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Game #53

Aston Villa

8-3-2, 19 PTS

Saturday, 8 December 1888

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Won

2nd (+1)

Last 5: 🟨 🟨 🟥 🟩 🟩

Football League

Notts County

2-2-7, 6 PTS

Trent Bridge

Attendance: 2,000

🟩 8 Dec 1888, Villa 4-2 Notts County, Trent Bridge

Notts County

2-4

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Aston Villa

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🟩 8 Dec 1888, Villa 4-2 Notts County, Trent Bridge

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MATCH TIMELINE

Saturday, 8 December 1888

🟢 | 1' Debut, Archie Wollaston, Thomas Harrison
⚽ | Goal, 1-0, Albert Brown
🥅 | Goal, 1-1, (Notts County), Jardine
🕒 | HT Notts County 1-1 Aston Villa
⚽ | 50' Goal, 2-1, Archie Goodall, Assist by Tommy Green
🥅 | Goal, 2-2, (Notts County), Weightman
⚽ | Goal, 3-2, Own Goal, Widdowson
⚽ | 75' Goal, 4-2, Archie Goodall
🕒 | FT Notts County 2-4 Aston Villa

Match Statistics

Not recorded

🟩 8 Dec 1888, Villa 4-2 Notts County, Trent Bridge

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ON THIS DAY

Saturday, 8 December 1888

  • Archie Goodall scores his second consecutive brace to earn the points for Villa as they beat a County side who amazingly played just one of the side they fielded against Villa three months earlier. 

  • Wing half Archie Wollaston made his Villa debut aged 23 after joining from Stafford Road FC. 

  • Outside left Thomas Harrison made his Villa debut aged 21 after joining from Coombes Wood FC.

🟩 8 Dec 1888, Villa 4-2 Notts County, Trent Bridge

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DEBUT APPEARANCES

🟢 LW Thomas Harrison | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
🟢 HB Archie Wollaston | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

FINAL APPEARANCES

None

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Aston Villa

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

Notts County

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

Aston Villa

Notts County

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FIXTURE HISTORY

Villa v

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Notts County

Previous 5 vs. Notts County: 🟨 🟨 🟩 🟥 🟩

🟩 8 Dec 1888, Villa 4-2 Notts County, Trent Bridge

FIXTURE DETAILS

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Season | 1888-89 |
Matchday | #13 |
League Match | #13 |
Manager Game | #27 |
Saturday, 8 December 1888

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🟩 8 Dec 1888, Villa 4-2 Notts County, Trent Bridge

MATCH SUMMARY

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Manager: George Ramsay | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | Glasgow, 1886-1926 led Management Committee
Referee: William Henry Jope | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Wednesbury, 1888-
HT Score: 🟨 1-1
FT Result: 🟩 Won
FT Score: 🟩 4-2
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

🕒 27 | 🟩 | 18 🟨 6 🟥 3 | 2.22

Villa Career Form:

Champions

ALL THE MATCHES LED BY:

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George Ramsay | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | 1886-1899

🟩 8 Dec 1888, Villa 4-2 Notts County, Trent Bridge

MATCH OFFICIALS

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Referee: William Henry Jope | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Wednesbury, 1888-
Matches Officiated: 1
🟩 : 1
🟨 : 0
🟥 : 0
🆘 : 0
Previous 5: None
Last Match: None
Cards: None
Umpires: A. H. Albut (Villa), H. Shelton.

🟩 8 Dec 1888, Villa 4-2 Notts County, Trent Bridge

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TEAM NEWS

TEAM STATS

Harry Yates and Albert Allen drop out as Arthur Wollaston and Thomas Harrison come in for the their debuts.

