GK George Copley | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #13 |

Goalkeeper

1880-81 🕒 5 | ⚽ 0 | 🔥 0 | #13 |

Previous Player	Next Player
F George Ramsay \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 \| #12 \|	F Bill Watts \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \| #14 \|

GK George Copley | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #13 |

Personal Profile

Full Name	Birth Date	Birthplace	Birth Country		Citizenship		Height	Foot
George Henry Copley	February 1861	Birmingham	England	🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿	England	🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿

Personal

Transfer In

GK George Copley | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #13 |

Transfer In

Season	Date	Age	Fee	From	From	Signed Under
1880-81	1880	19	Free	Birmingham St. George's		Management Committee

Season	Date	Age	Fee	From	From	Returned Under

Season	Date	Age	Fee	From	From	Returned Under

Career

GK George Copley | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #13 |

Villa Career

GK George Copley | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
Aston Villa 1880-81 | Free |
FA Cup |
🕒 5 | ⚽ 0 | 🔥 0 | #13 |

GK George Copley | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #13 |

Played Under

Management Committee 1880-81

GK George Copley | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #13 |

Career Summary

Seasons	Appearances 🕒	Starts 🕒	Substitute 🔁	Unused Sub 🇺	Points per Game (PPG)
2	5	5	0	0

🟩 Won	🟩 Win %	🟨 Drew	🟨 Drawn %	🟥 Lost	🟥 Loss %

Goals ⚽	Assists 🔥	Yellow Cards 🟨	Red Cards 🟥
0	0	-	-

Goal Involvements (GI)	Games per Goal (GPG)	Games per Goal Involvement (GiPG)
0	0.00

Seasons

GK George Copley | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #13 |

Season by Season Record

Season	Age	Lg	#	🕒	🕒	🔁	⚽	🔥	🇺	🟩	🟩	🟨	🟨	🟥	🟥	PPG	GPG	GiPG
1880-81	19	FAC		4	4	0	0	0	0								0.00

Season	Age	Lg	#	🕒	🕒	🔁	⚽	🔥	🇺	🟩	🟩	🟨	🟨	🟥	🟥	PPG	GPG	GiPG
1881-82	20	FAC		1	1	0	0	0	0								0.00

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

GK George Copley | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #13 |

Goalkeeping Record

Goalkeeper #	Goals Conceded 🥅	Goals Conceded per Game (CPG)	Clean Sheets ⛔	% Clean Sheets ⛔ %
2	9	1.80	0	0%

GK George Copley | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #13 |

Season by Season Goalkeeping Record

Season	Age	Lg	🕒	🥅	CPG	⛔	⛔
1880-81	19	FAC	4	8	2	0	0%

Season	Age	Lg	🕒	🥅	CPG	⛔	⛔
1881-82	20	FAC	1	1	1	0	0%

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	⛔	⛔

GK George Copley | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #13 |

Honours

Played for the Villa

GK George Copley | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #13 |

Villa Youth Record

n/a

Previous Clubs

Saltley College
Birmingham St. Georges

GK George Copley | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #13 |

Debut

Squad From Season	First Squad Match	First Squad Under
1880-81	30 October 1880	Management Committee

Promoted to First Team Under	Promoted to First Team Date
Management Committee	30 October 1880

Debut Season	Debut Date	Debut Age	Debut Under
1880-81	30 October 1880	19	Management Committee

Debut

GK George Copley | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #13 |

First Goal Date

Game #	Match	Scorer(s)

GK George Copley | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #13 |

Loans Out

None

Final

GK George Copley | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #13 |

Final Appearance

Final Season	Final Game	Final Age	Final Game Under
1881-82	5 November 1881	20	Management Committee

Squad To Season	Final Squad	Final Squad Under
1881-82	5 November 1881	Management Committee

GK George Copley | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #13 |

Transfer Out

Out Season	Transfer Out Date	Age	Fee	To	To	Left Under
1881-82	1881	20	Released	Retired		Management Committee

Out Season	Transfer Out Date	Age	Fee	To	To	Left Under

Out Season	Transfer Out Date	Age	Fee	To	To	Left Under

Transfer Out

GK George Copley | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #13 |

Subsequent Clubs

Retired

Quotes

GK George Copley | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #13 |

Quotes

Biography

GK George Copley | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #13 |

Biography

Player #13 for Aston Villa, George Henry Copley played as a goalkeeper for the club. Making his debut in the 1880-81 FA Cup campaign, he was to remain active with Villa for two seasons.

