Game #39
Aston Villa
Saturday, 17 December 1887
Won
4th Round
Last 5: 🟩 🟩 🟩 🟩 🟩
FA Cup
Shankhouse
St James' Park
Attendance: 3,000
Shankhouse
0-9
Aston Villa (Holders)
Assist(s) | Dennis Hodgetts | 5-0 | Archie Hunter | 6-0 | Albert Brown | 7-0 |
MANAGER
George Ramsay | 🏴 | 1886-1899
Aston Villa
GK Jimmy Warner | 🏴 |
B Frank Coulton | 🏴 |
B Gershom Cox | 🏴 |
B Joe Simmonds | 🏴 | 🔴 |
HB Harry Yates | 🏴 |
HB Jack Burton | 🏴 |
IR Albert Brown | 🏴 | ⚽ | 🔥 | ⚽ |
IR Tommy Green | 🏴 | ⚽ | ⚽ |
IL Albert Allen | 🏴 | ⚽ | ⚽ |
IL Dennis Hodgetts | 🏴 | 🔥 | ⚽ |
CF Archie Hunter | 🏴 | ⚽ | ⚽ | 🔥 |
MANAGER
Unknown
Shankhouse
GK Wood
B Todd
B Brydon
HB Ritson
HB Turpin
HB Reilly
RW Thompson
RW Metcalf
LW Hamilton
LW Hedley
CF Matthews
SUBSTITUTES
No Substitutions permitted in period
SUBSTITUTES
No Substitutions permitted in period
🟩 17 Dec 1887, Villa 9-0 Shankhouse, St James' Park
ON THIS DAY
Saturday, 17 December 1887
Villa hammer village side Shankhouse at Newcastle West End's St James' Park to set up "The Great Football Match" between the two best teams in the land - Villa and Preston North End.
Villa face Shankhouse for the first time in competitive football, Shankhouse become the 20th team that the Villa first team has played in League or Cup football.
Secretary Manager George Ramsay's Villa received a bye in the third Round and so the holders lined up against village side Shankhouse in the fourth Round as they make it seventeen goals without replay in the Cup defence and keep a fourth consecutive FA Cup clean sheet.
Meanwhile, defender Joe Simmonds made his final appearance for Villa.
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