Game #61
Aston Villa
Saturday, 2 February 1889
Won
1st Round
Last 5: 🟥 🟩 🟩 🟨 🟩
FA Cup
Witton
Wellington Road, Perry Barr
Attendance: 1,500
Aston Villa
3-2
Witton
Assist(s) | Not recorded
MANAGER
George Ramsay | 🏴 | 1886-1899
Aston Villa
GK Jimmy Warner | 🏴 |
B Gershom Cox | 🏴 |
B Frank Coulton | 🏴 |
HB Jack Burton | 🏴 |
HB Harry Devey | 🏴 |
HB Arthur Wollaston | 🏴 |
IR Albert Brown | 🏴 |
IR Tommy Green | 🏴 | ⚽ |
IL Albert Allen | 🏴 | ⚽ |
IL Dennis Hodgetts | 🏴 |
CF Archie Hunter | 🏴 | ⚽ |
MANAGER
Unknown
Witton
GK Sharples
B Smith
B Shorrocks
HB Pickering
HB Alston
HB Isherwood
F H. Smith
F Rushton
F Grimshaw
F Horsfield
F Turner
SUBSTITUTES
No Substitutions permitted in period
SUBSTITUTES
No Substitutions Permitted in Period
🟩 2 Feb 1889, Villa 3-2 Witton, Wellington Road
ON THIS DAY
Saturday, 2 February 1889
Villa face Witton for the first time in competitive football, Witton become the 28th team that the Villa first team has played in League or Cup football.
Villa's first FA Cup tie of the season sees them play in wretched conditions and given a surprising scare by Witton.
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