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Game #68

Aston Villa

1-2-0, 4 PTS

Saturday, 21 September 1889

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Won

2nd (-)

Last 5: 🟥 🟥 🟨 🟨 🟩

Football League

Preston North End

1-0-1, 2 PTS

Wellington Road, Perry Barr

Attendance: 8,000

Aston Villa

5-3

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Preston North End

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MANAGER

George Ramsay | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | 1886-1899

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Aston Villa

GK Jimmy Warner | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
B Frank Coulton | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
B Albert Aldridge | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
HB Jimmy Cowan | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | ⚽ | ⚽ |
HB Harry Devey | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
HB Tom Clarkson | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
IR Albert Brown | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | ⚽ |
IR Albert Allen | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 🔥 | ⚽ |
IL Billy Dickson | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | ⚽ | 🔥 |
IL Sammy Gray | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 🟢 |
CF Archie Hunter | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |

MANAGER

E.H. Bahr | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

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Preston North End

GK James Trainer | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 |
B Bob Howarth | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
B Bob Holmes | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
HB Bob Kelso | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
HB David Russell | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
HB Johnny Graham | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
F Jimmy Ross | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | ⚽ |
F Jack Gordon | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
F Nick Ross | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | ⚽ |
F Sammy Thomson | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
F George Drummond | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | ⚽ |

SUBSTITUTES

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No Substitutions permitted in period

SUBSTITUTES

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No Substitutions Permitted in Period

🟩 21 Sep 1889, Villa 5-3 Preston, Wellington Road

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ON THIS DAY

Saturday, 21 September 1889

Villa record their first league win of the season at the expense of the reigning champions Preston and in doing so become the first team to beat the 'invincibles' in the Football League. Forward Sammy Gray made his Villa debut aged 21 after joining from West Bromwich United.

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