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Game #339

Aston Villa

Saturday, 26 March 1898

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Lost

4th

LWWWL

Division One

Nottingham Forest

Town Ground

Attendance: 7,000

🟥 26 Mar 1898, Villa 1-3 Forest, Town Ground

Nottingham Forest

3-1

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Aston Villa (Champions)

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Assists(s) | Not recorded

🟥 26 Mar 1898, Villa 1-3 Forest, Town Ground

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MATCH TIMELINE
Saturday, 26 March 1898

[Exact timings not recorded]
20’ Goal, 0-1, (Nottingham Forest)
Goal, 0-2, (Nottingham Forest)
Goal, 0-3, (Nottingham Forest)
Missed penalty, James Fisher
HT Nottingham Forest 3-0 Aston Villa
Goal, 1-3, James Fisher
FT Nottingham Forest 3-1 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

🟥 26 Mar 1898, Villa 1-3 Forest, Town Ground

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ON THIS DAY
Saturday, 26 March 1898
Reigning Champions Villa lose for the first time in four but so do the League leaders Sheffield United who remain 6 points ahead of Villa with 8 points available.

🟥 26 Mar 1898, Villa 1-3 Forest, Town Ground

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DEBUT APPEARANCES

FINAL APPEARANCES

Seasons | 🕒 Games | ✅ Starts (🔁 Subs) | ⚽ Goals | 🔥 Assists | 🇺 Unused | Player Number |

Aston Villa

Nottingham Forest

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

FIXTURE HISTORY
Nottingham Forest
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Previous 5 vs. Forest: | 🟩 | 🟩 | 🟩 | 🟩 | 🟩 |

League 🕒 11 | 🟩 9 | 🟨 0 | 🟥 2 | ⚽ 29 | 🥅 17 |
FA Cup 🕒 3 | 🟩 3 | 🟨 0 | 🟥 0 | ⚽ 12 | 🥅 4 |
Away 🕒 7 | 🟩 5 | 🟨 0 | 🟥 2 | ⚽ 17 | 🥅 13 |

Games 🕒, Won 🟩, Drew 🟨, Lost 🟥, Goals Scored ⚽, Goals Conceded 🥅

Nottingham Forest

PREVIOUS MATCH
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Nottingham Forest

SUBSEQUENT MATCH

🟥 26 Mar 1898, Villa 1-3 Forest, Town Ground

FIXTURE DETAILS
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Season | 1897-98 |
Matchday | #27 |
League Match | #26 |
Manager Game | #313 |
Saturday, 26 March 1898

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🟥 26 Mar 1898, Villa 1-3 Forest, Town Ground

MATCH SUMMARY
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Manager | George Ramsay led Management Committee |
Referee: Tom Armitt | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Leek
FT Score | 1-3 |
FT Result | Lost |
Last 5 Games | LWWWL |

Scorers
Timeline
On This Day
Trophies
Fixture
Manager
MANAGERIAL RECORD
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George Ramsay | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | 1886-1926

🕒 313 | 🟩 177 🟨 48 🟥 88 | 1.85

Villa Career Form:

Top 4

George Ramsay | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | 1886-1926

Games 🕒, Won 🟩, Drew 🟨, Lost 🟥, Points per Game

🟥 26 Mar 1898, Villa 1-3 Forest, Town Ground

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MATCH OFFICIALS

Referee: Tom Armitt | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Leek, 1892-

VAR PROFILE (from 2021)

CARDS
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None

CARDS
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None

Won 🟩, Drew 🟨, Lost 🟥, Notably poor performance 🆘, Cards 🟨 Booking, Cards 🟥 Sending off, Disallowed ❌ Goal disallowed, ⚽ Penalty for, 🥅 Penalty against, ❌ Penalty Disallowed

🟥 26 Mar 1898, Villa 1-3 Forest, Town Ground

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TEAM NEWS
TEAM STATS

Villa name an unchanged line up from the team that beat Bury last time out.

Starting XI Average Age
| 25.16 |

Oldest Player |
CB Jimmy Cowan | 29.46 |

Youngest Player |
W Jack Sharp | 20.12 |

Referee

🟥 26 Mar 1898, Villa 1-3 Forest, Town Ground

MANAGER

George Ramsay | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | 1886-1926

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Aston Villa

GK Jimmy Whitehouse |
CB Jimmy Cowan |
FB Albert Evans |
M Jimmy Crabtree |
M Tommy Bowman |
W Jack Sharp |
W Steve Smith |
W Charlie Athersmith |
F Bob Chatt |
F James Fisher |
F Fred Wheldon |

MANAGER

Harry Hallam | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

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Nottingham Forest

Line Ups

🟥 26 Mar 1898, Villa 1-3 Forest, Town Ground

SUBSTITUTES
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No Substitutions permitted in period

SUBSTITUTES

No Substitutions permitted in period

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Substitutes

🟥 26 Mar 1898, Villa 1-3 Forest, Town Ground

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

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🟥 26 Mar 1898, Villa 1-3 Forest, Town Ground

MATCHDAY SQUAD BIOGRAPHIES
STARTING XI
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🟨
🟥
🥅
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Red
GK Jimmy Whitehouse | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
SUBSTITUTES
Player
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🔁
🔥
🟩
🟨
🟥
🥅
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Red
UNUSED
Player
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Games 🕒, Starts ✅, Substitute 🔁, Goals ⚽, Assists 🔥, Won 🟩, Drew 🟨, Lost 🟥, Conceded 🥅, Clean Sheets ⛔, Unused Substitute 🇺

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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Not Recorded

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LEAGUE TABLE
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Tables & Programmes
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MATCHDAY PROGRAMME
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🟥 26 Mar 1898, Villa 1-3 Forest, Town Ground

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MATCH QUOTES
"The visitors were awarded a penalty kick, which was taken by Fisher. He, however, kicked over the barrier amid derisive laughter."
Quotes

🟥 26 Mar 1898, Villa 1-3 Forest, Town Ground

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MATCH REPORTS

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*The Sporting Life*
Monday, 28 March 1898
NOTTS FOREST V. ASTON VILLA. This match was played on the City Grounds, Nottingham on Saturday afternoon, in the presence something like 4,930 spectators. More would have assembled had the weather been of a more propitious character. As it was, the most tempestuous wind raged from the north-east, and at times rain and sleet fell in almost blinding fashion. Scientific football was out of the question. The Forest men, following their victory over Southampton St. Mary’s at the Crystal Palace Grounds on Thursday, met with a fine reception. Several alterations were made in the constitution of the local team. M’Innes, Allsop, and Wragg were given a rest, their places being filled by Bradshaw. Martin and Peter M'Cracken. Aston Villa had a strong eleven, and their support seemed unusually sanguine of success. The locals won the toss, and of course, had the benefit of the wind - and such a wind, too. The forwards early began to press, and when the game had been in progress about twenty minutes Penbow, from the centre, shot the first goal. This was succeeded by one from the foot of Capes, inside left, and before the cross-over a third was obtained Benbow. The visitors were awarded a penalty kick, which was taken by Fisher. He, however, kicked over the barrier amid derisive laughter. The interval was reached with the score standing at 3 to 0 in favour of the Reds. In the second half the visitors were seen to more advantage, the wind assisting their operation very considerably. Fisher, inside right, shot through the Forest goal after some short passing, and later on he was again dangerous. In the end the Forest men triumphed throe goals to one. The game throughout was of a most erratic description, in consequence of the violence the wind, combined with blizzard storms at frequent intervals.
Reports

🟥 26 Mar 1898, Villa 1-3 Forest, Town Ground

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