top of page

M George Russell | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | #103 |

Midfielder

1893-95 🕒 37 | ⚽ 3 | 🔥 - | #103 |

5724_edited.png

M George Russell | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | #103 |

Personal Profile

Full Name
Birth Date
Birthplace
Birth Country
Citizenship
Height
Foot
George Quentin Russell
21 August 1869
Ayrshire
Scotland
🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿
Scotland
🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿
Personal
Transfer In

M George Russell | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | #103 |

Transfer In

Season
Date
Age
Fee
From
From
Signed Under
1893-94 (DEBUT)
1893
24
Free
Ayr FC
George Ramsay
Season
Date
Age
Fee
From
From
Returned Under
Season
Date
Age
Fee
From
From
Returned Under
Career

M George Russell | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | #103 |

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 |

M George Russell | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
Aston Villa 1893-95 |
Football League First Division |
🕒 37 | ⚽ 3 | 🔥 - | #103 |

M George Russell | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | #103 |

Played Under

George Ramsay 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿

M George Russell | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | #103 |

Career Summary

Seasons
Appearances 🕒
Starts 🕒
Substitute 🔁
Unused Sub 🇺
Points per Game (PPG)
2
37
37
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
Seasons

M George Russell | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | #103 |

Season by Season Record

Season
Age
Lg
#
🕒
🕒
🔁
🔥
🇺
🟩
🟩
🟨
🟨
🟥
🟥
PPG
GPG
GiPG
1893-94
24
D1
5
5
0
0
-
0
Season
Age
Lg
#
🕒
🕒
🔁
🔥
🇺
🟩
🟩
🟨
🟨
🟥
🟥
PPG
GPG
GiPG
1894-95
25
D1
32
32
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

M George Russell | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | #103 |

Goalkeeping Record

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

M George Russell | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | #103 |

Season by Season Goalkeeping Record

Season
Age
Lg
🕒
🥅
CPG
1893-94
24
D1
5
Season
Age
Lg
🕒
🥅
CPG
1894-95
25
D1
32
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

M George Russell | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | #103 |

Honours

1893-94 League Champions |
1894-95 FA Cup Winners |

M George Russell | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | #103 |

Villa Youth Record

n/a

Previous Clubs

1891-93 Ayr FC

M George Russell | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | #103 |

Debut

Squad From Season
First Squad Match
First Squad Under
1893-94
16 December 1893
George Ramsay 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿
Promoted to First Team Under
Promoted to First Team Date
George Ramsay 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿
16 December 1893
5724_edited.png
Debut Season
Debut Date
Debut Age
Debut Under
1893-94
16 December 1893
24
George Ramsay 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿
Debut

M George Russell | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | #103 |

First Goal Date

Game #
Match
Scorer(s)

M George Russell | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | #103 |

Loans Out

None

Final

M George Russell | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | #103 |

Final Appearance

Final Season
Final Game
Final Age
Final Game Under
1894-95
24 April 1895
25
George Ramsay 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿
Squad To Season
Final Squad
Final Squad Under
1894-95
24 April 1895
George Ramsay 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿
5724_edited.png

M George Russell | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | #103 |

Transfer Out

Out Season
Transfer Out Date
Age
Fee
To
To
Left Under
1894-95
1895
25
Free
Glasgow United
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

M George Russell | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | #103 |

Subsequent Clubs

1895 Glasgow United
Retired

Quotes

M George Russell | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | #103 |

Quotes

Biography

M George Russell | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | #103 |

Biography

Player #103 for Aston Villa, George Quentin Russell, known as George Russell played as a midfielder for the club in a position then known as a left half.

George represented Villa between 1893-94 and 1894-95 making a total of 37 appearances.

George was born in Ayrshire on 21st August 1869 and made his debut as a 24 year old on 16th December 1893.

Villa had signed George from Ayr FC and he went on to help Villa secure the 1893-94 League Championship and 1894-95 FA Cup.

George appeared in 5 games during the title winning 1893-94 league season with a record of 3 wins, 1 draw and 1 defeat.

In the following season George scored 2 goals in the victorious 1894-95 FA Cup run as well as being an ever present including the final hosted at Crystal Palace, London where a crowd of 42,562 saw Villa vanquish West Bromwich Albion once again.

George’s final game for Villa came on 24th April 1895 at the age of 25 after which George returned to his native Scotland to play for Glasgow United.

George played under the George Ramsay led Management Committee.

George passed away in Glasgow in 1930 aged 61.

Died

1930, Aged 61

Appearances

M George Russell | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | #103 |

Appearances

37

Game
Matchday Summary
Match Squad
Game #195
🟩 16 Dec 1893, Villa 3-1 United, Bank Street, Clayton
GK Bill Dunning | D John Baird | CB Jimmy Cowan | FB Jimmy Welford | M Jack Reynolds | M George Russell | M Willie Groves | W Charlie Athersmith | F Jack Devey | F Dennis Hodgetts | F Albert Brown |
Game #198
🟨 6 Jan 1894, Villa 2-2 Wednesday, Olive Grove
GK Bill Dunning | D John Baird | CB Jimmy Cowan | FB Jimmy Welford | M Jack Reynolds | M George Russell | W Charlie Athersmith | W Albert Woolley | F Jack Devey | F Dennis Hodgetts | F Albert Brown |
Game #199
🟩 18 Jan 1894, Villa 5-2 Preston, Deepdale
GK Bill Dunning | D John Baird | CB Jimmy Cowan | FB Jim Elliott | M Jack Reynolds | M George Russell | W Charlie Athersmith | W Albert Woolley | F Jack Devey | F Dennis Hodgetts | F Bob Chatt |
Game #205
🟥 3 Mar 1894, Villa 2-3 Bolton, Wellington Road
D Frank Coulton (GK) | D John Baird | CB Jimmy Cowan | FB Jim Elliott | M George Russell | M Willie Groves | M Fred Burton | W Charlie Athersmith | W Steve Smith | F Bob Chatt | F William Devey |
Game #208
🟩 7 Apr 1894, Villa 6-3 Burnley, Turf Moor
GK Bill Dunning | D John Baird | CB Jimmy Cowan | FB Jim Elliott | M George Russell | M Fred Burton | M Willie Groves | W Charlie Athersmith | W Steve Smith | F Jack Devey | F Dennis Hodgetts |
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 #211
🟩 8 Sep 1894, Villa 2-1 Liverpool, Anfield
GK Harry Wilkes | CB Jimmy Cowan | FB Jim Elliott | FB Jimmy Welford | M Jack Reynolds | M George Russell | W Steve Smith | W Charlie Athersmith | F Bob Chatt | F Jack Devey | F Billy Dorrell |
