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Game #885

Aston Villa

10-7-9, 27 PTS

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Saturday, 17 February 1912

9th=

Last 5: 🟨 🟨 🟥 🟨 🟥

GK Brendel Anstey | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
FB Tom Lyons | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
LB Tommy Weston | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
LB Jock Logan | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
M George Tranter | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
W Frank Mann | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 🟢 | 🔴 |
F Horace Henshall | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
F Clem Stephenson | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
F Sammy Whittaker | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CF Harry Hampton | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CF Joe Bache | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

George Ramsay | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | 1886-1926
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Substitutes

No Substitutions permitted in period

Unused Substitutes

No Substitutions permitted in period

Yellow Cards (Warnings, Cautions, Bookings)

None

Red Cards (Ordered from Field of Play, Dismissals, Sendings Off)

None

Trophy Record

League Champions: 🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆 🏆
FA Cup Winners: 🏆🏆🏆🏆
Last Trophy: 1909–10

Matchday Squad

Unavailable

International Duty | 1 |
W Charlie Wallace | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

Injury | 2 |
CB Chris Buckley | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
F Joe Walters | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

Team News

Frank Mann (debut) and Joe Bache replace Charlie Wallace and Bert Goode.

Team Stats

Not recorded

Debut Appearances

🟢 W Frank Mann | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #229 | Free signing from Lincoln

Final Appearances

🔴 W Frank Mann | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 1912 🕒 1 | ✅ 1 | 🔁 (-) | ⚽ 0 | 🔥 0 | 🇺 - | #229 |

On This Day
  • Villa lose in the League for the first time in five as they are well beaten at home by leaders Blackburn who play the final 10 minutes with 10 men and with an outfield player in goal. 

  • Villa make it ten wins, seven draws and nine defeats in twenty six division one games so far this season. 

  • Villa drop to joint 9th.

  • Wnger Frank Mann made his sole appearance for Villa aged 20 after moving from Lincoln City in May 1911. Mann would move on to Huddersfield Town for a fee of £1,000 in July 1912 without making a further first team appearance.

Starting XI
GK Brendel Anstey | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
🕒

28

28

🔥

0

0

🟩

12

🟨

8

🟥

8

8

🥅

38

LB Tommy Weston | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
🕒

6

6

🔥

0

0

🟩

1

🟨

3

🟥

2

🕒

🔥

🟩

🟨

🟥

🕒

🔥

🟩

🟨

🟥

🕒

🔥

🟩

🟨

🟥

🕒

🔥

🟩

🟨

🟥

W Frank Mann | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
🕒

1

1

🔥

0

0

🟩

0

🟨

0

🟥

1

🕒

🔥

🟩

🟨

🟥

F Clem Stephenson | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
🕒

13

13

🔥

7

3

🟩

5

🟨

3

🟥

5

🕒

🔥

🟩

🟨

🟥

F Horace Henshall | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
🕒

46

46

🔥

10

11

🟩

21

🟨

11

🟥

14

Substitutes
🕒

🔁

🔥

GK Sub

🟩

🟨

🟥

🥅

🕒

🔁

🔥

Sub 1

🟩

🟨

🟥

🕒

🔁

🔥

Sub 2

🟩

🟨

🟥

🕒

🔁

🔥

Sub 3

🟩

🟨

🟥

🕒

🔁

🔥

Sub 4

🟩

🟨

🟥

🕒

🔁

🔥

Sub 5

🟩

🟨

🟥

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Lost

0-3

🟥 17 Feb 1912, Villa 0-3 Blackburn, Villa Park
Scorer(s) | None

Assist(s) | None

Match Timeline

🟢 | 1' Debut, Frank Mann
🥅 | 15' Goal, 0-1, (Blackburn Rovers), Chapman
🕒 | HT Aston Villa 0-1 Blackburn Rovers
🥅 | 55' Goal, 0-2, (Blackburn Rovers), Chapman
🥅 | 70' Goal, 0-3, (Blackburn Rovers), Orr
🚑 | 80' Player retires from field of play with injury, (Blackburn Rovers), Robinson
🚑 | 80' Outfield player Bradshaw takes over goalkeeping duties
🕒 | FT Aston Villa 0-3 Blackburn Rovers

