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CF Bob Gordon | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | #104 |

Centre Forward

1894 🕒 4 | ⚽ 3 | 🔥 - | #104 |

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CF Bob Gordon | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | #104 |

Personal Profile

Full Name
Birth Date
Birthplace
Birth Country
Citizenship
Height
Foot
Robert Gordon
July 1870
Leith, Edinburgh
Scotland
🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿
Scotland
🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿
Personal
Transfer In

CF Bob Gordon | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | #104 |

Transfer In

Season
Date
Age
Fee
From
From
Signed Under
1894-95 (DEBUT)
1894
24
Free
Heart of Midlothian
George Ramsay
Season
Date
Age
Fee
From
From
Returned Under
Season
Date
Age
Fee
From
From
Returned Under
Career

CF Bob Gordon | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | #104 |

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 |

CF Bob Gordon | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
Aston Villa 1894 |
Football League First Division |
🕒 4 | ⚽ 3 | 🔥 - | #104 |

CF Bob Gordon | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | #104 |

Played Under

George Ramsay 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿

CF Bob Gordon | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | #104 |

Career Summary

Seasons
Appearances 🕒
Starts 🕒
Substitute 🔁
Unused Sub 🇺
Points per Game (PPG)
1
4
4
0
0
🟩 Won
🟩 Win %
🟨 Drew
🟨 Drawn %
🟥 Lost
🟥 Loss %
Goals ⚽
Assists 🔥
Yellow Cards 🟨
Red Cards 🟥
3
-
-
-
Goal Involvements (GI)
Games per Goal (GPG)
Games per Goal Involvement (GiPG)
3
1.33
Seasons

CF Bob Gordon | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | #104 |

Season by Season Record

Season
Age
Lg
#
🕒
🕒
🔁
🔥
🇺
🟩
🟩
🟨
🟨
🟥
🟥
PPG
GPG
GiPG
1894-95
24
D1
4
4
0
3
-
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

CF Bob Gordon | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | #104 |

Goalkeeping Record

Goalkeeper #
Goals Conceded 🥅
Goals Conceded per Game (CPG)
Clean Sheets ⛔
% Clean Sheets ⛔ %

CF Bob Gordon | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | #104 |

Season by Season Goalkeeping Record

Season
Age
Lg
🕒
🥅
CPG
1894-95
24
D1
4
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

CF Bob Gordon | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | #104 |

Honours

Played for the Villa

CF Bob Gordon | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | #104 |

Villa Youth Record

n/a

Previous Clubs

1888-89 Edinburgh Thistle
1889-90 Leith Rovers
1890-91 Leith Athletic
1891-92 Heart of Midlothian
1892-93 Middlesbrough Ironopolis
1893-94 Heart of Midlothian

CF Bob Gordon | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | #104 |

Debut

Squad From Season
First Squad Match
First Squad Under
1894-95
1 September 1894
George Ramsay 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿
Promoted to First Team Under
Promoted to First Team Date
George Ramsay 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿
1 September 1894
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Debut Season
Debut Date
Debut Age
Debut Under
1894-95
1 September 1894
24
George Ramsay 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿
Debut

CF Bob Gordon | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | #104 |

First Goal Date

Game #
Match
Scorer(s)

CF Bob Gordon | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | #104 |

Loans Out

None

Final

CF Bob Gordon | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | #104 |

Final Appearance

Final Season
Final Game
Final Age
Final Game Under
1894-95
22 October 1894
24
George Ramsay 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿
Squad To Season
Final Squad
Final Squad Under
1894-95
22 October 1894
George Ramsay 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿
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CF Bob Gordon | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | #104 |

Transfer Out

Out Season
Transfer Out Date
Age
Fee
To
To
Left Under
1894-95
1894
24
Free
Leicester Fosse
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

CF Bob Gordon | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | #104 |

Subsequent Clubs

1894-95 Leicester Fosse
1895-96 Woolwich Arsenal
1896 Reading
1897 Forfar Athletic
1898 St Bernard’s FC
Retired

Quotes

CF Bob Gordon | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | #104 |

Quotes

Biography

CF Bob Gordon | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | #104 |

Biography

Player #104 for Aston Villa, Robert Gordon, known as Bob Gordon, played as a centre forward for the club.

Bob represented Villa 4 times in the 1894-95 season.

Bob was born in Leith, Scotland, in July 1870 and made his debut for the club as a 24 year old on 1st September 1894.

Villa had signed Bob from Heart of Midlothian however Bob wasn’t selected to feature in Villa’s victorious 1894-95 FA Cup run and made all his four appearances in Villa’s league campaign finishing 3rd after the previous season’s title win.

Bob moved on to Leicester Fosse after the 1894-95 season.

Bob had played under the George Ramsay led Management Committee.

Bob passed away in Scotland in 1938 aged 68.

