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Villa vs.

Northampton Town

🟩 8 January 1983, Villa 1-0 Northampton, County Cricket Ground.

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Game #3733

Manager: Tony Barton | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Surrey, 1982-1984
Referee: Tony Ward | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | London, 1980-1993
Kick off: 3.00pm
HT Score: 🟩 1-0
FT Result: 🟩 Won
FT Score: 🟩 1-0
Last 5: 🟥 🟨 🟥 🟩 🟩

Season: 1982-83
Matchday: #31
Manager Game: #56
Saturday, 8 January 1983

Scorer(s) | Mark Walters | 34' |

Assist(s) | Peter Withe | 34' |

Match Timeline

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Starting XI

GK Nigel Spink | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
RB Mark Jones | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CB Allan Evans | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
CB Ken McNaught | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
RB Gary Williams | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Dennis Mortimer | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Des Bremner | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
M Gordon Cowans | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
W Tony Morley | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
W Mark Walters | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | ⚽ |
CF Peter Withe | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

Substitutes

No Substitutions Made

Unused Substitutes

M Andy Blair | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |

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Starting XI

GK Neil Freeman | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
FB Barry Tucker | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 |
CB Wakeley Gage | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CB Adrian Burrows | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
LB Ian Phillips | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
M Gary Saxby | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M John Buchanan | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
M Mark Heeley | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
W Peter Coffill | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
F Dave Syrett | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
F Stephen Massey | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

Substitutes

No Substitutions Made

Unused Substitutes

M Maurice Muir | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

Match Timeline

⚽ | 34' Goal, 1-0, Mark Walters
🕒 | HT Northampton Town 0-1 Aston Villa
🕒 | FT Northampton Town 0-1 Aston Villa

On This Day

Tony Barton's Villa, reigning European Champions, win in the FA Cup third round at fourth division Northampton to make it successive wins for the first time since early December.

🟩 13 October 1970, Villa 3-0 Northampton, Villa Park.

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Game #3092

Manager: Vic Crowe | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 | Abercynon, 1970-1974
Referee: Jim Finney | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Hereford, 1959-1972
HT Score: 🟩 1-0
FT Result: 🟩 Won
FT Score: 🟩 3-0
Last 5: 🟨 🟨 🟨 🟨 🟩

Season | 1970-71 |
Matchday | #16 |
Manager Game | #32 |
Tuesday, 13 October 1970

Scorer(s) | Andy Lochhead | 39' | 65' | Willie Anderson | 55' |

Assist(s) | Jimmy Brown | 39' | Chico Hamilton | 55' | Fred Turnbull | 65' |

Match Timeline

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Starting XI

GK John Dunn | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
RB Mick Wright | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CB Brian Tiler | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CB Fred Turnbull | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 🔥 |
LB Charlie Aitken | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
M Chico Hamilton | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 🔥 |
M Willie Anderson | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | ⚽ |
M Jimmy Brown | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | 🔥 |
F Dave Gibson | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
F Brian Godfrey | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 |
CF Andy Lochhead | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | ⚽ | ⚽ |

Substitutes

No Substitutions Made

Unused Substitutes

CB George Curtis | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

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Starting XI

GK Kim Book | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
RB Phil Neal | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CB John Clarke | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
LB Eric Brookes | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
LH Joe Kiernan | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
CH Frank Rankmore | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 |
M Eric Ross | 🇬🇧 |
F Dixie McNeil | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CF Keith East | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CF Frank Large | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CF John Fairbrother | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

Substitutes

No Substitutions Made

Unused Substitutes

CB Neil Townsend | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

Match Timeline

⚽ | 39’ Goal, 1-0, Andy Lochhead, Assist by Jimmy Brown
🕒 | HT Aston Villa 1-0 Northampton Town
⚽ | 55’ Goal, 2-0, Willie Anderson, Assist by Chico Hamilton
⚽ | 65’ Goal, 3-0, Andy Lochhead, Assist by Fred Turnbull
🕒 | FT Aston Villa 3-0 Northampton Town

On This Day

Vic Crowe's Villa beat division four side Northampton Town in the League Cup third round replay thanks to a brace from Andy Lochhead.

🟨 6 October 1970, Villa 1-1 Northampton, County Ground.

