GK Len Richards | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #232 |

1912-14 🕒 7 | 7 (-) | 🥅 1.00 | ⛔ 43% | 🇺 - | #232 |

Goalkeeper

Previous Player	Next Player
GK Albert Lindon \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \| #231 \|	W Walter Watson \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \| #233 \|

GK Len Richards | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #232 |

Leonard Joseph Richards

Personal Profile

Birth Date	Birthplace	Birth Country	Citizenship	Height	Foot
23 October 1892	Woodsetton, Dudley, Wolverhampton	England 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿	England 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿

Personal

GK Len Richards | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #232 |

Villa Youth Record

Youth Record

n/a

GK Len Richards | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #232 |

Previous Clubs

Previous Clubs

Dudley College
Hurst Hill Wesleyans
Stourbridge FC

Transfer In

GK Len Richards | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #232 |

Transfer In

Season	Joined Date	Aged	Fee	From	From	Signed Under
1910-11	March 1911	18	Free	Stourbridge FC 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿		George Ramsay

Career

GK Len Richards | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #232 |

Villa Career

GK Len Richards | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
Aston Villa 1912-14 |
Football League First Division |
🕒 7 | ⚽ 0 | 🔥 - | #232 |

GK Len Richards | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #232 |

Played Under

Managers

George Ramsay 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿

Games 🕒, Starts ✅, Substitute 🔁, Won 🟩, Drew 🟨, Lost 🟥, Goals ⚽, Assists 🔥

GK Len Richards | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #232 |

Career Summary

🗓️	🕒	✅	🔁	🇺	PPG	🟩	🟨	🟥	🟩 %	🟨 %	🟥 %	⚽	🔥	Yellow	Red	GI	GPG	GPGi
3	7	7	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 Len Richards | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #232 |

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

Seasons

GK Len Richards | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #232 |

Season by Season Record

🗓️	🎂	〽️	🏆	🕒	✅	🔁	🇺	PPG	🟩	🟩 %	🟨	🟨 %	🟥	🟥 %	⚽	🔥	Yellow	Red	GI	GPG	GPGi
1911-12	18	D1		6	6	0	0								0	-	-	-	0

1912-13

1913-14

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

GK Len Richards | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #232 |

Goalkeeping Record

🟩 30 Mar 1912, Villa 6-0 United, Villa Park

GK #	🕒	🥅	CPG	⛔	⛔ %
29	7	7	1.00	3	43%

Season	🕒	🥅	CPG	⛔	⛔ %
1911-12	6

1912-13

1913-14

Seasons 🗓️, Games 🕒, Goals Conceded 🥅, Goals per Game GPG, Conceded per Game CPG, Clean Sheets ⛔

GK Len Richards | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #232 |

Honours

Villa Honours

Played for the Villa

GK Len Richards | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #232 |

Debuts & Dates

Season	First Squad	Manager
1911-12	30 March 1912	George Ramsay 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿

Season	Debut	Manager	Aged
1911-12	30 March 1912	George Ramsay 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿	19

Game #	First Goal	Scorer(s)
	Did not Score

Game #	First Assist

Game #	First Clean Sheet
Debut	🟩 30 Mar 1912, Villa 6-0 United, Villa Park

Season	Final Game	Aged	Manager
1913-14	18 April 1914	21	George Ramsay 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿

Season	Final Squad	Manager
1913-14	18 April 1914	George Ramsay 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿

Debut

Loans

GK Len Richards | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #232 |

Loans Out

Loans

None

Transfer Out

GK Len Richards | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #232 |

Transfer Out

Season	Date	Aged	Fee	To	To	Left Under
1914-15	April 1915	22	Free	Bilston 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿		George Ramsay 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿

GK Len Richards | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #232 |

Subsequent Clubs

Bilston
Retired

Quotes

GK Len Richards | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #232 |

Quotes

Biography

GK Len Richards | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #232 |

Biography

Player #232 for Aston Villa, Leonard Joseph Richards, known as Len Richards, played as a goalkeeper for the club.

Len played for Villa between 1911-12 and 1913-14 making 7 appearances.

Len was born in Woodsetton, Dudley just 11 miles from Villa Park, on 23rd October 1892 and made his debut appearance for Villa at the age of 19 on the 30th March 1912.

