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Game #553

Aston Villa

9-3-5, 21 PTS

Saturday, 19 December 1903

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Won

4th

Last 5: 🟥 🟩 🟨 🟥 🟩

Division One

Nottingham Forest

6-4-7, 16 PTS

City Ground

Attendance: 8,000

🟩 19 Dec 1903, Villa 7-3 Forest, City Ground

Nottingham Forest

3-7

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Aston Villa

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Assist(s) | Joe Pearson | 16' | Alf Wood | 28' | Arthur Lockett | 47' | Billy Brawn | 7-3 |

🟩 19 Dec 1903, Villa 7-3 Forest, City Ground

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MATCH TIMELINE
Saturday, 19 December 1903

🟢 | 1' Debut, Freddie Miles, Albert Hall
🥅 | 7' Goal, 0-1, (Nottingham Forest), Morris
⚽ | 16' Goal, 1-1, Tommy Niblo, Assist by Joe Pearson
⚽ | 19' Goal, 2-1, Tommy Niblo
⚽ | 28' Goal, 3-1, Joe Bache, Assist by Alf Wood
🥅 | 33' Goal, 3-2, (Nottingham Forest), Morris
💥 | Referee Kirkham fails to see Craig (Nottingham Forest) handle in the area
🕒 | HT Nottingham Forest 2-3 Aston Villa
⚽ | 47' Goal, 4-2, Albert Hall, Assist by Arthur Lockett
⚽ | 50' Goal, 5-2, Joe Bache
🥅 | 50' Goal, 5-3, (Nottingham Forest), Shearman
⚽ | Goal, 6-3, Tommy Niblo
⚽ | Goal, 7-3, Joe Bache, Assist by Billy Brawn
🕒 | FT Nottingham Forest 7-3 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

🟩 19 Dec 1903, Villa 7-3 Forest, City Ground

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ON THIS DAY
Saturday, 19 December 1903
  • Forest open the scoring against the run of play at the City Ground despite Villa's makeshift forward line having made all the running but Joe Bache scores his second hat-trick of the season to make it six in three games as Villa hammer Forest.

  • Villa bounce back from their first home defeat of the season to hammer Forest and to make it nine wins, three draws and five losses in seventeen Division one games so far this season. 

  • Meanwhile, winger Albert Hall made a goalscoring debut for Villa aged 21 after moving from Stourbridge in July 1903 and full back Freddie Miles made his Villa first appearance aged 19 after moving from Aston St. Mary’s in July 1902.

🟩 19 Dec 1903, Villa 7-3 Forest, City Ground

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DEBUT APPEARANCES

🟢 FB Freddie Miles | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
🟢 W Albert Hall | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

FINAL APPEARANCES

None

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

Aston Villa

League Champions: 🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆
FA Cup Winners: 🏆🏆🏆
Last Trophy: 1899–00

Nottingham Forest

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League Champions: ❌
FA Cup Winners: 🏆
Last Trophy: 1897-98

FIXTURE HISTORY
Nottingham Forest
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Previous 5 vs. Forest: 🟥 🟩 🟨 🟥 🟩

League 🕒 23 | 🟩 15 | 🟨 3 | 🟥 5 | ⚽ 54 | 🥅 32 |
FA Cup 🕒 6 | 🟩 4 | 🟨 1 | 🟥 1 | ⚽ 16 | 🥅 7 |
Away 🕒 15 | 🟩 7 | 🟨 2 | 🟥 6 | ⚽ 31 | 🥅 27 |

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

Nottingham Forest

PREVIOUS MATCH
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Nottingham Forest

SUBSEQUENT MATCH

🟩 19 Dec 1903, Villa 7-3 Forest, City Ground

FIXTURE DETAILS
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Season | 1903-04 |
Matchday | #17 |
League Match | #17 |
Manager Game | #527 |
Saturday, 19 December 1903

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🟩 19 Dec 1903, Villa 7-3 Forest, City Ground

MATCH SUMMARY
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Manager: George Ramsay | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | Glasgow, 1886-1926 led Management Committee
Referee: Tom Kirkham | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Burslem
HT Score: 🟩 3-2
FT Result: 🟩 Won
FT Score: 🟩 7-3
Last 5: 🟥 🟩 🟨 🟥 🟩

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

🕒 527 | 🟩 279 🟨 93 🟥 155 | 1.76

Villa Career Form:

Top 6

George Ramsay | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | 1886-1926

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

🟩 19 Dec 1903, Villa 7-3 Forest, City Ground

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MATCH OFFICIALS

Referee: Tom Kirkham | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Burslem, 1901-

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

🟩 19 Dec 1903, Villa 7-3 Forest, City Ground

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TEAM NEWS
TEAM STATS

Freddie Miles (debut), Albert Hall (debut) and Tommy Niblo replace Albert Evans, Billy Garraty and Jasper McLuckie.

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Referee

🟩 19 Dec 1903, Villa 7-3 Forest, City Ground

MANAGER

George Ramsay | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | 1886-1926

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Aston Villa

GK Billy George | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
FB Howard Spencer | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
FB Freddie Miles | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 🟢 |
D Alf Wood | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 🔥 |
M Joe Pearson | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 🔥 |
M Alex Leake | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
W Arthur Lockett | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 🔥 |
W Billy Brawn | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 🔥 |
W Albert Hall | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 🟢 | ⚽ |
F Joe Bache | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | ⚽ | ⚽ | ⚽ |
F Tommy Niblo | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | ⚽ | ⚽ | ⚽ |

MANAGER

Harry Hallam | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

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Nottingham Forest

Linacre
Iremonger
Craig
Norris
Warren
Timmins
Spouncer
Morris
Shearman
Calvey
Davies

Line Ups

🟩 19 Dec 1903, Villa 7-3 Forest, City Ground

SUBSTITUTES
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No Substitutions permitted in period

SUBSTITUTES

No Substitutions permitted in period

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Substitutes

🟩 19 Dec 1903, Villa 7-3 Forest, City Ground

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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🟩 19 Dec 1903, Villa 7-3 Forest, City Ground

MATCHDAY SQUAD BIOGRAPHIES
STARTING XI
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🔥
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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

🟩 19 Dec 1903, Villa 7-3 Forest, City Ground

SQUAD STATS
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SQUAD STATS
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MATCHDAY SQUAD
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MATCHDAY SQUAD
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UNAVAILABLE
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Johnson
McLuckie
Evans
Garratty

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Not Recorded

Unavailable
LEAGUE TABLE
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Tables & Programmes
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MATCHDAY PROGRAMME
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MATCH QUOTES
Quotes

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MATCH REPORTS

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Reports

🟩 19 Dec 1903, Villa 7-3 Forest, City Ground

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MATCH VIDEO
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