Died

1938, Aged 68

Appearances

CF Bob Gordon | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | #104 |

Appearances

4

Game
Matchday Summary
Match Squad
Game #210
🟩 1 Sep 1894, Villa 2-1 Birmingham, Wellington Road
GK Harry Wilkes | D John Baird | CB Jimmy Cowan | FB Jimmy Welford | M Jack Reynolds | M George Russell | W Steve Smith | W Charlie Athersmith | F Bob Chatt | F Dennis Hodgetts | CF Bob Gordon |
Game #214
🟥 29 Sep 1894, Villa 1-4 Stoke, Victoria Ground
GK Harry Wilkes | CB Jimmy Cowan | D John Baird | FB Jimmy Welford | M Jack Reynolds | M George Russell | W Steve Smith | W Charlie Athersmith | F Bob Chatt | F Jack Devey | CF Bob Gordon |
Game #217
🟨 20 Oct 1894, Villa 2-2 Birmingham, Coventry Road Muntz Street
GK Bill Dunning | CB Jimmy Cowan | FB Howard Spencer | FB Jimmy Welford | M George Russell | M Fred Burton | W Albert Woolley | W Charlie Athersmith | F Dennis Hodgetts | F Bob Chatt | CF Bob Gordon |
Game #218
🟥 22 Oct 1894, Villa 1-2 Sheffield United, Bramall Lane
GK Bill Dunning | CB Jimmy Cowan | FB Howard Spencer | FB Jimmy Welford | M Fred Burton | M George Russell | W Charlie Athersmith | F Dennis Hodgetts | F Billy Dorrell | F Bob Chatt | CF Bob Gordon |

CF Bob Gordon | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | #104 |

Starts

4

Game
Matchday Summary
Line Up
Game #210
🟩 1 Sep 1894, Villa 2-1 Birmingham, Wellington Road
GK Harry Wilkes | D John Baird | CB Jimmy Cowan | FB Jimmy Welford | M Jack Reynolds | M George Russell | W Steve Smith | W Charlie Athersmith | F Bob Chatt | F Dennis Hodgetts | CF Bob Gordon |
Game #214
🟥 29 Sep 1894, Villa 1-4 Stoke, Victoria Ground
GK Harry Wilkes | CB Jimmy Cowan | D John Baird | FB Jimmy Welford | M Jack Reynolds | M George Russell | W Steve Smith | W Charlie Athersmith | F Bob Chatt | F Jack Devey | CF Bob Gordon |
Game #217
🟨 20 Oct 1894, Villa 2-2 Birmingham, Coventry Road Muntz Street
GK Bill Dunning | CB Jimmy Cowan | FB Howard Spencer | FB Jimmy Welford | M George Russell | M Fred Burton | W Albert Woolley | W Charlie Athersmith | F Dennis Hodgetts | F Bob Chatt | CF Bob Gordon |
Game #218
🟥 22 Oct 1894, Villa 1-2 Sheffield United, Bramall Lane
GK Bill Dunning | CB Jimmy Cowan | FB Howard Spencer | FB Jimmy Welford | M Fred Burton | M George Russell | W Charlie Athersmith | F Dennis Hodgetts | F Billy Dorrell | F Bob Chatt | CF Bob Gordon |
Starts
Subs

CF Bob Gordon | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | #104 |

Substitute Appearances

0

Game
Matchday Summary
Sub Sub
Unused

CF Bob Gordon | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | #104 |

Unused Substitute Appearances

0

Game
Matchday Summary
Unused Substitutes

CF Bob Gordon | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | #104 |

Goals Scored

3

Game
Matchday Summary
Scorer(s)
Game #210
🟩 1 Sep 1894, Villa 2-1 Birmingham, Wellington Road
Scorer(s) | Steve Smith | Bob Gordon |
Game #217
🟨 20 Oct 1894, Villa 2-2 Birmingham, Coventry Road Muntz Street
Scorer(s) | Bob Gordon | Dennis Hodgetts |
Game #218
🟥 22 Oct 1894, Villa 1-2 Sheffield United, Bramall Lane
Scorer(s) | Bob Gordon |
Goals
Assists

CF Bob Gordon | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | #104 |

Assists Made

-

Game
Matchday Summary
Assist(s)
Cards

CF Bob Gordon | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | #104 |

Cards Received

🟨

-

🟥

-

Game
Matchday Summary
Villa Cards
International

International Career

Scotland

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

International Record

Scotland

Starter

Match

Substitute

Match

Goals

Match
Matches

CF Bob Gordon | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | #104 |

Matches

CF Bob Gordon | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | #104 |

🟩 1 Sep 1894, Villa 2-1 Birmingham, Wellington Road

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Game #210

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

Season | 1894-95 |
Matchday | #1 |
League Match | #1 |
Manager Game | #184 |
Saturday, 1 September 1894

