M Archie Goodall | 🇮🇪 | #50 |
Half Back
Back
Left Wing
1888-89 🕒 14 | ⚽ 7 | 🔥 2 | #50 |
M Archie Goodall | 🇮🇪 |
Aston Villa 1888-89 | £100 |
Football League |
🕒 14 | ⚽ 7 | 🔥 2 | #50 |

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 |
---|---|
GK Walter Ashmore | 🏴 | #49 | | M Archie Wollaston | 🏴 | #51 | |
M Archie Goodall | 🇮🇪 | #50 |
Archibald Lee Goodall
Personal Profile

Birth Date | Birthplace | Birth Country | Citizenship | Height | Foot |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
3 January 1865 | Belfast | Ireland | Ireland |
M Archie Goodall | 🇮🇪 | #50 |
Villa Youth Record
Youth Record

n/a
M Archie Goodall | 🇮🇪 | #50 |
Previous Clubs

Previous Clubs
1885-86 Liverpool Stanley FC
1886 Preston North End
1886-87 Liverpool Stanley FC
1887 St. Jude’s
1887 Derby County
1887-88 Bolton Wanderers
1888 Preston North End
M Archie Goodall | 🇮🇪 | #50 |
Transfer In

Season | Joined Date | Aged | Fee | From | From | Signed Under |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1888-89 | 1888 | 23 | £100 | Preston North End 🏴 | George Ramsay 🏴 |
M Archie Goodall | 🇮🇪 | #50 |
Played Under
Managers

George Ramsay 🏴 1888-89
Games 🕒, Starts ✅, Substitute 🔁, Won 🟩, Drew 🟨, Lost 🟥, Goals ⚽, Assists 🔥
M Archie Goodall | 🇮🇪 | #50 |
Career Summary

🗓️ | 🕒 | ✅ | 🔁 | 🇺 | PPG | 🟩 | 🟨 | 🟥 | 🟩 % | 🟨 % | 🟥 % | ⚽ | 🔥 | Yellow | Red | GI | GPG | GPGi |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | 14 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 2 | 0 | - | 9 | 2.00 |
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
M Archie Goodall | 🇮🇪 | #50 |
Competition Record






🕒 League | 🕒 FA Cup | 🕒 League Cup | 🕒 Europe | 🕒 European Cup |
---|---|---|---|---|
0 | 0 | 0 |
⚽ League | ⚽ FA Cup | ⚽ League Cup | ⚽ Europe | ⚽ European Cup |
---|---|---|---|---|
0 | 0 | 0 |
🔥 League | 🔥 FA Cup | 🔥 League Cup | 🔥 Europe | 🔥 European Cup |
---|---|---|---|---|
0 | 0 | 0 |
League Gi | FA Cup Gi | League Cup Gi | Europe Gi | European Cup Gi |
---|---|---|---|---|
0 | 0 | 0 |
League GPG | FA Cup GPG | League Cup GPG | Europe GPG | European Cup GPG |
---|---|---|---|---|
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 |
Games 🕒, Goals ⚽, Assists 🔥, Goals per Game GPG, Goal Involvements GI, Games per Goal GPG, Games per Goal Involvement GPGi
M Archie Goodall | 🇮🇪 | #50 |
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 |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1888-89 | 24 | FL | 14 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 2 | - | - | 9 | 2.00 |
M Archie Goodall | 🇮🇪 | #50 |
Goalkeeping Record

GK # | 🕒 | 🥅 | CPG | ⛔ | ⛔ % |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Season | 🕒 | 🥅 | CPG | ⛔ | ⛔ % |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Seasons 🗓️, Games 🕒, Goals Conceded 🥅, Goals per Game GPG, Conceded per Game CPG, Clean Sheets ⛔
M Archie Goodall | 🇮🇪 | #50 |
Honours
Villa Honours

Played for the Villa
M Archie Goodall | 🇮🇪 | #50 |
Debuts & Dates

Season | First Squad | Manager |
---|---|---|
1888-89 | 13 October 1888 | George Ramsay 🏴 |
Season | Debut | Manager | Aged |
---|---|---|---|
1888-89 | 13 October 1888 | George Ramsay 🏴 | 23 |
Game # | First Goal | Scorer(s) |
---|---|---|
Game # | First Assist |
---|---|
Game # | First Clean Sheet |
---|---|
Season | Final Game | Aged | Manager |
---|---|---|---|
1888-89 | 9 March 1889 | 24 | George Ramsay 🏴 |
Season | Final Squad | Manager |
---|---|---|
1888-89 | 9 March 1889 | George Ramsay 🏴 |
M Archie Goodall | 🇮🇪 | #50 |
Loans Out

