Game #44

Aston Villa

3-1-0, 7 PTS

Saturday, 29 September 1888

Won

2nd (-)

Last 5: 🟥 🟨 🟩 🟩 🟩

Football League

Notts County

0-0-3, 0 PTS

Wellington Road, Perry Barr

Attendance: 4,000

Aston Villa

9-1

Notts County

Scorer(s) | Albert Allen | 5’ | 2-0 | 3-0 | Archie Hunter | 4-0 | Dennis Hodgetts | 5-1 | Albert Brown | 6-1 | Tommy Green | 7-1 | 8-1 | Archie Hunter | 9-1 |

Assist(s) | Albert Brown | 5-1 |

MANAGER

George Ramsay | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | 1886-1899

Aston Villa

GK Jimmy Warner | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
B Frank Coulton | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
B Gershom Cox | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
HB Harry Devey | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
HB Harry Yates | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
HB Arthur Dixon | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 🔴 |
IR Albert Brown | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 🔥 | ⚽ |
IR Tommy Green | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | ⚽ | ⚽ |
IL Dennis Hodgetts | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | ⚽ |
CF Albert Allen | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | ⚽ | ⚽ | ⚽ |
CF Archie Hunter | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | ⚽ | ⚽ |

MANAGER

Edwin Browne | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

Notts County

GK Jack Holland | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
B Frank Guttridge | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
B Tom McClean | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
HB George Brown | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
HB Charlie Shelton | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
HB Alf Shelton | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
RF W. Gunn
RF Harry Daft | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
LF John Brown | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
LF Albert Moore | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CF Bill Hodder | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

SUBSTITUTES

No Substitutions permitted in period

SUBSTITUTES

No Substitutions permitted in period

🟩 29 Sep 1888, Villa 9-1 Notts County, Wellington Road

ON THIS DAY

Saturday, 29 September 1888

Villa record their biggest league win to date and make it three wins in a row and an unbeaten start to their inaugural season. They had yet to however keep a clean sheet in League football. Wing half Arthur Dixon made his final appearance for the club aged 21. His last game came just two weeks after his debut before moving on to Stoke.

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