Len was the 28th custodian of the Villa goal in League and Cup football and conceded 7 goals in his seven appearances, keeping 3 clean sheets.

Len played the final six games of the 1911-12 season but would not feature in the entirety of the 1912-13 campaign and would only make one further appearance for the club in 1913-14.

Villa had signed Len from Stourbridge in March 1911 but following his six appearances in 1911-12, goalkeeping great Sam Hardy became Villa’s number one and led Len to make his final appearance on Saturday, 18 April 1914 having spent much of the 1913-14 season on loan to Stourbridge.

Len subsequently moved on to Bilston.

Len played under the George Ramsay led Management Committee.

Died

1954, Aged 62

Appearances

GK Len Richards | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #232 |

Appearances

7

Game	Matchday Summary	Match Squad
Game #892	🟩 30 Mar 1912, Villa 6-0 United, Villa Park	GK Len Richards \| LB Tommy Weston \| LB Jock Logan \| FB Tom Lyons \| CB Chris Buckley \| M George Tranter \| W Charlie Wallace \| W Walter Watson \| CF Harry Hampton \| F Clem Stephenson \| F Joe Bache \|
Game #893	🟥 5 Apr 1912, Villa 0-1 Bolton, Villa Park	GK Len Richards \| LB Tommy Weston \| LB Jock Logan \| FB Tom Lyons \| M George Tranter \| W Charlie Wallace \| W Walter Watson \| F Joe Walters \| F Clem Stephenson \| F Joe Bache \| F Sammy Whittaker \|
Game #894	🟩 6 Apr 1912, Villa 2-1 Liverpool, Anfield	GK Len Richards \| LB Tommy Weston \| LB Jock Logan \| CB Bill Morris \| FB William Littlewood \| M George Tranter \| W Charlie Wallace \| W Walter Watson \| CF Harry Hampton \| F Clem Stephenson \| F Joe Bache \|
Game #895	🟩 8 Apr 1912, Villa 2-1 Oldham, Boundary Park	GK Len Richards \| LB Tommy Weston \| LB Jock Logan \| FB William Littlewood \| M George Tranter \| W Charlie Wallace \| CF Harry Hampton \| F Clem Stephenson \| F Joe Bache \| F Joe Walters \| F Sammy Whittaker \|
Game #896	🟥 13 Apr 1912, Villa 1-4 Preston, Deepdale	GK Len Richards \| LB Tommy Weston \| LB Jock Logan \| FB Tom Lyons \| CB Chris Buckley \| M George Tranter \| W Charlie Wallace \| CF Harry Hampton \| F Clem Stephenson \| F Joe Bache \| F Joe Walters \|
Game #897	🟩 20 Apr 1912, Villa 2-0 Newcastle, Villa Park	GK Len Richards \| LB Tommy Weston \| FB William Littlewood \| CB Chris Buckley \| M George Tranter \| W Albert Hall \| W Charlie Wallace \| CF Harry Hampton \| F Clem Stephenson \| F Joe Bache \| F Sammy Whittaker \|
Game #983	🟩 18 Apr 1914, Villa 2-0 Spurs, White Hart Lane	GK Len Richards \| CB Jim Harrop \| CB Bill Morris \| LB Tommy Weston \| FB Tom Lyons \| M Jimmy Leach \| W Harold Edgley \| W Charlie Wallace \| F Clem Stephenson \| F Andy McLachlan \| CF Harry Hampton \|

