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Game #56

Aston Villa

10-4-2, 24 PTS

Saturday, 29 December 1888

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Won

2nd (-)

Last 5: 🟩 🟩 🟨 🟩 🟩

Football League

Derby County

2-1-11, 5 PTS

Wellington Road, Perry Barr

Attendance: 4,000

🟩 29 Dec 1888, Villa 4-2 Derby, Wellington Road

Aston Villa

4-2

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Derby County

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Assist(s) | Albert Brown | 1-0 | 4-1 | Albert Allen | 2-0 | Archie Goodall | 3-1 |

🟩 29 Dec 1888, Villa 4-2 Derby, Wellington Road

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MATCH TIMELINE

Saturday, 29 December 1888

💥 | 1’ Derby start the game with Shaw having replaced the temporarily absent Bakewell
⚽ | 10' Goal, 1-0, Tommy Green, Assist by Albert Brown
⚽ | Goal, 2-0, Tommy Green, Assist by Albert Allen
💥 | 15' Player left field of play with injury (Derby County), H. Plackett
🥅 | Goal, 2-1, (Derby County), Spilsbury
⚽ | Goal, 3-1, Albert Allen, Assist by Archie Goodall
🕒 | HT Aston Villa 3-1 Derby County
💥 | Derby field their 11th man, Bakewell, Shaw remains on the pitch in the absence of H. Plackett
⚽ | 55' Goal, 4-1, Archie Goodall, Assist by Albert Brown
🥅 | Goal, 4-2, (Derby County), Bakewell
🕒 | FT Aston Villa 4-2 Derby County

Match Statistics

Not recorded

🟩 29 Dec 1888, Villa 4-2 Derby, Wellington Road

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ON THIS DAY

Saturday, 29 December 1888

Villa win without being at their best however in a hitherto unseen move, Derby arrive with 10 listed men as their Bakewell is delayed. Derby name Shaw as an interim replacement. During the first half Derby centre forward Luckett is injured and has to retire from play. When Bakewell finally appears at half time, he joins the Derby line up, whilst Shaw is retained on the pitch in the absence of Luckett. Football's first substitution? Half Back Fred Dawson made his final Villa appearance at the age of 30 before retiring from football through injury.

🟩 29 Dec 1888, Villa 4-2 Derby, Wellington Road

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DEBUT APPEARANCES

FINAL APPEARANCES

🔴 HB Fred Dawson | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 1881-88 | 🕒 25 | ⚽ 3 | 🔥 3 | #17 |

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Aston Villa

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

Derby County

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

Aston Villa

Derby County

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FIXTURE HISTORY

Villa v

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Derby County

Previous 5 vs. Derby: 🟥

🟩 29 Dec 1888, Villa 4-2 Derby, Wellington Road

FIXTURE DETAILS

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Season | 1888-89 |
Matchday | #16 |
League Match | #16 |
Manager Game | #30 |
Saturday, 19 December 1888

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🟩 29 Dec 1888, Villa 4-2 Derby, Wellington Road

MATCH SUMMARY

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Manager: George Ramsay | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | Glasgow, 1886-1926 led Management Committee
Referee: Unknown
HT Score: 🟩 3-1
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

🕒 30 | 🟩 | 20 🟨 7 🟥 3 | 2.23

Villa Career Form:

Champions

ALL THE MATCHES LED BY:

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George Ramsay | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | 1886-1899

🟩 29 Dec 1888, Villa 4-2 Derby, Wellington Road

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

🟩 29 Dec 1888, Villa 4-2 Derby, Wellington Road

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TEAM NEWS

TEAM STATS

Fred Dawson returns as Arthur Wollaston makes way,

Starting XI Average Age:
| 25.97 |

Oldest Player:
HB Fred Dawson | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 30.10 |

Youngest Player:
B Frank Coulton | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 20.92 |

