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D Bob Thomas | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #53 |

1889 🕒 1 | ⚽ 0 | 🔥 0 | #53 |

Defender

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D Bob Thomas | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #53 |

Robert Samuel Thomas

Personal Profile

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Birth Date
Birthplace
Birth Country
Citizenship
Height
Foot
April 1867
Birmingham
England 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿
England 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿
Personal

D Bob Thomas | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #53 |

Villa Youth Record

Youth Record

n/a

D Bob Thomas | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #53 |

Previous Clubs

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Previous Clubs

Cocknage FC

Transfer In

D Bob Thomas | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #53 |

Transfer In

Season
Joined Date
Aged
Fee
From
From
Signed Under
1888-89
1888
21
Free
Cocknage FC 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿
George Ramsay 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿
Career

D Bob Thomas | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #53 |

Villa Career

Villa Career

D Bob Thomas | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
Aston Villa 1889 | Free |
Football League |
🕒 1 | ⚽ 0 | 🔥 0 | #53 |

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 |

D Bob Thomas | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #53 |

Played Under

Managers

George Ramsay 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 1889

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

D Bob Thomas | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #53 |

Career Summary

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🗓️
🕒
🔁
🇺
PPG
🟩
🟨
🟥
🟩 %
🟨 %
🟥 %
🔥
Yellow
Red
GI
GPG
GPGi
1
1
1
0
0
0
0
0
-
0
0.00

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

D Bob Thomas | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #53 |

Competition Record

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🕒 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

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Season by Season Record

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🗓️
🎂
〽️
🏆
🕒
🔁
🇺
PPG
🟩
🟩 %
🟨
🟨 %
🟥
🟥 %
🔥
Yellow
Red
GI
GPG
GPGi
1888-89
21
FL
1
1
0
0
0
0
-
-
0
0.00

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

D Bob Thomas | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #53 |

Goalkeeping Record

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GK #
🕒
🥅
CPG
⛔ %
Season
🕒
🥅
CPG
⛔ %

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

D Bob Thomas | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #53 |

Honours

Villa Honours

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Played for the Villa

D Bob Thomas | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #53 |

Debuts & Dates

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Season
First Squad
Manager
1888-89
2 March 1889
George Ramsay 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿
Season
Debut
Manager
Aged
1888-89
2 March 1889
George Ramsay 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿
21
Game #
First Goal
Scorer(s)
Game #
First Assist
Game #
First Clean Sheet
Season
Final Game
Aged
Manager
1888-89
2 March 1889
21
George Ramsay 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿
Season
Final Squad
Manager
1888-89
2 March 1889
George Ramsay 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿
Debut
Loans

D Bob Thomas | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #53 |

Loans Out

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Loans

None

Transfer Out

D Bob Thomas | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #53 |

Transfer Out

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Season
Date
Aged
Fee
To
To
Left Under
1888-89
1889
21
Free
Walsall Town 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿
George Ramsay 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿

D Bob Thomas | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #53 |

Subsequent Clubs

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Subsequent Clubs

Walsall Town

Retired

Quotes

D Bob Thomas | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #53 |

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Quotes

Biography

D Bob Thomas | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #53 |

Biography

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Player #53 for Aston Villa, Robert Samuel Thomas, known as Bob Thomas played as a full back for the club. Bob represented Villa just once during the 1888-89 season.

Bob was born in Newtown, less 3 miles from the current Villa ground in April 1867 and made his only appearance for the club as a 21 year old on 3rd March 1889.

Villa had signed Bob from Cocknage FC.

Bob later transferred to Walsall Town.

Bob had played under the George Ramsay led Management Committee.

Bob passed away in Edgbaston in March 1936 aged 68.

Died

1 March 1936, Aged 68

Appearances

D Bob Thomas | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #53 |

Appearances

1

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Game
Matchday Summary
Match Squad
Game #64
🟥 2 Mar 1889, Villa 1-8 Blackburn, Leamington Road
GK Jimmy Warner | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | B Gershom Cox | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | B Bob Thomas | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | HB Harry Devey | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | HB Harry Yates | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | HB Jack Burton | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | W Albert A Brown | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | IR Tommy Green | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | IL Albert Allen | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | IL Dennis Hodgetts | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | CF Archie Hunter | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
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Starts