Game #212
🟥 15 Sep 1894, Villa 1-2 Sunderland, Wellington Road
GK Harry Wilkes | CB Jimmy Cowan | FB Jim Elliott | FB Jimmy Welford | M Jack Reynolds | M George Russell | W Steve Smith | W Charlie Athersmith | F Bob Chatt | F Jack Devey | F Dennis Hodgetts |
Game #213
🟩 22 Sep 1984, Villa 2-0 Derby, Racecourse 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 | F Billy Dorrell |
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 #216
🟩 13 Oct 1894, Villa 3-1 Albion, Wellington Road
GK Bill Dunning | CB Jimmy Cowan | FB Howard Spencer | F Bob Chatt | M George Russell | M Jack Reynolds | W Charlie Athersmith | W Albert Woolley | FB Jimmy Welford | F Jack Devey | F Dennis Hodgetts |
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 |
Game #219
🟩 27 Oct 1894, Villa 5-0 Liverpool, Wellington Road
GK Harry Wilkes | CB Jimmy Cowan | FB Howard Spencer | FB Jimmy Welford | M George Russell | M Jack Reynolds | W Steve Smith | W Charlie Athersmith | F Dennis Hodgetts | F Billy Dorrell | F Bob Chatt |
Game #220
🟥 3 Nov 1894, Villa 0-1 Wednesday, Olive Grove
GK Harry Wilkes | CB Jimmy Cowan | FB Howard Spencer | FB Jimmy Welford | M George Russell | M Jack Reynolds | W Steve Smith | W Charlie Athersmith | F Dennis Hodgetts | F Billy Dorrell | F Bob Chatt |
Game #221
🟩 10 Nov 1894, Villa 4-1 Preston, Wellington Road
GK Harry Wilkes | CB Jimmy Cowan | FB Howard Spencer | FB Jimmy Welford | M Jack Reynolds | M George Russell | W Steve Smith | W Charlie Athersmith | F Dennis Hodgetts | F Jack Devey | F Bob Chatt |
Game #222
🟩 12 Nov 1894, Villa 5-0 Sheffield United, Wellington Road
GK Harry Wilkes | CB Jimmy Cowan | FB Howard Spencer | FB Jimmy Welford | M Jack Reynolds | M George Russell | W Charlie Athersmith | W Steve Smith | F Jack Devey | F Bob Chatt | F Dennis Hodgetts |
Game #223
🟥 17 Nov 1894, Villa 2-3 Albion, Stoney Lane
GK Harry Wilkes | CB Jimmy Cowan | FB Howard Spencer | FB Jimmy Welford | M Jack Reynolds | M George Russell | W Steve Smith | W Charlie Athersmith | F Tom Purslow | F Bob Chatt | F Jack Devey |
Game #224
🟩 24 Nov 1894, Villa 4-1 Forest, Wellington Road
GK Harry Wilkes | CB Jimmy Cowan | FB Howard Spencer | FB Jimmy Welford | M Jack Reynolds | M George Russell | W Charlie Athersmith | W Steve Smith | F Jack Devey | F Bob Chatt | F Dennis Hodgetts |
Game #225
🟩 1 Dec 1894, Villa 3-1 Blackburn, Ewood Park
GK Harry Wilkes | CB Jimmy Cowan | FB Howard Spencer | FB Jimmy Welford | M Jack Reynolds | M George Russell | W Charlie Athersmith | W Steve Smith | F Jack Devey | F Bob Chatt | F Dennis Hodgetts |
Game #226
🟩 3 Dec 1894, Villa 3-1 Wednesday, Wellington Road
GK Harry Wilkes | CB Jimmy Cowan | FB Howard Spencer | FB Jimmy Welford | M Jack Reynolds | M George Russell | W Charlie Athersmith | W Steve Smith | F Jack Devey | F Bob Chatt | F Dennis Hodgetts |
Game #227
🟩 8 Dec 1894, Villa 3-0 Blackburn, Wellington Road
GK Harry Wilkes | CB Jimmy Cowan | FB Howard Spencer | FB Jimmy Welford | M George Russell | M Jack Reynolds | W Steve Smith | W Charlie Athersmith | F Dennis Hodgetts | F Jack Devey | F Bob Chatt |
Game #228
🟩 22 Dec 1894, Villa 4-0 Wolves, Molineux
GK Bill Dunning | CB Jimmy Cowan | FB Howard Spencer | FB Jimmy Welford | M Jack Reynolds | M George Russell | W Steve Smith | W Charlie Athersmith | F Dennis Hodgetts | F Jack Devey | F Bob Chatt |
Game #229
🟩 26 Dec 1894, Villa 6-0 Stoke, Wellington Road
GK Bill Dunning | CB Jimmy Cowan | FB Howard Spencer | FB Jimmy Welford | M George Russell | M Jack Reynolds | W Charlie Athersmith | W Steve Smith | F Jack Devey | F Dennis Hodgetts | F Bob Chatt |
Game #230
🟨 2 Jan 1895, Villa 4-4 Sunderland, Newcastle Road
GK Bill Dunning | CB Jimmy Cowan | FB Howard Spencer | FB Jimmy Welford | M George Russell | M Jack Reynolds | W Charlie Athersmith | W Steve Smith | F Jack Devey | F Bob Chatt | F Dennis Hodgetts |
Game #231
🟩 5 Jan 1895, Villa 4-0 Derby, Wellington Road
GK Bill Dunning | CB Jimmy Cowan | FB Howard Spencer | FB Jimmy Welford | M George Russell | M Jack Reynolds | W Charlie Athersmith | W Steve Smith | F Jack Devey | F Bob Chatt | F Dennis Hodgetts |
Game #232
🟩 12 Jan 1895, Villa 1-0 Preston, Deepdale
GK Bill Dunning | CB Jimmy Cowan | FB Howard Spencer | FB Jimmy Welford | M Jack Reynolds | M George Russell | W Charlie Athersmith | W Steve Smith | F Jack Devey | F Dennis Hodgetts | F Bob Chatt |
Game #233
🟥 17 Jan 1895, Villa 2-4 Everton, Goodison Park
GK Bill Dunning | D Jimmy Cowan | FB Howard Spencer | FB Jimmy Welford | M Jack Reynolds | M George Russell | W Charlie Athersmith | W Steve Smith | F Billy Dorrell | F Dennis Hodgetts | F Jack Devey |
Game #235
🟩 2 Feb 1895, Villa 2-1 Derby, Wellington Road
GK Harry Wilkes | FB Jim Elliott | CB Jimmy Cowan | FB Howard Spencer | M Jack Reynolds | M George Russell | W Charlie Athersmith | W Steve Smith | F Dennis Hodgetts | F Billy Podmore | F Jack Devey |
Game #236
🟩 16 Feb 1895, Villa 7-1 Newcastle, Wellington Road
GK Harry Wilkes | FB Jimmy Welford | FB Howard Spencer | CB Jimmy Cowan | M Jack Reynolds | M George Russell | W Charlie Athersmith | W Steve Smith | F Dennis Hodgetts | F Jack Devey | F Billy Dorrell |
Game #237
🟨 23 Feb 1895, Villa 3-3 Burnley, Turf Moor
GK Harry Wilkes | FB Jim Elliott | CB Jimmy Cowan | FB Howard Spencer | M George Russell | M Fred Burton | W Steve Smith | W Charlie Athersmith | F Dennis Hodgetts | F Jack Devey | F Bob Chatt |
Game #238
🟩 2 Mar 1895, Villa 6-2 Forest, Wellington Road
GK Harry Wilkes | FB Jim Elliott | CB Jimmy Cowan | FB Jimmy Welford | M Fred Burton | M George Russell | W Charlie Athersmith | W Steve Smith | F Dennis Hodgetts | F Bob Chatt | F Jack Devey |
Game #239
🟩 16 Mar 1895, Villa 2-1 Sunderland, Ewood Park
GK Harry Wilkes | CB Jimmy Cowan | FB Jimmy Welford | FB Howard Spencer | M Jack Reynolds | M George Russell | W Steve Smith | W Charlie Athersmith | F Dennis Hodgetts | F Jack Devey | F Bob Chatt |
Game #241
🟩 6 Apr 1895, Villa 5-0 Burnley, Wellington Road
GK Harry Wilkes | CB Jimmy Cowan | FB Jimmy Welford | FB Howard Spencer | M George Russell | M Fred Burton | W Charlie Athersmith | F Dennis Hodgetts | F Billy Dorrell | F Bob Chatt | F Jack Devey |
Game #242
🟨 15 Apr 1895, Villa 2-2 Wolves, Wellington Road
GK Harry Wilkes | CB Jimmy Cowan | FB Jimmy Welford | FB Howard Spencer | M George Russell | M Fred Burton | W Steve Smith | W Charlie Athersmith | F Dennis Hodgetts | F Bob Chatt | F Jack Devey |
Game #243
🟩 20 Apr 1895, Villa 1-0 Albion, Crystal Palace
GK Harry Wilkes | CB Jimmy Cowan | FB Jimmy Welford | FB Howard Spencer | M Jack Reynolds | M George Russell | W Steve Smith | W Charlie Athersmith | F Dennis Hodgetts | F Bob Chatt | F Jack Devey |
Game #244
🟨 24 Apr 1895, Villa 2-2 Everton, Wellington Road
GK Harry Wilkes | CB Jimmy Cowan | FB Jim Elliott | FB Howard Spencer | M Jack Reynolds | M George Russell | W Steve Smith | W Charlie Athersmith | F Dennis Hodgetts | F Bob Chatt | F Jack Devey |

