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Game #351
Aston Villa
Saturday, 22 October 1898
Won
2nd
DDWWW
Division One
Nottingham Forest
Villa Park
Attendance: 18,000
Aston Villa
3-0
Nottingham Forest
Assists(s) | Not recorded
MANAGER
George Ramsay | 🏴 | 1886-1899
Aston Villa
GK Billy George |
CB Jimmy Cowan |
LB Billy Haggart |
FB Charlie Aston |
M Tommy Bowman |
M Jimmy Crabtree |
W Jack Sharp |
W Steve Smith |
F Jack Devey |
F George Johnson |
F Fred Wheldon |
MANAGER
Nottingham Forest
SUBSTITUTES
No Substitutions permitted in period
SUBSTITUTES
No Substitutions permitted in period
🟩 22 Oct 1898, Villa 3-0 Forest, Villa Park
ON THIS DAY
Saturday, 22 October 1898
Left back Billy Haggart made his Villa debut aged 24 after joining from Edinburgh Royal for a fee of £40 as Villa won their 3rd successive game, kept their second consecutive clean sheet and moved to second in the table, 2 points behind leaders and reigning Champions Sheffield United with three games in hand.
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