Game #898

Aston Villa

Monday, 2 September 1912

Won

WWLWW

Division One

Chelsea

Villa Park

Attendance: 28,000

🟩 2 Sep 1912, Villa 1-0 Chelsea, Villa Park

Aston Villa

1-0

Chelsea

Scorer(s) | Clem Stephenson |

Assist(s) | Not recorded

🟩 2 Sep 1912, Villa 1-0 Chelsea, Villa Park

MATCH TIMELINE

Monday, 2 September 1912

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

🟩 2 Sep 1912, Villa 1-0 Chelsea, Villa Park

ON THIS DAY

Monday, 2 September 1912

Villa open the season with a win over Chelsea as goalkeeper Sam Hardy, 29, centre back Jim Harrop, 27, midfielder Andy Ducat, 26 and foward Harold Halse, 26 made their debuts after going from Liverpool, Liverpool, Woolwich Arsenal and Manchester United for fees of £600, £600, £1,000, and £1,200 in June and July 1912. Making their final appearance however was centre back Chris Buckley, 25, who moved on to Woolwich Arsenal in January 1913. Buckley made 144 appearances for Villa over seven seasons and scored three goals as well as winning the 1909-10 League title and would return to Villa once his playing career was over to sit on the board and help guide Villa for decades to come.

🟩 2 Sep 1912, Villa 1-0 Chelsea, Villa Park

DEBUT APPEARANCES

FINAL APPEARANCES

PREVIOUS MATCH

🟩 20 Apr 1912, Villa 2-0 Newcastle, Villa Park

SUBSEQUENT MATCH

🟩 7 Sep 1912, Villa 3-1 Bradford, Villa Park

Aston Villa

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

Chelsea

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

FIXTURE HISTORY

Chelsea

Previous 5 vs. Chelsea: | 🟩 | 🟩 | 🟨 | 🟩 | 🟨 |

All the matches

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

Chelsea

PREVIOUS MATCH

🟨 22 Jan 1910, Villa 0-0 Chelsea, Stamford Bridge

Chelsea

SUBSEQUENT MATCH

🟩 21 Mar 1913, Villa 2-1 Chelsea, Stamford Bridge

🟩 2 Sep 1912, Villa 1-0 Chelsea, Villa Park

FIXTURE DETAILS

Season | 1912-13 |
Matchday | #1 |
League Match | #1 |
Manager Game | #872 |
Monday, 2 September 1912

🟩 2 Sep 1912, Villa 1-0 Chelsea, Villa Park

MATCH SUMMARY

Scorers

Timeline

On This Day

Trophies

Fixture

Manager

MANAGERIAL RECORD

George Ramsay | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | 1886-1926

🕒 872 | 🟩 451 🟨 156 🟥 265 | 1.73

Villa Career Form:

Top 6

George Ramsay | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | 1886-1926

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

🟩 2 Sep 1912, Villa 1-0 Chelsea, Villa Park

MATCH OFFICIALS

REFEREE PROFILE

VAR PROFILE (from 2021)

CARDS

Won 🟩, Drew 🟨, Lost 🟥, Notably poor performance 🆘, Cards 🟨 Booking, Cards 🟥 Sending off, Disallowed ❌ Goal disallowed, ⚽ Penalty for, 🥅 Penalty against, ❌ Penalty Disallowed

🟩 2 Sep 1912, Villa 1-0 Chelsea, Villa Park

TEAM NEWS

TEAM STATS

Not recorded

Referee

🟩 2 Sep 1912, Villa 1-0 Chelsea, Villa Park

MANAGER

George Ramsay | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | 1886-1926

Aston Villa

MANAGER

David Calderhead | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |

Chelsea

Line Ups

🟩 2 Sep 1912, Villa 1-0 Chelsea, Villa Park

SUBSTITUTES

No Substitutions permitted in period

SUBSTITUTES

No Substitutions Permitted in Period

Substitutes

🟩 2 Sep 1912, Villa 1-0 Chelsea, Villa Park

UNUSED SUBSTITUTES

No Substitutions permitted in period

UNUSED SUBSTITUTES

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