M George Russell | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | #103 |

Starts

37

Game
Matchday Summary
Line Up
Game #195
🟩 16 Dec 1893, Villa 3-1 United, Bank Street, Clayton
GK Bill Dunning | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | D John Baird | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | CB Jimmy Cowan | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | FB Jimmy Welford | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | M Jack Reynolds | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | M George Russell | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | 🟢 | M Willie Groves | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | W Charlie Athersmith | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | F Jack Devey | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | F Dennis Hodgetts | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | F Albert Brown | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
Game #198
🟨 6 Jan 1894, Villa 2-2 Wednesday, Olive Grove
GK Bill Dunning | D John Baird | CB Jimmy Cowan | FB Jimmy Welford | M Jack Reynolds | M George Russell | W Charlie Athersmith | W Albert Woolley | F Jack Devey | F Dennis Hodgetts | F Albert Brown |
Game #199
🟩 18 Jan 1894, Villa 5-2 Preston, Deepdale
GK Bill Dunning | D John Baird | CB Jimmy Cowan | FB Jim Elliott | M Jack Reynolds | M George Russell | W Charlie Athersmith | W Albert Woolley | F Jack Devey | F Dennis Hodgetts | F Bob Chatt |
Game #205
🟥 3 Mar 1894, Villa 2-3 Bolton, Wellington Road
D Frank Coulton (GK) | D John Baird | CB Jimmy Cowan | FB Jim Elliott | M George Russell | M Willie Groves | M Fred Burton | W Charlie Athersmith | W Steve Smith | F Bob Chatt | F William Devey |
Game #208
🟩 7 Apr 1894, Villa 6-3 Burnley, Turf Moor
GK Bill Dunning | D John Baird | CB Jimmy Cowan | FB Jim Elliott | M George Russell | M Fred Burton | M Willie Groves | W Charlie Athersmith | W Steve Smith | F Jack Devey | F Dennis Hodgetts |
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 #211
🟩 8 Sep 1894, Villa 2-1 Liverpool, Anfield
GK Harry Wilkes | CB Jimmy Cowan | FB Jim Elliott | FB Jimmy Welford | M Jack Reynolds | M George Russell | W Steve Smith | W Charlie Athersmith | F Bob Chatt | F Jack Devey | F Billy Dorrell |
Game #212
🟥 15 Sep 1894, Villa 1-2 Sunderland, Wellington Road
GK Harry Wilkes | CB Jimmy Cowan | FB Jim Elliott | FB Jimmy Welford | M Jack Reynolds | M George Russell | W Steve Smith | W Charlie Athersmith | F Bob Chatt | F Jack Devey | F Dennis Hodgetts |
Game #213
🟩 22 Sep 1984, Villa 2-0 Derby, Racecourse 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 | F Billy Dorrell |
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 #216
🟩 13 Oct 1894, Villa 3-1 Albion, Wellington Road
GK Bill Dunning | CB Jimmy Cowan | FB Howard Spencer | F Bob Chatt | M George Russell | M Jack Reynolds | W Charlie Athersmith | W Albert Woolley | FB Jimmy Welford | F Jack Devey | F Dennis Hodgetts |
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 |
Game #219
🟩 27 Oct 1894, Villa 5-0 Liverpool, Wellington Road
GK Harry Wilkes | CB Jimmy Cowan | FB Howard Spencer | FB Jimmy Welford | M George Russell | M Jack Reynolds | W Steve Smith | W Charlie Athersmith | F Dennis Hodgetts | F Billy Dorrell | F Bob Chatt |
Game #220
🟥 3 Nov 1894, Villa 0-1 Wednesday, Olive Grove
GK Harry Wilkes | CB Jimmy Cowan | FB Howard Spencer | FB Jimmy Welford | M George Russell | M Jack Reynolds | W Steve Smith | W Charlie Athersmith | F Dennis Hodgetts | F Billy Dorrell | F Bob Chatt |
Game #221
🟩 10 Nov 1894, Villa 4-1 Preston, Wellington Road
GK Harry Wilkes | CB Jimmy Cowan | FB Howard Spencer | FB Jimmy Welford | M Jack Reynolds | M George Russell | W Steve Smith | W Charlie Athersmith | F Dennis Hodgetts | F Jack Devey | F Bob Chatt |
Game #222
🟩 12 Nov 1894, Villa 5-0 Sheffield United, Wellington Road
GK Harry Wilkes | CB Jimmy Cowan | FB Howard Spencer | FB Jimmy Welford | M Jack Reynolds | M George Russell | W Charlie Athersmith | W Steve Smith | F Jack Devey | F Bob Chatt | F Dennis Hodgetts |
Game #223
🟥 17 Nov 1894, Villa 2-3 Albion, Stoney Lane
GK Harry Wilkes | CB Jimmy Cowan | FB Howard Spencer | FB Jimmy Welford | M Jack Reynolds | M George Russell | W Steve Smith | W Charlie Athersmith | F Tom Purslow | F Bob Chatt | F Jack Devey |
Game #224
🟩 24 Nov 1894, Villa 4-1 Forest, Wellington Road
GK Harry Wilkes | CB Jimmy Cowan | FB Howard Spencer | FB Jimmy Welford | M Jack Reynolds | M George Russell | W Charlie Athersmith | W Steve Smith | F Jack Devey | F Bob Chatt | F Dennis Hodgetts |
Game #225
🟩 1 Dec 1894, Villa 3-1 Blackburn, Ewood Park
GK Harry Wilkes | CB Jimmy Cowan | FB Howard Spencer | FB Jimmy Welford | M Jack Reynolds | M George Russell | W Charlie Athersmith | W Steve Smith | F Jack Devey | F Bob Chatt | F Dennis Hodgetts |
Game #226
🟩 3 Dec 1894, Villa 3-1 Wednesday, Wellington Road
GK Harry Wilkes | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | CB Jimmy Cowan | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | FB Howard Spencer | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | FB Jimmy Welford | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | M Jack Reynolds | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | ⚽ | M George Russell | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | ⚽ | W Charlie Athersmith | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 🔥 | W Steve Smith | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | F Jack Devey | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | ⚽ | F Bob Chatt | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | F Dennis Hodgetts | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
Game #227
🟩 8 Dec 1894, Villa 3-0 Blackburn, Wellington Road
GK Harry Wilkes | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | CB Jimmy Cowan | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | FB Howard Spencer | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | FB Jimmy Welford | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | M George Russell | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | 🔥 | M Jack Reynolds | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | W Steve Smith | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | W Charlie Athersmith | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | ⚽ | F Dennis Hodgetts | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | F Jack Devey | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | ⚽ | ⚽ | F Bob Chatt | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 🔥 |
Game #228
🟩 22 Dec 1894, Villa 4-0 Wolves, Molineux
GK Bill Dunning | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | CB Jimmy Cowan | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | FB Howard Spencer | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | FB Jimmy Welford | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | M Jack Reynolds | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | M George Russell | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | W Steve Smith | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 🔥 | W Charlie Athersmith | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | F Dennis Hodgetts | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | ⚽ | ⚽ | F Jack Devey | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | ⚽ | F Bob Chatt | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | ⚽ |
Game #229
🟩 26 Dec 1894, Villa 6-0 Stoke, Wellington Road
GK Bill Dunning | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | CB Jimmy Cowan | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | FB Howard Spencer | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 🔥 | FB Jimmy Welford | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | M George Russell | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | M Jack Reynolds | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | ⚽ | W Charlie Athersmith | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | ⚽ | ⚽ | ⚽ | W Steve Smith | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 🔥 | F Jack Devey | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | ⚽ | F Dennis Hodgetts | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | F Bob Chatt | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | ⚽ |
Game #230
🟨 2 Jan 1895, Villa 4-4 Sunderland, Newcastle Road
GK Bill Dunning | CB Jimmy Cowan | FB Howard Spencer | FB Jimmy Welford | M George Russell | M Jack Reynolds | W Charlie Athersmith | W Steve Smith | F Jack Devey | F Bob Chatt | F Dennis Hodgetts |
Game #231
🟩 5 Jan 1895, Villa 4-0 Derby, Wellington Road
GK Bill Dunning | CB Jimmy Cowan | FB Howard Spencer | FB Jimmy Welford | M George Russell | M Jack Reynolds | W Charlie Athersmith | W Steve Smith | F Jack Devey | F Bob Chatt | F Dennis Hodgetts |
Game #232
🟩 12 Jan 1895, Villa 1-0 Preston, Deepdale
GK Bill Dunning | CB Jimmy Cowan | FB Howard Spencer | FB Jimmy Welford | M Jack Reynolds | M George Russell | W Charlie Athersmith | W Steve Smith | F Jack Devey | F Dennis Hodgetts | F Bob Chatt |
Game #233
🟥 17 Jan 1895, Villa 2-4 Everton, Goodison Park
GK Bill Dunning | D Jimmy Cowan | FB Howard Spencer | FB Jimmy Welford | M Jack Reynolds | M George Russell | W Charlie Athersmith | W Steve Smith | F Billy Dorrell | F Dennis Hodgetts | F Jack Devey |
Game #235
🟩 2 Feb 1895, Villa 2-1 Derby, Wellington Road
GK Harry Wilkes | FB Jim Elliott | CB Jimmy Cowan | FB Howard Spencer | M Jack Reynolds | M George Russell | W Charlie Athersmith | W Steve Smith | F Dennis Hodgetts | F Billy Podmore | F Jack Devey |
Game #236
🟩 16 Feb 1895, Villa 7-1 Newcastle, Wellington Road
GK Harry Wilkes | FB Jimmy Welford | FB Howard Spencer | CB Jimmy Cowan | M Jack Reynolds | M George Russell | W Charlie Athersmith | W Steve Smith | F Dennis Hodgetts | F Jack Devey | F Billy Dorrell |
Game #237
🟨 23 Feb 1895, Villa 3-3 Burnley, Turf Moor
GK Harry Wilkes | FB Jim Elliott | CB Jimmy Cowan | FB Howard Spencer | M George Russell | M Fred Burton | W Steve Smith | W Charlie Athersmith | F Dennis Hodgetts | F Jack Devey | F Bob Chatt |
Game #238
🟩 2 Mar 1895, Villa 6-2 Forest, Wellington Road
GK Harry Wilkes | FB Jim Elliott | CB Jimmy Cowan | FB Jimmy Welford | M Fred Burton | M George Russell | W Charlie Athersmith | W Steve Smith | F Dennis Hodgetts | F Bob Chatt | F Jack Devey |
Game #239
🟩 16 Mar 1895, Villa 2-1 Sunderland, Ewood Park
GK Harry Wilkes | CB Jimmy Cowan | FB Jimmy Welford | FB Howard Spencer | M Jack Reynolds | M George Russell | W Steve Smith | W Charlie Athersmith | F Dennis Hodgetts | F Jack Devey | F Bob Chatt |
Game #241
🟩 6 Apr 1895, Villa 5-0 Burnley, Wellington Road
GK Harry Wilkes | CB Jimmy Cowan | FB Jimmy Welford | FB Howard Spencer | M George Russell | M Fred Burton | W Charlie Athersmith | F Dennis Hodgetts | F Billy Dorrell | F Bob Chatt | F Jack Devey |
Game #242
🟨 15 Apr 1895, Villa 2-2 Wolves, Wellington Road
GK Harry Wilkes | CB Jimmy Cowan | FB Jimmy Welford | FB Howard Spencer | M George Russell | M Fred Burton | W Steve Smith | W Charlie Athersmith | F Dennis Hodgetts | F Bob Chatt | F Jack Devey |
Game #243
🟩 20 Apr 1895, Villa 1-0 Albion, Crystal Palace
GK Harry Wilkes | CB Jimmy Cowan | FB Jimmy Welford | FB Howard Spencer | M Jack Reynolds | M George Russell | W Steve Smith | W Charlie Athersmith | F Dennis Hodgetts | F Bob Chatt | F Jack Devey |
Game #244
🟨 24 Apr 1895, Villa 2-2 Everton, Wellington Road
GK Harry Wilkes | CB Jimmy Cowan | FB Jim Elliott | FB Howard Spencer | M Jack Reynolds | M George Russell | W Steve Smith | W Charlie Athersmith | F Dennis Hodgetts | F Bob Chatt | F Jack Devey |
Starts
Subs

M George Russell | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | #103 |

Substitute Appearances

0

Game
Matchday Summary
Sub Sub
Unused

M George Russell | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | #103 |

Unused Substitute Appearances

0

Game
Matchday Summary
Unused Substitutes

M George Russell | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | #103 |

Goals Scored

3

Game
Matchday Summary
Scorer(s)
Game #226
🟩 3 Dec 1894, Villa 3-1 Wednesday, Wellington Road
Scorer(s) | George Russell | 6' | Jack Devey | 2-0 | Jack Reynolds (pen) | 89' |
Game #236
🟩 16 Feb 1895, Villa 7-1 Newcastle, Wellington Road
Scorer(s) | Billy Dorrell | Charlie Athersmith | Charlie Athersmith | Jack Devey | Jack Devey | George Russell | Billy Dorrell |
Game #238
🟩 2 Mar 1895, Villa 6-2 Forest, Wellington Road
Scorer(s) | Bob Chatt | George Russell | Bob Chatt | Steve Smith | Steve Smith | Jimmy Cowan |
Goals
Assists

M George Russell | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | #103 |

Assists Made

-

Game
Matchday Summary
Assist(s)
Game #227
🟩 8 Dec 1894, Villa 3-0 Blackburn, Wellington Road
Assists(s) | George Russell | 2-0 | Bob Chatt | 3-0 |
Cards

M George Russell | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | #103 |

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

M George Russell | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | #103 |

Matches

M George Russell | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | #103 |

🟩 16 Dec 1893, Villa 3-1 United, Bank Street, Clayton

AVFC.jpg
Fulham.gif

Game #195

Manager: George Ramsay | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | Glasgow, 1886-1926 led Management Committee
Referee: Ashmole | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
HT Score: 🟨 0-0
FT Result: 🟩 Won
FT Score: 🟩 3-1
Last 5: 🟩 🟩 🟩 🟩 🟩

Season | 1893-94 |
Matchday | #20 |
League Match | #20 |
Manager Game | #169 |
Saturday, 16 December 1893

Scorer(s) | Own Goal | 1-0 | 3-1 | Albert Brown | 2-0 |

Assist(s) | None

Teams

AVFC.jpg

Starting XI

GK Bill Dunning | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
D John Baird | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
CB Jimmy Cowan | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
FB Jimmy Welford | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Jack Reynolds | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M George Russell | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | 🟢 |
M Willie Groves | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
W Charlie Athersmith | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
F Jack Devey | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
F Dennis Hodgetts | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
F Albert Brown | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

Substitutes

No Substitutions permitted in period

Unused Substitutes

No Substitutions permitted in period

Fulham.gif

Starting XI

Fall
Mitchell
Errentz
Perrins
Stewart
Davidson
Farman
Campbell
Donaldson
McNaught
Peden

Substitutes

No Substitutions permitted in period

Unused Substitutes

No Substitutions permitted in period

Match Timeline

🟢 | 1’ Debut, George Russell
🕒 | HT Newton Heath 0-0 Aston Villa
⚽ | Goal, 1-0, Own Goal, Mitchell
⚽ | Goal, 2-0, Albert Brown or Jack Devey
🥅 | Goal, 2-1, (Newton Heath), Peden
⚽ | Goal, 3-1, Own Goal, Mitchell
🕒 | FT Newton Heath 1-3 Aston Villa

On This Day

  • Albert Brown scores Villa's second as they record their sixth successive victory having seen three own goals scored in two games to their credit.

  • Left half George Russell made his Villa debut aged 24 after moving from Ayr FC.

