Villa vs.
Witton
🟩 2 Feb 1889, Villa 3-2 Witton, Wellington Road
Game #61
Manager: George Ramsay | 🏴 | Glasgow, 1886-1926 led Management Committee
Referee: Charles Hughes | 🏴 | Northwich, 1889-
HT Score:
FT Result: 🟩 Won
FT Score: 🟩 3-2
Last 5: 🟥 🟩 🟩 🟨 🟩
Season | 1888-89 |
Matchday | #21 |
Manager Game | #35 |
Saturday, 2 February 1889
Scorer(s) | Albert Allen | 1-0 | Archie Hunter | 2-0 | Tommy Green | 3-2 |
Assist(s) | Not recorded
Match Timeline
Starting XI
GK Jimmy Warner | 🏴 |
B Gershom Cox | 🏴 |
B Frank Coulton | 🏴 |
HB Jack Burton | 🏴 |
HB Harry Devey | 🏴 |
HB Arthur Wollaston | 🏴 |
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 Sharples
B Smith
B Shorrocks
HB Pickering
HB Alston
HB Isherwood
F H. Smith
F Rushton
F Grimshaw
F Horsfield
F Turner
Substitutes
No Substitutions Permitted in Period
Unused Substitutes
No Substitutions Permitted in Period
Match Timeline
⚽ | Goal, 1-0, Albert Allen
⚽ | Goal, 2-0, Archie Hunter
🥅 | Goal, 2-1, (Witton)
🥅 | Goal, 2-2, (Witton)
🕒 | HT Aston Villa 2-2 Witton
⚽ | Goal, 3-2, Tommy Green
🕒 | FT Aston Villa 3-2 Witton
On This Day
Villa face Witton for the first time in competitive football, Witton become the 28th team that the Villa first team has played in League or Cup football.
Villa's first FA Cup tie of the season sees them play in wretched conditions and given a surprising scare by Witton.