CF Bob Gordon | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | #104 |

1894 🕒 4 | ⚽ 3 | 🔥 - | #104 |

Centre Forward

Previous Player	Next Player
M George Russell \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 \| #103 \|	GK Harry Wilkes \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \| #105 \|

CF Bob Gordon | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | #104 |

Robert Gordon

Personal Profile

Birth Date	Birthplace	Birth Country	Citizenship	Height	Foot
July 1870	Leith 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿	Scotland 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿	Scotland 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿

Personal

CF Bob Gordon | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | #104 |

Villa Youth Record

Youth Record

n/a

CF Bob Gordon | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | #104 |

Previous Clubs

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

Transfer In

CF Bob Gordon | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | #104 |

Transfer In

Season	Joined Date	Aged	Fee	From	From	Signed Under
1894-95 (DEBUT)	1894	24	Free	Heart of Midlothian 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿		George Ramsay

Career

CF Bob Gordon | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | #104 |

Villa Career

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

CF Bob Gordon | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | #104 |

Played Under

Managers

George Ramsay 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿

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

CF Bob Gordon | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | #104 |

Career Summary

🗓️	🕒	✅	🔁	🇺	PPG	🟩	🟨	🟥	🟩 %	🟨 %	🟥 %	⚽	🔥	Yellow	Red	GI	GPG	GPGi
1	4	4	0	0								3		0	-	3	1.33

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

CF Bob Gordon | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | #104 |

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

Seasons

CF Bob Gordon | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | #104 |

Season by Season Record

🗓️	🎂	〽️	🏆	🕒	✅	🔁	🇺	PPG	🟩	🟩 %	🟨	🟨 %	🟥	🟥 %	⚽	🔥	Yellow	Red	GI	GPG	GPGi
1894-95	24	D1		4	4	0	0								3	-	-	-	3

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

CF Bob Gordon | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | #104 |

Goalkeeping Record

GK #	🕒	🥅	CPG	⛔	⛔ %

Season	🕒	🥅	CPG	⛔	⛔ %

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

CF Bob Gordon | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | #104 |

Honours

Villa Honours

Played for the Villa

CF Bob Gordon | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | #104 |

Debuts & Dates

Season	First Squad	Manager
1894-95	1 September 1894	George Ramsay 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿

Season	Debut	Manager	Aged
1894-95	1 September 1894	George Ramsay 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿	24

Game #	First Goal	Scorer(s)

Game #	First Assist

Game #	First Clean Sheet

Season	Final Game	Aged	Manager
1894-95	22 October 1894	24	George Ramsay 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿

Season	Final Squad	Manager
1894-95	22 October 1894	George Ramsay 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿

Debut

Loans

CF Bob Gordon | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | #104 |

Loans Out

Loans

None

Transfer Out

CF Bob Gordon | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | #104 |

Transfer Out

Season	Date	Aged	Fee	To	To	Left Under
1894-95	1894	24	Free	Leicester Fosse 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿		George Ramsay 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿

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 Small Heath, 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 Small Heath, 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 Small Heath, 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 Small Heath, 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	Substitutes

Unused

CF Bob Gordon | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | #104 |

Unused Substitute Appearances

0

Game	Matchday Summary	Unused Substitutes

Goals

CF Bob Gordon | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | #104 |

Goals Scored

3

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

Assists

CF Bob Gordon | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | #104 |

Assists Made

Game	Matchday Summary	Assist(s)

Cards

CF Bob Gordon | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | #104 |

Cards Received

🟨

0 🟥

-

Game	Matchday Summary	Villa Cards

International

CF Bob Gordon | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | #104 |

International Record

International Career	Caps with Villa

Matches

CF Bob Gordon | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | #104 |

Matches

CF Bob Gordon | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | #104 |

🟩 1 Sep 1894, Villa 2-1 Small Heath, Wellington Road

Game #210

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

Full Match Report

Division One

Scorer(s) | Steve Smith | Bob Gordon |

Assists(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

[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

Game #214

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

Full Match Report

Division One