M George Russell | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | #103 |

🟨 6 Jan 1894, Villa 2-2 Wednesday, Olive Grove

AVFC.jpg
Fulham.gif

Game #198

Manager: George Ramsay | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | Glasgow, 1886-1926 led Management Committee
FT Score | 2-2 |
FT Result | Drew |
Last 5 Games | WWLWD |

Season | 1893-94 |
Matchday | #23 |
League Match | #23 |
Manager Game | #172 |
Saturday, 6 January 1894

Scorer(s) | Albert Brown | Unknown |

Assists(s) | Not recorded

Teams

AVFC.jpg

Starting XI

GK Bill Dunning |
D John Baird |
CB Jimmy Cowan |
FB Jimmy Welford |
M Jack Reynolds |
M George Russell |
W Charlie Athersmith |
W Albert Woolley |
F Jack Devey |
F Dennis Hodgetts |
F Albert Brown |

Substitutes

No Substitutions permitted in period

Unused Substitutes

No Substitutions permitted in period

Fulham.gif

Starting XI

Substitutes

No Substitutions Permitted in Period

Unused Substitutes

No Substitutions Permitted in Period

Match Timeline

[Exact timings not recorded]
7’ Goal, 0-1, (Sheffield Wednesday)
Goal, 0-2, (Sheffield Wednesday)
Goal, 1-2, Albert Brown
HT Sheffield Wednesday 2-1 Aston Villa
Goal, 2-2, Unknown
FT Sheffield Wednesday 2-2 Aston Villa

On This Day

Villa draw the first game of 1894.

M George Russell | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | #103 |

🟩 18 Jan 1894, Villa 5-2 Preston, Deepdale

AVFC.jpg
Fulham.gif

Game #199

Manager: George Ramsay | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | Glasgow, 1886-1926 led Management Committee
FT Score | 5-2 |
FT Result | Won |
Last 5 Games | WLWDW |

Season | 1893-94 |
Matchday | #24 |
League Match | #24 |
Manager Game | #173 |
Thursday, 18 January 1894

Scorer(s) | Jack Devey | Dennis Hodgetts | Jimmy Cowan | Jack Devey | Jimmy Cowan |

Assists(s) | Not recorded

Teams

AVFC.jpg

Starting XI

GK Bill Dunning |
D John Baird |
CB Jimmy Cowan |
FB Jim Elliott |
M Jack Reynolds |
M George Russell |
W Charlie Athersmith |
W Albert Woolley |
F Jack Devey |
F Dennis Hodgetts |
F Bob Chatt |

Substitutes

No Substitutions permitted in period

Unused Substitutes

No Substitutions permitted in period

Fulham.gif

Starting XI

Substitutes

No Substitutions Permitted in Period

Unused Substitutes

No Substitutions Permitted in Period

Match Timeline

[Exact timings not recorded]
Goal, 1-0, Jack Devey, Assist by Dennis Hodgetts
26’ Goal, 2-0, Dennis Hodgetts
39’ Goal, 3-0, Jimmy Cowan
Goal, 3-1, (Preston North End)
HT Preston North End 1-3 Aston Villa
Goal, 3-2, (Preston North End)
Goal, 4-2, Jack Devey, Assist by Dennis Hodgetts
Goal, 5-2, Jimmy Cowan
FT Preston North End 2-5 Aston Villa

On This Day

Villa get back to winning ways to sit 7 points clear at the top of the table.

M George Russell | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | #103 |

🟥 3 Mar 1894, Villa 2-3 Bolton, Wellington Road

AVFC.jpg
Fulham.gif

Game #205

Manager: George Ramsay | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | Glasgow, 1886-1926 led Management Committee
FT Score | 2-3 |
FT Result | Lost |
Last 5 Games | WDWLL |

Season | 1893-94 |
Matchday | #30 |
League Match | #26 |
Manager Game | #179 |
Saturday, 3 March 1894

Scorer(s) | Bob Chatt | Bob Chatt |

Assists(s) | Not recorded

Teams

AVFC.jpg

Starting XI

D Frank Coulton (GK) |
D John Baird |
CB Jimmy Cowan |
FB Jim Elliott |
M George Russell |
M Willie Groves |
M Fred Burton |
W Charlie Athersmith |
W Steve Smith |
F Bob Chatt |
F William Devey |

Substitutes

No Substitutions permitted in period

Unused Substitutes

No Substitutions permitted in period

Fulham.gif

Starting XI

Substitutes

No Substitutions Permitted in Period

Unused Substitutes

No Substitutions Permitted in Period

Match Timeline

[Exact timings not recorded]
Goal, 0-1, (Bolton Wanderers), Jimmy Cowan o.g.
Goal, 1-1, Bob Chatt
HT Aston Villa 1-1 Bolton Wanderers
Goal, 2-1, Bob Chatt
Goal, 2-2, (Bolton Wanderers)
Goal, 2-3, (Bolton Wanderers)
FT Aston Villa 2-3 Bolton Wanderers

On This Day

Villa were forced to play this fixture without Jack Reynolds, Jack Devey and Dennis Hodgetts who were all instructed to join their national side or risk punishment. Villa were also without the injured Albert Woolley and Bill Dunning. Forward William Devey made his final appearance for Villa aged 28 before moving on to Walsall Town Swifts.

M George Russell | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | #103 |

🟩 7 Apr 1894, Villa 6-3 Burnley, Turf Moor

AVFC.jpg
Fulham.gif

Game #208

Manager: George Ramsay | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | Glasgow, 1886-1926 led Management Committee
FT Score | 6-3 |
FT Result | Won |
Last 5 Games | LLWDW |

Season | 1893-94 |
Matchday | #33 |
League Match | #29 |
Manager Game | #182 |
Saturday, 7 April 1894

Scorer(s) | Willie Groves | Jack Devey | Jack Devey | Dennis Hodgetts | Willie Groves | Jack Devey |

Assists(s) | Not recorded

Teams

AVFC.jpg

Starting XI

GK Bill Dunning |
D John Baird |
CB Jimmy Cowan |
FB Jim Elliott |
M George Russell |
M Fred Burton |
M Willie Groves |
W Charlie Athersmith |
W Steve Smith |
F Jack Devey |
F Dennis Hodgetts |

Substitutes

No Substitutions permitted in period

Unused Substitutes

No Substitutions permitted in period

Fulham.gif

Starting XI

Substitutes

No Substitutions Permitted in Period

Unused Substitutes

No Substitutions Permitted in Period

Match Timeline

[Exact chronological timings not recorded]
15’ Goal, 1-0, Willie Groves
Goal, 1-1, (Burnley)
HT Burnley 1-1 Aston Villa
Goal, 2-1, Jack Devey
Goal, 3-1, Jack Devey
Goal, 3-2, (Burnley)
Goal, 4-2, Dennis Hodgetts
Goal, 4-3, (Burnley)
Goal, 5-3, Willie Groves
Goal, 6-3, Jack Devey
FT Burnley 6-1 Aston Villa

On This Day

Villa win their first League title.

M George Russell | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | #103 |

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

AVFC.jpg
Fulham.gif

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

AVFC.jpg

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

Fulham.gif

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.

M George Russell | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | #103 |

🟩 8 Sep 1894, Villa 2-1 Liverpool, Anfield

AVFC.jpg
Fulham.gif

Game #211

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

Season | 1894-95 |
Matchday | #2 |
League Match | #2 |
Manager Game | #185 |
Saturday, 8 September 1894

Scorer(s) | Steve Smith | Charlie Athersmith |

Assists(s) | Not recorded

Teams

AVFC.jpg

Starting XI

GK Harry Wilkes |
CB Jimmy Cowan |
FB Jim Elliott |
FB Jimmy Welford |
M Jack Reynolds |
M George Russell |
W Steve Smith |
W Charlie Athersmith |
F Bob Chatt |
F Jack Devey |
F Billy Dorrell |

Substitutes

No Substitutions permitted in period

Unused Substitutes

No Substitutions permitted in period

Fulham.gif

Starting XI

Substitutes

No Substitutions Permitted in Period

Unused Substitutes

No Substitutions Permitted in Period

Match Timeline

[Exact timings not recorded]
1’ Debut, Billy Dorrell
Goal, 0-1, (Liverpool)
HT Liverpool 1-0 Aston Villa
Goal, 1-1, Steve Smith
Goal, 2-1, Charlie Athersmith
FT Liverpool 1-2 Aston Villa

On This Day

  • Villa face Liverpool for the first time in competitive football, Liverpool become the 36th team that the Villa first team has played in League or Cup football and the first new opponent Villa have faced since playing Sheffield United 29 games previously.

  • Reigning Champions Villa won their second match in succession against League new boys. Forward Billy Dorrell made his Villa debut aged 22 after joining from Leicester Fosse for a fee of £250.

M George Russell | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | #103 |

🟥 15 Sep 1894, Villa 1-2 Sunderland, Wellington Road

AVFC.jpg
Fulham.gif

Game #212

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

Season | 1894-95 |
Matchday | #3 |
League Match | #3 |
Manager Game | #186 |
Saturday, 15 September 1894

Scorer(s) | Steve Smith |

Assists(s) | Not recorded

Teams

AVFC.jpg

Starting XI

GK Harry Wilkes |
CB Jimmy Cowan |
FB Jim Elliott |
FB Jimmy Welford |
M Jack Reynolds |
M George Russell |
W Steve Smith |
W Charlie Athersmith |
F Bob Chatt |
F Jack Devey |
F Dennis Hodgetts |

Substitutes

No Substitutions permitted in period

Unused Substitutes

No Substitutions permitted in period

Fulham.gif

Starting XI

Substitutes

No Substitutions Permitted in Period

Unused Substitutes

No Substitutions Permitted in Period

Match Timeline

[Exact timings not recorded]
Goal, 1-0, Steve Smith, Assist by Bob Chatt
Goal, 1-1, (Sunderland)
HT Aston Villa 1-1 Sunderland
Goal, 1-2, (Sunderland)
FT Aston Villa 1-2 Sunderland

On This Day

Reigning Champions Villa suffer their first reverse of the season against the side that ran them close in the previous campaign.

M George Russell | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | #103 |

🟩 22 Sep 1984, Villa 2-0 Derby, Racecourse Ground

AVFC.jpg
Fulham.gif

Game #213

Manager | George Ramsay led Management Committee |
FT Score | 2-0 |
FT Result | Won |
Last 5 Games | WWWLW |

Season | 1894-95 |
Matchday | #4 |
League Match | #4 |
Manager Game | #187 |
Saturday, 22 September 1894

Scorer(s) | Bob Chatt | Jack Devey |

Assists(s) | Not recorded

Teams

AVFC.jpg

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 |
F Billy Dorrell |

Substitutes

No Substitutions permitted in period

Unused Substitutes

No Substitutions permitted in period

Fulham.gif

Starting XI

Substitutes

No Substitutions Permitted in Period

Unused Substitutes

No Substitutions Permitted in Period

Match Timeline

[Exact timings not recorded]
25’ Goal, 1-0, Bob Chatt
HT Derby County 0-1 Aston Villa
Goal, 2-0, Jack Devey
FT Derby County 0-2 Aston Villa

On This Day

Reigning Champions Villa bounce back from the Sunderland defeat with their third win in four games.

M George Russell | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | #103 |

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

AVFC.jpg
Fulham.gif

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

AVFC.jpg

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

Fulham.gif

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.

