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GK Albert Lindon | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #231 |

Goalkeeper

1912 🕒 1 | ⚽ 0 | 🔥 - | #231 |

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GK Albert Lindon | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #231 |

Personal Profile

Full Name
Birth Date
Birthplace
Birth Country
Citizenship
Height
Foot
Albert Edward Lindon
24 January 1891
King's Norton, Birmingham
England
🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿
England
🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿
Personal
Transfer In

GK Albert Lindon | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #231 |

Transfer In

Season
Date
Age
Fee
From
From
Signed Under
1910-11
August 1910
19
£750
Birmingham
George Ramsay
Season
Date
Age
Fee
From
From
Returned Under
Season
Date
Age
Fee
From
From
Returned Under
Career

GK Albert Lindon | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #231 |

Villa Career

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 |

GK Albert Lindon | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
Aston Villa 1912 |
Football League First Division |
🕒 1 | ⚽ 0 | 🔥 - | #231 |

GK Albert Lindon | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #231 |

Played Under

George Ramsay 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿

GK Albert Lindon | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #231 |

Career Summary

Seasons
Appearances 🕒
Starts 🕒
Substitute 🔁
Unused Sub 🇺
Points per Game (PPG)
1
1
1
0
0
🟩 Won
🟩 Win %
🟨 Drew
🟨 Drawn %
🟥 Lost
🟥 Loss %
Goals ⚽
Assists 🔥
Yellow Cards 🟨
Red Cards 🟥
0
-
-
-
Goal Involvements (GI)
Games per Goal (GPG)
Games per Goal Involvement (GiPG)
0
Seasons

GK Albert Lindon | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #231 |

Season by Season Record

Season
Age
Lg
#
🕒
🕒
🔁
🔥
🇺
🟩
🟩
🟨
🟨
🟥
🟥
PPG
GPG
GiPG
1911-12
20
D1
1
1
0
0
-
0
Season
Age
Lg
#
🕒
🕒
🔁
🔥
🇺
🟩
🟩
🟨
🟨
🟥
🟥
PPG
GPG
GiPG
Season
Age
Lg
#
🕒
🕒
🔁
🔥
🇺
🟩
🟩
🟨
🟨
🟥
🟥
PPG
GPG
GiPG
Season
Age
Lg
#
🕒
🕒
🔁
🔥
🇺
🟩
🟩
🟨
🟨
🟥
🟥
PPG
GPG
GiPG
Season
Age
Lg
#
🕒
🕒
🔁
🇺
🔥
🟩
🟩
🟨
🟨
🟥
🟥
PPG
GPG
GiPG
Season
Age
Lg
#
🕒
🕒
🔁
🔥
🇺
🟩
🟩
🟨
🟨
🟥
🟥
PPG
GPG
GiPG
Season
Age
Lg
#
🕒
🕒
🔁
🔥
🇺
🟩
🟩
🟨
🟨
🟥
🟥
PPG
GPG
GiPG
Season
Age
Lg
#
🕒
🕒
🔁
🔥
🇺
🟩
🟩
🟨
🟨
🟥
🟥
PPG
GPG
GiPG
Season
Age
Lg
#
🕒
🕒
🔁
🔥
🇺
🟩
🟩
🟨
🟨
🟥
🟥
PPG
GPG
GiPG
Season
Age
Lg
#
🕒
🕒
🔁
🔥
🇺
🟩
🟩
🟨
🟨
🟥
🟥
PPG
GPG
GiPG
Season
Age
Lg
#
🕒
🕒
🔁
🔥
🇺
🟩
🟩
🟨
🟨
🟥
🟥
PPG
GPG
GiPG
Season
Age
Lg
#
🕒
🕒
🔁
🔥
🇺
🟩
🟩
🟨
🟨
🟥
🟥
PPG
GPG
GiPG
Season
Age
Lg
#
🕒
🕒
🔁
🔥
🇺
🟩
🟩
🟨
🟨
🟥
🟥
PPG
GPG
GiPG
Season
Age
Lg
#
🕒
🕒
🔁
🔥
🇺
🟩
🟩
🟨
🟨
🟥
🟥
PPG
GPG
GiPG
Season
Age
Lg
#
🕒
🕒
🔁
🔥
🇺
🟩
🟩
🟨
🟨
🟥
🟥
PPG
GPG
GiPG
Season
Age
Lg
#
🕒
🕒
🔁
🔥
🇺
🟩
🟩
🟨
🟨
🟥
🟥
PPG
GPG
GiPG
Season
Age
Lg
#
🕒
🕒
🔁
🔥
🇺
🟩
🟩
🟨
🟨
🟥
🟥
PPG
GPG
GiPG

