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F David Skea | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | #91 |

1892 🕒 1 | ⚽ 1 | 🔥 - | #91 |

Forward

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F David Skea | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | #91 |

David Frederick Skea

Personal Profile

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Birth Date
Birthplace
Birth Country
Citizenship
Height
Foot
February 1871
Arbroath 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿
Scotland 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿
Scotland 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿
Personal

F David Skea | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | #91 |

Villa Youth Record

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n/a

F David Skea | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | #91 |

Previous Clubs

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Arbroath FC

Transfer In

F David Skea | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | #91 |

Transfer In

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Season
Joined Date
Aged
Fee
From
From
Signed Under
1892-93 (DEBUT)
1892
21
Free
Arbroath 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿
George Ramsay
Career

F David Skea | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | #91 |

Villa Career

F David Skea | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
Aston Villa 1892 |
Football League |
🕒 1 | ⚽ 1 | 🔥 - | #91 |

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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 |

F David Skea | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | #91 |

Played Under

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George Ramsay 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿

F David Skea | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | #91 |

Career Summary

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🗓️
🕒
🔁
🇺
PPG
🟩
🟨
🟥
🟩 %
🟨 %
🟥 %
🔥
Yellow
Red
GI
GPG
GPGi
1
1
1
0
0
1
-
-
1
1.00

Seasons 🗓️, 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

F David Skea | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | #91 |

Competition Record

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🕒 League
🕒 FA Cup
🕒 League Cup
🕒 Europe
🕒 European Cup
⚽ League
⚽ FA Cup
⚽ League Cup
⚽ Europe
⚽ European Cup
0
0
🔥 League
🔥 FA Cup
🔥 League Cup
🔥 Europe
🔥 European Cup
League Gi
FA Cup Gi
League Cup Gi
Europe Gi
European Cup Gi
League GPG
FA Cup GPG
League Cup GPG
Europe GPG
European Cup GPG
0.00
0.00
League GPGi
FA Cup GPGi
League Cup GPGi
Europe GPGi
European Cup GPGi

Seasons 🗓️, 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

Seasons

F David Skea | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | #91 |

Season by Season Record

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🗓️
🎂
〽️
🏆
🕒
🔁
🇺
PPG
🟩
🟩 %
🟨
🟨 %
🟥
🟥 %
🔥
Yellow
Red
GI
GPG
GPGi
1892-93
21
D1
1
1
0
0
1
-
-
-
1
1

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

F David Skea | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | #91 |

Goalkeeping Record

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🗓️
🕒
🥅
CPG
⛔ %
1892-93

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

F David Skea | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | #91 |

Honours

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Played for the Villa

F David Skea | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | #91 |

Debuts & Dates

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Season
First Squad
Manager
1892-93
31 December 1892
George Ramsay 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿
Season
Debut
Aged
Manager
1892-93
31 December 1892
21
George Ramsay 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿
Game #
First Goal
Scorer(s)
Season
Final Game
Aged
Manager
1892-93
31 December 1892
21
George Ramsay 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿
Season
Final Squad
Manager
1892-93
31 December 1892
George Ramsay 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿
Debut
Loans

F David Skea | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | #91 |

Loans Out

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None

Transfer Out

F David Skea | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | #91 |

Transfer Out

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Season
Date
Aged
Fee
To
To
Left Under
1892-93
1893
21
Free
Dundee Thistle FC 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿
George Ramsay 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿

F David Skea | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | #91 |

Subsequent Clubs

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Dundee Thistle
1893 Darwen
1893-94 Bury
1894-96 Leicester Fosse
1896 Swindon Town
1896-98 New Brompton FC
Retired

Quotes

F David Skea | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | #91 |

Quotes

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Biography

F David Skea | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | #91 |

Biography

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Player #91 for Aston Villa, David Frederick Skea, known as David Skea, played as a forward for the club in the inside forward position.

David represented Villa in the 1892-93 season making a single appearance for the club.

David was born in Arbroath in February 1871 and made his sole appearance as a 21 year old on 31st December 1892, in the 4-1 win against Notts County at Trent Bridge in which David would also go on to score a goal.

Villa had signed David from Arbroath and he was to return to Scotland to play for Dundee Thistle following his single appearance for Villa.

David played under the George Ramsay led Management Committee.

David passed away in Scotland in 1950 aged 79.

