Umpire: A. Stokes

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TEAM NEWS

TEAM STATS

Villa hand FA Cup debuts to Archibald Vale, Tom Riddell and Robert Price.

Starting XI Average Age
| 23.99 |

Oldest Player |
IL Eli Davis | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 27.96 |

Youngest Player |
CF Olly Whateley | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 22.27 |

Referee
Manager

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MANAGER

Management Committee 1879-86

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Aston Villa

GK Archibald Vale | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 🟢 |
B Joe Simmonds | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
B Tom Riddell | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 🟢 |
HB Robert Price | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 🟢 |
HB Charles Apperley | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
HB Fred Dawson | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 🟢 |
IL Eli Davis | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 🔥 |
IL Howard Vaughton | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | ⚽ |
F Wally Roberts | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CF Olly Whateley | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | ⚽ |
CF Archie Hunter | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | ⚽ | ⚽ | ⚽ |

MANAGER

Unknown

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Walsall Swifts

GK W. Phillips
B A. Jones
B A. Alldridge
HB W. Brandrick
HB A. Morris
F R. Davis
F J. Farmer
F T. Farmer
F S. Mills
F J. Higgins
F H. Dyoss

Line Ups

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SUBSTITUTES

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SUBSTITUTES

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No Substitutions Permitted in Period

Substitutes

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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

🟩 10 Nov 1883, Villa 5-1 Walsall Swifts, The Chuckery

SQUAD STATS

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

SQUAD STATS

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

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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

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MATCH QUOTES

"The brilliant combination displayed by Villa at this period of the game was a treat to witness."
Quotes

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MATCH REPORTS

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

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*Sheffield Daily Telegraph*
Monday, 12 November 1883

ASTON VILLA v. WALSALL SWIFTS. This match was played at Walsall on Saturday last, and plenty of excitement was the outcome of the draw, many believing that the Swifts, playing on their ground, would win the match; but the good form shown by the Villa in previous matches proved them be too good for anything in their own district, and this was evident by their win in the above-mentioned match by five goals to one. In the first half of the game the Villa had considerably the best of play, and at half time the score stood one nothing in their favour; but on change of ends the superior combination of the Birmingham team was altogether too much for their opponents, and goal after goal was registered in quick succession. Some changes were made in the Swifts' team, and this had an appreciable effect, but they could never cope with their clever antagonists, and the match resulted as above recorded. All the Villa team played in first class style, Hunter performing magnificently. Jones was strong and powerful for the losing side.
Reports

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