Villa vs.
Oldbury Town
🟩 15 Oct 1887, Villa 4-0 Oldbury Town, Oldbury
Game #37
Manager: George Ramsay | 🏴 | Glasgow, 1886-1926 led Management Committee
Referee: Unknown
HT Score: 🟩 1-0
FT Score: 🟩 4-0
FT Result: 🟩 Won
Last 5: 🟩 🟩 🟩 🟩 🟩
Season | 1887-88 |
Matchday | #1 |
Manager Game | #11 |
Saturday, 15 October 1887
Scorer(s) | Albert Brown | 15’ | Albert Allen | 2-0 | Dennis Hodgetts | 3-0 | Albert Brown | 4-0 |
Assist(s) | Dennis Hodgetts | 15' |
Match Timeline
Starting XI
GK Jimmy Warner | 🏴 |
B Frank Coulton | 🏴 |
B Gershom Cox | 🏴 | 🟢 |
HB Harry Devey | 🏴 | 🟢 |
HB Harry Yates | 🏴 |
HB Jack Burton | 🏴 |
IR Albert Brown | 🏴 | ⚽ | ⚽ |
IR Tommy Green | 🏴 | 🟢 |
IL Albert Allen | 🏴 | 🟢 | ⚽ |
IL Dennis Hodgetts | 🏴 | 🔥 | ⚽ |
CF Archie Hunter | 🏴 |
Substitutes
No Substitutions permitted in period
Unused Substitutes
No Substitutions permitted in period
Starting XI
GK Matthews
B Bradbury
B Riddell
HB Hazlewood
HB F. Bunn
HB Stanton
IR Aston
IR W. Bunn
IL Southall
IL Barber
CF Neale
Substitutes
No Substitutions Permitted in Period
Unused Substitutes
No Substitutions Permitted in Period
Match Timeline
🟢 | 1’ Debut, Gershom Cox, Harry Devey, Tommy Green, Albert Allen
⚽ | 15’ Goal, 1-0, Albert Brown, Assist by Dennis Hodgetts
🕒 | HT Oldbury Town 0-1 Aston Villa
⚽ | Goal, 2-0, Albert Allen
⚽ | Goal, 3-0, Dennis Hodgetts
⚽ | Goal, 4-0, Albert Brown
🕒 | FT Oldbury Town 0-4 Aston Villa
On This Day
Villa face Oldbury Town for the first time in competitive football, Oldbury become the 18th team that the Villa first team has played in League or Cup football.
Secretary Manager George Ramsay's Villa hammer Oldbury Town in their first game defending their 1887 FA Cup win as Gershom Cox, Harry Devey, Tommy Green & Albert Allen make their debuts for Villa.