Game #41

Aston Villa

0-1-0, 1 PTS

Saturday, 8 September 1888

Drew

2nd (-)

Last 5: 🟩 🟩 🟩 🟥 🟨

Football League

Wolverhampton Wanderers

0-1-0, 1 PTS

Dudley Road

Attendance: 2,500

Wolves

1-1

Aston Villa

Scorer(s) | Tommy Green | 44' |

Assist(s) | Albert Brown | 44' |

MANAGER

George Ramsay | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | 1886-1899

Aston Villa

GK Jimmy Warner | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
B Frank Coulton | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
B Gershom Cox | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
HB Harry Devey | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
HB Harry Yates | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
HB Fred Dawson | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
IR Albert Brown | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 🔥 |
IR Tommy Green | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | ⚽ |
IL Batty Garvey | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 🟢 |
IL Dennis Hodgetts | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CF Albert Allen | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

MANAGER

Jack Addenbrooke | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

Wolverhampton Wanderers

GK Jack Baynton | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
B Charlie Mason | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
B Dick Baugh | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
HB Albert Fletcher | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
HB Arthur Lowder | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
HB Harry Allen | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
LF Walter White | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
LF Alf Cannon | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
RF Joseph Cooper | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
RW Thomas Hunter | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CF Nicholas Anderson | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

SUBSTITUTES

No Substitutions permitted in period

SUBSTITUTES

No Substitutions Permitted in Period

🟨 8 Sep 1888, Villa 1-1 Wolves, Dudley Road

ON THIS DAY

Saturday, 8 September 1888

Villa’s first ever league game. Tommy Green had the honour of scoring Villa’s first ever league goal however Gershom Cox had the ‘honour’ of scoring the first ever own goal in league football. Forward Batty Garvey made his Villa debut aged 24 after signing from Aston Shakespeare Meanwhile, Archie Hunter misses the game following the tragic death of his younger brother, and former Villain, Andy, who passed away in Queensland on 9th June.

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