Starting XI Average Age:
| 25.08 |

Oldest Player:
CF Archie Hunter | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | 29.23 |

Youngest Player:
B Frank Coulton | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 20.87 |

Referee
Manager

🟩 8 Dec 1888, Villa 4-2 Notts County, Trent Bridge

MANAGER

George Ramsay | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | 1886-1899

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Aston Villa

GK Jimmy Warner | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
B Gershom Cox | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
B Frank Coulton | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
HB Harry Devey | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
HB Jack Burton | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
HB Archie Wollaston | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 🟢 |
LW Archie Goodall | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | ⚽ | ⚽ |
LW Thomas Harrison | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 🟢 |
RW Albert Brown | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | ⚽ |
RW Tommy Green | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 🔥 |
CF Archie Hunter | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |

MANAGER

Edwin Browne | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

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Notts County

GK Tom Widdowson | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
B Haydn Morley | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
B Herbert Snook | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
HB Charles Dobson | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
HB Tom McClean | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
HB George Brown | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
RW Thomas Cooke | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
RW Arthur Shaw | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
LW Fred Weightman | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
LW Bob Jardine | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
CF Thomas Allin | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

Line Ups

🟩 8 Dec 1888, Villa 4-2 Notts County, Trent Bridge

SUBSTITUTES

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SUBSTITUTES

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Substitutes

🟩 8 Dec 1888, Villa 4-2 Notts County, Trent Bridge

UNUSED SUBSTITUTES

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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

🟩 8 Dec 1888, Villa 4-2 Notts County, Trent Bridge

SQUAD STATS

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

SQUAD STATS

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

🟩 8 Dec 1888, Villa 4-2 Notts County, Trent Bridge

MATCHDAY SQUAD

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MATCHDAY SQUAD

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🟩 8 Dec 1888, Villa 4-2 Notts County, Trent Bridge

UNAVAILABLE

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Injury | 3 |
IL Dennis Hodgetts | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
HB Harry Yates | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
IL Albert Allen | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

UNAVAILABLE

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Not Recorded

Unavailable

LEAGUE TABLE

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MATCHDAY PROGRAMME

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Tables & Programmes

🟩 8 Dec 1888, Villa 4-2 Notts County, Trent Bridge

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MATCH QUOTES

"The Villa were without three good men, while the Notts eleven, although it contained some capital men, was of a scratch character, the League team which has usually taken the field having gone to Staveley."
Quotes

🟩 8 Dec 1888, Villa 4-2 Notts County, Trent Bridge

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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, 10 December 1888

SATURDAY’S FOOTBALL. LEAGUE MATCHES. NOTTS V. ASTON VILLA - This return League fixture was decided at Trent Bridge, but there were only about 1,500 spectators, rain falling incessantly during the time that play was in progress. The Villa were without three good men, while the Notts eleven, although it contained some capital men, was of a scratch character, the League team which has usually taken the field having gone to Staveley. The Villa kicked off with a slight breeze in their favour, but Notts were the first to attack. Considering the heavy ground the contest was fairly fast, both goalkeepers having to handle. Hunter sent in a grand shot which Widdowson did not get away and Brown shot through after a few minutes’ play only. The game was fairly even, the Villans, if anything, having the best of matters, although the Notts forwards had not the best of luck. Cooper hitting the posts with a good effort. Both took corners, and from a right-wing attack Shaw centred, when Jardine equalised beautifully. Half-time arrived with the score still level. The visitors commenced the second half with a sustained attack, and after about a five minutes play Green put in a shot which Goodall converted into a goal. Notts worked hard, and after Green had once raised the siege Shaw made a clever run. Warner ran out and charged him down, but Weightman easily shot the ball between the posts, the position being quite unprotected. A foul close to the Notts goal gave the visitors an immense advantage but Notts broke away only to throw away a good chance in front of goal. Each position was assailed in turn, the Villa. notching a third point, Widdowson hitting a shot from Green through his own goal. Notts pressed but shot weakly, while McLean severely harassed the Villa forwards. Still, after half an hour’s play, Goodall scored a fourth goal, the Villa winning by 4 goals to 2. Notts played better than expected, but the Villa played a long way the most scientific game. A Brown was the best man on the field, although Cox, Devey, and Archie Goodall were very useful. Notts: Widdowson, goal; Morley and Snook, backs; Brown, Dobson, and McLean, half-hacks; Cook and Shaw (right wing), Allen (centre), Weightmsn and Jardine (left wing). Aston Villa: Warner, goal; Coulton and Cox, backs ; Wollaston, Devey and Burton, half-backs; Brown and Green (right wing) Hunter (centre), Goodall and Harrison (left wing). Umpire Mr. Albut. Umpire, Mr. H. Shelton. Referee, Mr. W. H. Jope, Wednesbury.
Reports

🟩 8 Dec 1888, Villa 4-2 Notts County, Trent Bridge

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