George had previously played in Villa’s first ever game in February 1875 vs. Aston Park and was a Founder Member and Honorary Secretary of Villa from foundation in May 1874.

George was the second custodian of the Villa goal in FA Cup football.

George was born in Birmingham, just 3 miles from the current Villa ground, in February 1861 and made his debut as a 19 year old. Villa had signed him from Birmingham St George’s and was to appear on five occasions across the 1880-81 and 1881-82 seasons.

George’s final game came on 5th November 1881 before his retirement aged just 20. George emigrated to Ceylon, Sri Lanka shortly after.

George played in the era when team selection was made by a Management Committee rather than the latter day more typical Manager role.

George passed away in Birmingham in 1939 aged 69.

Died

1930, Aged 69

Appearances

GK George Copley | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #13 |

Appearances

5

Game	Matchday Summary	Match Squad
Game #3	🟩 30 Oct 1880, Villa 5-3 Wednesbury Strollers, Wellington Road	GK George Copley \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \| B Ted Lee \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \| HB Tommy Pank \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \| HB Sammy Law \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \| HB Charlie Johnstone \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \| IR Bill Watts \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \| IR Andy Hunter \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 \| IL Eli Davis \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \| IL Howard Vaughton \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \| CF Archie Hunter \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 \| CF William Crossland \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \|
Game #4	🟩 4 Dec 1880, Villa 2-1 Forest, Trent Bridge	GK George Copley \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \| B Ted Lee \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \| B Harry Simmonds \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \| HB Tommy Pank \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \| HB Sammy Law \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \| HB Arthur Brown \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \| IL Eli Davis \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \| IL Howard Vaughton \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \| IR Bill Watts \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \| IR Andy Hunter \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 \| CF Archie Hunter \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 \|
Game #5	🟩 12 Feb 1881, Villa 3-1 Notts County, Trent Bridge	GK George Copley \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \| B Harry Simmonds \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \| B Ted Lee \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \| HB Tommy Pank \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \| HB Sammy Law \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \| HB Arthur Brown \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \| IL Eli Davis \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \| IL Howard Vaughton \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \| IR Andy Hunter \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 \| CF Archie Hunter \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 \| CF William Crossland \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \|
Game #6	🟥 19 Feb 1881, Villa 2-3 Stafford Road, Wellington Road	GK George Copley \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \| B Harry Simmonds \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \| B Ted Lee \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \| HB Tommy Pank \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \| HB Sammy Law \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \| HB Arthur Brown \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \| IR Bill Watts \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \| IL Eli Davis \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \| IL Howard Vaughton \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \| CF Archie Hunter \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 \| CF William Crossland \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \|
Game #7	🟩 5 Nov 1881, Villa 4-1 Forest, Wellington Road	GK George Copley \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \| B Ted Lee \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \| B Harry Simmonds \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \| HB Tommy Pank \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \| HB Sammy Law \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \| HB Arthur Brown \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \| HB Eli Davis \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \| HB Fred Dawson \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \| IL Howard Vaughton \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \| IR William Crossland \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \| CF Olly Whateley \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \|

GK George Copley | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #13 |

Starts

5

Game	Matchday Summary	Line Up
Game #3	🟩 30 Oct 1880, Villa 5-3 Wednesbury Strollers, Wellington Road	GK George Copley \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \| 🟢 \| B Ted Lee \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \| HB Tommy Pank \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \| HB Sammy Law \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \| HB Charlie Johnstone \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \| 🔴 \| IR Bill Watts \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \| 🟢 \| IR Andy Hunter \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 \| IL Eli Davis \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \| IL Howard Vaughton \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \| 🟢 \| CF Archie Hunter \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 \| CF William Crossland \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \|
Game #4	🟩 4 Dec 1880, Villa 2-1 Forest, Trent Bridge	GK George Copley \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \| B Ted Lee \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \| B Harry Simmonds \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \| HB Tommy Pank \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \| HB Sammy Law \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \| HB Arthur Brown \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \| 🟢 \| IL Eli Davis \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \| 🔥 \| IL Howard Vaughton \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \| ⚽ \| IR Bill Watts \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \| IR Andy Hunter \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 \| CF Archie Hunter \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 \| ⚽ \|
Game #5	🟩 12 Feb 1881, Villa 3-1 Notts County, Trent Bridge	GK George Copley \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \| B Harry Simmonds \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \| B Ted Lee \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \| HB Tommy Pank \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \| HB Sammy Law \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \| HB Arthur Brown \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \| IL Eli Davis \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \| IL Howard Vaughton \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \| IR Andy Hunter \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 \| ⚽ \| ⚽ \| CF Archie Hunter \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 \| ⚽ \| CF William Crossland \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \|
Game #6	🟥 19 Feb 1881, Villa 2-3 Stafford Road, Wellington Road	GK George Copley \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \| B Harry Simmonds \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \| B Ted Lee \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \| HB Arthur Brown \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \| HB Tommy Pank \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \| HB Sammy Law \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \| IR Bill Watts \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \| 🔴 \| IL Eli Davis \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \| ⚽ \| IL Howard Vaughton \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \| CF Archie Hunter \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 \| ⚽ \| CF William Crossland \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \|
Game #7	🟩 5 Nov 1881, Villa 4-1 Forest, Wellington Road	GK George Copley \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \| 🔴 \| B Ted Lee \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \| B Harry Simmonds \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \| HB Tommy Pank \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \| HB Sammy Law \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \| HB Fred Dawson \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \| 🟢 \| HB Arthur Brown \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \| ⚽ \| ⚽ \| HB Eli Davis \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \| IL Howard Vaughton \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \| 🔥 \| IR William Crossland \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \| ⚽ \| 🔴 \| CF Olly Whateley \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \| 🟢 \| 🔥 \| ⚽ \|