M George Russell | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | #103 |

🟩 13 Oct 1894, Villa 3-1 Albion, Wellington Road

AVFC.jpg
Fulham.gif

Game #216

Manager | George Ramsay led Management Committee |
FT Score | 3-1 |
FT Result | Won |
Last 5 Games | LWLLW |

Season | 1894-95 |
Matchday | #7 |
League Match | #7 |
Manager Game | #190 |
Saturday, 13 October 1894

Scorer(s) | Dennis Hodgetts | Albert Woolley | Bob Chatt |

Assists(s) | Not recorded

Teams

AVFC.jpg

Starting XI

GK Bill Dunning |
CB Jimmy Cowan |
FB Howard Spencer |
F Bob Chatt |
M George Russell |
M Jack Reynolds |
W Charlie Athersmith |
W Albert Woolley |
FB Jimmy Welford |
F Jack Devey |
F Dennis Hodgetts |

Substitutes

No Substitutions permitted in period

Unused Substitutes

No Substitutions permitted in period

Fulham.gif

Starting XI

Substitutes

No Substitutions Permitted in Period

Unused Substitutes

No Substitutions Permitted in Period

Match Timeline

[Exact timings not recorded]
1’ Debut, Howard Spencer
Goal, 1-0, Dennis Hodgetts, Assist by Howard Spencer
Goal, 2-0, Albert Woolley, Assist by Charlie Athersmith
HT Aston Villa 2-0 West Bromwich Albion
Goal, 3-0, Bob Chatt
Goal, 3-1, (West Bromwich Albion)
FT Aston Villa 3-1 West Bromwich Albion

On This Day

Reigning Champions Villa return to winning ways after successive League defeats. One of the Villa greats, full back Howard Spencer, made his Villa debut aged 19 after joining from Birchfield Trinity.

M George Russell | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | #103 |

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

AVFC.jpg
Fulham.gif

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

AVFC.jpg

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

Fulham.gif

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.

M George Russell | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | #103 |

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

AVFC.jpg
Fulham.gif

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

AVFC.jpg

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

Fulham.gif

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.

M George Russell | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | #103 |

🟩 27 Oct 1894, Villa 5-0 Liverpool, Wellington Road

AVFC.jpg
Fulham.gif

Game #219

Manager | George Ramsay led Management Committee |
FT Score | 5-0 |
FT Result | Won |
Last 5 Games | LWDLW |

Season | 1894-95 |
Matchday | #10 |
League Match | #10 |
Manager Game | #193 |
Saturday, 27 October 1894

Scorer(s) | Jimmy Cowan | Jack Reynolds | Jack Reynolds (pen) | Billy Dorrell | Dennis Hodgetts |

Assists(s) | Not recorded

Teams

AVFC.jpg

Starting XI

GK Harry Wilkes |
CB Jimmy Cowan |
FB Howard Spencer |
FB Jimmy Welford |
M George Russell |
M Jack Reynolds |
W Steve Smith |
W Charlie Athersmith |
F Dennis Hodgetts |
F Billy Dorrell |
F Bob Chatt |

Substitutes

No Substitutions permitted in period

Unused Substitutes

No Substitutions permitted in period

Fulham.gif

Starting XI

Substitutes

No Substitutions Permitted in Period

Unused Substitutes

No Substitutions Permitted in Period

Match Timeline

[Exact timings not recorded]
Goal, 1-0, Jimmy Cowan
Goal, 2-0, Jack Reynolds
HT Aston Villa 2-0 Liverpool
Goal, 3-0, Jack Reynolds (pen)
Goal, 4-0, Billy Dorrell
Goal, 5-0, Dennis Hodgetts
FT Aston Villa 5-0 Liverpool

On This Day

Reigning Champions Villa put League new boys Liverpool to the sword as they returned to winning ways to secure their 5th win in 10 games.

M George Russell | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | #103 |

🟥 3 Nov 1894, Villa 0-1 Wednesday, Olive Grove

AVFC.jpg
Fulham.gif

Game #220

Manager | George Ramsay led Management Committee |
FT Score | 0-1 |
FT Result | Lost |
Last 5 Games | WDLWL |

Season | 1894-95 |
Matchday | #11 |
League Match | #11 |
Manager Game | #194 |
Saturday, 3 November 1894

Scorer(s) | None |

Assists(s) | Not recorded

Teams

AVFC.jpg

Starting XI

GK Harry Wilkes |
CB Jimmy Cowan |
FB Howard Spencer |
FB Jimmy Welford |
M George Russell |
M Jack Reynolds |
W Steve Smith |
W Charlie Athersmith |
F Dennis Hodgetts |
F Billy Dorrell |
F Bob Chatt |

Substitutes

No Substitutions permitted in period

Unused Substitutes

No Substitutions permitted in period

Fulham.gif

Starting XI

Substitutes

No Substitutions Permitted in Period

Unused Substitutes

No Substitutions Permitted in Period

Match Timeline

[Exact timings not recorded]
HT Sheffield Wednesday 0-0 Aston Villa
Goal, 0-1, (Sheffield Wednesday)
FT Sheffield Wednesday 1-0 Aston Villa

On This Day

Reigning Champions Villa suffer yet another fruitless trip to Sheffield as Villa fail to score for the first time this season.

M George Russell | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | #103 |

🟩 10 Nov 1894, Villa 4-1 Preston, Wellington Road

AVFC.jpg
Fulham.gif

Game #221

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

Season | 1894-95 |
Matchday | #12 |
League Match | #12 |
Manager Game | #195 |
Saturday, 10 November 1894

Scorer(s) | Jack Devey | Own Goal | Dennis Hodgetts | Bob Chatt |

Assists(s) | Not recorded

Teams

AVFC.jpg

Starting XI

GK Harry Wilkes |
CB Jimmy Cowan |
FB Howard Spencer |
FB Jimmy Welford |
M Jack Reynolds |
M George Russell |
W Steve Smith |
W Charlie Athersmith |
F Dennis Hodgetts |
F Jack Devey |
F Bob Chatt |

Substitutes

No Substitutions permitted in period

Unused Substitutes

No Substitutions permitted in period

Fulham.gif

Starting XI

Substitutes

No Substitutions Permitted in Period

Unused Substitutes

No Substitutions Permitted in Period

Match Timeline

[Exact timings not recorded]
Goal, 1-0, Jack Devey
Goal, 1-1, (Preston North End)
HT Aston Villa 1-1 Preston North End
Goal, 2-1, Own Goal, Dunn
Goal, 3-1, Dennis Hodgetts
Goal, 4-1, Bob Chatt
FT Aston Villa 4-1 Preston North End

On This Day

Reigning Champions Villa bounce back from another Sheffield defeat with their sixth win in 12 games.

M George Russell | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | #103 |

🟩 12 Nov 1894, Villa 5-0 Sheffield United, Wellington Road

AVFC.jpg
Fulham.gif

Game #222

Manager | George Ramsay led Management Committee |
FT Score | 5-0 |
FT Result | Won |
Last 5 Games | LWLWW |

Season | 1894-95 |
Matchday | #13 |
League Match | #13 |
Manager Game | #196 |
Monday, 12 November 1894

Scorer(s) | Bob Chatt | Jack Devey | Jack Devey | Bob Chatt | Jack Reynolds |

Assists(s) | Not recorded

Teams

AVFC.jpg

Starting XI

GK Harry Wilkes |
CB Jimmy Cowan |
FB Howard Spencer |
FB Jimmy Welford |
M Jack Reynolds |
M George Russell |
W Charlie Athersmith |
W Steve Smith |
F Jack Devey |
F Bob Chatt |
F Dennis Hodgetts |

Substitutes

No Substitutions permitted in period

Unused Substitutes

No Substitutions permitted in period

Fulham.gif

Starting XI

Substitutes

No Substitutions Permitted in Period

Unused Substitutes

No Substitutions Permitted in Period

Match Timeline

[Exact chronological timings not recorded]
Goal, 1-0, Bob Chatt
Goal, 2-0, Jack Devey
HT Aston Villa 2-0 Sheffield United
Goal, 3-0, Jack Devey
Goal, 4-0, Bob Chatt
Goal, 5-0, Jack Reynolds
FT Aston Villa 5-0 Sheffield United

On This Day

Reigning Champions Villa win their second game in succession in appalling conditions to make it 7 victories in 13 games.

M George Russell | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | #103 |

🟥 17 Nov 1894, Villa 2-3 Albion, Stoney Lane

AVFC.jpg
Fulham.gif

Game #223

Manager | George Ramsay led Management Committee |
FT Score | 2-3 |
FT Result | Lost |
Last 5 Games | WLWWL |

Season | 1894-95 |
Matchday | #14 |
League Match | #14 |
Manager Game | #197 |
Saturday, 17 November 1894

Scorer(s) | Steve Smith | Tom Purslow |

Assists(s) | Not recorded

Teams

AVFC.jpg

Starting XI

GK Harry Wilkes |
CB Jimmy Cowan |
FB Howard Spencer |
FB Jimmy Welford |
M Jack Reynolds |
M George Russell |
W Steve Smith |
W Charlie Athersmith |
F Tom Purslow |
F Bob Chatt |
F Jack Devey |

Substitutes

No Substitutions permitted in period

Unused Substitutes

No Substitutions permitted in period

Fulham.gif

Starting XI

Substitutes

No Substitutions Permitted in Period

Unused Substitutes

No Substitutions Permitted in Period

Match Timeline

[Exact timings not recorded]
Goal, 0-1, (West Bromwich Albion)
Goal, 0-2, (West Bromwich Albion)
HT West Bromwich Albion 2-0 Aston Villa
Goal, 1-2, Steve Smith, Assist by Charlie Athersmith
Goal, 2-2, Tom Purslow, Assist by Charlie Athersmith
Goal, 2-3, (West Bromwich Albion)
FT West Bromwich Albion 3-2 Aston Villa

On This Day

Reigning Champions Villa field their youngest XI of the season with an average age of 23.87 as they come unstuck against neighbours Albion and suffer their sixth defeat in 14 to leave them 6th in the table. Forward Tom Purslow made his sole - and goalscoring - appearance for Villa aged 24 after joining from Nechells Old Boys. Purslow later moved on to Walsall Town Swifts.