Loans
None
M Archie Goodall | 🇮🇪 | #50 |
Transfer Out

Season | Date | Aged | Fee | To | To | Left Under |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1888-89 | 1889 | 24 | Free | Derby County 🏴 | George Ramsay 🏴 |
M Archie Goodall | 🇮🇪 | #50 |
Subsequent Clubs

Subsequent Clubs
1889-03 Derby County
Football League |
🕒 390 | ⚽ 48 |
1903 Plymouth Argyle
1903-05 Glossop North End
Football League |
🕒 26 | ⚽ 13 |
1905-06 Wolverhampton Wanderers
🕒 7 | ⚽ 0 |
1906 Retired
M Archie Goodall | 🇮🇪 | #50 |
Quotes

M Archie Goodall | 🇮🇪 | #50 |
Biography
Player #50 for Aston Villa, Archibald Lee Goodall known as Archie Goodall played as a forward for the club.
Archie was born in Belfast on 3 January 1865 and made his debut as a 23 year old on 13th October 1888.
Villa had signed Archie from Preston North End for £100.
The transfer of Archie from Preston North End to Villa was notable as being the first transfer ratified by the Football League during a season.
Archie became the first player to play for Villa from anywhere other than England, Scotland and Wales. Despite a strong scoring record and the outlay of £100, Goodall played only a single season with Villa.
Archie’s final game came on 9th March 1889 after which he transferred to Derby County.
Archie played under the George Ramsay led Management Committee.
Archie passed away on 20th November 1929 in East Finchley aged 64.

Died
20 November 1929, Aged 64
M Archie Goodall | 🇮🇪 | #50 |
Appearances
14

M Archie Goodall | 🇮🇪 | #50 |
Starts
14

M Archie Goodall | 🇮🇪 | #50 |
Substitute Appearances
0

Game | Matchday Summary | Substitutes |
---|
M Archie Goodall | 🇮🇪 | #50 |
Unused Substitute Appearances
0

Game | Matchday Summary | Unused Substitutes |
---|
M Archie Goodall | 🇮🇪 | #50 |
Goals Scored
7

M Archie Goodall | 🇮🇪 | #50 |
Assists Made
2

M Archie Goodall | 🇮🇪 | #50 |
Cards Received
🟨

0
🟥
-
Game | Matchday Summary | Villa Cards |
---|
M Archie Goodall | 🇮🇪 | #50 |
International Record
All Ireland

International Career | Caps with Villa |
---|---|
1899-04 🕒 10 | ⚽ 2 | | 1888-89 🕒 0 | 0 (-) | ⚽ 0 | 🔥 0 | 🟩 0 | 🟨 0 | 🟥 0 | 🇺- | |
M Archie Goodall | 🇮🇪 | #50 |
Matches

M Archie Goodall | 🇮🇪 | #50 |
🟩 13 Oct 1888, Villa 6-1 Blackburn, Wellington Road


Game #46
Football League
Manager: George Ramsay | 🏴 | Glasgow, 1886-1926 led Management Committee
Referee: Unknown
HT Score: 🟩 2-0
FT Result: 🟩 Won
FT Score: 🟩 6-1
Last 5: 🟩 🟩 🟩 🟥 🟩
Season | 1888-89 |
Matchday | #6 |
League Match | #6 |
Manager Game | #20 |
Saturday, 13 October 1888
Scorer(s) | Tommy Green | 35’ | Archie Goodall | 2-0 | Albert Brown | 46’ | Albert Allen | 4-0 | 5-1 | Archie Hunter | 6-1 |
Assist(s) | Dennis Hodgetts | 35' |
Teams

GK Jimmy Warner | 🏴 |
B Gershom Cox | 🏴 |
B Frank Coulton | 🏴 |
HB Harry Yates | 🏴 |
HB Jack Burton | 🏴 |
HB Archie Goodall | 🏴 | 🟢 | ⚽ |
IR Albert Brown | 🏴 | ⚽ |
IR Tommy Green | 🏴 | ⚽ |
IL Dennis Hodgetts | 🏴 | 🔥 |
IL Albert Allen | 🏴 | ⚽ | ⚽ |
CF Archie Hunter | 🏴 | ⚽ |