GK Albert Lindon | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #231 |

Goalkeeping Record

Goalkeeper #
Goals Conceded 🥅
Goals Conceded per Game (CPG)
Clean Sheets ⛔
% Clean Sheets ⛔ %
28
2
2.00
0
0%

GK Albert Lindon | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #231 |

Season by Season Goalkeeping Record

Season
Age
Lg
🕒
🥅
CPG
1911-12
20
D1
1
Season
Age
Lg
🕒
🥅
CPG
Season
Age
Lg
🕒
🥅
CPG
Season
Age
Lg
🕒
🥅
CPG
Season
Age
Lg
🕒
🥅
CPG
Season
Age
Lg
🕒
🥅
CPG
Season
Age
Lg
🕒
🥅
CPG
Season
Age
Lg
🕒
🥅
CPG
Season
Age
Lg
🕒
🥅
CPG
Season
Age
Lg
🕒
🥅
CPG
Season
Age
Lg
🕒
🥅
CPG
Season
Age
Lg
🕒
🥅
CPG
Season
Age
Lg
🕒
🥅
CPG
Season
Age
Lg
🕒
🥅
CPG
Season
Age
Lg
🕒
🥅
CPG
Season
Age
Lg
🕒
🥅
CPG
Season
Age
Lg
🕒
🥅
CPG

GK Albert Lindon | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #231 |

Honours

Played for the Villa

GK Albert Lindon | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #231 |

Villa Youth Record

n/a

Previous Clubs

Aston Hall Schools
Vaughan United
Delta Metals Works FC
Birmingham Fruiterers FC
Delta Metals Works FC
Birmingham

GK Albert Lindon | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #231 |

Debut

Squad From Season
First Squad Match
First Squad Under
1911-12
23 March 1912
George Ramsay 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿
Promoted to First Team Under
Promoted to First Team Date
George Ramsay 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿
23 March 1912
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Debut Season
Debut Date
Debut Age
Debut Under
1911-12
23 March 1912
21
George Ramsay 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿
Debut

GK Albert Lindon | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #231 |

First Goal Date

Game #
Match
Scorer(s)

GK Albert Lindon | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #231 |

Loans Out

None

Final

GK Albert Lindon | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #231 |

Final Appearance

Final Season
Final Game
Final Age
Final Game Under
1911-12
23 March 1912
21
George Ramsay 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿
Squad To Season
Final Squad
Final Squad Under
1911-12
23 March 1912
George Ramsay 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿
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GK Albert Lindon | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #231 |

Transfer Out

Out Season
Transfer Out Date
Age
Fee
To
To
Left Under
1912-13
September 1912
21
Free
Barnsley
George Ramsay 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿
Out Season
Transfer Out Date
Age
Fee
To
To
Left Under
Out Season
Transfer Out Date
Age
Fee
To
To
Left Under
Transfer Out

GK Albert Lindon | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #231 |

Subsequent Clubs

Barnsley
Retired

Quotes

GK Albert Lindon | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #231 |

Quotes

Biography

GK Albert Lindon | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #231 |

Biography

Player #231 for Aston Villa, Albert Edward Lindon, played as a goalkeeper for the club.

Albert played for Villa in the 1911-12 season making just one appearance for the club.