Scorer(s) | Steve Smith | Bob Gordon |

Assists(s) | Not recorded

Teams

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Starting XI

GK Harry Wilkes |
D John Baird |
CB Jimmy Cowan |
FB Jimmy Welford |
M Jack Reynolds |
M George Russell |
W Steve Smith |
W Charlie Athersmith |
F Bob Chatt |
F Dennis Hodgetts |
CF Bob Gordon |

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

[Exact timings not recorded]
1’ Debut, Albert Wilkes, Bob Gordon
1’ Goal, 0-1, (Small Heath)
Goal, 1-1, Steve Smith, Assist by Bob Gordon
Goal, 2-1, Bob Gordon
HT Aston Villa 2-1 Small Heath
FT Aston Villa 2-1 Small Heath

On This Day

Reigning Champions Villa play their first ever League game against neighbours Small Heath to start the campaign with a victory. Goalkeeper Harry Wilkes made his Villa debut aged 20 after joining from Redditch Town. Centre forward Bob Gordon made a goalscoring Villa debut aged 24 after joining from Heart of Midlothian.

CF Bob Gordon | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | #104 |

🟥 29 Sep 1894, Villa 1-4 Stoke, Victoria Ground

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Game #214

Manager | George Ramsay led Management Committee |
FT Score | 1-4 |
FT Result | Lost |
Last 5 Games | WWLWL |

Season | 1894-95 |
Matchday | #5 |
League Match | #5 |
Manager Game | #188 |
Saturday, 29 September 1894

Scorer(s) | Charlie Athersmith |

Assists(s) | Not recorded

Teams

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Starting XI

GK Harry Wilkes |
CB Jimmy Cowan |
D John Baird |
FB Jimmy Welford |
M Jack Reynolds |
M George Russell |
W Steve Smith |
W Charlie Athersmith |
F Bob Chatt |
F Jack Devey |
CF Bob Gordon |

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

[Exact timings not recorded]
Goal, 0-1, (Stoke)
Goal, 0-2, (Stoke)
Goal, 0-3, (Stoke)
HT Stoke 3-0 Aston Villa
Goal, 1-3, Charlie Athersmith
Goal, 1-4, (Stoke)
FT Stoke 4-1 Aston Villa

On This Day

Reigning Champions Villa suffer their second defeat of the season.

CF Bob Gordon | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | #104 |

🟨 20 Oct 1894, Villa 2-2 Birmingham, Coventry Road Muntz Street

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Game #217

Manager | George Ramsay led Management Committee |
FT Score | 2-2 |
FT Result | Drew |
Last 5 Games | WLLWD |

Season | 1894-95 |
Matchday | #8 |
League Match | #8 |
Manager Game | #191 |
Saturday, 20 October 1894

Scorer(s) | Bob Gordon | Dennis Hodgetts |

Assists(s) | Not recorded

Teams

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Starting XI

GK Bill Dunning |
CB Jimmy Cowan |
FB Howard Spencer |
FB Jimmy Welford |
M George Russell |
M Fred Burton |
W Albert Woolley |
W Charlie Athersmith |
F Dennis Hodgetts |
F Bob Chatt |
CF Bob Gordon |

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

[Exact timings not recorded]
Goal, 1-0, Bob Gordon
Goal, 1-1, (Small Heath, pen), Fred Wheldon.
HT Small Heath 1-1 Aston Villa
Goal, 1-2, (Small Heath)
Goal, 2-2, Dennis Hodgetts
FT Small Heath 2-2 Aston Villa

On This Day

Reigning Champions Villa line up against a neighbouring team for the second successive week but this time cannot come away with victory. Winger Albert Woolley made his final appearance for Villa aged 24 before moving on to Derby County.

CF Bob Gordon | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | #104 |

🟥 22 Oct 1894, Villa 1-2 Sheffield United, Bramall Lane

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Game #218

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

Season | 1894-95 |
Matchday | #9 |
League Match | #9 |
Manager Game | #192 |
Monday, 22 October 1894

Scorer(s) | Bob Gordon |

Assists(s) | Not recorded

Teams

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Starting XI

GK Bill Dunning |
CB Jimmy Cowan |
FB Howard Spencer |
FB Jimmy Welford |
M Fred Burton |
M George Russell |
W Charlie Athersmith |
F Dennis Hodgetts |
F Billy Dorrell |
F Bob Chatt |
CF Bob Gordon |

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

[Exact timings not recorded]
25’ Goal, 0-1, (Sheffield United)
35’ Goal, 1-1, Bob Gordon
HT Sheffield United 1-1 Aston Villa
83’ Goal, 1-2, (Sheffield United)
FT Sheffield United 2-1 Aston Villa

On This Day

Reigning Champions Villa lost their 4th game of the campaign and sat in 7th position as centre forward Bob Gordon made his final appearance for Villa aged 24 before moving on to Leicester Fosse.
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