GK Herbie Arthur | 🏴 |
B Jack Southworth | 🏴 |
B John Forbes | 🏴 |
HB Jimmy Douglas | 🏴 |
HB Willie Almond | 🏴 |
HB Jimmy Forrest | 🏴 |
LW Harry Fecitt | 🏴 |
LW William Townley | 🏴 |
RW Nat Walton | 🏴 |
RW Robert Haresnape | 🏴 |
CF John Southworth | 🏴 |
Starting XI
Substitutes
No Substitutions permitted in period
Unused Substitutes
No Substitutions permitted in period
Substitutes
No Substitutions Permitted in Period
Unused Substitutes
No Substitutions Permitted in Period
Match Timeline
🟢 | 1’ Debut, Archie Goodall
⚽ | 35’ Goal, 1-0, Tommy Green, Assist by Dennis Hodgetts
⚽ | 37' Goal, 2-0, Archie Goodall
🕒 | HT Aston Villa 2-0 Blackburn Rovers
⚽ | 46’ Goal, 3-0, Albert Brown
⚽ | Goal, 4-0, Albert Allen
🥅 | Goal, 4-1, (Blackburn Rovers), Walton
⚽ | Goal, 5-1, Albert Allen
⚽ | Goal, 6-1, Archie Hunter
🕒 | FT Aston Villa 6-1 Blackburn Rovers
On This Day
Villa face Blackburn Rovers for the first time in competitive football, Rovers become the 24th team that the Villa first team has played in League or Cup football.
Villa get back to winning ways in the league and have now scored 23 goals in 6 games but are yet to keep a clean sheet. Archie Goodall made a goalscoring debut for Villa aged 24 following his £100 move from Preston North End.
M Archie Goodall | 🇮🇪 | #50 |
🟨 10 Nov 1888, Villa 1-1 Preston, Deepdale


Game #50
Football League
Manager: George Ramsay | 🏴 | Glasgow, 1886-1926 led Management Committee
Referee: Morton Betts | 🏴 | Harrow, 1884-
HT Score: 🟥 0-1
FT Result: 🟨 Drew
FT Score: 🟨 1-1
Last 5 🟩 🟩 🟩 🟨 🟨
Season | 1888-89 |
Matchday | #10 |
League Match | #10 |
Manager Game | #24 |
Saturday, 10 November 1888
Scorer(s) | Tommy Green | 88' |
Assist(s) | Archie Goodall | 88' |
Teams

GK Jimmy Warner | 🏴 |
B Gershom Cox | 🏴 |
B Frank Coulton | 🏴 |
HB Harry Yates | 🏴 |
HB Archie Goodall | 🏴 | 🔥 |
HB Harry Devey | 🏴 |
IR Albert Brown | 🏴 |
IR Tommy Green | 🏴 | ⚽ |
IL Dennis Hodgetts | 🏴 |
IL Albert Allen | 🏴 |
CF Archie Hunter | 🏴 |

GK James Trainer | 🏴 |
B Bob Howarth | 🏴 |
B Bob Holmes | 🏴 |
HB Sandy Robertson | 🏴 |
HB David Russell | 🏴 |
HB Johnny Graham | 🏴 |
RW Jack Edwards | 🏴 |
RW Jimmy Ross | 🏴 |
LW Fred Dewhurst | 🏴 |
LW Sammy Thomson | 🏴 |
CF Johnny Goodall | 🏴 | ⚽ |
Starting XI
Substitutes
No Substitutions permitted in period
Unused Substitutes
No Substitutions permitted in period
Substitutes
No Substitutions Permitted in Period
Unused Substitutes
No Substitutions Permitted in Period
Match Timeline
🥅 | 2' Goal, 0-1, (Preston North End), Johnny Goodall
🕒 | HT Preston North End 1-0 Aston Villa
⚽ | 88’ Goal, 1-1, Tommy Green, Assist by Archie Goodall
🕒 | FT Preston North End 1-1 Aston Villa
On This Day
M Archie Goodall | 🇮🇪 | #50 |
🟥 17 Nov 1888, Villa 1-5 Blackburn, Leamington Road


