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Game #36

Aston Villa

Saturday, 2 April 1887

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Won

Final

Last 5: 🟩 🟩 🟩 🟩 🟩

FA Cup

West Bromwich Albion

Kennington Oval, London

Attendance: 15,500

🟩 2 Apr 1887, Villa 2-0 Albion, Kennington Oval

Aston Villa

2-0

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West Brom

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🟩 2 Apr 1887, Villa 2-0 Albion, Kennington Oval

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MATCH TIMELINE
Saturday, 2 April 1887

🕒 | HT Aston Villa 0-0 West Bromwich Albion
⚽ | 60’ Goal, 1-0, Dennis Hodgetts
⚽ | 80' Goal, 2-0, Archie Hunter, Assist by Albert Brown
🕒 | FT Aston Villa 2-0 West Bromwich Albion

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

🟩 2 Apr 1887, Villa 2-0 Albion, Kennington Oval

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ON THIS DAY
Saturday, 2 April 1887
Secretary Manager George Ramsay's Villa secure their first major trophy and first FA Cup win as they vanquish West Bromwich Albion at the Oval thanks to goals from Dennis Hodgetts and Archie Hunter. Meanwhile, forwards Richmond Davis and Howard Vaughton made their final appearances for the Villa.

🟩 2 Apr 1887, Villa 2-0 Albion, Kennington Oval

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DEBUT APPEARANCES

FINAL APPEARANCES

🔴 F Richmond Davis | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 1885-87 | 🕒 12 | ⚽ 2 | 🔥 4 | #36 |
🔴 IL Howard Vaughton | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 1880-87 | 🕒 30 | ⚽ 10 | 🔥 3 | #15 |

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

Aston Villa

FA Cup Winners: 🏆
Last Trophy: 1886-87

West Bromwich Albion

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FA Cup Winners: ❌
Last Trophy: ❌

FIXTURE HISTORY
West Bromwich Albion
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Previous 5 vs. Albion: 🟨 🟥

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

West Bromwich Albion

PREVIOUS MATCH
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West Bromwich Albion

SUBSEQUENT MATCH

🟩 2 Apr 1887, Villa 2-0 Albion, Kennington Oval

FIXTURE DETAILS
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Season | 1886-87 |
Matchday | #10 |
Manager Game | #10 |
Saturday, 2 April 1887

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🟩 2 Apr 1887, Villa 2-0 Albion, Kennington Oval

MATCH SUMMARY
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Manager: George Ramsay | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | Glasgow, 1886-1926 led Management Committee
Referee: Francis Marindin | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | FA President, 1887-
HT Score: 🟨 0-0
FT Result: 🟩 Won
FT Score: 🟩 2-0
Last 5: 🟩 🟩 🟩 🟩 🟩

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

🕒 10 | 🟩 | 7 🟨 3 🟥 0 | 2.40

Villa Career Form:

Champions

George Ramsay | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | 1886-1926

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

🟩 2 Apr 1887, Villa 2-0 Albion, Kennington Oval

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MATCH OFFICIALS

Referee: Francis Marindin | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | FA President, 1887-
Umpires: Richard Gregson (Lancashire) and J C. Clegg (Sheffield).

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

🟩 2 Apr 1887, Villa 2-0 Albion, Kennington Oval

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TEAM NEWS
TEAM STATS

Villa named an unchanged line up for the sixth successive game as they tackled their first ever FA Cup final.

Starting XI Average Age:
| 24.83 |

Oldest Player:
HB Fred Dawson | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 28.35 |

Youngest Player:
B Frank Coulton | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 19.18 |

Referee

🟩 2 Apr 1887, Villa 2-0 Albion, Kennington Oval

MANAGER

George Ramsay | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | 1886-1926

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Aston Villa

GK Jimmy Warner | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
B Frank Coulton | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
B Joe Simmonds | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
HB Harry Yates | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
HB Fred Dawson | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
HB Jack Burton | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
IR Albert Brown | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 🔥 |
IL Howard Vaughton | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 🔴 |
F Richmond Davis | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 🔴 |
IL Dennis Hodgetts | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | ⚽ |
CF Archie Hunter | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | ⚽ |

MANAGER

Management Committee

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West Bromwich Albion

GK Bob Roberts | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
B Harry Green | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
B Albert Aldridge | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
HB George Timmins | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
HB Charlie Perry | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
HB Ezra Horton | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
LF Tom Pearson | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
LF W. Paddock
RF Tommy Green | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
RF George Woodhall | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CF Jem Bayliss | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

Line Ups

🟩 2 Apr 1887, Villa 2-0 Albion, Kennington Oval

SUBSTITUTES
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No Substitutions permitted in period

SUBSTITUTES

No Substitutions Permitted in Period

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Substitutes

🟩 2 Apr 1887, Villa 2-0 Albion, Kennington Oval

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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🟩 2 Apr 1887, Villa 2-0 Albion, Kennington Oval

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

Squad Bios

🟩 2 Apr 1887, Villa 2-0 Albion, Kennington Oval

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

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

🟩 2 Apr 1887, Villa 2-0 Albion, Kennington Oval

MATCHDAY SQUAD
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MATCHDAY SQUAD
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🟩 2 Apr 1887, Villa 2-0 Albion, Kennington Oval

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LEAGUE TABLE
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Tables & Programmes
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MATCHDAY PROGRAMME
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🟩 2 Apr 1887, Villa 2-0 Albion, Kennington Oval

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MATCH QUOTES
"The Albion men themselves exhibited an overweening confidence as to the result. They resented, with angry disdain, any hint that after all their opponents had an outside chance, and a prediction that the Villa would win was regarded as a deliberate insult, probably actuated by corrupt motives."
Quotes

🟩 2 Apr 1887, Villa 2-0 Albion, Kennington Oval

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MATCH REPORTS

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*The Birmingham Daily Post*
Thursday, 31 March 1887
Reports

🟩 2 Apr 1887, Villa 2-0 Albion, Kennington Oval

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