M George Russell | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | #103 |

🟩 24 Nov 1894, Villa 4-1 Forest, Wellington Road

AVFC.jpg
Fulham.gif

Game #224

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

Season | 1894-95 |
Matchday | #15 |
League Match | #15 |
Manager Game | #198 |
Saturday, 24 November 1894

Scorer(s) | Dennis Hodgetts | Jack Devey (brace) | Jimmy Cowan |

Assists(s) | Not recorded

Teams

AVFC.jpg

Starting XI

GK Harry Wilkes |
CB Jimmy Cowan |
FB Howard Spencer |
FB Jimmy Welford |
M Jack Reynolds |
M George Russell |
W Charlie Athersmith |
W Steve Smith |
F Jack Devey |
F Bob Chatt |
F Dennis Hodgetts |

Substitutes

No Substitutions permitted in period

Unused Substitutes

No Substitutions permitted in period

Fulham.gif

Starting XI

Substitutes

No Substitutions permitted in period

Unused Substitutes

No Substitutions permitted in period

Match Timeline

[Exact timings not recorded]
Goal, 1-0, Dennis Hodgetts
Goal, 1-1, (Nottingham Forest)
HT Aston Villa 1-1 Nottingham Forest
48’ Goal, 2-1, Jack Devey
Goal, 3-1, Jimmy Cowan
Goal, 4-1, Jack Devey
FT Aston Villa 4-1 Nottingham Forest

On This Day

Reigning Champions Villa bounce back from defeat to Albion with their 8th win in 15 games, climbing up to third in the table as a result.

M George Russell | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | #103 |

🟩 1 Dec 1894, Villa 3-1 Blackburn, Ewood Park

AVFC.jpg
Fulham.gif

Game #225

Manager | George Ramsay led Management Committee |
Referee | Mr. Thomas, Bly |
FT Score | 3-1 |
FT Result | Won |
Last 5 Games | WWLWW |

Season | 1894-95 |
Matchday | #16 |
League Match | #16 |
Manager Game | #199 |
Saturday, 1 December 1894

Scorer(s) | Steve Smith | Steve Smith | Steve Smith |

Assists(s) | Not recorded

Teams

AVFC.jpg

Starting XI

GK Harry Wilkes |
CB Jimmy Cowan |
FB Howard Spencer |
FB Jimmy Welford |
M Jack Reynolds |
M George Russell |
W Charlie Athersmith |
W Steve Smith |
F Jack Devey |
F Bob Chatt |
F Dennis Hodgetts |

Substitutes

No Substitutions permitted in period

Unused Substitutes

No Substitutions permitted in period

Fulham.gif

Starting XI

Substitutes

No Substitutions Permitted in Period

Unused Substitutes

No Substitutions Permitted in Period

Match Timeline

[Exact timings not recorded]
Goal, 0-1, (Blackburn Rovers)
Goal, 1-1, Steve Smith
HT Blackburn Rovers 1-1 Aston Villa
Goal, 2-1, Steve Smith
Goal, 3-1, Steve Smith
FT Blackburn Rovers 1-3 Aston Villa

On This Day

Reigning Champions Villa record their second successive victory and make it 9 win in 16 games, to leave Villa secure in third place.

M George Russell | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | #103 |

🟩 3 Dec 1894, Villa 3-1 Wednesday, Wellington Road

AVFC.jpg
Fulham.gif

Game #226

Manager: George Ramsay | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | Glasgow, 1886-1926 led Management Committee
Referee: Mr Beardsley | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | London
HT Score: 🟩 1-0
FT Result: 🟩 Won
FT Score: 🟩 3-1
Last 5: 🟩 🟥 🟩 🟩 🟩

Season | 1894-95 |
Matchday | #17 |
League Match | #17 |
Manager Game | #200 |
Monday, 3 December 1894

Scorer(s) | George Russell | 6' | Jack Devey | 2-0 | Jack Reynolds (pen) | 89' |

Assists(s) | Charlie Athersmith

Teams

AVFC.jpg

Starting XI

GK Harry Wilkes | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CB Jimmy Cowan | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
FB Howard Spencer | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
FB Jimmy Welford | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Jack Reynolds | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | ⚽ |
M George Russell | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | ⚽ |
W Charlie Athersmith | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 🔥 |
W Steve Smith | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
F Jack Devey | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | ⚽ |
F Bob Chatt | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
F Dennis Hodgetts | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

Substitutes

No Substitutions permitted in period

Unused Substitutes

No Substitutions permitted in period

Fulham.gif

Starting XI

GK Allan
B Earp
B Langley
HB Brandon
HB Crawshaw
HB Jamieson
F Brash
F Ferrier
F Davis
F Woolhouse | ⚽ |
F Spikesley

Substitutes

No Substitutions Permitted in Period

Unused Substitutes

No Substitutions Permitted in Period

Match Timeline

⚽ | 6' Goal, 1-0, George Russell
🕒 | HT Aston Villa 1-0 Sheffield Wednesday
⚽ | Goal, 2-0, Jack Devey, Assist by Charlie Athersmith
🥅 | Goal 2-1, (Sheffield Wednesday), Woolhouse
⚽ | 89' Goal, 3-0, Jack Reynolds (pen)
🕒 | FT Aston Villa 3-1 Sheffield Wednesday

On This Day

The 200th game of the George Ramsay led management committee sees Villa record their third successive victory to make it 10 wins in 17 games for the reigning Champions.


Jack Reynolds scored from the penalty spot as the 200th game of the George Ramsay led management committee sees Villa record their third successive victory to make it 10 wins in 17 games for the reigning Champions.

M George Russell | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | #103 |

🟩 8 Dec 1894, Villa 3-0 Blackburn, Wellington Road

AVFC.jpg
Fulham.gif

Game #227

Manager: George Ramsay | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | Glasgow, 1886-1926 led Management Committee
Referee: Pennington | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Burslem
HT Score: 🟩 1-0
FT Result: 🟩 Won
FT Score: 🟩 3-0
Last 5: 🟥 🟩 🟩 🟩 🟩

Season | 1894-95 |
Matchday | #18 |
League Match | #18 |
Manager Game | #201 |
Saturday, 8 December 1894

Scorer(s) | Charlie Athersmith | 15' | Jack Devey | (brace) |

Assists(s) | George Russell | 2-0 | Bob Chatt | 3-0 |

Teams

AVFC.jpg

Starting XI

GK Harry Wilkes | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CB Jimmy Cowan | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
FB Howard Spencer | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
FB Jimmy Welford | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M George Russell | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | 🔥 |
M Jack Reynolds | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
W Steve Smith | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
W Charlie Athersmith | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | ⚽ |
F Dennis Hodgetts | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
F Jack Devey | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | ⚽ | ⚽ |
F Bob Chatt | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 🔥 |

Substitutes

No Substitutions permitted in period

Unused Substitutes

No Substitutions permitted in period

Fulham.gif

Starting XI

GK Ogilvie
B Brandon
B Murray
HB Forrest
HB Anderson
HB Cleghorn
F Haydock
F Whitehead
F Stuart
F Hall
F Chippendale

Substitutes

No Substitutions Permitted in Period

Unused Substitutes

No Substitutions Permitted in Period

Match Timeline

⚽ | 15' Goal, 1-0, Charlie Athersmith
🕒 | HT Aston Villa 1-0 Blackburn Rovers
⚽ | Goal, 2-0, Jack Devey, Assist by George Russell
⚽ | Goal, 3-0, Jack Devey, Assist by Bob Chatt
🕒 | FT Aston Villa 3-0 Blackburn Rovers

On This Day

  • Jack Devey scores a brace as reigning Champions Villa dominate Blackburn to win their fourth successive game to lift them to second place in the table.

M George Russell | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | #103 |

🟩 22 Dec 1894, Villa 4-0 Wolves, Molineux

AVFC.jpg
Fulham.gif

Game #228

Manager: George Ramsay | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | Glasgow, 1886-1926 led Management Committee
Referee: T. Helme | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Farnworth
HT Score: 🟩 2-0
FT Result: 🟩 Won
FT Score: 🟩 4-0
Last 5: 🟩 🟩 🟩 🟩 🟩

Season | 1894-95 |
Matchday | #19 |
League Match | #19 |
Manager Game | #202 |
Saturday, 22 December 1894

Scorer(s) | Dennis Hodgetts | 2' | 7' | Bob Chatt | 3-0 | Jack Devey | 4-0 |

Assists(s) | Steve Smith | 2' |

Teams

AVFC.jpg

Starting XI

GK Bill Dunning | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
CB Jimmy Cowan | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
FB Howard Spencer | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
FB Jimmy Welford | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Jack Reynolds | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M George Russell | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
W Steve Smith | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 🔥 |
W Charlie Athersmith | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
F Dennis Hodgetts | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | ⚽ | ⚽ |
F Jack Devey | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | ⚽ |
F Bob Chatt | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | ⚽ |

Substitutes

No Substitutions permitted in period

Unused Substitutes

No Substitutions permitted in period

Fulham.gif

Starting XI

J. Hassall
R. Baugh
T. Dunn
H. Griffiths
H. Haynes
W. Malpass
C. Reynolds
J. H. Butcher
J. Bell
H. Wood
G. Fleming

Substitutes

No Substitutions Permitted in Period

Unused Substitutes

No Substitutions Permitted in Period

Match Timeline

⚽ | 2’ Goal, 1-0, Dennis Hodgetts, Assist by Steve Smith
⚽ | 7’ Goal, 2-0, Dennis Hodgetts
🕒 | HT Wolverhampton Wanderers 0-2 Aston Villa
⚽ | Goal, 3-0, Bob Chatt
⚽ | Goal, 4-0, Jack Devey
🕒 | FT Wolverhampton Wanderers 0-4 Aston Villa

On This Day

  • Dennis Hodgetts hits a quick fire brace and Villa never look back as the reigning Champions crush Wolves at Molineux to win their fifth successive game & stay second place in the table.

M George Russell | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | #103 |

🟩 26 Dec 1894, Villa 6-0 Stoke, Wellington Road

AVFC.jpg
Fulham.gif

Game #229

Manager: George Ramsay | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | Glasgow, 1886-1926 led Management Committee
Referee: Unknown
HT Score: 🟩 2-0
FT Result: 🟩 Won
FT Score: 🟩 6-0
Last 5: 🟩 🟩 🟩 🟩 🟩

Season | 1894-95 |
Matchday | #20 |
League Match | #20 |
Manager Game | #203 |
Wednesday, 26 December 1894

Scorer(s) | Charlie Athersmith | 1-0 | 4-0 | 6-0 |Jack Reynolds | 2-0 | Bob Chatt | 3-0 | Jack Devey | 5-0 |

Assist(s) | Steve Smith | 1-0 | Howard Spencer | 3-0 |

Teams

AVFC.jpg

Starting XI

GK Bill Dunning | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
CB Jimmy Cowan | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
FB Howard Spencer | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 🔥 |
FB Jimmy Welford | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M George Russell | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
M Jack Reynolds | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | ⚽ |
W Charlie Athersmith | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | ⚽ | ⚽ | ⚽ |
W Steve Smith | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 🔥 |
F Jack Devey | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | ⚽ |
F Dennis Hodgetts | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
F Bob Chatt | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | ⚽ |

Substitutes

No Substitutions permitted in period

Unused Substitutes

No Substitutions permitted in period

Fulham.gif

Starting XI

Clawley
Forster
Eccles
Christie
Merton
Brodie
Dickson
Evans
Naughton
Farrell
Scholfield

Substitutes

No Substitutions Permitted in Period

Unused Substitutes

No Substitutions Permitted in Period

Match Timeline

⚽ | Goal, 1-0, Charlie Athersmith, Assist by Steve Smith
⚽ | Goal, 2-0, Jack Reynolds (pen)
🕒 | HT Aston Villa 2-0 Stoke
⚽ | Goal, 3-0, Bob Chatt, Assist by Howard Spencer
⚽ | Goal, 4-0, Charlie Athersmith
⚽ | Goal, 5-0, Jack Devey
⚽ | Goal, 6-0, Charlie Athersmith
🕒 | FT Aston Villa 6-0 Stoke

On This Day

  • Charlie Athersmith hits Villa's second successive hat-trick as the reigning Champions win their sixth successive game to keep them to second place in the table.

