GK Jimmy Whitehouse | 🏴 | #117 |
Goalkeeper
1896-98 🕒 43 | 43 (-) | 🥅 1.37 | ⛔ 28% | 🇺 - | #117 |
GK Jimmy Whitehouse | 🏴 |
Aston Villa 1896-98 |
Football League First Division |
🕒 43 | ⚽ 0 | 🔥 - | #117 |

Seasons Active | In Fee
Active in League
🕒 Games | Starts (Subs) | ⚽ Goals | 🔥 Assists | 🇺 Unused | Player Number |
🟩 Won | 🟨 Drew | 🟥 Lost |
Cards 🟨 Booking | 🟥 Sending Off |
Goalkeepers Only 🥅 Goals Conceded | ⛔ Clean Sheets |
Previous Player | Next Player |
---|---|
CF Fred Wheldon | 🏴 | #116 | | FB Albert Evans | 🏴 | #118 | |
GK Jimmy Whitehouse | 🏴 | #117 |
James Whitehouse
Personal Profile

Birth Date | Birthplace | Birth Country | Citizenship | Height | Foot |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
9 April 1873 | Birmingham, West Midlands | England 🏴 | England 🏴 |
GK Jimmy Whitehouse | 🏴 | #117 |
Villa Youth Record
Youth Record

n/a
GK Jimmy Whitehouse | 🏴 | #117 |
Previous Clubs

Previous Clubs
Albion Swifts
1890-92 Birmingham St. George’s
1892-96 Grimsby Town
GK Jimmy Whitehouse | 🏴 | #117 |
Transfer In

Season | Joined Date | Aged | Fee | From | From | Signed Under |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1896-97 (DEBUT) | 1896 | 23 | £200 | Grimsby Town 🏴 | George Ramsay |
GK Jimmy Whitehouse | 🏴 | #117 |
Played Under
Managers

George Ramsay 🏴
Games 🕒, Starts ✅, Substitute 🔁, Won 🟩, Drew 🟨, Lost 🟥, Goals ⚽, Assists 🔥
GK Jimmy Whitehouse | 🏴 | #117 |
Career Summary

🗓️ | 🕒 | ✅ | 🔁 | 🇺 | PPG | 🟩 | 🟨 | 🟥 | 🟩 % | 🟨 % | 🟥 % | ⚽ | 🔥 | Yellow | Red | GI | GPG | GPGi |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
2 | 43 | 43 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | - | 0 |
Seasons 🗓️, Games 🕒, Starts ✅, Substitute 🔁, Won 🟩, Drew 🟨, Lost 🟥, Unused 🇺, Goals ⚽, Assists 🔥, Goals per Game GPG, Points per Game PPG, Goal Involvements GI, Games per Goal GPG, Games per Goal Involvement GPGi
GK Jimmy Whitehouse | 🏴 | #117 |
Competition Record






🕒 League | 🕒 FA Cup | 🕒 League Cup | 🕒 Europe | 🕒 European Cup |
---|---|---|---|---|
0 | 0 | 0 |
⚽ League | ⚽ FA Cup | ⚽ League Cup | ⚽ Europe | ⚽ European Cup |
---|---|---|---|---|
0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
🔥 League | 🔥 FA Cup | 🔥 League Cup | 🔥 Europe | 🔥 European Cup |
---|---|---|---|---|
0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
League Gi | FA Cup Gi | League Cup Gi | Europe Gi | European Cup Gi |
---|---|---|---|---|
0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
League GPG | FA Cup GPG | League Cup GPG | Europe GPG | European Cup GPG |
---|---|---|---|---|
0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 |
League GPGi | FA Cup GPGi | League Cup GPGi | Europe GPGi | European Cup GPGi |
---|---|---|---|---|
0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 |
Games 🕒, Goals ⚽, Assists 🔥, Goals per Game GPG, Goal Involvements GI, Games per Goal GPG, Games per Goal Involvement GPGi
GK Jimmy Whitehouse | 🏴 | #117 |
Season by Season Record
Seasons 🗓️, Age 🎂, League 〽️, Position 🏆, Games 🕒, Starts ✅, Substitute 🔁, Won 🟩, Drew 🟨, Lost 🟥, Unused 🇺, Goals Scored ⚽, Goals Conceded 🥅, Goals per Game GPG, Conceded per Game CPG, Goal Difference GD, Clean Sheets ⛔, Points per Game PPG, Goal Involvements GI, Games per Goal GPG, Games per Goal Involvement GPGi