Referee
Manager

🟩 29 Dec 1888, Villa 4-2 Derby, Wellington Road

MANAGER

George Ramsay | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | 1886-1899

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Aston Villa

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

MANAGER

Management Committee

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Derby County

GK Joseph Marshall | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
B Arthur Latham | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
B Archibald Ferguson | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
HB Albert Williamson | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
HB J. Smith | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
HB Walter Roulston | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
RF Shaw (RW George Bakewell | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | ⚽ |)
RW Benjamin Spilsbury | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | ⚽ |
LF Smart
LW Lawrence Plackett | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CF Harry Plackett | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 🚑 | ❌ |

Line Ups

🟩 29 Dec 1888, Villa 4-2 Derby, Wellington Road

SUBSTITUTES

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No Substitutions permitted in period

SUBSTITUTES

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No Substitutions Permitted in Period

Substitutes

🟩 29 Dec 1888, Villa 4-2 Derby, Wellington Road

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

🟩 29 Dec 1888, Villa 4-2 Derby, Wellington Road

SQUAD STATS

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

SQUAD STATS

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Derby XI:
Home Nation 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 🇬🇧 : 12/12

🟩 29 Dec 1888, Villa 4-2 Derby, Wellington Road

MATCHDAY SQUAD

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MATCHDAY SQUAD

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UNAVAILABLE

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Injury | 2 |
IL Dennis Hodgetts | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
HB Harry Yates | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

UNAVAILABLE

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Not Recorded

Unavailable

LEAGUE TABLE

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MATCHDAY PROGRAMME

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Tables & Programmes

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MATCH QUOTES

"The County played a man short in the forward ranks for nearly the whole of the first half, and consequently their chances of winning, which were never very great, were considerably lessened."
Quotes

🟩 29 Dec 1888, Villa 4-2 Derby, Wellington Road

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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, 31 December 1888

SATURDAY’S FOOTBALL. LEAGUE MATCHES. - ASTON VILLA v. DERBY COUNTY. This league match was played at Perry Barr, before about 3,000 spectators. The County played a man short in the forward ranks for nearly the whole of the first half, and consequently their chances of winning, which were never very great, were considerably lessened. The absence of their forward told its tale, and at half-time the County were two goals to the bad. In the second half the game was much better contested, but the Villa were playing too good for their opponents, who would have received a heavier beating than 4 goals to 2 but for the fine play of their backs and goalkeeper. The Villa kicked off up hill, and made an unsuccessful attempt to score. The Derby forwards retaliated, and Warner saved a smart shot sent into goal. The ball was taken back into the Derby quarters and a corner was given to the home team, Brown kicked the ball into the goal mouth, and Green receiving it, scored the first point for the Villa. The ball had hardly been kicked from the centre when Allen secured it, and made a splendid run on the left. Nearing goal he centred well, and Green, who was lying handy, scored again for the home team. The Villa continued to press, and shot after shot was directed into goal; but Marshall prevented any from taking effect, and was repeatedly cheered for his fine defence. Williamson relieved the pressure, and passed to Plackett, who made a long shot which went the wrong side of the upright. The Villa again became dangerous, but Goodall shot outside. Then the County made a combined assault on the Villa goal, and a shot from Spilsbury took effect. The home team had decidedly the best of game up to the interval, and Allen made a third point from a centre by Goodall. After the change over the Villa forwards at once paid visit to the County’s goal, but Marshall saved, whilst a moment later Goodall tried to score, but his aim was inaccurate, and the ball went outside. The County’s forwards transferred the play to the Villa’s territory, and L. Plackett had the Villa goal at his mercy, but missed his chance. Shortly after the home forwards made a combined run, and Brown centred across goal to Goodall, who obtained number four for the Villa. The visitors played with great pluck, and at length their efforts were rewarded with success, Bakewell sending in a shot which beat Warner. The home team had the best of the game up to the finish, but failed to score again. They thus won the match by 4 to 2. Teams :- Villa: Warner, goal; Cox and Coulton, backs; Burton, Dawson, and Devey, half-backs; Green and Brown (right), Hunter (centre), Goodall and Allen (left), forwards. Derby County: Goal, Marshall; backs, Latham and Ferguson; half-backs, Williamson, Smith, and Rowlston; forwards, Shaw and Spilsbury (right), H. Plackett (centre), Smart, and L. Plackett ((left).
Reports

🟩 29 Dec 1888, Villa 4-2 Derby, Wellington Road

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