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Game #262

Aston Villa

11-3-7, 25 PTS

Thursday, 26 December 1895

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Won

3rd

Last 5: 🟩 🟥 🟩 🟥 🟩

Division One

Wolverhampton Wanderers

6-1-10 13 PTS

Molineux

Attendance: 22,200

🟩 26 Dec 1895, Villa 2-1 Wolves, Molineux

Wolves

1-2

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Aston Villa

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Assist(s) | Charlie Athersmith | 1-1 | Referee Rourke | 2-1 |

🟩 26 Dec 1895, Villa 2-1 Wolves, Molineux

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MATCH TIMELINE

Thursday, 26 December 1895

🥅 | 20’ Goal, 0-1 (Wolverhampton Wanderers), Owen
🕒 | HT Wolverhampton Wanderers 1-0 Aston Villa
⚽ | Goal, 1-1, Steve Smith, Assist by Charlie Athersmith
⚽ | Goal, 2-1, Howard Spencer, referee Rourke's leg
🕒 | FT Wolverhampton Wanderers 1-2 Aston Villa

Match Statistics

Not recorded

🟩 26 Dec 1895, Villa 2-1 Wolves, Molineux

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ON THIS DAY

Thursday, 26 December 1895

  • Steve Smith opened the scoring as Villa win for only the third time in seven, via the referee's leg, and remain in third place in the table but are now only two points behind leaders Everton with a game in hand.

🟩 26 Dec 1895, Villa 2-1 Wolves, Molineux

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DEBUT APPEARANCES

None

FINAL APPEARANCES

None

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Aston Villa

League Champions: 🏆
FA Cup Winners: 🏆🏆
Last Trophy: 1894–95

Wolverhampton Wanderers

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League Champions: ❌
FA Cup Winners: 🏆
Last Trophy: 1892-93

Aston Villa

Wolverhampton Wanderers

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FIXTURE HISTORY

Villa v

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Wolverhampton Wanderers

Previous 5 vs. Wolves: 🟥 🟩 🟨 🟩 🟨

Wolverhampton Wanderers

PREVIOUS MATCH

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Wolverhampton Wanderers

SUBSEQUENT MATCH

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FIXTURE DETAILS

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Season | 1895-96 |
Matchday | #18 |
League Match | #18 |
Manager Game | #236 |
Thursday, 26 December 1895

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🟩 26 Dec 1895, Villa 2-1 Wolves, Molineux

MATCH SUMMARY

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Manager: George Ramsay | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | Glasgow, 1886-1926 led Management Committee
Referee: Rourke | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
HT Score: 🟥 0-1
FT Result: 🟩 Won
FT Score: 🟩 2-1
Last 5: 🟩 🟥 🟩 🟥 🟩

Scorers
Timeline
On This Day
Trophies
Matches
Fixture

MANAGERIAL RECORD

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George Ramsay | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | 1886-1899

GAMES | WINS | DRAWS | LOSSES | POINTS PER GAME

🕒 236 | 🟩 129 🟨 35 🟥 72 | 1.79

Villa Career Form:

Top 6

ALL THE MATCHES LED BY:

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George Ramsay | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | 1886-1899

🟩 26 Dec 1895, Villa 2-1 Wolves, Molineux

MATCH OFFICIALS

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Referee: Rourke | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

ALL THE MATCHES REFEREED BY:

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CARDS

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🟩 26 Dec 1895, Villa 2-1 Wolves, Molineux

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TEAM NEWS

TEAM STATS

Villa named an unchanged line up for the second successive game.

Starting XI Average Age
| 25.09 |

Oldest Player |
F Dennis Hodgetts | 32.10 |

Youngest Player |
FB Howard Spencer | 20.36 |

Referee
Manager

🟩 26 Dec 1895, Villa 2-1 Wolves, Molineux

MANAGER

George Ramsay | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | 1886-1899

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Aston Villa

GK Harry Wilkes | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
FB Howard Spencer | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | ⚽ |
FB Jimmy Welford | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Jack Reynolds | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Jimmy Crabtree | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
W Charlie Athersmith | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 🔥 |
W Steve Smith | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | ⚽ |
F Dennis Hodgetts | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
F Jack Devey | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
F Johnny Campbell | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
F Bob Chatt | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

MANAGER

Jack Addenbrooke | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

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Wolverhampton Wanderers

Rose
Dunn
Baugh
Owen
Malpass
Nurse
Black
Wood
Bests
Henderson
R. Topham

Line Ups

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SUBSTITUTES

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No Substitutions permitted in period

SUBSTITUTES

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No Substitutions Permitted in Period

Substitutes

🟩 26 Dec 1895, Villa 2-1 Wolves, Molineux

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

🟩 26 Dec 1895, Villa 2-1 Wolves, Molineux

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MATCHDAY SQUAD BIOGRAPHIES

STARTING XI

* This Game

Game
Start
Goal
Assist
Win
Draw
Loss
Goal Conceded
Clean Sheet
Yellow
Red
GK Harry Wilkes | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

SUBSTITUTES

Game
Sub
Goal
Assist
Win
Draw
Loss
Goal Conceded
Clean Sheet
Yellow
Red

UNUSED

Unused
Squad Bios

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SQUAD STATS

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SQUAD STATS

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MATCHDAY SQUAD

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MATCHDAY SQUAD

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UNAVAILABLE

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LEAGUE TABLE

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MATCHDAY PROGRAMME

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Tables & Programmes

🟩 26 Dec 1895, Villa 2-1 Wolves, Molineux

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MATCH QUOTES

“The Wanderers’ back division was again soon troubled, as the Villa ran down in a determined manner. Rose saved a couple of hot shots, but a minute later the ball glanced off the referee’s leg into the net, and the Villa were placed in front. The decision of the referee appeared to create much surprises even among the Villa players who were quite overjoyed at their good fortune.”
Quotes

🟩 26 Dec 1895, Villa 2-1 Wolves, Molineux

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MATCH REPORTS

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*The Manchester Courier and Lancashire General Advertiser*
Friday, 27 December 1895

Wolverhampton Wanderers v. Aston Villa. Played at Wolverhampton, in frosty weather, before 15,000 spectators. Both sides were fully represented. The Wanderers played Topham on the right wing. The ground was hard and foothold difficult. The Wanderers scored through Owen in 20 minutes. Villa pressed for a long time after this reverse, but could not break through. Half-time score : Wanderers, one goal; Villa, nil The second half play was of an even character. Wilkes saved a shot from Wood, and Rose fisted twice in rapid succession, but could not stop from one from Smith, and then the Villa scored again soon after. Out of a scrummage later the Wanderers made several efforts to get on level terms, but failed, and Aston could not increase the score. Final Score : Villa 2 Wolverhampton Wanderers 1
Reports

🟩 26 Dec 1895, Villa 2-1 Wolves, Molineux

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