Game #199
Aston Villa
15-5-4, 35 PTS
Thursday, 18 January 1894


Won
1st
Last 5: 🟩 🟥 🟩 🟨 🟩
Division One
Preston North End
6-3-14, 15 PTS
Deepdale
Attendance: 4,000
🟩 18 Jan 1894, Villa 5-2 Preston, Deepdale
Preston North End
2-5

Aston Villa

Assist(s) | Dennis Hodgetts | 1-0 | 5-2 | Jack Reynolds | 26' |
🟩 18 Jan 1894, Villa 5-2 Preston, Deepdale


MATCH TIMELINE
Thursday, 18 January 1894
⚽ | Goal, 1-0, Jack Devey, Assist by Dennis Hodgetts
⚽ | 26’ Goal, 2-0, Dennis Hodgetts, Assist by Jack Reynolds
⚽ | 39’ Goal, 3-0, Jimmy Cowan
🥅 | 45' Goal, 3-1, (Preston North End), Beckton
❌ Referee Fox fails to disallow Beckon's offside goal
🕒 | HT Preston North End 1-3 Aston Villa
🥅 | Goal, 3-2, (Preston North End), John Cowan
❌ Referee Fox fails to disallow Cowan's offside goal
⚽ | Goal, 4-2, Jimmy Cowan
⚽ | Goal, 5-2, Jack Devey, Assist by Dennis Hodgetts
🕒 | FT Preston North End 2-5 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
🟩 18 Jan 1894, Villa 5-2 Preston, Deepdale

ON THIS DAY
Thursday, 18 January 1894
Jimmy Cowan & Jack Devey score a brace apiece as Villa get back to winning ways to sit seven points clear at the top of the table but the performance of referee Fox leaves a lot to be desired as he awards the home side two clearly offside goals despite the valid protests of the Villa players.
🟩 18 Jan 1894, Villa 5-2 Preston, Deepdale

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
Preston North End


League Champions: 🏆🏆
FA Cup Winners: 🏆
Last Trophy: 1889–90
FIXTURE HISTORY
Preston North End


Previous 5 vs. Preston: 🟩 🟩 🟥 🟩 🟩
League 🕒 12 | 🟩 6 | 🟨 1 | 🟥 5 | ⚽ 24 | 🥅 22 |
FA Cup 🕒 1 | 🟩 0 | 🟨 0 | 🟥 1 | ⚽ 1 | 🥅 3 |
For the 8th time in 13 games one or other of the sides has scored 3 or more goals. ⚽ Villa 4 Preston 5. Both have done so on 1 occasion.
Games 🕒, Won 🟩, Drew 🟨, Lost 🟥, Goals Scored ⚽, Goals Conceded 🥅
🟩 18 Jan 1894, Villa 5-2 Preston, Deepdale
FIXTURE DETAILS


Season | 1893-94 |
Matchday | #24 |
League Match | #24 |
Manager Game | #173 |
Thursday, 18 January 1894
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🟩 18 Jan 1894, Villa 5-2 Preston, Deepdale
MATCH SUMMARY


Manager: George Ramsay | 🏴 | Glasgow, 1886-1926 led Management Committee
Referee: J. Fox | 🏴 | Sheffield
HT Score: 🟩 3-0
FT Result: 🟩 Won
FT Score: 🟩 5-2
Last 5: 🟩 🟥 🟩 🟨 🟩
MANAGERIAL RECORD

George Ramsay | 🏴 | 1886-1899
🕒 173 | 🟩 90 🟨 25 🟥 58 | 1.71
Villa Career Form:
Top 6
Games 🕒, Won 🟩, Drew 🟨, Lost 🟥, Points per Game
🟩 18 Jan 1894, Villa 5-2 Preston, Deepdale

MATCH OFFICIALS
Referee: J. Fox | 🏴 | Sheffield
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
🟩 18 Jan 1894, Villa 5-2 Preston, Deepdale

TEAM NEWS
TEAM STATS
Villa make two changes from the team that drew with Wednesday, Jim Elliott, Bob Chatt and come in with Jimmy Welford and Albert Brown dropping out.
Starting XI Average Age
| 25.19 |
Oldest Player |
F Dennis Hodgetts | 30.16 |
Youngest Player |
W Charlie Athersmith | 21.71 |
🟩 18 Jan 1894, Villa 5-2 Preston, Deepdale
MANAGER
George Ramsay | 🏴 | 1886-1899

Aston Villa
GK Bill Dunning | 🏴 |
D John Baird | 🏴 |
CB Jimmy Cowan | 🏴 | ⚽ | ⚽ |
FB Jim Elliott | 🏴 |
M Jack Reynolds | 🏴 | 🔥 |
M George Russell | 🏴 |
W Charlie Athersmith | 🏴 |
W Albert Woolley | 🏴 |
F Jack Devey | 🏴 | ⚽ | ⚽ |
F Dennis Hodgetts | 🏴 | 🔥 | ⚽ | 🔥 |
F Bob Chatt | 🏴 |
MANAGER
E.H. Bahr | 🏴 |

Preston North End
Trainor
R. Holmes
Drummond
J. Holmes
Grier
Ball
John Cowan
Connor
Saunders
Beckton
Cunningham
🟩 18 Jan 1894, Villa 5-2 Preston, Deepdale
SUBSTITUTES

No Substitutions permitted in period
SUBSTITUTES
No Substitutions Permitted in Period

🟩 18 Jan 1894, Villa 5-2 Preston, Deepdale
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
🟩 18 Jan 1894, Villa 5-2 Preston, Deepdale

MATCHDAY SQUAD BIOGRAPHIES
STARTING XI
🕒 | ✅ | ⚽ | 🔥 | 🟩 | 🟨 | 🟥 | 🥅 | ⛔ | Yellow | Red | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
GK Bill Dunning | 🏴 | |
SUBSTITUTES
Player | 🕒 | 🔁 | ⚽ | 🔥 | 🟩 | 🟨 | 🟥 | 🥅 | ⛔ | Yellow | Red |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
UNUSED
Player | 🇺 |
---|---|
Games 🕒, Starts ✅, Substitute 🔁, Goals ⚽, Assists 🔥, Won 🟩, Drew 🟨, Lost 🟥, Conceded 🥅, Clean Sheets ⛔, Unused Substitute 🇺
🟩 18 Jan 1894, Villa 5-2 Preston, Deepdale
SQUAD STATS

SQUAD STATS

🟩 18 Jan 1894, Villa 5-2 Preston, Deepdale
MATCHDAY SQUAD

MATCHDAY SQUAD

🟩 18 Jan 1894, Villa 5-2 Preston, Deepdale
UNAVAILABLE

FB Jimmy Welford | 🏴 |
M Willie Groves | 🏴 |
UNAVAILABLE

Not Recorded
LEAGUE TABLE



MATCHDAY PROGRAMME


🟩 18 Jan 1894, Villa 5-2 Preston, Deepdale


MATCH QUOTES
🟩 18 Jan 1894, Villa 5-2 Preston, Deepdale


MATCH REPORTS









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Friday, 19 January 1894
🟩 18 Jan 1894, Villa 5-2 Preston, Deepdale

