Game #34
Aston Villa
Saturday, 12 February 1887
Won
Quarter Final
Last 5: 🟨 🟨 🟩 🟩 🟩
FA Cup
Darwen
Wellington Road, Perry Barr
Attendance: 10,000
Aston Villa
3-2
Darwen
Assist(s) | Richmond Davis | 1-0 | 2-0 |
MANAGER
George Ramsay | 🏴 | 1886-1899
Aston Villa
GK Jimmy Warner | 🏴 |
B Frank Coulton | 🏴 |
B Joe Simmonds | 🏴 |
HB Harry Yates | 🏴 |
HB Fred Dawson | 🏴 | ⚽ |
HB Jack Burton | 🏴 |
IR Albert Brown | 🏴 |
IL Howard Vaughton | 🏴 |
F Richmond Davis | 🏴 | 🔥 | 🔥 |
IL Dennis Hodgetts | 🏴 | ⚽ |
CF Archie Hunter | 🏴 | ⚽ |
MANAGER
Unknown
Darwen
GK MacIntyre
B Marsden
B Leach
HB Hamilton
HB Owen
HB Thornber
RF Haresnape
RF Broughton
LF Slater
LF Shorrock | ⚽ |
CF Rostron | ⚽ |
SUBSTITUTES
No Substitutions permitted in period
SUBSTITUTES
No Substitutions permitted in period
🟩 12 Feb 1887, Villa 3-2 Darwen, Wellington Road
ON THIS DAY
Saturday, 12 February 1887
Villa face Darwen for the first time in competitive football, Darwen become the 16th team that the Villa first team has played in League or Cup football.
Secretary Manager George Ramsay's Villa reach their first FA Cup Semi final despite a late scare from a plucky Darwen side.
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