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Game #290
Aston Villa
Saturday, 19 December 1896
Won
1st
DWWWW
Division One
Nottingham Forest
Wellington Road, Perry Barr
Attendance: 5,000
Aston Villa (Champions)
3-2
Nottingham Forest
Assists(s) | Not recorded
MANAGER
George Ramsay | 🏴 | 1886-1899
Aston Villa
GK Jimmy Whitehouse |
CB Jimmy Cowan |
FB Howard Spencer |
FB Albert Evans |
M Jack Reynolds |
M Jimmy Crabtree |
W Steve Smith |
W Charlie Athersmith |
F Fred Wheldon |
F Jack Devey |
F Bob Chatt |
MANAGER
Nottingham Forest
SUBSTITUTES
No Substitutions permitted in period
SUBSTITUTES
No Substitutions permitted in period
🟩 19 Dec 1896, Villa 3-2 Forest, Wellington Road
ON THIS DAY
Saturday, 19 December 1896
Reigning Champions Villa make it eight wins in ten games unbeaten to record their best ever League run, as a result they sat one point clear of second placed Bolton in the First Division table at the halfway point of their title defence.
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