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Villa vs.

Walsall Town

๐ŸŸฉ 17 Oct 1885, Villa 5-0 Walsall Town, The Chuckery

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Game #25

Manager: Management Committee 1879-86
Referee: William Henry Moon | ๐Ÿด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ | Wednesbury, 1885-
Game abandoned on 86' due to crowd trouble, Result upheld
HT Score: ๐ŸŸฉ 4-0
FT Result: ๐ŸŸฉ Won
FT Score: ๐ŸŸฉ 5-0
Last 5: ๐ŸŸฉ ๐ŸŸฉ ๐ŸŸจ ๐ŸŸฉ ๐ŸŸฉ

Season | 1885-86 |
Matchday | #1 |
Manager Game | #25 |
Saturday, 17 October 1885

Scorer(s) | Archie Hunter | 5โ€™ | Albert Brown | 10โ€™ | Arthur Brown | 22โ€™ | Richmond Davis | 45โ€™ | Howard Vaughton | 46โ€™ |

Assist(s) | Olly Whateley | 22' |

Match Timeline

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Starting XI

GK Charlie Hobson | ๐Ÿด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ | ๐ŸŸข |
B Wally Jones | ๐Ÿด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ | ๐ŸŸข |
B Tom Riddell | ๐Ÿด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ |
HB Robert Price | ๐Ÿด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ |
HB Jack Burton | ๐Ÿด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ | ๐ŸŸข |
HB Arthur Brown | ๐Ÿด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ | โšฝ |
IL Howard Vaughton | ๐Ÿด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ | โšฝ |
IR Albert Brown | ๐Ÿด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ | โšฝ |
F Richmond Davis | ๐Ÿด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ | ๐ŸŸข | โšฝ |
CF Olly Whateley | ๐Ÿด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ | ๐Ÿ”ฅ |
CF Archie Hunter | ๐Ÿด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ณ๓ ฃ๓ ด๓ ฟ | โšฝ |

Substitutes

No Substitutions permitted in period

Unused Substitutes

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Starting XI

GK Beech
B Cox
B Reynolds
HB Collington
HB Brettle
HB Heyes
F Hunter
F Shaw
F Bradbury
F Cope
F Wilson

Substitutes

No Substitutions permitted in period

Unused Substitutes

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Match Timeline

๐ŸŸข | 1โ€™ Debut, Charlie Hobson, Wally Jones, Jack Burton, Richmond Davis
โšฝ | 5โ€™ Goal, 1-0, Archie Hunter
โšฝ | 10โ€™ Goal, 2-0, Albert Brown
โšฝ | 22โ€™ Goal, 3-0, Arthur Brown, Assist by Olly Whateley
โšฝ | 45โ€™ Goal, 4-0, Richmond Davis
๐Ÿ•’ | HT Walsall Town 0-4 Aston Villa
โšฝ | 50โ€™ Goal, 5-0, Howard Vaughton
๐Ÿ’ฅ | 86โ€™ Crowd disturbances stop play
๐Ÿ•’ | FT Walsall Town 0-5 Aston Villa

On This Day

Five nil to the good after just 46' Villa's excellent performance is overshadowed as four minutes from full time the Walsall Town crowd invaded the pitch forcing the game to be abandoned. Serious disturbances followed. But the bad behaviour wasn't just confined to the crowd; the Walsall boardroom recorded a post-match complaint for the result to be over-turned as they claimed that Villa's Wally Jones lived more than 6 miles from the Wellington Road ground. Goalkeeper Charlie Hobson, defender Wally Jones, half back Jack Burton & forward Richmond Davis made their FA Cup debuts for Villa.

๐ŸŸฉ 6 Dec 1884, Villa 2-0 Walsall Town, The Chuckery

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Game #22

Manager: Management Committee 1879-86
Referee: T. C. Slaney | ๐Ÿด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ | Secretary of Staffordshire Association, 1884-
HT Score: ๐ŸŸฉ 1-0
FT Score: ๐ŸŸฉ 2-0
FT Result: ๐ŸŸฉ Won
Last 5: ๐ŸŸฉ ๐ŸŸฉ ๐ŸŸฅ ๐ŸŸฉ ๐ŸŸฉ

Season | 1884-85 |
Matchday | #2 |
Manager Game | #22 |
Saturday, 6 December 1884