GK Len Richards | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #232 |

Starts

7

Game	Matchday Summary	Line Up
Game #892	🟩 30 Mar 1912, Villa 6-0 United, Villa Park	GK Len Richards \| LB Tommy Weston \| LB Jock Logan \| FB Tom Lyons \| CB Chris Buckley \| M George Tranter \| W Charlie Wallace \| W Walter Watson \| CF Harry Hampton \| F Clem Stephenson \| F Joe Bache \|
Game #893	🟥 5 Apr 1912, Villa 0-1 Bolton, Villa Park	GK Len Richards \| LB Tommy Weston \| LB Jock Logan \| FB Tom Lyons \| M George Tranter \| W Charlie Wallace \| W Walter Watson \| F Joe Walters \| F Clem Stephenson \| F Joe Bache \| F Sammy Whittaker \|
Game #894	🟩 6 Apr 1912, Villa 2-1 Liverpool, Anfield	GK Len Richards \| LB Tommy Weston \| LB Jock Logan \| CB Bill Morris \| FB William Littlewood \| M George Tranter \| W Charlie Wallace \| W Walter Watson \| CF Harry Hampton \| F Clem Stephenson \| F Joe Bache \|
Game #895	🟩 8 Apr 1912, Villa 2-1 Oldham, Boundary Park	GK Len Richards \| LB Tommy Weston \| LB Jock Logan \| FB William Littlewood \| M George Tranter \| W Charlie Wallace \| CF Harry Hampton \| F Clem Stephenson \| F Joe Bache \| F Joe Walters \| F Sammy Whittaker \|
Game #896	🟥 13 Apr 1912, Villa 1-4 Preston, Deepdale	GK Len Richards \| LB Tommy Weston \| LB Jock Logan \| FB Tom Lyons \| CB Chris Buckley \| M George Tranter \| W Charlie Wallace \| CF Harry Hampton \| F Clem Stephenson \| F Joe Bache \| F Joe Walters \|
Game #897	🟩 20 Apr 1912, Villa 2-0 Newcastle, Villa Park	GK Len Richards \| LB Tommy Weston \| FB William Littlewood \| CB Chris Buckley \| M George Tranter \| W Albert Hall \| W Charlie Wallace \| CF Harry Hampton \| F Clem Stephenson \| F Joe Bache \| F Sammy Whittaker \|
Game #983	🟩 18 Apr 1914, Villa 2-0 Spurs, White Hart Lane	GK Len Richards \| CB Jim Harrop \| CB Bill Morris \| LB Tommy Weston \| FB Tom Lyons \| M Jimmy Leach \| W Harold Edgley \| W Charlie Wallace \| F Clem Stephenson \| F Andy McLachlan \| CF Harry Hampton \|

Starts

Subs

GK Len Richards | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #232 |

Substitute Appearances

0

Game	Matchday Summary	Substitutes

Unused

GK Len Richards | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #232 |

Unused Substitute Appearances

0

Game	Matchday Summary	Unused Substitutes

Goals

GK Len Richards | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #232 |

Goals Scored

0

Game	Matchday Summary	Scorer(s)

Assists

GK Len Richards | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #232 |

Assists Made

0

Game	Matchday Summary	Assist(s)

Cards

GK Len Richards | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #232 |

Cards Received

🟨

0 🟥

-

Game	Matchday Summary	Villa Cards

International

GK Len Richards | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #232 |

International Record

International Career	Caps with Villa

Matches

GK Len Richards | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #232 |

Matches

GK Len Richards | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #232 |

🟩 30 Mar 1912, Villa 6-0 United, Villa Park

Game #892

Season | 1911-12 |
Matchday | #36 |
League Match | #33 |
Manager Game | #866 |
Saturday, 30 March 1912

Full Match Report

Division One

Scorer(s) | Clem Stephenson | Clem Stephenson | Clem Stephenson | Charlie Wallace | Charlie Wallace | Harry Hampton |

Assist(s) | Not recorded

Teams

Starting XI

Substitutes

No Substitutions permitted in period

Unused Substitutes

No Substitutions permitted in period

Starting XI

Substitutes

No Substitutions permitted in period

Unused Substitutes

No Substitutions permitted in period

Match Timeline

On This Day

Villa bounce back from defeat to record their biggest League win of the season as Manchester United are hammered at Villa Park to make it fourteen wins, seven draws and twelve defeats in thirty three division one games so far this season. Meanwhile, goalkeeper Len Richards and winger Walter Watson made their Villa debuts aged 19 and 21 after joining from Stourbridge FC and Worksop Town in March 1911 and 1912 respectively.

GK Len Richards | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #232 |

🟥 5 Apr 1912, Villa 0-1 Bolton, Villa Park

Game #893

Season | 1911-12 |
Matchday | #37 |
League Match | #34 |
Manager Game | #867 |
Friday, 5 April 1912

Full Match Report

Division One