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Game #298

Aston Villa

14-4-4, 32 PTS

Monday, 8 February 1897

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Won

1st

Last 5: 🟥 🟩 🟩 🟩 🟩

Division One

Burnley

4-6-11, 14 PTS

Turf Moor

Attendance: 4,000

🟩 8 Feb 1897, Villa 4-3 Burnley, Turf Moor

Burnley

3-4

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Aston Villa (Champions)

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Assists(s) | Charlie Athersmith | 3-0 | Fred Wheldon | 4-2 |

🟩 8 Feb 1897, Villa 4-3 Burnley, Turf Moor

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MATCH TIMELINE

Monday, 8 February 1897

⚽ | Goal, 1-0, Johnny Campbell
⚽ | 5' Goal, 2-0, Jack Devey
⚽ | Goal, 3-0, Jack Devey, Assist by Charlie Athersmith
🥅 | 35' Goal, 3-1, (Burnley), Hugh Robertson
🥅 | Goal, 3-2, (Burnley), Wilf Toman
🕒 | HT Burnley 2-3 Aston Villa
⚽ | Goal, 4-2, Jack Devey, Assist by Fred Wheldon
🥅 | Goal, 4-3, (Burnley), David Black
🕒 | FT Burnley 3-4 Aston Villa

Match Statistics

Not recorded

🟩 8 Feb 1897, Villa 4-3 Burnley, Turf Moor

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ON THIS DAY

Monday, 8 February 1897

Reigning Champions Villa made it three consecutive League wins once again to leave them three points clear at the top of the table with a game in hand on nearest rivals Derby.

🟩 8 Feb 1897, Villa 4-3 Burnley, Turf Moor

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DEBUT APPEARANCES

FINAL APPEARANCES

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Aston Villa

League Champions: 🏆🏆
FA Cup Winners: 🏆🏆
Last Trophy: 1895-96

Burnley

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League Champions: ❌
FA Cup Winners: ❌
Last Trophy: ❌

Aston Villa

Burnley

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FIXTURE HISTORY

Villa v

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Burnley

Previous 5 vs. Burnley: 🟨 🟩 🟩 🟩 🟥

🟩 8 Feb 1897, Villa 4-3 Burnley, Turf Moor

FIXTURE DETAILS

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Season | 1896-97 |
Matchday | #23 |
League Match | #22 |
Manager Game | #272 |
Monday, 8 February 1897

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🟩 8 Feb 1897, Villa 4-3 Burnley, Turf Moor

MATCH SUMMARY

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Manager: George Ramsay | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | Glasgow, 1886-1926 led Management Committee
Referee: Tom Armitt | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Leek
HT Score: 🟩 3-2
FT Score: 🟩 4-3
FT Result: 🟩 Won
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

🕒 272 | 🟩 153 🟨 41 🟥 78 | 1.84

Villa Career Form:

Top 4

ALL THE MATCHES LED BY:

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George Ramsay | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | 1886-1899

🟩 8 Feb 1897, Villa 4-3 Burnley, Turf Moor

MATCH OFFICIALS

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Referee: Tom Armitt | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Leek

ALL THE MATCHES REFEREED BY:

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CARDS

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🟩 8 Feb 1897, Villa 4-3 Burnley, Turf Moor

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TEAM NEWS

TEAM STATS

Villa name an unchanged line up for the second consecutive time.

Starting XI Average Age
| 25.25 |

Oldest Player |
F Jack Devey | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 30.14 |

Youngest Player |
FB Howard Spencer | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 21.47 |

Referee
Manager

🟩 8 Feb 1897, Villa 4-3 Burnley, Turf Moor

MANAGER

George Ramsay | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | 1886-1899

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Aston Villa

Goalkeeper: Harry Wilkes | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
Back: Howard Spencer | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
Back: Albert Evans | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
Half Back: Jimmy Cowan | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
Half Back: Jimmy Crabtree | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
Half Back: Bob Chatt | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
Forward: Steve Smith | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
Forward: Charlie Athersmith | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 🔥 |
Forward: Fred Wheldon | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 🔥 |
Forward: Jack Devey | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | ⚽ | ⚽ | ⚽ |
Forward: Johnny Campbell | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | ⚽ |