Game #51
Football League
Manager: George Ramsay | 🏴 | Glasgow, 1886-1926 led Management Committee
Referee: Thomas Helme | 🏴 | Farnworth, 1888-
HT Score:
FT Score: 🟥 1-5
FT Result: 🟥 Lost
Last 5: 🟩 🟩 🟨 🟨 🟥
Season | 1888-89 |
Matchday | #11 |
League Match | #11 |
Manager Game | #25 |
Saturday, 17 November 1888
Scorer(s) | Tommy Green | 40' |
Assist(s) | Dennis Hodgetts | 40' |
Teams

GK Jimmy Warner | 🏴 |
B Gershom Cox | 🏴 |
B Frank Coulton | 🏴 |
HB Jack Burton | 🏴 |
HB Archie Goodall | 🏴 |
HB Harry Devey | 🏴 |
IR Albert Brown | 🏴 |
IR Tommy Green | 🏴 | ⚽ |
IL Dennis Hodgetts | 🏴 | 🔥 |
IL Albert Allen | 🏴 |
CF Archie Hunter | 🏴 |

GK Herbie Arthur | 🏴 |
B Jack Southworth | 🏴 |
B John Forbes | 🏴 |
HB Jimmy Douglas | 🏴 |
HB Willie Almond | 🏴 |
HB Jimmy Forrest | 🏴 |
RW James Beresford | 🏴 |
RW Nat Walton | 🏴 |
LW Jimmy Brown | 🏴 |
LW Harry Fecitt | 🏴 | ⚽ | ⚽ |
CF John Southworth | 🏴 | ⚽ | ⚽ | ⚽ |
Starting XI
Substitutes
No Substitutions permitted in period
Unused Substitutes
No Substitutions permitted in period
Substitutes
No Substitutions Permitted in Period
Unused Substitutes
No Substitutions Permitted in Period
Match Timeline
🥅 | 22’ Goal, 0-1, (Blackburn Rovers), John Southworth
⚽ | 40’ Goal, 1-1, Tommy Green, Assist by Dennis Hodgetts
🕒 | HT Blackburn Rovers 1-1 Aston Villa
🥅 | Goal, 1-2, (Blackburn Rovers), Fecitt
🥅 | Goal, 1-3, (Blackburn Rovers), Fecitt
🥅 | 85’ Goal, 1-4, (Blackburn Rovers), John Southworth
🥅 | 90’ Goal, 1-5, (Blackburn Rovers), John Southworth
🕒 | FT Blackburn Rovers 5-1 Aston Villa
On This Day
M Archie Goodall | 🇮🇪 | #50 |
🟩 24 Nov 1888, Villa 2-1 Wolves, Wellington Road


Game #52
Football League
Manager: George Ramsay | 🏴 | Glasgow, 1886-1926 led Management Committee
Referee: Unknown
HT Score: 🟩 1-0
FT Result: 🟩 Won
FT Score: 🟩 2-1
Last 5: 🟩 🟨 🟨 🟥 🟩
Season | 1888-89 |
Matchday | #12 |
League Match | #12 |
Manager Game | #26 |
Saturday, 24 November 1888
Scorer(s) | Archie Goodall (brace) |
Assist(s) | Albert Brown | 1-0 | Archie Hunter | 2-1 |
Teams

GK Jimmy Warner | 🏴 |
B Gershom Cox | 🏴 |
B Frank Coulton | 🏴 |
HB Jack Burton | 🏴 |
HB Archie Goodall | 🏴 | ⚽ | ⚽ |
HB Harry Devey | 🏴 |
HB Harry Yates | 🏴 |
IR Albert Brown | 🏴 | 🔥 |
IR Tommy Green | 🏴 |
IL Albert Allen | 🏴 |
CF Archie Hunter | 🏴 | 🔥 |