Starts

Subs

GK George Copley | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #13 |

Substitute Appearances

0

Game	Matchday Summary	Sub Sub

Unused

GK George Copley | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #13 |

Unused Substitute Appearances

0

Game	Matchday Summary	Unused Substitutes

GK George Copley | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #13 |

Goals Scored

0

Game	Matchday Summary	Scorer(s)

Goals

Assists

GK George Copley | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #13 |

Assists Made

0

Game	Matchday Summary	Assist(s)

Cards

GK George Copley | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #13 |

Cards Received

🟨

-

🟥

-

Game	Matchday Summary	Villa Cards

International

GK George Copley | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #13 |

International Career

FA	National Team	Caps with Villa	Full International Record
	England

FA	First Cap with Villa	First International Goal with Villa	Last Cap with Villa

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GK George Copley | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #13 |

England

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Unused

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Goals

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Assists

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Matches

GK George Copley | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #13 |

Matches

GK George Copley | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #13 |

🟩 30 Oct 1880, Villa 5-3 Wednesbury Strollers, Wellington Road

Game #3

Manager: Management Committee 1879-86
Referee: Unknown
HT Score: 🟥 1-3
FT Result: 🟩 Won
FT Score: 🟩 5-3
Last 5: 🟨 🟩 🟩

Season | 1880-81 |
Matchday | #1 |
Manager Game | #3 |
Saturday, 30 October 1880

Full Match Report

Scorer(s) | Not recorded

Assist(s) | Not recorded

Teams

Starting XI

GK George Copley | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 🟢 |
B Ted Lee | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
HB Tommy Pank | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
HB Sammy Law | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
HB Charlie Johnstone | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 🔴 |
IR Bill Watts | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 🟢 |
IR Andy Hunter | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
IL Eli Davis | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
IL Howard Vaughton | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 🟢 |
CF Archie Hunter | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
CF William Crossland | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

Substitutes

No Substitutions permitted in period

Unused Substitutes

No Substitutions permitted in period

Starting XI

GK Beddow
B Alf Harvey
HB Scott
HB Tom Bryan
HB Jones
IR Powis
IR Parker
IL Knowles
IL Taylor
CF Burns
CF Reilly

Substitutes

No Substitutions permitted in period

Unused Substitutes

No Substitutions permitted in period

Match Timeline

🟢 | 1’ Debut, George Copley, Bill Watts, Howard Vaughton
🕒 | HT Aston Villa 1-3 Wednesbury Strollers
🕒 | FT Aston Villa 5-3 Wednesbury Strollers

On This Day

Villa face Wednesbury Strollers for the first time in competitive football, Wednesbury Strollers become the 2nd team that the Villa first team has played in League or Cup football.
Villa record their biggest FA Cup win to date
Goalkeeper George Copley, utility player Bill Watts & forward Howard Vaughton made their Villa debuts in the FA Cup.
Meanwhile, forward Charlie Johnstone made his final appearance for Villa in the FA Cup.

