Game #48
Aston Villa
6-1-1, 13 PTS
Saturday, 27 October 1888
Won
2nd (-)
Last 5: 🟩 🟥 🟩 🟩 🟩
Football League
Accrington
2-4-2, 8 PTS
Wellington Road, Perry Barr
Attendance: 7,000
Aston Villa
4-3
Accrington
MANAGER
George Ramsay | 🏴 | 1886-1899
Aston Villa
GK Jimmy Warner | 🏴 |
B Gershom Cox | 🏴 |
B Frank Coulton | 🏴 |
HB Harry Yates | 🏴 |
HB Jack Burton | 🏴 |
HB Harry Devey | 🏴 |
IR Albert Brown | 🏴 | ⚽ | ⚽ |
IR Tommy Green | 🏴 | ⚽ |
IL Dennis Hodgetts | 🏴 | ⚽ |
IL Albert Allen | 🏴 |
CF Archie Hunter | 🏴 |
MANAGER
Unknown
Accrington
GK Horne
B Stevenson
B Singleton
HB Haworth
HB Tattersall
HB Pemberton
RF Lofthouse
RF Boner
LF Kirkham | ⚽ |
LF Brand
CF Barbour
SUBSTITUTES
No Substitutions permitted in period
SUBSTITUTES
No Substitutions permitted in period
🟩 27 Oct 1888, Villa 4-3 Accrington, Wellington Road
ON THIS DAY
Saturday, 27 October 1888
Villa face Accrington for the first time in competitive football, Accrington become the 26th team that the Villa first team has played in League or Cup football.
Villa win for the sixth time in eight games in the inaugural Football League.
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