Game #393

Aston Villa

Monday, 13 November 1899

Won

2nd

LWLDW

Division One

Stoke

Victoria Ground

Attendance: 15,000

🟩 13 Nov 1899, Villa 2-0 Stoke, Victoria Ground

Stoke

0-2

Aston Villa (Champions)

Scorer(s) | Jim Garfield | Jack Devey |

Assists(s) | Not recorded

🟩 13 Nov 1899, Villa 2-0 Stoke, Victoria Ground

MATCH TIMELINE

Monday, 13 November 1899

[Exact timings not recorded]
Goal, 1-0, Jim Garfield
Goal, 2-0, Jack Devey
HT Stoke 0-2 Aston Villa
Missed penalty (Stoke)
FT Stoke 0-2 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

🟩 13 Nov 1899, Villa 2-0 Stoke, Victoria Ground

ON THIS DAY

Monday, 13 November 1899

Winger Jim Garfield made his sole appearance for Villa aged 24, scoring to mark the occasion. Garfield had joined from Gravesend United and would later move on to Northampton Town. Courtesy of Garfield's goal Reigning Champions Villa move back to second place but Sunderland, now in third, have two games in hand.

🟩 13 Nov 1899, Villa 2-0 Stoke, Victoria Ground

DEBUT APPEARANCES

FINAL APPEARANCES

PREVIOUS MATCH

🟨 11 Nov 1899, Villa 0-0 Wolves, Villa Park

SUBSEQUENT MATCH

🟨 18 Nov 1899, Villa 3-3 Liverpool, Anfield

Aston Villa

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

Stoke

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

FIXTURE HISTORY

Stoke

Previous 5 vs. Stoke: | 🟩 | 🟨 | 🟨 | 🟩 | 🟥 |

All the matches

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

Stoke

PREVIOUS MATCH

🟥 31 Dec 1898, Villa 0-3 Stoke, Victoria Ground

Stoke

SUBSEQUENT MATCH

🟩 23 Dec 1899, Villa 4-1 Stoke, Villa Park

🟩 13 Nov 1899, Villa 2-0 Stoke, Victoria Ground

FIXTURE DETAILS

Season | 1899-00 |
Matchday | #14 |
League Match | #13 |
Manager Game | #367 |
Monday, 13 November 1899

🟩 13 Nov 1899, Villa 2-0 Stoke, Victoria Ground

MATCH SUMMARY

Scorers

Timeline

On This Day

Trophies

Fixture

Manager

MANAGERIAL RECORD

George Ramsay | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | 1886-1926

🕒 367 | 🟩 206 🟨 58 🟥 103 | 1.84

Villa Career Form:

Top 4

George Ramsay | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | 1886-1926

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

🟩 13 Nov 1899, Villa 2-0 Stoke, Victoria Ground

MATCH OFFICIALS

REFEREE PROFILE

VAR PROFILE (from 2021)

CARDS

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

🟩 13 Nov 1899, Villa 2-0 Stoke, Victoria Ground

TEAM NEWS

TEAM STATS

Villa make two changes from the team that drew with Wolves as Jim Garfield comes in for his debut and Howard Spencer returns in place of Bobby Templeton and Charlie Aston.

Referee

🟩 13 Nov 1899, Villa 2-0 Stoke, Victoria Ground

MANAGER

George Ramsay | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | 1886-1926

Aston Villa

MANAGER

Horace Austerberry | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

Stoke

Line Ups

🟩 13 Nov 1899, Villa 2-0 Stoke, Victoria Ground

SUBSTITUTES

No Substitutions permitted in period

SUBSTITUTES

No Substitutions Permitted in Period

Substitutes

🟩 13 Nov 1899, Villa 2-0 Stoke, Victoria Ground

UNUSED SUBSTITUTES

No Substitutions permitted in period

UNUSED SUBSTITUTES

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

🟩 13 Nov 1899, Villa 2-0 Stoke, Victoria Ground

MATCHDAY SQUAD BIOGRAPHIES

STARTING XI

	🕒	✅	⚽	🔥	🟩	🟨	🟥	🥅	⛔	Yellow	Red
GK Billy George \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \|

CB Chris Mann | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

SUBSTITUTES

Player	🕒	🔁	⚽	🔥	🟩	🟨	🟥	🥅	⛔	Yellow	Red

UNUSED

Player	🇺

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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MATCHDAY SQUAD

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UNAVAILABLE

Not recorded

UNAVAILABLE

Not Recorded

Unavailable

LEAGUE TABLE

Tables & Programmes

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MATCHDAY PROGRAMME

🟩 13 Nov 1899, Villa 2-0 Stoke, Victoria Ground

MATCH QUOTES

"Stoke played pluckily to the finish, but failed reduce Villa's lead. Result Aston Villa 2 goals. Stoke nil. "

Quotes

🟩 13 Nov 1899, Villa 2-0 Stoke, Victoria Ground

MATCH REPORTS

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The Liverpool Daily Post
Tuesday, 14 November 1899

ASTON VILLA v. STOKE. This match took place at Stoke yesterday. The home team were minus Eccles, the captain, for whom Capewell appeared, whilst the Villa were short of Athersmith, Cowan, and Crabtree. The gate numbered 12,000. The opening stages were finely contested. Stoke held an advantage for the first ten minutes, Kennedy and Maxwell shooting over. George made two fine saves from Johnson. Then Garfield scored an easy goal for the Villa, and Devey added another. Half time: Villa 2 goals. Stoke nil. Stoke attacked warmly in the second half. Maxwell shot just over, and subsequently missed a grand opportunity. The Villa goal then narrowly escaped in a hot scrimmage. Play continued in favour of Stoke, but both Parsons and Maxwell, the latter with a penalty, missed badly. Stoke afterwards forced several corners, but George kept his goal intact. The Villa reasserted themselves. Wilkes saved from Bowman. Stoke played pluckily to the finish, but failed reduce Villa's lead. Result Aston Villa 2 goals. Stoke nil.

Reports

🟩 13 Nov 1899, Villa 2-0 Stoke, Victoria Ground

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