GK Jack Baynton | 🏴 |
B Charlie Mason | 🏴 |
B Dick Baugh | 🏴 |
HB Albert Fletcher | 🏴 |
HB Arthur Lowder | 🏴 |
HB Harry Allen | 🏴 |
LW Harry Wood | 🏴 |
RW Thomas Knight | 🏴 |
RW Thomas Hunter | 🏴 |
RF Joseph Cooper | 🏴 |
CF John Brodie | 🏴 | ⚽ |
Starting XI
Substitutes
No Substitutions permitted in period
Unused Substitutes
No Substitutions permitted in period
Substitutes
No Substitutions Permitted in Period
Unused Substitutes
No Substitutions Permitted in Period
Match Timeline
⚽ | Goal, 1-0, Archie Goodall, Assist by Albert Brown
🕒 | HT Aston Villa 1-0 Wolverhampton Wanderers
🥅 | Goal, 1-1, (Wolverhampton Wanderers), John Brodie
⚽ | Goal, 2-1, Archie Goodall, Assist by Archie Hunter
🕒 | FT Aston Villa 2-1 Wolverhampton Wanderers
On This Day
M Archie Goodall | 🇮🇪 | #50 |
🟩 8 Dec 1888, Villa 4-2 Notts County, Trent Bridge


Game #53
Football League
Manager: George Ramsay | 🏴 | Glasgow, 1886-1926 led Management Committee
Referee: William Henry Jope | 🏴 | Wednesbury, 1888-
HT Score: 🟨 1-1
FT Result: 🟩 Won
FT Score: 🟩 4-2
Last 5: 🟨 🟨 🟥 🟩 🟩
Season | 1888-89 |
Matchday | #13 |
League Match | #13 |
Manager Game | #27 |
Saturday, 8 December 1888
Scorer(s) | Albert Brown | 1-0 | Archie Goodall | 50' | 75' | Own Goal | 3-2 |
Assist(s) | Tommy Green | 50' |
Teams

GK Jimmy Warner | 🏴 |
B Gershom Cox | 🏴 |
B Frank Coulton | 🏴 |
HB Harry Devey | 🏴 |
HB Jack Burton | 🏴 |
HB Archie Wollaston | 🏴 | 🟢 |
LW Archie Goodall | 🏴 | ⚽ | ⚽ |
LW Thomas Harrison | 🏴 | 🟢 |
RW Albert Brown | 🏴 | ⚽ |
RW Tommy Green | 🏴 | 🔥 |
CF Archie Hunter | 🏴 |

GK Tom Widdowson | 🏴 |
B Haydn Morley | 🏴 |
B Herbert Snook | 🏴 |
HB Charles Dobson | 🏴 |
HB Tom McClean | 🏴 |
HB George Brown | 🏴 |
RW Thomas Cooke | 🏴 |
RW Arthur Shaw | 🏴 |
LW Fred Weightman | 🏴 |
LW Bob Jardine | 🏴 |
CF Thomas Allin | 🏴 |
Starting XI
Substitutes
No Substitutions permitted in period
Unused Substitutes
No Substitutions permitted in period
Substitutes
No Substitutions permitted in period
Unused Substitutes
No Substitutions permitted in period
Match Timeline
🟢 | 1' Debut, Archie Wollaston, Thomas Harrison
⚽ | Goal, 1-0, Albert Brown
🥅 | Goal, 1-1, (Notts County), Jardine
🕒 | HT Notts County 1-1 Aston Villa
⚽ | 50' Goal, 2-1, Archie Goodall, Assist by Tommy Green
🥅 | Goal, 2-2, (Notts County), Weightman
⚽ | Goal, 3-2, Own Goal, Widdowson
⚽ | 75' Goal, 4-2, Archie Goodall
🕒 | FT Notts County 2-4 Aston Villa
On This Day
Archie Goodall scores his second consecutive brace to earn the points for Villa as they beat a County side who amazingly played just one of the side they fielded against Villa three months earlier.
Wing half Archie Wollaston made his Villa debut aged 23 after joining from Stafford Road FC.
Outside left Thomas Harrison made his Villa debut aged 21 after joining from Coombes Wood FC.
M Archie Goodall | 🇮🇪 | #50 |
🟨 15 Dec 1888, Villa 1-1 Accrington, Thorneyholme Road


Game #54
Football League
Manager: George Ramsay | 🏴 | Glasgow, 1886-1926 led Management Committee
Referee: Unknown
HT Score: 🟨 1-1
FT Result: 🟨 Drew
FT Score: 🟨 1-1
Last 5: 🟨 🟥 🟩 🟩 🟨
Season | 1888-89 |
Matchday | #14 |
League Match | #14 |
Manager Game | #28 |
Saturday, 15 December 1888
Scorer(s) | Albert Brown | 7' |
Assist(s) | None
Teams

