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Game #21

Aston Villa

Monday, 3 November 1884

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Won

1st Round

Last 5: 🟩 🟩 🟩 🟥 🟩

FA Cup

Wednesbury Town

Wellington Road, Perry Barr

Attendance: 4,000

🟩 3 Nov 1884, Villa 4-1 Wednesbury Town, Wellington Road

Aston Villa

4-1

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Wednesbury Town

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Assist(s) | Fred Dawson | 2-0 | 3-0 | Howard Vaughton | 4-0 |

🟩 3 Nov 1884, Villa 4-1 Wednesbury Town, Wellington Road

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MATCH TIMELINE

Monday, 3 November 1884

🟢 | 1' Debut, Albert Brown
⚽ | Goal, 1-0, Arthur Brown
⚽ | Goal, 2-0, Arthur Brown, Assist by Fred Dawson
🥅 | Goal, 2-1, (Wednesbury Town), G. Wood
🕒 | HT Aston Villa 2-1 Wednesbury Town
⚽ | Goal, 3-0, Albert Brown, Assist by Fred Dawson
⚽ | Goal, 4-0, Archie Hunter, Assist by Howard Vaughton
🕒 | FT Aston Villa 4-1 Wednesbury Town

Match Statistics

Not recorded

🟩 3 Nov 1884, Villa 4-1 Wednesbury Town, Wellington Road

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ON THIS DAY

Monday, 3 November 1884

  • Villa face Wednesbury Town for the first time in competitive football, Town become the 10th team that the Villa first team has played in League or Cup football.

  • Back Alf Harvey made his debut as a Goalkeeper whilst forward Albert Brown made his FA Cup debut for Villa as Villa win at Wellington Road in the first round.

🟩 3 Nov 1884, Villa 4-1 Wednesbury Town, Wellington Road

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DEBUT APPEARANCES

🟢 W Albert Brown | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

FINAL APPEARANCES

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Aston Villa

FA Cup Winners: ❌
Last Trophy: ❌

Wednesbury Town

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FA Cup Winners: ❌
Last Trophy: ❌

Aston Villa

Wednesbury Town

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FIXTURE HISTORY

Villa v

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Wednesbury Town

Previous 5 vs. Wednesbury Town: None

Wednesbury Town

PREVIOUS MATCH

None
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Wednesbury Town

SUBSEQUENT MATCH

None

🟩 3 Nov 1884, Villa 4-1 Wednesbury Town, Wellington Road

FIXTURE DETAILS

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Season | 1884-85 |
Matchday | #1 |
Manager Game | #21 |
Monday, 3 November 1884

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🟩 3 Nov 1884, Villa 4-1 Wednesbury Town, Wellington Road

MATCH SUMMARY

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Manager: Management Committee 1879-86
Referee: Unknown
HT Score: 🟩 2-1
FT Result: 🟩 Won
FT Score: 🟩 4-1
Last 5: 🟩 🟩 🟩 🟥 🟩

Scorers
Timeline
On This Day
Trophies
Matches
Fixture

MANAGERIAL RECORD

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GAMES | WINS | DRAWS | LOSSES | POINTS PER GAME

🕒 21 | 🟩 | 14 🟨 | 3 🟥 4 | 2.14

Villa Career Form:

Champions

ALL THE MATCHES LED BY:

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Management Committee 1879-86

🟩 3 Nov 1884, Villa 4-1 Wednesbury Town, Wellington Road

MATCH OFFICIALS

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Referee: Unknown
Cards None

ALL THE MATCHES REFEREED BY:

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CARDS

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None

None

🟩 3 Nov 1884, Villa 4-1 Wednesbury Town, Wellington Road

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TEAM NEWS

TEAM STATS

Villa hand FA Cup debuts to Alf Harvey (as a goalkeeper) & Albert Brown.

Starting XI Average Age:
| 25.15 |

Oldest Player:
IL Eli Davis | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 28.95 |

Youngest Player:
W Albert Brown | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 22.84 |

Referee
Manager

🟩 3 Nov 1884, Villa 4-1 Wednesbury Town, Wellington Road

MANAGER

Management Committee 1879-86

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Aston Villa

GK Alf Harvey | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
B Joe Simmonds | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
B Tom Riddell | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
B Robert Price | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
HB Fred Dawson | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 🔥 | 🔥 |
HB Arthur Brown | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | ⚽ | ⚽ |
IL Eli Davis | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
IL Howard Vaughton | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 🔥 |
IR Albert Brown | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 🟢 | ⚽ |
CF Olly Whateley | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CF Archie Hunter | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | ⚽ |

MANAGER

Unknown

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Wednesbury Town

GK Tetstell,
B W. Whitehouse
B R. Whitehouse
HB Evetts
HB Waldron
HB J. Shinton
RW Danks
RW Jones
LW H. Wood H,
LW G. Wood | ⚽ |
CF A. Woodcock

Line Ups

🟩 3 Nov 1884, Villa 4-1 Wednesbury Town, Wellington Road

SUBSTITUTES

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No Substitutions permitted in period

SUBSTITUTES

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No Substitutions Permitted in Period

Substitutes

🟩 3 Nov 1884, Villa 4-1 Wednesbury Town, 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

🟩 3 Nov 1884, Villa 4-1 Wednesbury Town, Wellington Road

SQUAD STATS

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

SQUAD STATS

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

🟩 3 Nov 1884, Villa 4-1 Wednesbury Town, Wellington Road

MATCHDAY SQUAD

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MATCHDAY SQUAD

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🟩 3 Nov 1884, Villa 4-1 Wednesbury Town, Wellington Road

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

🟩 3 Nov 1884, Villa 4-1 Wednesbury Town, Wellington Road

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MATCH QUOTES

"In the second section of the game, the Villa had matters nearly all their own way."
Quotes

🟩 3 Nov 1884, Villa 4-1 Wednesbury Town, Wellington Road

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MATCH REPORTS

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*Sporting Life*
Tuesday, 4 November 1884

ASTON VILLA v. WEDNESBURY TOWN. These teams, drawn together in the first round of the Cup, met at Perry Barr, Birmingham, to decide the tie yesterday. There were fully 4,000 spectators present, and much enthusiasm was manifested during the game, a large number of the Wednesbury team’s partisans being present. Although playing uphill in the first half, the Villa at once commenced aggressive tactics. Woodcock at length relieved the pressure, but Archie Hunter getting possession enabled the Villa to again assume the offensive. After repeated onslaughts on the town citadel, the Villa obtained a corner, from which a goal was scored. An appeal for foul proved unsuccessful. Almost immediately afterwards Arthur Brown added a second for the Villa, which was followed by one for the visitors, put through by G. Wood. Nothing further was done up to half-time. In the second section of the game, the Villa had matters nearly all their own way, and scored a couple of additional goals, one from Albert Brown, and the other from Archie Hunter. Towards the end of the match the Wednesbury Town worked hard, but were unable to score, and the game ended in a win for the Villa four goals to one goal.
Reports

🟩 3 Nov 1884, Villa 4-1 Wednesbury Town, Wellington Road

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