F George Smith | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #154 |

1901 🕒 5 | ⚽ 0 | 🔥 - | #154 |

Forward

Previous Player	Next Player
W Willie Clarke \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 \| #153 \|	M George Harris \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \| #155 \|

F George Smith | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #154 |

George Smith

Personal Profile

Birth Date	Birthplace	Birth Country	Citizenship	Height	Foot
12 July 1879	Preston, Lancashire	England 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿	England 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿

Personal

F George Smith | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #154 |

Villa Youth Record

Youth Record

n/a

F George Smith | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #154 |

Previous Clubs

Previous Clubs

St. Christopher’s FC
Leyland FC
1899-01 Preston North End

Transfer In

F George Smith | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #154 |

Transfer In

Season	Joined Date	Aged	Fee	From	From	Signed Under
1901-02 (DEBUT)	1901	22	Free	Preston North End 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿		George Ramsay

Career

F George Smith | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #154 |

Villa Career

F George Smith | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
Aston Villa 1901 |
Football League First Division |
🕒 5 | ⚽ 0 | 🔥 - | #154 |

F George Smith | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #154 |

Played Under

Managers

George Ramsay 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿

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

F George Smith | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #154 |

Career Summary

🗓️	🕒	✅	🔁	🇺	PPG	🟩	🟨	🟥	🟩 %	🟨 %	🟥 %	⚽	🔥	Yellow	Red	GI	GPG	GPGi
2	5	5	0	0								0	0	0	-	0	0.00

Seasons 🗓️, Games 🕒, Starts ✅, Substitute 🔁, Won 🟩, Drew 🟨, Lost 🟥, Unused 🇺, Goals ⚽, Assists 🔥, Goals per Game GPG, Points per Game PPG, Goal Involvements GI, Games per Goal GPG, Games per Goal Involvement GPGi

F George Smith | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #154 |

Competition Record

🕒 League	🕒 FA Cup	🕒 League Cup	🕒 Europe	🕒 European Cup
		0	0	0

⚽ League	⚽ FA Cup	⚽ League Cup	⚽ Europe	⚽ European Cup
0	0	0	0	0

🔥 League	🔥 FA Cup	🔥 League Cup	🔥 Europe	🔥 European Cup
0	0	0	0	0

League Gi	FA Cup Gi	League Cup Gi	Europe Gi	European Cup Gi
0	0	0	0	0

League GPG	FA Cup GPG	League Cup GPG	Europe GPG	European Cup GPG
0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00

League GPGi	FA Cup GPGi	League Cup GPGi	Europe GPGi	European Cup GPGi
0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00

Games 🕒, Goals ⚽, Assists 🔥, Goals per Game GPG, Goal Involvements GI, Games per Goal GPG, Games per Goal Involvement GPGi

Seasons

F George Smith | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #154 |

Season by Season Record

🗓️	🎂	〽️	🏆	🕒	✅	🔁	🇺	PPG	🟩	🟩 %	🟨	🟨 %	🟥	🟥 %	⚽	🔥	Yellow	Red	GI	GPG	GPGi
1901-02	22	D1		5	5	0	0								0	-	-	-	0

Seasons 🗓️, Age 🎂, League 〽️, Position 🏆, Games 🕒, Starts ✅, Substitute 🔁, Won 🟩, Drew 🟨, Lost 🟥, Unused 🇺, Goals Scored ⚽, Goals Conceded 🥅, Goals per Game GPG, Conceded per Game CPG, Goal Difference GD, Clean Sheets ⛔, Points per Game PPG, Goal Involvements GI, Games per Goal GPG, Games per Goal Involvement GPGi

F George Smith | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #154 |

Goalkeeping Record

GK #	🕒	🥅	CPG	⛔	⛔ %

Season	🕒	🥅	CPG	⛔	⛔ %

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

F George Smith | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #154 |

Honours

Villa Honours

Played for the Villa

F George Smith | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #154 |

Debuts & Dates

Season	First Squad	Manager
1901-02	9 September 1901	George Ramsay 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿

Season	Debut	Manager	Aged
1901-02	9 September 1901	George Ramsay 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿	22

Game #	First Goal	Scorer(s)

Game #	First Assist

Game #	First Clean Sheet

Season	Final Game	Aged	Manager
1901-02	19 October 1901	22	George Ramsay 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿

Season	Final Squad	Manager
1901-02	19 October 1901	George Ramsay 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿

Debut

Loans

F George Smith | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #154 |

Loans Out

Loans

None

Transfer Out

F George Smith | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #154 |

Transfer Out

Season	Date	Aged	Fee	To	To	Left Under
1902-03	1901	21	Free	New Brompton FC 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿		George Ramsay 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿

F George Smith | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #154 |

Subsequent Clubs

1902-03 New Brompton FC
1903-06 Blackburn Rovers
1906-07 Plymouth Argyle
1907-08 Southampton
Retired

Quotes

F George Smith | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #154 |

Quotes

Biography

F George Smith | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #154 |

Biography

Player #154 for Aston Villa, George Smith played as a forward for the club.

George played for Villa in 1901-02 appearing on 5 occasions.

George was born in Preston on 12th July 1879 and made his first appearance for the club as a 22 year old on 9th
September 1901.

Villa had signed George from hometown side Preston North End but was soon moved on to New Brompton FC.

George made his final appearance just 5 weeks later on 19th October 1901.

George played under the George Ramsay led Management Committee.

George died from pneumonia in Southampton on 3rd July 1908 aged just 28, just 9 days before his 29th birthday.

