Game #598
Aston Villa
Saturday, 4 February 1905
Won
1st Round
WDLWW
FA Cup
Leicester City
Villa Park
Attendance: 25,000
Aston Villa
5-1
Leicester Fosse
Assist(s) | Not recorded
MANAGER
George Ramsay | 🏴 | 1899-1907
Aston Villa
GK Billy George |
FB Albert Evans |
FB Freddie Miles |
M Alex Leake |
M Joe Pearson |
M Jack Windmill |
W Billy Brawn |
W Albert Hall |
CF Billy Garraty |
CF Harry Hampton |
F Joe Bache |
MANAGER
Leicester City
SUBSTITUTES
No Substitutions permitted in period
SUBSTITUTES
No Substitutions Permitted in Period
🟩 4 Feb 1905, Villa 5-1 Leicester, Villa Park
ON THIS DAY
Saturday, 4 February 1905
Villa face Leicester Fosse (City) for the first time in competitive football, Leicester become the 49th team that the Villa first team has played in League or Cup football and the first new opponent Villa have faced since playing Arsenal 18 games previously.
Villa crush Leicester to progress to the second round of the FA Cup and make it one defeat in eleven games in all competitions.
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