Season | 1911-12 |
Matchday | #29 |
League Match | #26 |
Manager Game | #859 |
Saturday, 17 February 1912

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Match Record
Game Record

Manager: George Ramsay | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | Glasgow, 1886-1926 led Management Committee
Referee: John Pearson | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Crewe
HT Score: 🟥 0-1
FT Result: 🟥 Lost
FT Score: 🟥 0-3
Last 5: 🟨 🟨 🟥 🟨 🟥

Officials

Referee: John Pearson | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Crewe, 1905-

Previous 5 vs. Blackburn: 🟥 🟩 🟨 🟨 🟥

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Head to Head

Total 🕒 49 | 🟩 W20 (41% ) | 🟨 D12 | 🇺(65% ) | 🟥 L17 (35% ) | ⚽ 105 | 🥅 94 | GD 11

Match Stats

Not recorded

George Ramsay | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | 1886-1926

🕒 859 | 🟩 443 🟨 156 🟥 260 | 1.73

Villa Career Form:

Top 6

What they Said

Division One

Blackburn Rovers

15-6-6, 36 PTS

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Villa Park

Attendance: 30,000

Robinson
Cowell
Johnston
Bradshaw
Smith
Walmsley
Anthony
Aitkenhead
Chapman
Orr
Simpson

Robert Middleton | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
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Substitutes

No Substitutions Permitted in Period

Unused Substitutes

No Substitutions Permitted in Period

Yellow Cards (Warnings, Cautions, Bookings)

None

Red Cards (Ordered from Field of Play, Dismissals, Sendings Off)

None

Opposition Trophy Record

League Champions: ❌
FA Cup Winners: 🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆
Last Trophy: 1890–91

Opposition Matchday Squad

Opposition Unavailable

Not Recorded

League Table
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1911-12
Playing Squad
GK Albert Lindon | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #231 |
🟩 23 Nov 2025 Villa 2-1 Leeds, Elland Road IG2.jpg
GK Brendel Anstey | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #221 |
🟩 23 Nov 2025 Villa 2-1 Leeds, Elland Road IG2.jpg
GK Dicky Roose | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 | #223 |
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GK Len Richards | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #232 |
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CB Bill Morris | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #235 |
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CB Chris Buckley | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #191 |
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FB Freddie Miles | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #170 |
🟩 23 Nov 2025 Villa 2-1 Leeds, Elland Road IG2.jpg
FB Jack Kearns | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #213 |
🟩 23 Nov 2025 Villa 2-1 Leeds, Elland Road IG2.jpg
LB Jock Logan | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | #182 |
🟩 23 Nov 2025 Villa 2-1 Leeds, Elland Road IG2.jpg
FB Tom Lyons | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #201 |
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LB Tommy Weston | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #228 |
🟩 23 Nov 2025 Villa 2-1 Leeds, Elland Road IG2.jpg
FB Wilfred Littlewood | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #234 |
🟩 23 Nov 2025 Villa 2-1 Leeds, Elland Road IG2.jpg
M Alfred Edwards | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #224 |
🟩 23 Nov 2025 Villa 2-1 Leeds, Elland Road IG2.jpg
M Arthur Moss | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #216 |
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M George Hunter | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #204 |
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M George Tranter | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #195 |
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M Les Askew | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #222 |
🟩 23 Nov 2025 Villa 2-1 Leeds, Elland Road IG2.jpg
W Albert Hall | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #169 |
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W Albert Ralphs | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #230 |
🟩 23 Nov 2025 Villa 2-1 Leeds, Elland Road IG2.jpg
W Charlie Wallace | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #196 |
🟩 23 Nov 2025 Villa 2-1 Leeds, Elland Road IG2.jpg
W Frank Mann | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #229 |
🟩 23 Nov 2025 Villa 2-1 Leeds, Elland Road IG2.jpg
W Harold Edgley | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #226 |
🟩 23 Nov 2025 Villa 2-1 Leeds, Elland Road IG2.jpg
W Walter Watson | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #233 |
🟩 23 Nov 2025 Villa 2-1 Leeds, Elland Road IG2.jpg
F Bert Goode | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #227 |
🟩 23 Nov 2025 Villa 2-1 Leeds, Elland Road IG2.jpg
CF Billy Gerrish | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #215 |
🟩 23 Nov 2025 Villa 2-1 Leeds, Elland Road IG2.jpg
F Clem Stephenson | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #220 |
🟩 23 Nov 2025 Villa 2-1 Leeds, Elland Road IG2.jpg
CF Harry Hampton | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #175 |
🟩 23 Nov 2025 Villa 2-1 Leeds, Elland Road IG2.jpg
F Horace Henshall | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #219 |
🟩 23 Nov 2025 Villa 2-1 Leeds, Elland Road IG2.jpg
CF Jimmy Birch | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #225 |
🟩 23 Nov 2025 Villa 2-1 Leeds, Elland Road IG2.jpg
CF Joe Bache | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #144 |
🟩 23 Nov 2025 Villa 2-1 Leeds, Elland Road IG2.jpg
F Joe Walters | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #183 |
🟩 23 Nov 2025 Villa 2-1 Leeds, Elland Road IG2.jpg
F Sammy Whittaker | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #205 |
🟩 23 Nov 2025 Villa 2-1 Leeds, Elland Road IG2.jpg
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Trophies