GK George Copley | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #13 |

🟩 4 Dec 1880, Villa 2-1 Forest, Trent Bridge

Game #4

Manager: Management Committee 1879-86
Referee: Referee: Rev. J. R. B. Owen | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 1880-
Kick off: 2.50pm
HT Score: 🟩 1-0
FT Result: 🟩 Won
FT Score: 🟩 2-1
Last 5: 🟨 🟩 🟩 🟩

Season | 1880-81 |
Matchday | #2 |
Manager Game | #4 |
Saturday, 4 December 1880

Full Match Report

Scorer(s) | Andy Hunter | 1-0 | Howard Vaughton | 2-1 |

Assist(s) | Eli Davis | 1-0 |

Teams

Starting XI

GK George Copley | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
B Ted Lee | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
B Harry Simmonds | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
HB Tommy Pank | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
HB Sammy Law | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
HB Arthur Brown | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 🟢 |
IL Eli Davis | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 🔥 |
IL Howard Vaughton | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | ⚽ |
IR Bill Watts | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
IR Andy Hunter | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
CF Archie Hunter | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | ⚽ |

Substitutes

No Substitutions permitted in period

Unused Substitutes

No Substitutions permitted in period

Starting XI

GKJohn Sands | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
B Charles Caborn | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
3QB Walter Luntley | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
3QB Edwin Luntley | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
HB Ernest Jardine | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
HB Mark Holroyd | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
RW William Parr | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
RW A.H. Smith | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
LW Teddy Earp | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
LW John Turner | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CF Sam Widdowson | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | ⚽

Substitutes

No Substitutions permitted in period

Unused Substitutes

No Substitutions permitted in period

Match Timeline

On This Day

Villa face Nottingham Forest for the first time in competitive football, Forest become the 3rd team that the Villa first team has played in League or Cup football.
Villa beat Forest on their own patch in the second round of the FA Cup as forward Arthur Brown made his Villa debut in the Cup.

GK George Copley | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #13 |

🟩 12 Feb 1881, Villa 3-1 Notts County, Trent Bridge

Game #5

Manager: Management Committee 1879-86
Referee: Unknown
Kick off: 3.40pm
HT Score: 🟨 1-1
FT Result: 🟩 Won
FT Score: 🟩 3-1
Last 5: 🟨 🟩 🟩 🟩 🟩

Season | 1880-81 |
Matchday | #3 |
Manager Game | #5 |
Saturday, 12 February 1881

Full Match Report

Scorer(s) | Andy Hunter | 6' | 2-1 | Archie Hunter | 3-1 |

Assist(s) | Not recorded

Teams

Starting XI

GK George Copley | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
B Harry Simmonds | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
B Ted Lee | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
HB Tommy Pank | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
HB Sammy Law | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
HB Arthur Brown | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
IL Eli Davis | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
IL Howard Vaughton | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
IR Andy Hunter | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | ⚽ | ⚽ |
CF Archie Hunter | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | ⚽ |
CF William Crossland | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

Substitutes

No Substitutions permitted in period

Unused Substitutes

No Substitutions permitted in period

Starting XI

GK H. Greenhalgh | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
B Alfred Dobson | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
B H. Jepson | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
HB W. M'Crae | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
HB S. Palmer | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
HB H. Chapman | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
LW Harry Cursham | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
LW E. H. Greenhalgh | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
RW Arthur Cursham | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
RW C. Cursham | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | ⚽
CF Harold Morse | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

Substitutes

No Substitutions permitted in period

Unused Substitutes

No Substitutions permitted in period

Match Timeline

On This Day

Villa face Notts County for the first time in competitive football, County become the 4th team that the Villa first team has played in League or Cup football.
Villa play a second successive away tie in Nottingham but are successful once again and progress to the fourth round of the FA Cup.

GK George Copley | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #13 |

🟥 19 Feb 1881, Villa 2-3 Stafford Road, Wellington Road

Game #6

Manager: Management Committee 1879-86
Referee: W. Dodsworth | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 1881-
Kick off: 3.30pm
HT Score: 🟨 1-1
FT Result: 🟥 Lost
FT Score: 🟥 2-3
Last 5: 🟩 🟩 🟩 🟩 🟥

Season | 1880-81 |
Matchday | #4 |
Manager Game | #6 |
Saturday, 19 February 1881

Full Match Report

Scorer(s) | Archie Hunter | 1-1 | Eli Davis | 2-1 |

Assist(s) | William Crossland | 1-1 |

Teams

Starting XI

GK George Copley | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
B Harry Simmonds | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
B Ted Lee | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
HB Arthur Brown | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
HB Tommy Pank | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
HB Sammy Law | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
IR Bill Watts | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 🔴 |
IL Eli Davis | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | ⚽ |
IL Howard Vaughton | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CF Archie Hunter | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | ⚽ |
CF William Crossland | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

Substitutes

No Substitutions permitted in period

Unused Substitutes

No Substitutions permitted in period

Starting XI

GK E. Ray
B Colin Dorrance
HB G. Selman
HB Turton
HB A. Nicholls
F A. T. Ward
F R. Gowland ⚽ ⚽
F James
F Shone
F J. W. Whitehead
F Charles Crump ⚽

Substitutes

No Substitutions permitted in period

Unused Substitutes

No Substitutions permitted in period

Match Timeline

On This Day

Utility player Bill Watts made his final appearance for Villa in the FA Cup as the club are knocked out on merit for the first time by Wolverhampton's premier club Stafford Road Railway Works Football Club.