M George Russell | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | #103 |

🟨 2 Jan 1895, Villa 4-4 Sunderland, Newcastle Road

AVFC.jpg
Fulham.gif

Game #230

Manager | George Ramsay led Management Committee |
FT Score | 4-4 |
FT Result | Drew |
Last 5 Games | WWWWD |

Season | 1894-95 |
Matchday | #21 |
League Match | #21 |
Manager Game | #204 |
Wednesday, 2 January 1895

Scorer(s) | Dennis Hodgetts | Steve Smith | Jack Devey | Jack Devey |

Assists(s) | Not recorded

Teams

AVFC.jpg

Starting XI

GK Bill Dunning |
CB Jimmy Cowan |
FB Howard Spencer |
FB Jimmy Welford |
M George Russell |
M Jack Reynolds |
W Charlie Athersmith |
W Steve Smith |
F Jack Devey |
F Bob Chatt |
F Dennis Hodgetts |

Substitutes

No Substitutions permitted in period

Unused Substitutes

No Substitutions permitted in period

Fulham.gif

Starting XI

Substitutes

No Substitutions Permitted in Period

Unused Substitutes

No Substitutions Permitted in Period

Match Timeline

[Exact timings not recorded]
Goal, 1-0, Dennis Hodgetts, Assist by Charlie Athersmith
Goal, 1-1, (Sunderland)
Goal, 2-1, Steve Smith
Goal, 3-1, Jack Devey
Goal, 3-2, (Sunderland)
HT Sunderland 2-3 Aston Villa
60’ Goal, 3-3, (Sunderland)
Goal, 3-4, (Sunderland)
Goal, 4-4, Jack Devey
FT Sunderland 4-4 Aston Villa

On This Day

Reigning Champions Villa's six game winning run came to an end with a high scoring draw as second met first in the table.

M George Russell | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | #103 |

🟩 5 Jan 1895, Villa 4-0 Derby, Wellington Road

AVFC.jpg
Fulham.gif

Game #231

Manager | George Ramsay led Management Committee |
FT Score | 4-0 |
FT Result | Won |
Last 5 Games | WWWDW |

Season | 1894-95 |
Matchday | #22 |
League Match | #22 |
Manager Game | #205 |
Saturday, 5 January 1895

Scorer(s) | Dennis Hodgetts | Steve Smith | Dennis Hodgetts | Bob Chatt |

Assists(s) | Not recorded

Teams

AVFC.jpg

Starting XI

GK Bill Dunning |
CB Jimmy Cowan |
FB Howard Spencer |
FB Jimmy Welford |
M George Russell |
M Jack Reynolds |
W Charlie Athersmith |
W Steve Smith |
F Jack Devey |
F Bob Chatt |
F Dennis Hodgetts |

Substitutes

No Substitutions permitted in period

Unused Substitutes

No Substitutions permitted in period

Fulham.gif

Starting XI

Substitutes

No Substitutions Permitted in Period

Unused Substitutes

No Substitutions Permitted in Period

Match Timeline

[Exact timings not recorded]
Goal, 1-0, Dennis Hodgetts
Goal, 2-0, Steve Smith
HT Aston Villa 2-0 Derby County
Goal, 3-0, Dennis Hodgetts
Goal, 4-0, Bob Chatt, Assist by Steve Smith
FT Aston Villa 4-0 Derby County

On This Day

Reigning Champions Villa's record their 7th win in 8 games as they climb back to the top of the table level on points with Sunderland.

M George Russell | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | #103 |

🟩 12 Jan 1895, Villa 1-0 Preston, Deepdale

AVFC.jpg
Fulham.gif

Game #232

Manager | George Ramsay led Management Committee |
FT Score | 1-0 |
FT Result | Won |
Last 5 Games | WWDWW |

Season | 1894-95 |
Matchday | #23 |
League Match | #23 |
Manager Game | #206 |
Saturday, 12 January 1895

Scorer(s) | Jack Devey |

Assists(s) | Not recorded

Teams

AVFC.jpg

Starting XI

GK Bill Dunning |
CB Jimmy Cowan |
FB Howard Spencer |
FB Jimmy Welford |
M Jack Reynolds |
M George Russell |
W Charlie Athersmith |
W Steve Smith |
F Jack Devey |
F Dennis Hodgetts |
F Bob Chatt |

Substitutes

No Substitutions permitted in period

Unused Substitutes

No Substitutions permitted in period

Fulham.gif

Starting XI

Substitutes

No Substitutions Permitted in Period

Unused Substitutes

No Substitutions Permitted in Period

Match Timeline

[Exact timings not recorded]
1’ Goal, Jack Devey
HT Preston North End 0-1 Aston Villa
FT Preston North End 0-1 Aston Villa

On This Day

Reigning Champions Villa's record their 8th win in 9 games as they remained at the top of the table ahead of Sunderland on Goal Ratio.

M George Russell | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | #103 |

🟥 17 Jan 1895, Villa 2-4 Everton, Goodison Park

AVFC.jpg
Fulham.gif

Game #233

Manager | George Ramsay led Management Committee |
FT Score | 2-4 |
FT Result | Lost |
Last 5 Games | WDWWL |

Season | 1894-95 |
Matchday | #24 |
League Match | #24 |
Manager Game | #207 |
Thursday, 17 January 1895

Scorer(s) | Billy Dorrell | Steve Smith |

Assists(s) | Not recorded

Teams

AVFC.jpg

Starting XI

GK Bill Dunning |
D Jimmy Cowan |
FB Howard Spencer |
FB Jimmy Welford |
M Jack Reynolds |
M George Russell |
W Charlie Athersmith |
W Steve Smith |
F Billy Dorrell |
F Dennis Hodgetts |
F Jack Devey |

Substitutes

No Substitutions permitted in period

Unused Substitutes

No Substitutions permitted in period

Fulham.gif

Starting XI

Substitutes

No Substitutions Permitted in Period

Unused Substitutes

No Substitutions Permitted in Period

Match Timeline

[Exact timings not recorded]
1’ Goal, 0-1, (Everton)
Goal, 0-2, (Everton)
Goal, 0-3, (Everton)
HT Everton 3-0 Aston Villa
Goal, 0-4, (Everton)
Goal, 1-4, Billy Dorrell
Goal, 2-4, Steve Smith
FT Everton 4-2 Aston Villa

On This Day

Reigning Champions Villa's lose their first game in 10 and as a result fall back to third in the table on Goal Ratio. League title winning goalkeeper Bill Dunning played his final game for Villa. Bill conceded 124 goals in 69 appearances at a rate of 1.80 goals per game.

M George Russell | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | #103 |

🟩 2 Feb 1895, Villa 2-1 Derby, Wellington Road

AVFC.jpg
Fulham.gif

Game #235

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

Season | 1894-95 |
Matchday | #26 |
Manager Game | #209 |
Saturday, 2 February 1895

Scorer(s) | Jack Devey | Own Goal |

Assists(s) | Not recorded

Teams

AVFC.jpg

Starting XI

GK Harry Wilkes |
FB Jim Elliott |
CB Jimmy Cowan |
FB Howard Spencer |
M Jack Reynolds |
M George Russell |
W Charlie Athersmith |
W Steve Smith |
F Dennis Hodgetts |
F Billy Podmore |
F Jack Devey |

Substitutes

No Substitutions permitted in period

Unused Substitutes

No Substitutions permitted in period

Fulham.gif

Starting XI

Substitutes

No Substitutions Permitted in Period

Unused Substitutes

No Substitutions Permitted in Period

Match Timeline

[Exact timings not recorded]
Goal, 1-0, Jack Devey, Assist by George Russell
HT Aston Villa 1-0 Derby County
Goal, 1-1, (Derby County)
Goal, 2-1, Own Goal, Methven
FT Aston Villa 2-1 Derby County

On This Day

Villa progress to the second round of the FA Cup as forward Billy Podmore played his only game for Villa aged 22 after joining from Burton United. Podmore later moved on to Derby Midland.

M George Russell | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | #103 |

🟩 16 Feb 1895, Villa 7-1 Newcastle, Wellington Road

AVFC.jpg
Fulham.gif

Game #236

Manager | George Ramsay led Management Committee |
FT Score | 7-1 |
FT Result | Won |
Last 5 Games | WLWWW |

Season | 1894-95 |
Matchday | #27 |
Manager Game | #210 |
Saturday, 16 February 1895

Scorer(s) | Billy Dorrell | Charlie Athersmith | Charlie Athersmith | Jack Devey | Jack Devey | George Russell | Billy Dorrell |

Assists(s) | Not recorded

Teams

AVFC.jpg

Starting XI

GK Harry Wilkes |
FB Jimmy Welford |
FB Howard Spencer |
CB Jimmy Cowan |
M Jack Reynolds |
M George Russell |
W Charlie Athersmith |
W Steve Smith |
F Dennis Hodgetts |
F Jack Devey |
F Billy Dorrell |

Substitutes

No Substitutions permitted in period

Unused Substitutes

No Substitutions permitted in period

Fulham.gif

Starting XI

Substitutes

No Substitutions Permitted in Period

Unused Substitutes

No Substitutions Permitted in Period

Match Timeline

[Exact timings not recorded]
5’ Goal, 1-0, Billy Dorrell, Assist by Jack Devey
Goal, 1-1, (Newcastle United)
Goal, 2-1, Charlie Athersmith
Goal, 3-1 ,Charlie Athersmith, Assist by Billy Dorrell
Goal, 4-1, Jack Devey
Goal, 5-1, Jack Devey
Goal, 6-1, George Russell
HT Aston Villa 6-1 Newcastle United
50’ Goal, 7-1, Billy Dorrell, Assist by Jack Devey
FT Aston Villa 7-1 Newcastle United

On This Day

  • Villa face Newcastle United for the first time in competitive football, Newcastle become the 37th team that the Villa first team has played in League or Cup football and the first new opponent Villa have faced since playing Liverpool 25 games previously.

  • Villa progress to the third round of the FA Cup as Newcastle United are swept aside at Wellington Road.