GK Jimmy Warner | 🏴 |
B Gershom Cox | 🏴 |
B Frank Coulton | 🏴 |
HB Jack Burton | 🏴 |
HB Archie Goodall | 🏴 |
HB Harry Devey | 🏴 |
HB Archie Wollaston | 🏴 |
IR Albert Brown | 🏴 | ⚽ |
IR Tommy Green | 🏴 |
IL Albert Allen | 🏴 |
CF Archie Hunter | 🏴 |

Unknown
Starting XI
Substitutes
No Substitutions permitted in period
Unused Substitutes
No Substitutions permitted in period
Substitutes
No Substitutions permitted in period
Unused Substitutes
No Substitutions permitted in period
Match Timeline
⚽ | 7’ Goal, 1-0, Albert Brown
🥅 | Goal, 1-1, (Accrington), Kirkham
🕒 | HT Accrington 1-1 Aston Villa
🕒 | FT Accrington 1-1 Aston Villa
On This Day
An early goal from Albert Brown on 7' isn't enough as Accrington draw with Villa to stop a third successive victory.
M Archie Goodall | 🇮🇪 | #50 |
🟩 22 Dec 1888, Villa 4-2 Burnley, Wellington Road


Game #55
Football League
Manager: George Ramsay | 🏴 | Glasgow, 1886-1926 led Management Committee
Referee: Unknown
HT Score: 🟩 2-1
FT Result: 🟩 Won
FT Score: 🟩 4-2
Last 5: 🟥 🟩 🟩 🟨 🟩
Season | 1888-89 |
Matchday | #15 |
League Match | #15 |
Manager Game | #29 |
Saturday, 22 December 1888
Scorer(s) | Tommy Green | 1-1 | Archie Goodall | 2-1 | Archie Hunter | 3-1 | Albert Allen | 4-1 |
Assist(s) | Albert Allen | 3-1 |
Teams

GK Jimmy Warner | 🏴 |
B Gershom Cox | 🏴 |
B Frank Coulton | 🏴 |
HB Jack Burton | 🏴 |
HB Harry Devey | 🏴 |
HB Archie Wollaston | 🏴 |
IR Albert Brown | 🏴 |
IR Tommy Green | 🏴 | ⚽ |
IL Archie Goodall | 🏴 | ⚽ |
IL Albert Allen | 🏴 | 🔥 | ⚽ |
CF Archie Hunter | 🏴 | ⚽ |

GK Walter Cox | 🏴 |
B Sandy Lang | 🏴 |
B William Bury | 🏴 |
HB Bill McFettridge | 🏴 |
HB Dan Friel | 🏴 |
HB Jack Keenan | 🏴 |
RF William Brady | 🏴 |
RF Alec Brady | 🏴 |
LF Jack Yates | 🏴 |
LF William McKay | 🏴 | ⚽ |
CF Pat Gallocher | 🏴 |
Starting XI
Substitutes
No Substitutions permitted in period
Unused Substitutes
No Substitutions permitted in period
Substitutes
No Substitutions Permitted in Period
Unused Substitutes
No Substitutions Permitted in Period
Match Timeline
🥅 | Goal, 0-1, (Burnley)
⚽ | Goal, 1-1, Tommy Green
⚽ | Goal, 2-1, Archie Goodall
🕒 | HT Aston Villa 2-1 Burnley
⚽ | Goal, 3-1, Archie Hunter, Assist by Albert Allen
⚽ | Goal, 4-1, Albert Allen
🥅 | Goal, 4-2, (Burnley), McKay
🕒 | FT Aston Villa 4-2 Burnley
On This Day
Albert Allen finished the scoring for Villa to make it 8 for the season as it's back to winning ways for Villa as a physical Burnley side are dispatched.
M Archie Goodall | 🇮🇪 | #50 |
🟩 29 Dec 1888, Villa 4-2 Derby, Wellington Road


Game #56
Football League
Manager: George Ramsay | 🏴 | Glasgow, 1886-1926 led Management Committee
Referee: Unknown
HT Score: 🟩 3-1
FT Result: 🟩 Won
FT Score: 🟩 4-2
Last 5: 🟩 🟩 🟨 🟩 🟩
Season | 1888-89 |
Matchday | #16 |
League Match | #16 |
Manager Game | #30 |
Saturday, 19 December 1888
Scorer(s) | Tommy Green | 1-0 | 2-0 | Albert Allen | 3-1 | Archie Goodall | 4-1 |
Assist(s) | Albert Brown | 1-0 | 4-1 | Albert Allen | 2-0 | Archie Goodall | 3-1 |
Teams