MANAGER

Harry Bradshaw | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

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Burnley

Goalkeeper: Willie Tatham | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
Back: Jeremiah Reynolds | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
Back: Tom McLintock | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
Half Back: Walter Place Snr | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
Half Back: William Longair | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
Half Back: Joe Taylor | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
Forward: Wilf Toman | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
Forward: David Black | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
Forward: Hugh Robertson | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
Forward: Billy Bowes | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
Forward: Walter Place Jnr | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

Line Ups

🟩 8 Feb 1897, Villa 4-3 Burnley, Turf Moor

SUBSTITUTES

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No Substitutions permitted in period

SUBSTITUTES

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No Substitutions Permitted in Period

Substitutes

🟩 8 Feb 1897, Villa 4-3 Burnley, Turf Moor

UNUSED SUBSTITUTES

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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

🟩 8 Feb 1897, Villa 4-3 Burnley, Turf Moor

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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

🟩 8 Feb 1897, Villa 4-3 Burnley, Turf Moor

SQUAD STATS

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

SQUAD STATS

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

🟩 8 Feb 1897, Villa 4-3 Burnley, Turf Moor

MATCHDAY SQUAD

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Goalkeeper: Harry Wilkes | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

Back: Howard Spencer | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
Back: Albert Evans | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

Half Back: Jimmy Cowan | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
Half Back: Jimmy Crabtree | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
Half Back: Bob Chatt | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

Forward: Steve Smith | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
Forward: Charlie Athersmith | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
Forward: Fred Wheldon | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
Forward: Jack Devey | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
Forward: Johnny Campbell | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |

MATCHDAY SQUAD

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Goalkeeper: Willie Tatham | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

Back: Jeremiah Reynolds | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
Back: Tom McLintock | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |

Half Back: Walter Place Snr | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
Half Back: William Longair | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
Half Back: Joe Taylor | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

Forward: Wilf Toman | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
Forward: David Black | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
Forward: Hugh Robertson | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
Forward: Billy Bowes | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
Forward: Walter Place Jnr | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

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UNAVAILABLE

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Not recorded

UNAVAILABLE

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LEAGUE TABLE

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MATCHDAY PROGRAMME

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Tables & Programmes

🟩 8 Feb 1897, Villa 4-3 Burnley, Turf Moor

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MATCH QUOTES

"The whole of the Villa front rank came away in a body, and Campbell put on a goal with a lightning-like shot. Devey soon followed with a second, while again the same player scored from a perfect centre by Athersmith."
Quotes

🟩 8 Feb 1897, Villa 4-3 Burnley, Turf Moor

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MATCH REPORTS

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*The Sporting Life*
Tuesday, 9 February 1897

THE FOOTBALL LEAGUE. DIVISION I. BURNLEY v. ASTON VILLA. This League game, which was abandoned on the Burnley Ground on account of the state of the pitch on December 12, when the score stood at two to one in favour of the Villa, was replayed yesterday (Monday). The ground was heavy, and rain fell during a part of the game. The Birmingham team had been staying in Blackpool since playing Bury on Saturday, and turned up at full strength, while Burnley tried Toman on the wing and Robertson in centre. The Villans were not long in making it quite plain that they meant having the two points possible on the game. They played down the incline in the first half, and the speed and accurate play soon got the better of the home lot, Tatham twice saved from Campbell and Devey. The whole of the Villa front rank came away in a body, and Campbell put on a goal with a lightning-like shot. Devey soon followed with a second, while again the same player scored from a perfect centre by Athersmith. All these points had been scored in about a quarter of an hour. Burnley now played a lot better, and Wilkes and his backs were called on frequently. Ten minutes before half time Robertson scored after a corner. and then Toman put on a second, so that at the interval the Villa led by three to two. In the second half the Villa went off a great speed, and the home goal keeper had a hard time of it. He kept his charge grandly, hot shots from Campbell, Cowan, Devey, and Wheldon all coming nicely hand and being cleared. At length the home backs were beaten through a slip by Place, sen., who let in Wheldon. He got well up, turned over to Campbell, and this player scored. Burnley after half an hours play bucked up a lot and Place, jun. rushing in, turned the ball over to Black, who notched a third goal. Up to the end Burnley pressed but could not score, and the Villa won four goals to three.
Reports

🟩 8 Feb 1897, Villa 4-3 Burnley, Turf Moor

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