Game #21
Aston Villa
Monday, 3 November 1884

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

Wednesbury Town
Assist(s) | Fred Dawson | 2-0 | 3-0 | Howard Vaughton | 4-0 |
🟩 3 Nov 1884, Villa 4-1 Wednesbury Town, Wellington Road

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

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.
Aston Villa
FA Cup Winners: ❌
Last Trophy: ❌
Wednesbury Town

FA Cup Winners: ❌
Last Trophy: ❌
Wednesbury Town
PREVIOUS MATCH
Wednesbury Town
SUBSEQUENT MATCH
🟩 3 Nov 1884, Villa 4-1 Wednesbury Town, Wellington Road
FIXTURE DETAILS

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

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

Management Committee 1879-86
GAMES | WINS | DRAWS | LOSSES | POINTS PER GAME
🕒 21 | 🟩 | 14 🟨 | 3 🟥 4 | 2.14
Villa Career Form:
Champions
🟩 3 Nov 1884, Villa 4-1 Wednesbury Town, Wellington Road
MATCH OFFICIALS

Referee: Unknown
Cards None
🟩 3 Nov 1884, Villa 4-1 Wednesbury Town, Wellington Road

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 |
🟩 3 Nov 1884, Villa 4-1 Wednesbury Town, Wellington Road
MANAGER
Management Committee 1879-86

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

No Substitutions permitted in period
SUBSTITUTES
No Substitutions Permitted in Period
🟩 3 Nov 1884, Villa 4-1 Wednesbury Town, Wellington Road
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
🟩 3 Nov 1884, Villa 4-1 Wednesbury Town, Wellington Road

MATCHDAY SQUAD BIOGRAPHIES
STARTING XI
* This Game
Game | Start | Goal | Assist | Win | Draw | Loss | Goal Conceded | Clean Sheet | Yellow | Red | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
GK Alf Harvey | 🏴 | |
SUBSTITUTES
Game | Sub | Goal | Assist | Win | Draw | Loss | Goal Conceded | Clean Sheet | Yellow | Red | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
UNUSED
Unused | |
---|---|
🟩 3 Nov 1884, Villa 4-1 Wednesbury Town, Wellington Road
SQUAD STATS

Villa XI:
Home Nation 🏴 🏴 🏴 🇬🇧 : 11/11
SQUAD STATS
Wednesbury XI:
Home Nation 🏴 🏴 🏴 🇬🇧 : 11/11
🟩 3 Nov 1884, Villa 4-1 Wednesbury Town, Wellington Road
MATCHDAY SQUAD

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

Not recorded
UNAVAILABLE
Not Recorded
LEAGUE TABLE

MATCHDAY PROGRAMME

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

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

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