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Game #379
Aston Villa
Saturday, 29 April 1899
Won
1st
DDWWW
Division One
Liverpool
Villa Park
Attendance: 41,357
Aston Villa
5-0
Liverpool
Assists(s) | Not recorded
MANAGER
George Ramsay | 🏴 | 1886-1899
Aston Villa
GK Billy George |
CB Jimmy Cowan |
FB Howard Spencer |
FB Albert Evans |
M Jimmy Crabtree |
M Tommy Bowman |
W Steve Smith |
W Charlie Athersmith |
F Fred Wheldon |
F Jack Devey |
CF Billy Garraty |
MANAGER
Tom Watson | 🏴 |
Liverpool
SUBSTITUTES
No Substitutions permitted in period
SUBSTITUTES
No Substitutions Permitted in Period
🟩 29 Apr 1899, Villa 5-0 Liverpool, Villa Park
ON THIS DAY
Saturday, 29 April 1899
Villa secure their fourth League title on the final day of the season in a head to head with their nearest rivals Liverpool. Having held the top spot from October through to April only to lose it with four games to play, the team bounced back to finish the season with 3 consecutive wins and 18 goals and thereby clinch the title courtesy of a blistering first half performance in the final match of the League season.
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