🏆 European Cup Winners: (1) 1981-82

🏆 🏆 🏆 🏆 🏆 🏆 🏆 League Champions: (7) 1893-94, 1895-96, 1896-97, 1898-99, 1899-00, 1909-10, 1980-81
🏆 🏆 🏆 🏆 🏆 🏆 🏆  FA Cup Winners: (7) 1886-87, 1894-95, 1896-97, 1904-05, 1912-13, 1919-20, 1956-57
🏆 🏆 🏆 🏆 🏆 League Cup Winners: (5) 1960-61, 1974-75, 1976-77, 1993-94, 1995-96

🏆 🏆 Second Division Champions: (2) 1937-38, 1959-60

🏆 Third Division Champions: (1) 1971-72

🏆 European Super Cup Winners: (1) 1982-83

🏆 Intertoto Cup Winners: (1) 2001-02

🏆 Peace Cup Winners: (1) 2009 (Friendly)

🏆 🏆 🏆 🏆 🏆 FA Youth Cup Winners: (5) 1971-72, 1979-80, 2001-02, 2020-21, 2024-25
🏆 NextGen Series Winners: (1) 2012-13
🏆 Premier League Cup Winners: (1) 2017-18
🏆 u18s Premier League Champions (3): 2024-25, 2007-08, 2003-04
🏆 🏆 🏆 🏆 🏆 🏆 🏆 🏆 🏆 🏆 🏆 🏆 🏆 🏆 🏆 🏆 🏆 🏆 🏆 🏆 Birmingham Senior Cup Winners: (20) 1879-80, 1881-82, 1882-83, 1883-84, 1884-85, 1887-88, 1888-90, 1889-90, 1890-91, 1895-96, 1898-99, 1902-03, 1903-04, 1905-06, 1907-08, 1908-09, 1909-10, 1911-12, 1984-85, 2023-24
🏆 🏆 🏆 🏆 🏆 Premier Reserve League Champions: (5) 2003-04, 2007-08, 2008-09, 2009-10, 2011-12
🏆 🏆 🏆 Central League Champions: (3) 1929-30, 1963-64, 1992-93

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