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Game #47

Aston Villa

5-1-1, 11 PTS

Saturday, 20 October 1888

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Won

2nd (-)

Last 5: 🟩 🟩 🟥 🟩 🟩

Football League

Bolton Wanderers

2-0-5, 4 PTS

Pike's Lane

Attendance: 8,000

🟩 20 Oct 1888, Villa 3-2 Bolton, Pike's Lane

Bolton Wanderers

2-3

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Aston Villa

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🟩 20 Oct 1888, Villa 3-2 Bolton, Pike's Lane

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MATCH TIMELINE

Saturday, 20 October 1888

🕒 | HT Bolton Wanderers 0-0 Aston Villa
🥅 | 46’ Goal, 0-1, (Bolton Wanderers)
⚽ | 49' Goal, 1-1, Dennis Hodgetts
🥅 | Goal, 1-2, (Bolton Wanderers), Barbour
⚽ | Goal, 2-2, Archie Hunter
⚽ | Goal, 3-2, Albert Allen
🕒 | FT Bolton Wanderers 2-3 Aston Villa

Match Statistics

Not recorded

🟩 20 Oct 1888, Villa 3-2 Bolton, Pike's Lane

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ON THIS DAY

Saturday, 20 October 1888

  • Villa face Bolton Wanderers for the first time in competitive football, Bolton become the 25th team that the Villa first team has played in League or Cup football.

  • Villa win their second consecutive game and make it 5 wins in 7 league games in the inaugural Football League. Still no League clean sheet however.

🟩 20 Oct 1888, Villa 3-2 Bolton, Pike's Lane

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DEBUT APPEARANCES

FINAL APPEARANCES

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Aston Villa

League Champions: ❌
FA Cup Winners: 🏆
Last Trophy: 1886-87

Bolton Wanderers

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

Aston Villa

Bolton Wanderers

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FIXTURE HISTORY

Villa v

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Bolton Wanderers

Previous 5 vs. Bolton: None

Bolton Wanderers

PREVIOUS MATCH

None
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Bolton Wanderers

SUBSEQUENT MATCH

🟩 20 Oct 1888, Villa 3-2 Bolton, Pike's Lane

FIXTURE DETAILS

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Season | 1888-89 |
Matchday | #7 |
League Match | #7 |
Manager Game | #21 |
Saturday, 20 October 1888

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🟩 20 Oct 1888, Villa 3-2 Bolton, Pike's Lane

MATCH SUMMARY

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Manager: George Ramsay | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | Glasgow, 1886-1926 led Management Committee
Referee: Unknown
HT Score: 🟨 0-0
FT Result: 🟩 Won
FT Score: 🟩 3-2
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

🕒 21 | 🟩 | 15 🟨 4 🟥 2 | 2.33

Villa Career Form:

Champions

ALL THE MATCHES LED BY:

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George Ramsay | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | 1886-1899

🟩 20 Oct 1888, Villa 3-2 Bolton, Pike's Lane

MATCH OFFICIALS

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Referee: Unknown
Cards: None

ALL THE MATCHES REFEREED BY:

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CARDS

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None

None

🟩 20 Oct 1888, Villa 3-2 Bolton, Pike's Lane

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TEAM NEWS

TEAM STATS

Harry Devey returns with new signing Archie Goodall missing out through injury.

Starting XI Average Age:
| 25.59 |

Oldest Player:
CF Archie Hunter | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | 29.10 |

Youngest Player:
B Frank Coulton | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 20.73 |

Referee
Manager

🟩 20 Oct 1888, Villa 3-2 Bolton, Pike's Lane

MANAGER

George Ramsay | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | 1886-1899

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Aston Villa

GK Jimmy Warner | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
B Gershom Cox | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
B Frank Coulton | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
HB Harry Yates | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
HB Jack Burton | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
HB Harry Devey | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
IR Albert Brown | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
IR Tommy Green | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
IL Dennis Hodgetts | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | ⚽ |
IL Albert Allen | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | ⚽ |
CF Archie Hunter | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | ⚽ |

MANAGER

John Bentley | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

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Bolton Wanderers

GK Charlie Harrison | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
B Bethell Robinson | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
B Fletcher
HB Peter Bullough | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
HB Weir
HB Robert Roberts | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 |
F Kenny Davenport | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
F James Brogan | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
F Alexander Barbour | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | ⚽ |
F John Milne | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
F Harry Tyrer | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

Line Ups

🟩 20 Oct 1888, Villa 3-2 Bolton, Pike's Lane

SUBSTITUTES

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No Substitutions permitted in period

SUBSTITUTES

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No Substitutions Permitted in Period

Substitutes

🟩 20 Oct 1888, Villa 3-2 Bolton, Pike's Lane

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

Squad Bios

🟩 20 Oct 1888, Villa 3-2 Bolton, Pike's Lane

SQUAD STATS

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

SQUAD STATS

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

🟩 20 Oct 1888, Villa 3-2 Bolton, Pike's Lane

MATCHDAY SQUAD

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MATCHDAY SQUAD

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🟩 20 Oct 1888, Villa 3-2 Bolton, Pike's Lane

UNAVAILABLE

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Injury | 1 |
HB Archie Goodall | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

UNAVAILABLE

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Not Recorded

Unavailable

LEAGUE TABLE

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MATCHDAY PROGRAMME

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Tables & Programmes

🟩 20 Oct 1888, Villa 3-2 Bolton, Pike's Lane

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MATCH QUOTES

"A splendid game was witnessed, the play being fast and furious."
Quotes

🟩 20 Oct 1888, Villa 3-2 Bolton, Pike's Lane

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MATCH REPORTS

Image © THE BRITISH LIBRARY BOARD. With thanks to Reach PLC. Digitised by Findmypast Newspaper Archive Limited. All rights reserved. Source: British Newspaper Archive (www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk)

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*The Birmingham Daily Post*
Monday, 22 October 1888

SATURDAY’S FOOTBALL. LEAGUE MATCHES. ASTON VILLA V. BOLTON WANDERERS This match was played at Bolton in the presence of 7,000 spectators. The Villa kicked off, and give-and-take play was witnessed, both sets of backs doing well. The Wanderers pressed heavily, but the visitors’ defence was grand, shot after shot being repelled smartly by Warner. The Wanderers had very hard lines, and half-time was called with neither side having scored. On crossing over, the Wanderers, playing with great dash, scored from a scrimmage a minute after the start. The Villans then took up the pressure and Hodgetts equalised after a few more minutes’ play. Barbour then scored amid tremendous excitement, and Hunter again equalised, the game being 2 each. A splendid game was witnessed, the play being fast and furious. The excitement was very great when Allen scored for the Villa, who then led by 3 to 2. The Wanderers strove hard to make matters equal but no other goals were scored, and the Villa won a most interesting game by 3 to 2. Aston Villa: Warner, goal; Cox and Coulton, backs; Burton. Devey, and Yates, half- backs; Brown, Green, Hunter, Allen, and Hodgetts, forwards. Wanderers: Harris, goal ; Robinson and Fletcher, backs ; Bullough, Weir, and Roberts, half-backs; Davenport, Brogan, Barbour, Milne, and Tyler, forwards.
Reports

🟩 20 Oct 1888, Villa 3-2 Bolton, Pike's Lane

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