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Game #3090

Manager: Vic Crowe | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 | Abercynon, 1970-1974
Referee: Jim Finney | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Hereford, 1959-1972
HT Score: 🟨 1-1
FT Result: 🟨 Drew
FT Score: 🟨 1-1
Last 5: 🟩 🟩 🟨 🟨 🟨

Season | 1970-71 |
Matchday | #14 |
Manager Game | #30 |
Tuesday, 6 October 1970

Scorer(s) | Chico Hamilton | 23' |

Assist(s) | Andy Lochhead | 23' |

Match Timeline

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Starting XI

GK John Dunn | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
RB Mick Wright | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CB Brian Tiler | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CB Fred Turnbull | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 🟨 |
LB Charlie Aitken | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
M Pat McMahon | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
M Chico Hamilton | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | ⚽ |
M Lew Chatterley | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Willie Anderson | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
F Dave Gibson | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
CF Andy Lochhead | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | 🔥 |

Substitutes

No Substitutions Made

Unused Substitutes

M Jimmy Brown | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |

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Starting XI

GK Kim Book | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
RB Ray Fairfax | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CB John Clarke | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
LB Eric Brookes | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
LH Joe Kiernan | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
CH Frank Rankmore | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 |
M Eric Ross | 🇬🇧 |
F Dixie McNeil | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CF Keith East | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CF Frank Large | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | ⚽ |
CF John Fairbrother | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

Substitutes

No Substitutions Made

Unused Substitutes

W Peter Hawkins | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 |

Match Timeline

⚽ | 23’ Goal, 1-0, Chico Hamilton, Assist by Andy Lochhead
🥅 | 37’ Goal, 1-1, (Northampton Town), Frank Large
🕒 | HT Northampton Town 1-1 Aston Villa
🟨 | 79’ Booking, Fred Turnbull, Foul.
🕒 | FT Northampton Town 1-1 Aston Villa

On This Day

Vic Crowe's Villa are held in the League Cup by division four side Northampton Town.

🟥 13 September 1967, Villa 1-3 Northampton, County Ground.

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Game #2946

Manager: Tommy Cummings | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Sunderland, 1967-1968
Referee: Norman Burtenshaw | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Great Yarmouth, 1962-1973 🆘
HT Score: 🟥 0-1
FT Result: 🟥 Lost
FT Score: 🟥 1-3
Last 5: 🟥 🟥 🟥 🟩 🟥

Season | 1967-68 |
Matchday | #8 |
Manager Game | #8 |
Wednesday, 13 September 1967

Scorer(s) | Tony Scott | 90' |

Assist(s) | None

Match Timeline

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Starting XI

GK Colin Withers | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
RB Keith Bradley | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CB John Sleeuwenhoek | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
LB Charlie Aitken | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
M Lew Chatterley | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Willie Anderson | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Lionel Martin | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Bobby Park | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
M Alan Deakin | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
W Tony Scott | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | ⚽ |
CF John Inglis | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | 🔁 | 🔴 |

Substitutes

🔁 | RB Mick Wright | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | for CF John Inglis | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |

Unused Substitutes

None

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Starting XI

GK Bryan Harvey | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
RB John Mackin | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | ⚽ |
CB Graham Carr | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
FB Brian Faulkes | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Joe Kiernan | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
M Barry Lines | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M John Kurila | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
W Graham Felton | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
F Don Martin | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CF Frank Large | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | ⚽ |
CF Jim Hall | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | ⚽ |

Substitutes

No Substitutions Made

Unused Substitutes

F Billy Best | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |

Match Timeline

🥅 | 32’ Goal, 0-1, (Northampton Town), John Mackin
🕔 | HT Northampton Town 0-1 Aston Villa
🥅 | 56’ Goal, 0-2, (Northampton Town), Jim Hall
🔁 | Sub off, John Inglis, Sub on, Mick Wright
🥅 | 76’ Goal, 0-3, (Northampton Town), Frank Large
⚽ | 90’ Goal, 1-3, Tony Scott
🕔 | FT Northampton Town 1-3 Aston Villa

On This Day

Tommy Cummings' Villa transfer their League form into the Cup losing to third division Northampton as they make it two wins in sixteen games, losing thirteen. To make matters worse, Mick Wright was dropped from the team after demanding a transfer away from the club earlier in the day. Meanwhile, centre forward John Inglis made his final Villa appearance aged 20 having only made his debut a month previously. Inglis had joined Villa from Glenrothes FC before moving on to Crewe Alexandra in July 1968.