GK George Copley | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #13 |

🟩 5 Nov 1881, Villa 4-1 Forest, Wellington Road

Game #7

Manager: Management Committee 1879-86
Referee: C. W. Alcock | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Secretary of the Football Association, 1881-
Kick off: 3.25pm
HT Score: 🟨 1-1
FT Result: 🟩 Won
FT Score: 🟩 4-1
Last 5: 🟩 🟩 🟩 🟥 🟩

Season | 1881-82 |
Matchday | #1 |
Manager Game | #7 |
Saturday, 5 November 1881

Full Match Report

Scorer(s) | Arthur Brown | 1-1 | 4-1 | William Crossland | 2-1 | Olly Whateley | 3-1 |

Teams

Starting XI

GK George Copley | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 🔴 |
B Ted Lee | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
B Harry Simmonds | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
HB Tommy Pank | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
HB Sammy Law | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
HB Fred Dawson | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 🟢 |
HB Arthur Brown | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | ⚽ | ⚽ |
HB Eli Davis | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
IL Howard Vaughton | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 🔥 |
IR William Crossland | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | ⚽ | 🔴 |
CF Olly Whateley | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 🟢 | 🔥 | ⚽ |

Substitutes

No Substitutions permitted in period

Unused Substitutes

No Substitutions permitted in period

Starting XI

GK John Sands | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
B T. W. Hancock
3QB Walter Luntley | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
3QB Edwin Luntley | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
HB William Parr | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
HB J. Unwin
LW Teddy Earp | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
LW W. Gunn
RW H. Norman ⚽
RW C. Gouthorpe
CF Sam Widdowson | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

Substitutes

No Substitutions permitted in period

Unused Substitutes

No Substitutions permitted in period

Match Timeline

On This Day

Villa face Forest in the FA Cup for the second successive season and record a handsome win at Wellington Road as defender Jim Dawson & forward Olly Whateley made their FA Cup debuts for Villa. Meanwhile, goalkeeper George Copley and forward William Crossland made their final FA Cup appearances for Villa having made 5 and 10 appearances respectively.

AVFC History Celebrating 150 Years

GK George Copley | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #13 |

Goalkeeper

1880-81 🕒 5 | ⚽ 0 | 🔥 0 | #13 |

GK George Copley | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #13 |

Personal Profile

GK George Copley | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #13 |

Transfer In

GK George Copley | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #13 |

Villa Career

GK George Copley | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #13 |

Played Under

GK George Copley | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #13 |

Career Summary

GK George Copley | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #13 |

Season by Season Record

GK George Copley | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #13 |

Goalkeeping Record

GK George Copley | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #13 |

Season by Season Goalkeeping Record

GK George Copley | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #13 |

Honours

GK George Copley | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #13 |

Villa Youth Record

Previous Clubs

GK George Copley | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #13 |

Debut

GK George Copley | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #13 |

First Goal Date

GK George Copley | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #13 |

Loans Out

GK George Copley | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #13 |

Final Appearance

GK George Copley | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #13 |

Transfer Out

GK George Copley | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #13 |

Subsequent Clubs

GK George Copley | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #13 |

Quotes

GK George Copley | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #13 |

Biography

Died

GK George Copley | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #13 |

Appearances

5

GK George Copley | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #13 |

Starts

5

GK George Copley | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #13 |

Substitute Appearances

0

GK George Copley | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #13 |

Unused Substitute Appearances

0

GK George Copley | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #13 |

Goals Scored

0

GK George Copley | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #13 |

Assists Made

0

GK George Copley | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #13 |

Cards Received

🟨

-

🟥

-

GK George Copley | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #13 |

International Career

GK George Copley | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #13 |

England

Starts

Substitute

Unused

Goals

Assists

GK George Copley | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #13 |

Matches

GK George Copley | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #13 |

🟩 30 Oct 1880, Villa 5-3 Wednesbury Strollers, Wellington Road

Game #3