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Game #371

Aston Villa

Saturday, 18 March 1899

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Drew

1st=

LLDDD

Division One

Blackburn Rovers

Ewood Park

Attendance: 10,000

🟨 18 Mar 1899, Villa 0-0 Blackburn, Ewood

Blackburn Rovers

0-0

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Aston Villa

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Assists(s) | Not recorded

🟨 18 Mar 1899, Villa 0-0 Blackburn, Ewood

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MATCH TIMELINE
Saturday, 18 March 1899

HT Blackburn Rovers 0-0 Aston Villa
FT Blackburn Rovers 0-0 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

🟨 18 Mar 1899, Villa 0-0 Blackburn, Ewood

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ON THIS DAY
Saturday, 18 March 1899
Villa hadn’t won in 6 games and hadn’t scored in 4 out of the last 5 games whilst scoring just twice. Despite this Villa remained in first place in the table ahead of Liverpool on goal ratio and with a single game in hand over their nearest rivals with 8 games to play.

🟨 18 Mar 1899, Villa 0-0 Blackburn, Ewood

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DEBUT APPEARANCES

FINAL APPEARANCES

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

Aston Villa

League Champions: 🏆🏆🏆🏆
FA Cup Winners: 🏆🏆🏆
Last Trophy: 1896–97

Blackburn Rovers

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League Champions: ❌
FA Cup Winners: 🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆
Last Trophy: 1890–91

FIXTURE HISTORY
Blackburn Rovers
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Previous 5 vs. Blackburn: | 🟩 | 🟩 | 🟥 | 🟩 | 🟩 |

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

🟨 18 Mar 1899, Villa 0-0 Blackburn, Ewood

FIXTURE DETAILS
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Season | 1898-99 |
Matchday | #28 |
League Match | #26 |
Manager Game | #345 |
Saturday, 18 March 1899

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🟨 18 Mar 1899, Villa 0-0 Blackburn, Ewood

MATCH SUMMARY
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Manager | George Ramsay led Management Committee |
FT Score | 0-0 |
FT Result | Drew |
Last 5 Games | LLDDD |

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

🕒 345 | 🟩 193 🟨 55 🟥 97 | 1.84

Villa Career Form:

Top 4

George Ramsay | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | 1886-1926

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

🟨 18 Mar 1899, Villa 0-0 Blackburn, Ewood

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MATCH OFFICIALS

REFEREE PROFILE

VAR PROFILE (from 2021)

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

🟨 18 Mar 1899, Villa 0-0 Blackburn, Ewood

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TEAM NEWS
TEAM STATS

In one change from the Charity Shield line up, Howard Spencer returns for Albert Evans.

Starting XI Average Age
| 25.90 |

Oldest Player |
CB Jimmy Cowan | 30.44 |

Youngest Player |
CF Billy Garraty | 20.46 |

Referee

🟨 18 Mar 1899, Villa 0-0 Blackburn, Ewood

MANAGER

George Ramsay | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | 1886-1926

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Aston Villa

GK Billy George |
CB Jimmy Cowan |
FB Charlie Aston |
FB Howard Spencer |
M Tommy Bowman |
M Jimmy Crabtree |
W Charlie Athersmith |
W Steve Smith |
F Fred Wheldon |
F George Johnson |
CF Billy Garraty |

MANAGER

Joseph Warmsley | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

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Blackburn Rovers

Line Ups

🟨 18 Mar 1899, Villa 0-0 Blackburn, Ewood

SUBSTITUTES
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No Substitutions permitted in period

SUBSTITUTES

No Substitutions Permitted in Period

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Substitutes

🟨 18 Mar 1899, Villa 0-0 Blackburn, Ewood

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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🟨 18 Mar 1899, Villa 0-0 Blackburn, Ewood

MATCHDAY SQUAD BIOGRAPHIES
STARTING XI
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🟨
🟥
🥅
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Red
GK Billy George | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
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

🟨 18 Mar 1899, Villa 0-0 Blackburn, Ewood

SQUAD STATS
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SQUAD STATS
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🟨 18 Mar 1899, Villa 0-0 Blackburn, Ewood

MATCHDAY SQUAD
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MATCHDAY SQUAD
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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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🟨 18 Mar 1899, Villa 0-0 Blackburn, Ewood

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MATCH QUOTES
"The game went much more in favour of the Rovers as the end approached. There was some foul play. The referee walked to both linesmen and the result of his consultation was that a penalty was given. This was taken twice by Booth, as on the first occasion George ran off his mark, but the chance was missed both times. In the scrummage the Villa escaped with a corner. Just on time the Rovers took a corner, and before the whistles blew the Villa goal had another narrow escape."
Quotes

🟨 18 Mar 1899, Villa 0-0 Blackburn, Ewood

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MATCH REPORTS

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*The Sporting Life*
Monday, 20 March 1899
THE FOOTBALL LEAGUE. THE VILLA NOT SETTLED YET. THE BRUMS AT TOP AGAIN DIVISION 1. BLACKBURN ROVERS V. ASTON VILLA. These old-time rivals, keen rivals before the formation of the League, a decade ago, met at Blackburn on Saturday, before a crowd of 12,000 spectators, on perfect ground, in grand weather. The only drawback was a choppy wind which blew across the field. The Rovers had to face this in the first half.and the Villans were not long in coming in to close quarters. Athersmith, Wheldon, and Johnson all putting in shots, which, however, scarcely resembled what one usually expects from the Villans. Time, and again the Rovers broke loose and romped up the field, but they found Crabtree, Spencer, and Aston a hard lot to beat, while the last line in George proved equally difficult to negotiate. Once the Rovers netted the ball from free kick, but as no second player had touched it, the point did not count. Up to half-time the game fluctuated a lot but when half-way been reached there no score. With wind behind them on the resumption, it was generally anticipated that the Rovers would make matters even. They went off at a great speed, and twice, in double-quick time, George did well to get rid of shots from Blackburn and Hulse. Then Jimmy Cowan was to the fore with a beautiful bit of passing and tackling, but Garraty made a terrible bungle when in a nice position. The Rovers’ defence, however, never gave their opponents time to settle or steady themselves, their halves being exceedingly vigorous all through. Play ranged from end to end, and once, after Athersmith had hit the uprights at the base, the Rovers citadel had a narrow escape, for the ball had scarcely crawled over the line before Smith had got to it. Had he been a yard faster Thompson, the home custodian, could not possibly have saved. The game went much more in favour of the Rovers as the end approached. There was some foul play. The referee walked to both linesmen and the result of his consultation was that a penalty was given. This was taken twice by Booth, as on the first occasion George ran off his mark, but the chance was missed both times. In the scrummage the Villa escaped with a corner. Just on time the Rovers took a corner, and before the whistles blew the Villa goal had another narrow escape.
Reports

🟨 18 Mar 1899, Villa 0-0 Blackburn, Ewood

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