🟥 2 Apr 1966, Villa 1-2 Northampton, Villa Park

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Game #2886

Manager: Dick Taylor | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Wolverhampton, 1964-1967
Referee: George McCabe | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Sheffield, 1954-1969
Kick off: 3.00pm
HT Score: 🟩 1-0
FT Result: 🟥 Lost
FT Score: 🟥 1-2
Last 5: 🟥 🟥 🟨 🟥 🟥

Season | 1965-66 |
Matchday | #41 |
League Match | #35 |
Manager Game | #94 |
Saturday, 2 April 1966

Scorer(s) | Willie Hamilton | 13' |

Assist(s) | Tony Hateley | 13' |

Match Timeline

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Starting XI

GK John Gavan | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 🔴 |
RB Mick Wright | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CB John Sleeuwenhoek | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
LB Charlie Aitken | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
M Mike Tindall | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Alan Deakin | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
W Johnny MacLeod | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | 🔁 |
W Tony Scott | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
F Willie Hamilton | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | ⚽ |
F Phil Woosnam | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 |
CF Tony Hateley | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 🔥 |

Substitutes

🔁 | F Alan Baker | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | for W Johnny MacLeod | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | 46' |

Unused Substitutes

None

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Starting XI

GK Bryan Harvey | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
LB Mike Everitt | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CB Terry Branston | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
RB John Mackin | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | ⚽ |
M Joe Kiernan | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
M Harry Walden | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Graham Moore | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 | ⚽ |
M John Kurila | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
M Barry Lines | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
F Don Martin | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CF George Hudson | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

Substitutes

No Substitutions Made

Unused Substitutes

CF Jim Hall | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

Match Timeline

⚽ | 13' Goal, 1-0, Willie Hamilton, Assist by Tony Hateley
🕒 | HT Aston Villa 1-0 Northampton Town
🔁 | 46' Sub off, Johnny MacLeod, Sub on, Alan Baker
🥅 | 48' Goal, 1-1, (Northampton Town), John Mackin
🥅 | 62' Goal, 1-2, (Northampton Town), Graham Moore
🕒 | FT Aston Villa 2-1 Northampton Town

On This Day

  • Villa face Northampton Town for the first time in competitive football, Northampton become the 92nd team that the Villa first team has played in League or Cup football.

  • Dick Taylor's wildly inconsistent Villa lose for the eighth time in twelve games to make it twelve wins, four draws and nineteen defeats in thirty five League matches. Meanwhile, goalkeeper John Gavan made his final Villa appearance aged 26 before on moving to Doncaster Rovers in July 1967. Gavan played for Villa between 1962-63 and 1965-66 making 12 appearances.

🟥 6 November 1965, Villa 1-2 Northampton. County Ground.

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Game #2864

Manager: Dick Taylor | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Wolverhampton, 1964-1967
Referee: Ken Stokes | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Newark, -1966
Kick off: 3.00pm
HT Score: 🟥 0-2
FT Result: 🟥 Lost
FT Score: 🟥 1-2
Last 5: 🟨 🟩 🟩 🟨 🟥

Season | 1965-66 |
Matchday | #19 |
League Match | #16 |
Manager Game | #72 |
Saturday, 6 November 1965

Scorer(s) | Bobby Park | 59' |

Assist(s) | Willie Hamilton | 59' |

Match Timeline

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Starting XI

GK Colin Withers | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
RB Mick Wright | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CB John Sleeuwenhoek | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
LB Charlie Aitken | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
M Alan Deakin | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Mike Tindall | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Bobby Park | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | ⚽ |
W Tony Scott | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
W Johnny MacLeod | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
F Willie Hamilton | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | 🔥 |
CF Tony Hateley | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

Substitutes

No Substitutions Made

Unused Substitutes

M Graham Parker | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

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Starting XI

GK Norman Coe | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 |
RB Theo Foley | 🇮🇪 |
CB Graham Carr | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
LB Vic Cockcroft | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Joe Kiernan | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
M Harry Walden | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Barry Lines | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
F Derek Leck | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
F Don Martin | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
F Bobby Hunt | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CF Jim Hall | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | ⚽ | ⚽ | 🔁 |

Substitutes

🔁 | CF Jim Hall | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | (W Tommy Robson | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |)

Unused Substitutes

None

Match Timeline

🥅 | 9’ Goal, 0-1, (Northampton Town), Jim Hall
🥅 | 10’ Goal, 0-2, (Northampton Town), Jim Hall
🕒 | HT Northampton Town 2-0 Aston Villa
⚽ | 59’ Goal, 1-2, Bobby Park, Assist by Willie Hamilton
🕒 | FT Northampton Town 2-1 Aston Villa

On This Day

Dick Taylor's Villa lose for the first time in six as they are beaten by Northampton to make it seven wins, two draws and seven defeats in sixteen League fixtures this season.
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