1

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Game
Matchday Summary
Line Up
Game #64
🟥 2 Mar 1889, Villa 1-8 Blackburn, Leamington Road
GK Jimmy Warner | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | B Gershom Cox | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 🚑 | B Bob Thomas | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 🟢 | 🔴 | HB Harry Devey | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | HB Harry Yates | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 🚑 | HB Jack Burton | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 🚑 | IR Albert Brown | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | IR Tommy Green | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 🚑 | 🔴 | IL Albert Allen | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | ⚽ | IL Dennis Hodgetts | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | CF Archie Hunter | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | 🚑 |
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Starts
Subs

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Substitute Appearances

0

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Game
Matchday Summary
Substitutes
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Unused

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Unused Substitute Appearances

0

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Game
Matchday Summary
Unused Substitutes
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Goals

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Goals Scored

0

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Game
Matchday Summary
Scorer(s)
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Assists

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Assists Made

0

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Game
Matchday Summary
Assist(s)
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Cards

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Cards Received

🟨

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0

🟥

-

Game
Matchday Summary
Villa Cards
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International

D Bob Thomas | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #53 |

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International Record

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International Career
Caps with Villa
Matches

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Matches

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D Bob Thomas | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #53 |

🟥 2 Mar 1889, Villa 1-8 Blackburn, Leamington Road

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Game #64

Manager: George Ramsay | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | Glasgow, 1886-1926 led Management Committee
Referee: John Charles Clegg | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Sheffield, 1888-
HT Score: 🟥 0-3
FT Result: 🟥 Lost
FT Score: 🟥 1-8
Last 5: 🟨 🟩 🟥 🟩 🟥

Season | 1888-89 |
Matchday | #24 |
Manager Game | #38 |
Saturday, 2 March 1889

FA Cup

Scorer(s) | Albert Allen | 1-6 |

Assist(s) | None

Teams

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Starting XI

GK Jimmy Warner | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
B Gershom Cox | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 🚑 |
B Bob Thomas | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 🟢 | 🔴 |
HB Harry Devey | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
HB Harry Yates | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 🚑 |
HB Jack Burton | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 🚑 |
IR Albert Brown | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
IR Tommy Green | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 🚑 | 🔴 |
IL Albert Allen | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | ⚽ |
IL Dennis Hodgetts | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CF Archie Hunter | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | 🚑 |

Substitutes

No Substitutions permitted in period

Unused Substitutes

No Substitutions permitted in period

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Starting XI

GK Herbie Arthur | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
B Jack Southworth | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
B John Forbes | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
HB Jimmy Douglas | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
HB Willie Almond | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
HB Jimmy Forrest | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
LW William Townley | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
LW Harry Fecitt | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
RW Robert Haresnape | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | ⚽ | ⚽ | ⚽ |
RW Nat Walton | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CF John Southworth | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | ⚽ | ⚽ | ⚽ |

Substitutes

No Substitutions Permitted in Period

Unused Substitutes

No Substitutions Permitted in Period

Match Timeline

🚑 | Player takes field of play injured, Gershom Cox
🚑 | Player injured on field of play, Archie Hunter
🚑 | Player injured on field of play, Harry Yates
🚑 | Player injured on field of play, Tommy Green
🚑 | Player injured on field of play, Jack Burton
🥅 | Goal, 0-1, (Blackburn Rovers)
💥 Referee Clegg allows the goal despite Warner punching the ball out seemingly ahead of the goal line
🥅 | Goal, 0-2, (Blackburn Rovers), Haresnape
🥅 | Goal, 0-3, (Blackburn Rovers), John Southworth
🕒 | HT Blackburn Rovers 3-0 Aston Villa
🥅 | Goal, 0-4, (Blackburn Rovers), Gershom Cox o.g.
🥅 | Goal, 0-5, (Blackburn Rovers), Haresnape
🥅 | Goal, 0-6, (Blackburn Rovers), Haresnape
⚽ | Goal, 1-6, Albert Allen
🥅 | Goal, 1-7, (Blackburn Rovers), John Southworth
🥅 | Goal, 1-8, (Blackburn Rovers), John Southworth
🕒 | FT Blackburn Rovers 8-1 Aston Villa

On This Day

  • Albert Allen scores Villa's consolation as an injury ravaged Villa record a 1-8 scoreline that was the biggest defeat in all competitions until Paul Lambert rocked up at Villa Park for the 2012-13 season.

  • Meanwhile, this was the first Villa game in which Referee Clegg had officiated since his disgraceful post match claims in the previous season's FA Cup. 

  • Forward Tommy Green made his final Villa appearance aged 25 before moving on to Kidderminster Harriers. Despite scoring 15 goals in the campaign and creating numerous goals for his team-mates, Green was allowed to leave. 

  • Full back Bob Thomas made his sole appearance for Villa having joined from from Cocknage FC before transferring to Walsall Town.

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