Died

3 July 1908, Aged 29

Appearances

F George Smith | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #154 |

Appearances

5

Game	Matchday Summary	Match Squad
Game #464	🟩 9 Sep 1901, Villa 2-0 Notts County, Villa Park	GK Billy George \| D Alf Wood \| FB Albert Evans \| M Jimmy Crabtree \| M Arthur Millar \| M Albert Wilkes \| W George Smith \| W Bobby Templeton \| F Joe Bache \| F Bert Banks \| CF Billy Garraty \|
Game #465	🟨 14 Sep 1901, Villa 1-1 Blackburn, Villa Park	GK Billy George \| D Alf Wood \| FB Albert Evans \| M Arthur Millar \| M Albert Wilkes \| M Jimmy Crabtree \| W George Smith \| W Bobby Templeton \| F Joe Bache \| F Bert Banks \| CF Billy Garraty \|
Game #466	🟥 16 Sep 1901, Villa 1-2 Sheffield United, Villa Park	GK Billy George \| D Alf Wood \| FB Albert Evans \| M Arthur Millar \| M Jimmy Crabtree \| M Albert Wilkes \| W George Smith \| W Bobby Templeton \| F Joe Bache \| F Bert Banks \| CF Billy Garraty \|
Game #469	🟥 5 Oct 1901, Villa 0-1 Sunderland, Roker	GK Billy George \| FB Michael Noon \| FB George Shutt \| M George Harris \| M Albert Wilkes \| M Joe Pearson \| W Frank Lloyd \| W George Smith \| W Bobby Templeton \| F Joe Bache \| CF Billy Garraty \|
Game #471	🟥 19 Oct 1901, Villa 0-1 Derby, Baseball Ground	GK Billy George \| FB Michael Noon \| D Alf Wood \| M Jimmy Crabtree \| M Tom Perry \| M Albert Wilkes \| W George Smith \| W Willie Clarke \| W Bobby Templeton \| F Joe Bache \| CF Billy Garraty \|

F George Smith | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #154 |

Starts

5

Game	Matchday Summary	Line Up
Game #464	🟩 9 Sep 1901, Villa 2-0 Notts County, Villa Park	GK Billy George \| D Alf Wood \| FB Albert Evans \| M Jimmy Crabtree \| M Arthur Millar \| M Albert Wilkes \| W George Smith \| W Bobby Templeton \| F Joe Bache \| F Bert Banks \| CF Billy Garraty \|
Game #465	🟨 14 Sep 1901, Villa 1-1 Blackburn, Villa Park	GK Billy George \| D Alf Wood \| FB Albert Evans \| M Arthur Millar \| M Albert Wilkes \| M Jimmy Crabtree \| W George Smith \| W Bobby Templeton \| F Joe Bache \| F Bert Banks \| CF Billy Garraty \|
Game #466	🟥 16 Sep 1901, Villa 1-2 Sheffield United, Villa Park	GK Billy George \| D Alf Wood \| FB Albert Evans \| M Arthur Millar \| M Jimmy Crabtree \| M Albert Wilkes \| W George Smith \| W Bobby Templeton \| F Joe Bache \| F Bert Banks \| CF Billy Garraty \|
Game #469	🟥 5 Oct 1901, Villa 0-1 Sunderland, Roker	GK Billy George \| FB Michael Noon \| FB George Shutt \| M George Harris \| M Albert Wilkes \| M Joe Pearson \| W Frank Lloyd \| W George Smith \| W Bobby Templeton \| F Joe Bache \| CF Billy Garraty \|
Game #471	🟥 19 Oct 1901, Villa 0-1 Derby, Baseball Ground	GK Billy George \| FB Michael Noon \| D Alf Wood \| M Jimmy Crabtree \| M Tom Perry \| M Albert Wilkes \| W George Smith \| W Willie Clarke \| W Bobby Templeton \| F Joe Bache \| CF Billy Garraty \|

Starts

Subs

F George Smith | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #154 |

Substitute Appearances

0

Game	Matchday Summary	Substitutes

Unused

F George Smith | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #154 |

Unused Substitute Appearances

0

Game	Matchday Summary	Unused Substitutes

Goals

F George Smith | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #154 |

Goals Scored

0

Game	Matchday Summary	Scorer(s)

Assists

F George Smith | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #154 |

Assists Made

0

Game	Matchday Summary	Assist(s)

Cards

F George Smith | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #154 |

Cards Received

🟨

0 🟥

-

Game	Matchday Summary	Villa Cards

International

F George Smith | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #154 |

International Record

International Career	Caps with Villa

Matches

F George Smith | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #154 |

Matches

F George Smith | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #154 |

🟩 9 Sep 1901, Villa 2-0 Notts County, Villa Park

Game #464

Season | 1901-02 |
Matchday | #2 |
League Match | #2 |
Manager Game | #438 |
Monday, 9 September 1901

Full Match Report

Division One

Scorer(s) | Joe Bache | Billy Garraty |

Assists(s) | Not recorded

Teams

Starting XI

Substitutes

No Substitutions permitted in period

Unused Substitutes

No Substitutions permitted in period

Starting XI

Substitutes

No Substitutions permitted in period

Unused Substitutes

No Substitutions permitted in period

Match Timeline

On This Day

Villa win for the first time in ten games including the end of the 1900-01 season meanwhile winger George Smith made his Villa debut aged 22 after joining from Preston North End.

F George Smith | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #154 |

🟨 14 Sep 1901, Villa 1-1 Blackburn, Villa Park

Game #465

Season | 1901-02 |
Matchday | #3 |
League Match | #3 |
Manager Game | #439 |
Saturday, 14 September 1901

Full Match Report

Division One