Albert was born in Kings Norton, less than 9 miles from Villa Park, on 24th January 1891 and made his sole appearance for Villa at the age of 20 on the 23rd March 1912.

Albert was the 27th custodian of the Villa goal in League and Cup football, conceding twice in his single appearance.

Villa had signed Albert from Birmingham in August 1910 for a fee of £750 and after his single appearance he moved on to Barnsley in September 1912.

Albert played under the George Ramsay led Management Committee.

Albert passed away in Dowlais, Wales on 1st October 1976 aged 85.

Died

1 October 1976, Aged 85

Appearances

GK Albert Lindon | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #231 |

Appearances

1

Game
Matchday Summary
Match Squad
Game #891
🟥 23 Mar 1912, Villa 1-2 Spurs, White Hart Lane
GK Albert Lindon | LB Tommy Weston | FB Tom Lyons | CB Chris Buckley | M George Tranter | W Charlie Wallace | W Harold Edgley | CF Harry Hampton | F Sammy Whittaker | F Clem Stephenson | F Joe Bache |

GK Albert Lindon | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #231 |

Starts

1

Game
Matchday Summary
Line Up
Game #891
🟥 23 Mar 1912, Villa 1-2 Spurs, White Hart Lane
GK Albert Lindon | LB Tommy Weston | FB Tom Lyons | CB Chris Buckley | M George Tranter | W Charlie Wallace | W Harold Edgley | CF Harry Hampton | F Sammy Whittaker | F Clem Stephenson | F Joe Bache |
Starts
Subs

GK Albert Lindon | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #231 |

Substitute Appearances

0

Game
Matchday Summary
Sub Sub
Unused

GK Albert Lindon | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #231 |

Unused Substitute Appearances

0

Game
Matchday Summary
Unused Substitutes

GK Albert Lindon | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #231 |

Goals Scored

0

Game
Matchday Summary
Scorer(s)
Goals
Assists

GK Albert Lindon | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #231 |

Assists Made

-

Game
Matchday Summary
Assist(s)
Cards

GK Albert Lindon | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #231 |

Cards Received

🟨

-

🟥

-

Game
Matchday Summary
Villa Cards
International

International Career

England

FA
National Team
Caps with Villa
England
FA
National Team
Full International Record
England
FA
🕒 Caps
🕒 Starts
🔁 Sub
⚽ Goals
FA
First Cap with Villa
FA
First International Goal with Villa
FA
Last Cap with Villa

International Record

England

Starter

Match

Substitute

Match

Goals

Match
Matches

GK Albert Lindon | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #231 |

Matches

GK Albert Lindon | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #231 |

🟥 23 Mar 1912, Villa 1-2 Spurs, White Hart Lane

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Game #891

Manager | George Ramsay led Management Committee |
FT Score | 1-2 |
FT Result | Lost |
Last 5 Games | WWLWL |

Season | 1911-12 |
Matchday | #35 |
League Match | #32 |
Manager Game | #865 |
Saturday, 23 March 1912

Scorer(s) | Harold Edgley |

Assist(s) | Not recorded

Teams

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Starting XI

GK Albert Lindon |
LB Tommy Weston |
FB Tom Lyons |
CB Chris Buckley |
M George Tranter |
W Charlie Wallace |
W Harold Edgley |
CF Harry Hampton |
F Sammy Whittaker |
F Clem Stephenson |
F Joe Bache |

Substitutes

No Substitutions permitted in period

Unused Substitutes

No Substitutions permitted in period

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Starting XI

Substitutes

No Substitutions Permitted in Period

Unused Substitutes

No Substitutions Permitted in Period

Match Timeline

On This Day

Villa lose for the second time in three to make it thirteen wins, seven draws and twelve defeats in thirty two division one games so far this season. Meanwhile, goalkeeper Albert Lindon made his sole appearance for Villa aged 21 after moving from Birmingham in August 1910. Lindon would move on to Barnsley in September 1912.
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