M George Russell | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | #103 |

🟨 23 Feb 1895, Villa 3-3 Burnley, Turf Moor

AVFC.jpg
Fulham.gif

Game #237

Manager | George Ramsay led Management Committee |
FT Score | 3-3 |
FT Result | Drew |
Last 5 Games | LWWWD |

Season | 1894-95 |
Matchday | #28 |
League Match | #26 |
Manager Game | #211 |
Saturday, 23 February 1895

Scorer(s) | Charlie Athersmith | Own Goal | Charlie Athersmith |

Assists(s) | Not recorded

Teams

AVFC.jpg

Starting XI

GK Harry Wilkes |
FB Jim Elliott |
CB Jimmy Cowan |
FB Howard Spencer |
M George Russell |
M Fred Burton |
W Steve Smith |
W Charlie Athersmith |
F Dennis Hodgetts |
F Jack Devey |
F Bob Chatt |

Substitutes

No Substitutions permitted in period

Unused Substitutes

No Substitutions permitted in period

Fulham.gif

Starting XI

Substitutes

No Substitutions Permitted in Period

Unused Substitutes

No Substitutions Permitted in Period

Match Timeline

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

On This Day

Reigning Champions Villa return to League football and have now lost just once in 14, winning 11 but they now sit third in the League table, two points off leaders Sunderland.

M George Russell | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | #103 |

🟩 2 Mar 1895, Villa 6-2 Forest, Wellington Road

AVFC.jpg
Fulham.gif

Game #238

Manager | George Ramsay led Management Committee |
FT Score | 6-2 |
FT Result | Won |
Last 5 Games | WWWDW |

Season | 1894-95 |
Matchday | #29 |
Manager Game | #212 |
Saturday, 2 March 1895

Scorer(s) | Bob Chatt | George Russell | Bob Chatt | Steve Smith | Steve Smith | Jimmy Cowan |

Assists(s) | Not recorded

Teams

AVFC.jpg

Starting XI

GK Harry Wilkes |
FB Jim Elliott |
CB Jimmy Cowan |
FB Jimmy Welford |
M Fred Burton |
M George Russell |
W Charlie Athersmith |
W Steve Smith |
F Dennis Hodgetts |
F Bob Chatt |
F Jack Devey |

Substitutes

No Substitutions permitted in period

Unused Substitutes

No Substitutions permitted in period

Fulham.gif

Starting XI

Substitutes

No Substitutions permitted in period

Unused Substitutes

No Substitutions permitted in period

Match Timeline

[Exact timings not recorded]
2’ Goal, 1-0, Bob Chatt, Assist by Jimmy Cowan
5’ Goal, 2-0, George Russell, Assist by Dennis Hodgetts
20’ Goal, 2-1, (Nottingham Forest), Albert Wilkes o.g.
Goal, 3-1, Bob Chatt, Assist by Jimmy Cowan
HT Aston Villa 3-1 Nottingham Forest
Goal, 3-2, (Nottingham Forest)
Goal, 4-2, Steve Smith, Assist by Jim Elliott
Goal, 5-2, Steve Smith
Goal, 6-2, Jimmy Cowan
FT Aston Villa 6-2 Nottingham Forest

On This Day

Villa qualify for their third FA Cup semi final with League leaders Sunderland the opposition.

M George Russell | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | #103 |

🟩 16 Mar 1895, Villa 2-1 Sunderland, Ewood Park

AVFC.jpg
Fulham.gif

Game #239

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

Season | 1894-95 |
Matchday | #30 |
Manager Game | #213 |
Saturday, 16 March 1895

Scorer(s) | Steve Smith | Steve Smith |

Assists(s) | Not recorded

Teams

AVFC.jpg

Starting XI

GK Harry Wilkes |
CB Jimmy Cowan |
FB Jimmy Welford |
FB Howard Spencer |
M Jack Reynolds |
M George Russell |
W Steve Smith |
W Charlie Athersmith |
F Dennis Hodgetts |
F Jack Devey |
F Bob Chatt |

Substitutes

No Substitutions permitted in period

Unused Substitutes

No Substitutions permitted in period

Fulham.gif

Starting XI

Substitutes

No Substitutions Permitted in Period

Unused Substitutes

No Substitutions Permitted in Period

Match Timeline

[Exact timings not recorded]
7’ Goal, 0-1, (Sunderland)
HT Aston Villa 0-1 Sunderland
Goal, 1-1, Steve Smith
Goal, 2-1, Steve Smith
FT Aston Villa 2-1 Sunderland

On This Day

Villa qualify for their third FA Cup Final in eight seasons - all three of which have been played against neighbours West Bromwich Albion with a win to each's credit.

M George Russell | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | #103 |

🟩 6 Apr 1895, Villa 5-0 Burnley, Wellington Road

AVFC.jpg
Fulham.gif

Game #241

Manager | George Ramsay led Management Committee |
FT Score | 5-0 |
FT Result | Won |
Last 5 Games | DWWLW |

Season | 1894-95 |
Matchday | #32 |
League Match | #28 |
Manager Game | #215 |
Saturday, 6 April 1895

Scorer(s) | Billy Dorrell | Billy Dorrell | Dennis Hodgetts | Charlie Athersmith | Bob Chatt |

Assists(s) | Not recorded

Teams

AVFC.jpg

Starting XI

GK Harry Wilkes |
CB Jimmy Cowan |
FB Jimmy Welford |
FB Howard Spencer |
M George Russell |
M Fred Burton |
W Charlie Athersmith |
F Dennis Hodgetts |
F Billy Dorrell |
F Bob Chatt |
F Jack Devey |

Substitutes

No Substitutions permitted in period

Unused Substitutes

No Substitutions permitted in period

Fulham.gif

Starting XI

Substitutes

No Substitutions Permitted in Period

Unused Substitutes

No Substitutions Permitted in Period

Match Timeline

[Exact chronological timings not recorded]
Goal, 1-0, Billy Dorrell, Assist by Bob Chatt
HT Aston Villa 1-0 Burnley
Goal, 2-0, Billy Dorrell
Goal, 3-0, Dennis Hodgetts
Goal, 4-0, Charlie Athersmith
Goal, 5-0, Bob Chatt
FT Aston Villa 5-0 Burnley

On This Day

Reigning Champions Villa’s hammer Burnley but their defence of the title is over with Sunderland six points clear at the top of the standings and just 4 points to play for. Villa sit third in the table with Everton in second place.

M George Russell | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | #103 |

🟨 15 Apr 1895, Villa 2-2 Wolves, Wellington Road

AVFC.jpg
Fulham.gif

Game #242

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

Season | 1894-95 |
Matchday | #33 |
League Match | #29 |
Manager Game | #216 |
Monday, 15 April 1895

Scorer(s) | Charlie Athersmith | Howard Spencer |

Assists(s) | Not recorded

Teams

AVFC.jpg

Starting XI

GK Harry Wilkes |
CB Jimmy Cowan |
FB Jimmy Welford |
FB Howard Spencer |
M George Russell |
M Fred Burton |
W Steve Smith |
W Charlie Athersmith |
F Dennis Hodgetts |
F Bob Chatt |
F Jack Devey |

Substitutes

No Substitutions permitted in period

Unused Substitutes

No Substitutions permitted in period

Fulham.gif

Starting XI

Substitutes

No Substitutions Permitted in Period

Unused Substitutes

No Substitutions Permitted in Period

Match Timeline

[Exact timings not recorded]
Goal, 0-1, (Wolverhampton Wanderers)
Goal, 1-1, Charlie Athersmith
Goal, 1-2, (Wolverhampton Wanderers)
HT Aston Villa 1-2 Wolverhampton Wanderers
78’ Goal, 2-2, Howard Spencer
FT Aston Villa 2-2 Wolverhampton Wanderers

On This Day

Villa’s draw with Wolves mean that their title defence can only result in a best finish of 3rd place in the table.

M George Russell | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | #103 |

🟩 20 Apr 1895, Villa 1-0 Albion, Crystal Palace

AVFC.jpg
Fulham.gif

Game #243

Manager | George Ramsay led Management Committee |
FT Score | 1-0 |
FT Result | Won |
Last 5 Games | WLWDW |

Season | 1894-95 |
Matchday | #34 |
Manager Game | #217 |
Saturday, 20 April 1895

Scorer(s) | Dennis Hodgetts | 1' |

Assists(s) | Bob Chatt | 1' |

Teams

AVFC.jpg

Starting XI

GK Harry Wilkes |
CB Jimmy Cowan |
FB Jimmy Welford |
FB Howard Spencer |
M Jack Reynolds |
M George Russell |
W Steve Smith |
W Charlie Athersmith |
F Dennis Hodgetts |
F Bob Chatt |
F Jack Devey |

Substitutes

No Substitutions permitted in period

Unused Substitutes

No Substitutions permitted in period

Fulham.gif

Starting XI

Substitutes

No Substitutions Permitted in Period

Unused Substitutes

No Substitutions Permitted in Period

Match Timeline

1’ Goal, 1-0, Dennis Hodgetts, Assist by Bob Chatt
HT Aston Villa 1-0 West Bromwich Albion
FT Aston Villa 1-0 West Bromwich Albion

On This Day

A year after being crowned League Champions Villa win the FA Cup for the second time.

M George Russell | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | #103 |

🟨 24 Apr 1895, Villa 2-2 Everton, Wellington Road

AVFC.jpg
Fulham.gif

Game #244

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

Season | 1894-95 |
Matchday | #35 |
League Match | #30 |
Manager Game | #218 |
Wednesday, 24 April 1895

Scorer(s) | Charlie Athersmith | Steve Smith |

Assists(s) | Not recorded

Teams

AVFC.jpg

Starting XI

GK Harry Wilkes |
CB Jimmy Cowan |
FB Jim Elliott |
FB Howard Spencer |
M Jack Reynolds |
M George Russell |
W Steve Smith |
W Charlie Athersmith |
F Dennis Hodgetts |
F Bob Chatt |
F Jack Devey |

Substitutes

No Substitutions permitted in period

Unused Substitutes

No Substitutions permitted in period

Fulham.gif

Starting XI

Substitutes

No Substitutions Permitted in Period

Unused Substitutes

No Substitutions Permitted in Period

Match Timeline

[Exact timings not recorded]
Goal, 1-0, Charlie Athersmith, Assist by Jack Devey
Goal, 1-1, (Everton)
Goal, 2-1, Steve Smith, Assist by Jack Devey
HT Aston Villa 2-1 Everton
Player retires injured, George Russell
89’ Goal, 2-2, (Everton)
FT Aston Villa 2-2 Everton

On This Day

Villa finish the season in 3rd place as their title defence is lost despite, after a hesitant start, scoring 100 goals and recording 15 wins in 20 games including winning the FA Cup to make the 1894-95 season another successful one. Midfielder George Russell made his final appearance for Villa aged 25 before moving on to Glasgow United.
bottom of page