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Game #294
Aston Villa
Saturday, 9 January 1897
Lost
1st
WDWLL
Division One
Sunderland
Newcastle Road
Attendance: 10,000
Sunderland
4-2
Aston Villa (Champions)
Assists(s) | Not recorded
MANAGER
George Ramsay | 🏴 | 1886-1899
Aston Villa
GK Jimmy Whitehouse |
CB Jimmy Cowan |
FB Howard Spencer |
FB Albert Evans |
M Jimmy Crabtree |
M Fred Burton |
W Charlie Athersmith |
W Steve Smith |
F Fred Wheldon |
F Johnny Campbell |
F Bob Chatt |
MANAGER
Robert Campbell | 🏴 |
Sunderland
SUBSTITUTES
No Substitutions permitted in period
SUBSTITUTES
No Substitutions Permitted in Period
🟥 9 Jan 1897, Villa 2-4 Sunderland, Newcastle Road
ON THIS DAY
Saturday, 9 January 1897
Reigning Champions Villa suffer a second successive defeat for the first time this season but remain top of the league on goal ratio with four games in hand on fellow leaders Liverpool.
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