🗓️ | 🎂 | 〽️ | 🏆 | 🕒 | ✅ | 🔁 | 🇺 | PPG | 🟩 | 🟩 % | 🟨 | 🟨 % | 🟥 | 🟥 % | ⚽ | 🔥 | Yellow | Red | GI | GPG | GPGi |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1896-97 | 23 | D1 | 24 | 24 | 0 | 0 | 0 | - | - | - | 0 |
1897-98 | 24 | D1 | 19 | 19 | 0 | 0 | 0 | - | - | - | 0 |
GK Jimmy Whitehouse | 🏴 | #117 |
Goalkeeping Record

GK # | 🕒 | 🥅 | CPG | ⛔ | ⛔ % |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
19 | 43 | 59 | 1.37 | 12 | 28% |
Season | 🕒 | 🥅 | CPG | ⛔ | ⛔ % |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
1896-97 | 24 |
1897-98 | 19 |
Seasons 🗓️, Games 🕒, Goals Conceded 🥅, Goals per Game GPG, Conceded per Game CPG, Clean Sheets ⛔
GK Jimmy Whitehouse | 🏴 | #117 |
Honours
Villa Honours

1896-97 League Champions |
1896-97 FA Cup Winners |
GK Jimmy Whitehouse | 🏴 | #117 |
Debuts & Dates

Season | First Squad | Manager |
---|---|---|
1896-97 | 5 September 1896 | George Ramsay 🏴 |
Season | Debut | Manager | Aged |
---|---|---|---|
1896-97 | 5 September 1896 | George Ramsay 🏴 | 23 |
Game # | First Goal | Scorer(s) |
---|---|---|
Did not Score |
Game # | First Assist |
---|---|
Game # | First Clean Sheet |
---|---|
4th | 🟨 3 Oct 1896, Villa 0-0 Sheffield United, Bramall Lane |
Season | Final Game | Aged | Manager |
---|---|---|---|
1897-98 | 30 April 1898 | 25 | George Ramsay 🏴 |
Season | Final Squad | Manager |
---|---|---|
1897-98 | 30 April 1898 | George Ramsay 🏴 |
GK Jimmy Whitehouse | 🏴 | #117 |
Loans Out

Loans
None
GK Jimmy Whitehouse | 🏴 | #117 |
Transfer Out

Season | Date | Aged | Fee | To | To | Left Under |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1897-98 | 1898 | 25 | Free | Bedminster FC 🏴 | George Ramsay 🏴 |
GK Jimmy Whitehouse | 🏴 | #117 |
Subsequent Clubs

Subsequent Clubs
1898-99 Bedminster FC
1899-00 Grimsby Town
1900-03 Manchester United
1903 Manchester City
1903-04 Third Lanark FC
1904-05 Hull City
1905-07 Southend United
Retired
GK Jimmy Whitehouse | 🏴 | #117 |
Quotes

GK Jimmy Whitehouse | 🏴 | #117 |
Biography
Player #117 for Aston Villa, James Whitehouse, known as Jimmy Whitehouse, and nicknamed Ripper played as a goalkeeper for the club.
Jimmy represented Villa in 1896-97 and 1897-98.
Jimmy was born in Birmingham, just 3 miles from Villa Park, on the 9th April 1873 and made his debut as a 23 year old on 5th September 1896.
Villa had signed Jimmy from Grimsby Town for £200 and he went on to represent the club 43 times.
The fee was a record fee for a goalkeeper at the time. In his time with the Villa Jimmy won 2 major trophies - the league and FA Cup double in 1896-97.
Jimmy was the eighteenth custodian of the Villa goal in League and Cup football.
In his 43 games for Villa, Jimmy conceded 59 goals at a ratio of 1.37 goals per game, and kept 12 clean sheets at the time this represented the best performance by a Villa keeper over a run of 10 games or more.
Jimmy played in 22 of 30 of Villa’s games in the 1896-97 Championship winning season keeping 9 clean sheets.
Whilst Jimmy only played twice in the 1896-97 FA Cup campaign one of those was the final, held at Crystal Palace, London in front of 65,891 people, as Villa recovered from a 2-1 deficit to beat Everton, 3-2.
By a twist of fate, as rival teams for the league title were involved in league matches on the afternoon of the 1896-97 FA Cup Final, results meant that Villa’s lead at the top of the table became unassailable.
Therefore, Villa became the only club to have won the League and FA Cup on the same day.
Jimmy’s final game for Villa came on the 30th April 1898 aged 25 after which he moved to Bedminster FC.
Jimmy played under the George Ramsay led Management Committee.
Jimmy passed away in Birmingham on the 7th February 1924 aged 50.

Died
7 February 1924, Aged 50
GK Jimmy Whitehouse | 🏴 | #117 |
Appearances
43

GK Jimmy Whitehouse | 🏴 | #117 |
Starts
43