Scorer(s) | Ollie Whateley | 10' | Archie Hunter | 65' |

Assist(s) | None

Match Timeline

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Starting XI

GK Alf Harvey | ๐Ÿด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ |
B Joe Simmonds | ๐Ÿด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ |
B Tom Riddell | ๐Ÿด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ |
B Robert Price | ๐Ÿด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ |
HB Fred Dawson | ๐Ÿด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ |
HB Arthur Brown | ๐Ÿด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ |
IL Eli Davis | ๐Ÿด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ |
IL Howard Vaughton | ๐Ÿด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ |
IR Albert Brown | ๐Ÿด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ |
CF Olly Whateley | ๐Ÿด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ | โšฝ |
CF Archie Hunter | ๐Ÿด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ณ๓ ฃ๓ ด๓ ฟ | โšฝ |

Substitutes

No Substitutions permitted in period

Unused Substitutes

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Starting XI

GK Icke
B Reynolds
B Cox
HB Brettle
HB Collington
HB Beech
RF Shaw
RF Hunter
LF Ash
LF Dodsworth
CF Bradbury

Substitutes

No Substitutions permitted in period

Unused Substitutes

No Substitutions permitted in period

Match Timeline

๐Ÿ’ฅ | 1โ€™ Villa line up with 10 men
โšฝ | 10โ€™ Goal, 1-0, Olly Whateley
๐Ÿ’ฅ | 45' Walsall score after half time whistle is blow, refreee Slaney disallows the goal
๐Ÿ•’ | HT Walsall Town 0-1 Aston Villa
๐Ÿ’ฅ | 46โ€™ Villa line up with 11 men
โšฝ | 65โ€™ Goal, 2-0, Archie Hunter
๐Ÿ•’ | FT Walsall Town 0-2 Aston Villa

On This Day

  • Villa play the whole of the first half with 10-men as the selected Robert Price had not arrived in time for kick off but it doesn't prevent them progressing to the third round and a first ever FA Cup tie with West Bromwich Albion.

๐ŸŸฉ 27 Jan 1883, Villa 2-1 Walsall Town, Wellington Road

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Game #15

Manager: Management Committee 1879-86
Referee: Rev. F. Marshall | ๐Ÿด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ | Yorkshire, 1883-
HT Score: ๐ŸŸจ 1-1
FT Result: ๐ŸŸฉ Won
FT Score: ๐ŸŸฉ 2-1
Last 5: ๐ŸŸฅ ๐ŸŸฉ ๐ŸŸฉ ๐ŸŸฉ ๐ŸŸฉ

Season | 1882-83 |
Matchday | #4 |
Manager Game | #15 |
Saturday, 27 January 1883

Scorer(s) | Howard Vaughton | 1-1 | Arthur Brown | 55' |

Assist(s) | Andy Hunter | 1-1 | Archie Hunter | 55' |

Match Timeline

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Starting XI

GK Tommy Mason | ๐Ÿด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ |
B Joe Simmonds | ๐Ÿด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ |
B Alf Harvey | ๐Ÿด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ |
HB Charles Apperley | ๐Ÿด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ |
HB David Anderson | ๐Ÿด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ |
HB Arthur Brown | ๐Ÿด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ | โšฝ |
IL Eli Davis | ๐Ÿด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ |
IL Howard Vaughton | ๐Ÿด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ | โšฝ |
IR Andy Hunter | ๐Ÿด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ณ๓ ฃ๓ ด๓ ฟ | ๐Ÿ”ฅ |
CF Archie Hunter | ๐Ÿด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ณ๓ ฃ๓ ด๓ ฟ | ๐Ÿ”ฅ |
CF Olly Whateley | ๐Ÿด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ |

Substitutes

No Substitutions permitted in period

Unused Substitutes

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Starting XI

GK Keay
B Reynolds
3QB Newman
HB Collington
HB Taylor
HB Dodsworth
RF Arblaster
RF Hill | โšฝ |
LF Boyd
LF Harrison
F Bradbury

Substitutes

No Substitutions permitted in period

Unused Substitutes

No Substitutions permitted in period

Match Timeline

๐Ÿฅ… | Goal, 0-1, (Walsall Town), Hill
โšฝ | Goal, 1-1, Howard Vaughton, Assist by Andy Hunter
๐Ÿ•’ | HT Aston Villa 1-1 Walsall Town
โšฝ | 55โ€™ Goal, 2-1, Arthur Brown, Assist by Archie Hunter
๐Ÿ•’ | FT Aston Villa 2-1 Walsall Town

On This Day

  • Olly Whateley is instrumental in sending Villa through to the fifth round for the first time after they fielded their first ever unchanged line up.

  • Villa face Walsall Town for the first time in competitive football, Town become the 7th team that the Villa first team has played in League or Cup football.

  • Villa fielded their first ever unchanged line up in the FA Cup as they qualified for the 5th Round of the competition for the first time.

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