Died

1950, Aged 79

Appearances

F David Skea | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | #91 |

Appearances

1

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Game
Matchday Summary
Match Squad
Game #165
🟩 31 Dec 1892, Villa 4-1 Notts County, Trent Bridge
GK Bill Dunning | D Gershom Cox | D Harry Devey | FB Arthur Stokes | M George Campbell | M James Brown | W Charlie Athersmith | F Dennis Hodgetts | F David Skea | F Jack Devey | CF Jimmy Logan |
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F David Skea | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | #91 |

Starts

1

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Game
Matchday Summary
Line Up
Game #165
🟩 31 Dec 1892, Villa 4-1 Notts County, Trent Bridge
GK Bill Dunning | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | D Gershom Cox | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | D Harry Devey | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | FB Arthur Stokes | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | M George Campbell | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | M James Brown | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | W Charlie Athersmith | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | ⚽ | ⚽ | F Dennis Hodgetts | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 🔥 | 🔥 | F David Skea | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | 🟢 | ⚽ | 🔴 | F Jack Devey | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | ⚽ | CF Jimmy Logan | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
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Starts
Subs

F David Skea | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | #91 |

Substitute Appearances

0

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Game
Matchday Summary
Substitutes
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Unused

F David Skea | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | #91 |

Unused Substitute Appearances

0

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Matchday Summary
Unused Substitutes
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Goals

F David Skea | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | #91 |

Goals Scored

1

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Game
Matchday Summary
Scorer(s)
Game #165
🟩 31 Dec 1892, Villa 4-1 Notts County, Trent Bridge
Scorer(s) | Charlie Athersmith | 42' | 70' | Jack Devey | 2-1 | David Skea | 88' |
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Assists

F David Skea | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | #91 |

Assists Made

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Game
Matchday Summary
Assist(s)
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Cards

F David Skea | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | #91 |

Cards Received

🟨

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-

🟥

-

Game
Matchday Summary
Villa Cards
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International

International Record

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International Career
Caps with Villa
FA
Caps with Villa
Scorers
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FA
International Goals with Villa
Scorers
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Matches

F David Skea | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | #91 |

Matches

F David Skea | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | #91 |

🟩 31 Dec 1892, Villa 4-1 Notts County, Trent Bridge

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Game #165

Manager: George Ramsay | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | Glasgow, 1886-1926 led Management Committee
Referee: Tillotson | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
HT Score: 🟨 1-1
FT Result: 🟩 Won
FT Score: 🟩 4-1
Last 5: 🟥 🟩 🟥 🟨 🟩

Season | 1892-93 |
Matchday | #21 |
League Match | #21 |
Manager Game | #139 |
Saturday, 31 December 1892

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Division One

Scorer(s) | Charlie Athersmith | 42' | 70' | Jack Devey | 2-1 | David Skea | 88' |

Assist(s) | Dennis Hodgetts | 42' | 2-1 |

Teams

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Starting XI

GK Bill Dunning | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
D Gershom Cox | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
D Harry Devey | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
FB Arthur Stokes | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M George Campbell | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
M James Brown | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
W Charlie Athersmith | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | ⚽ | ⚽ |
F Dennis Hodgetts | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 🔥 | 🔥 |
F David Skea | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | 🟢 | ⚽ | 🔴 |
F Jack Devey | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | ⚽ |
CF Jimmy Logan | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |

Substitutes

No Substitutions permitted in period

Unused Substitutes

No Substitutions permitted in period

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Starting XI

G. Toone
A. Whitelaw
J. Hendry
C. Bramley
D. Calderhead
A. Shelton
A. McGregor
J. Oswald
D. Bruce
J. Burks
H.B Daft

Substitutes

No Substitutions permitted in period

Unused Substitutes

No Substitutions permitted in period

Match Timeline

🟢 | 1’ Debut, David Skea
🥅 | 20’ Goal, 0-1, (Notts County), Bruce
⚽ | 42' Goal, 1-1, Charlie Athersmith, Assist by Dennis Hodgetts
🕒 | HT Aston Villa 1-1 Notts County
⚽ | Goal, 2-1, Jack Devey, Assist by Dennis Hodgetts
⚽ | 70' Goal, 3-1, Charlie Athersmith
⚽ | 88' Goal, 4-1, David Skea
🕒 | FT Aston Villa 4-1 Notts County

On This Day

  • After an even first half Villa put on a blistering performance in the second 45' to hit three with only the woodwork and County's 'keeper stemming the tide.

  • The fourth and final goal goes to forward David Skea who scored on his sole appearance for Villa aged 21 after joining from Arbroath. Skea would later move on to Dundee Thistle.

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