GK Jimmy Warner | 🏴 |
B Gershom Cox | 🏴 |
B Frank Coulton | 🏴 |
HB Jack Burton | 🏴 |
HB Harry Devey | 🏴 |
HB Fred Dawson | 🏴 | 🔴 |
IR Albert Brown | 🏴 | 🔥 | 🔥 |
IR Tommy Green | 🏴 | ⚽ | ⚽ |
IL Albert Allen | 🏴 | 🔥 | ⚽ |
IL Archie Goodall | 🏴 | 🔥 | ⚽ |
CF Archie Hunter | 🏴 |

GK Joseph Marshall | 🏴 |
B Arthur Latham | 🏴 |
B Archibald Ferguson | 🏴 |
HB Albert Williamson | 🏴 |
HB J. Smith | 🏴 |
HB Walter Roulston | 🏴 |
RF Shaw (RW George Bakewell | 🏴 | ⚽ |)
RW Benjamin Spilsbury | 🏴 | ⚽ |
LF Smart
LW Lawrence Plackett | 🏴 |
CF Harry Plackett | 🏴 | 🚑 | ❌ |
Starting XI
Substitutes
No Substitutions permitted in period
Unused Substitutes
No Substitutions permitted in period
Substitutes
No Substitutions Permitted in Period
Unused Substitutes
No Substitutions Permitted in Period
Match Timeline
🆘 | 1’ Derby start the game with Shaw having replaced the temporarily absent Bakewell
⚽ | 10' Goal, 1-0, Tommy Green, Assist by Albert Brown
⚽ | Goal, 2-0, Tommy Green, Assist by Albert Allen
🚑 | 15' Player retires from field of play with injury, (Derby County) H. Plackett
🥅 | Goal, 2-1, (Derby County), Spilsbury
⚽ | Goal, 3-1, Albert Allen, Assist by Archie Goodall
🕒 | HT Aston Villa 3-1 Derby County
🆘 | Derby field their 11th man, Bakewell, Shaw remains on the pitch in the absence of H. Plackett
⚽ | 55' Goal, 4-1, Archie Goodall, Assist by Albert Brown
🥅 | Goal, 4-2, (Derby County), Bakewell
🕒 | FT Aston Villa 4-2 Derby County
On This Day
Albert Allen lays on two goals as 12-man Derby are beaten.
Villa win without being at their best however in a hitherto unseen move, Derby arrive with 10 listed men as their Bakewell is delayed. Derby name Shaw as an interim replacement. During the first half Derby centre forward Luckett is injured and has to retire from play. When Bakewell finally appears at half time, he joins the Derby line up, whilst Shaw is retained on the pitch in the absence of Luckett. Football's first substitution?
Half Back Fred Dawson made his final Villa appearance at the age of 30 before retiring from football through injury.
M Archie Goodall | 🇮🇪 | #50 |
🟥 5 Jan 1889, Villa 0-4 Burnley, Turf Moor


Game #57
Football League
Manager: George Ramsay | 🏴 | Glasgow, 1886-1926 led Management Committee
Referee: Unknown
HT Score: 🟥 0-1
FT Result: 🟥 Lost
FT Score: 🟥 0-4
Last 5: 🟩 🟨 🟩 🟩 🟥
Season | 1888-89 |
Matchday | #17 |
League Match | #17 |
Manager Game | #31 |
Saturday, 5 January 1889
Scorer(s) | None
Assist(s) | None
Teams

Villa play the match with 10 men
GK Jimmy Warner | 🏴 |
B Gershom Cox | 🏴 |
B Frank Coulton | 🏴 |
HB Jack Burton | 🏴 |
HB Harry Devey | 🏴 |
IR Albert Brown | 🏴 |
IR Tommy Green | 🏴 |
IL Archie Goodall | 🏴 |
IL Albert Allen | 🏴 |
IL Dennis Hodgetts | 🏴 |
*HB Fred Dawson | 🏴 | unable to reach ground

