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Game #308
Aston Villa
Saturday, 27 March 1897
Won
1st
WDWWW
Division One
Bolton Wanderers
Pike's Lane
Attendance: 8,000
Bolton Wanderers
1-2
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 Jack Reynolds |
M Fred Burton |
W Jack Cowan |
W Charlie Athersmith |
F Fred Wheldon |
F Johnny Campbell |
F Jack Devey |
MANAGER
Bolton Wanderers
SUBSTITUTES
No Substitutions permitted in period
SUBSTITUTES
No Substitutions Permitted in Period
🟩 27 Mar 1897, Villa 2-1 Bolton, Pike's Lane
ON THIS DAY
Saturday, 27 March 1897
Reigning Champions Villa's beat Bolton for the second successive game and are now unbeaten in 14 matches, winning 11 and top the First Division table by seven points with a game in hand over second placed Sheffield United.
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