GK Walter Cox | 🏴 |
B Sandy Lang | 🏴 |
B William Bury | 🏴 |
HB Bill McFettridge | 🏴 |
HB Dan Friel | 🏴 |
HB Jack Keenan | 🏴 |
RF William Brady | 🏴 | ⚽ |
RF Alec Brady | 🏴 |
LF Jack Yates | 🏴 | ⚽ | ⚽ |
LF William McKay | 🏴 |
CF Pat Gallocher | 🏴 | ⚽ |
Starting XI
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Match Timeline
💥 | Villa's arrival is delayed due to the mists approaching the ground and kick off is thereby delayed
💥 | The referee commences the game despite Villa's arrival being incomplete and the ground being extremely heavy for even an 11v11 being contested
💥 | 1’ Villa start the game with 8 men as Gershom Cox, Fred Dawson & Harry Devey are delayed in the mists approaching the ground
💥 | 5’ Gershom Cox and Harry Devey take the field of play
🥅 | 20’ Goal, 0-1, (Burnley), Yates
🕒 | HT Burnley 1-0 Aston Villa
🥅 | Goal, 0-2 (Burnley), Gallocher
🥅 | Goal, 0-3 (Burnley), Yates
🥅 | Goal, 0-4 (Burnley), W Brady
🕒 | FT Burnley 4-0 Aston Villa
On This Day
Villa face Burnley for the first time in competitive football, Burnley become the 27th team that the Villa first team has played in League or Cup football.
Villa start the match with only 8 players on the field due to a dense mist around the ground preventing the team's arrival. Following a delayed arrival of the majority of the Villa team, the referee deems play should commence 8v11.
After five minutes had elapsed a Cox and Devey joined the play but Villa are forced to played the fixture 10v11 as Dawson can not make it through the confitions. Playing with 10 men on a pitch of the heaviest variety, that would render Villa's style of play impossible even in an 11v11 match, inevitably leads to defeat.
Ironically, Villa's previous fixture had seen Derby arrive with 10 men, before being allowed to field 11 from kick off by use of a reserve, and then allowing a 12th man to take the field of play after one of the original line up was injured. No such fortune was afforded Villa at Turf Moor.
M Archie Goodall | 🇮🇪 | #50 |
🟩 12 Jan 1889, Villa 6-2 Bolton, Wellington Road


Game #58
Football League
Manager: George Ramsay | 🏴 | Glasgow, 1886-1926 led Management Committee
Referee: Chaplin | 🏴 | Derby, 1889-
HT Score: 🟨 1-1
FT Result: 🟩 Won
FT Score: 🟩 6-2
Last 5: 🟨 🟩 🟩 🟥 🟩
Season | 1888-89 |
Matchday | #18 |
League Match | #18 |
Manager Game | #32 |
Saturday, 12 January 1889
Scorer(s) | Albert Brown | 1-0 | Albert Allen | 2-1 | 4-2 | Dennis Hodgetts | 3-2 | Tommy Green | 5-2 | Archie Hunter | 6-2 |
Assist(s) | Tommy Green | 1-0 | Dennis Hodgetts | 2-1 |
Teams

GK Jimmy Warner | 🏴 |
B Gershom Cox | 🏴 |
B Frank Coulton | 🏴 |
HB Jack Burton | 🏴 |
HB Harry Devey | 🏴 |
HB Archie Goodall | 🏴 |
IR Albert Brown | 🏴 | ⚽ |
IR Tommy Green | 🏴 | ⚽ | 🔥 |
IL Albert Allen | 🏴 | ⚽ | ⚽ |
IL Dennis Hodgetts | 🏴 | ⚽ | 🔥 |
CF Archie Hunter | 🏴 | ⚽ |

GK Charlie Harrison | 🏴 |
B Bethell Robinson | 🏴 |
B Di Jones | 🏴 |
HB Weir
HB J. Scowcroft | 🏴 |
HB Robert Roberts | 🏴 |
RF Kenny Davenport | 🏴 |
RF James Brogan | 🏴 |
LF G. Owen | 🏴 |
LF Jack McNee | 🏴 |
CF Alexander Barbour | 🏴 | ⚽ |
Starting XI
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Match Timeline
⚽ | Goal, 1-0, Albert Brown, Assist by Tommy Green
🥅 | Goal, 1-1, (Bolton Wanderers), Barbour