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F George Smith | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #154 |

Forward

1901 🕒 5 | ⚽ 0 | 🔥 - | #154 |

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F George Smith | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #154 |

Personal Profile

Full Name
Birth Date
Birthplace
Birth Country
Citizenship
Height
Foot
George Smith
12 July 1879
Preston, Lancashire
England
🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿
England
🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿
Personal
Transfer In

F George Smith | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #154 |

Transfer In

Season
Date
Age
Fee
From
From
Signed Under
1901-02 (DEBUT)
1901
22
Free
Preston North End
George Ramsay
Season
Date
Age
Fee
From
From
Returned Under
Season
Date
Age
Fee
From
From
Returned Under
Career

F George Smith | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #154 |

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 |

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

F George Smith | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #154 |

Played Under

George Ramsay 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿

F George Smith | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #154 |

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

F George Smith | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #154 |

Season by Season Record

Season
Age
Lg
#
🕒
🕒
🔁
⚽
🔥
🇺
🟩
🟩
🟨
🟨
🟥
🟥
PPG
GPG
GiPG
1901-02
22
D1
5
5
0
0
-
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
Season
Age
Lg
#
🕒
🕒
🔁
⚽
🔥
🇺
🟩
🟩
🟨
🟨
🟥
🟥
PPG
GPG
GiPG

F George Smith | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #154 |

Goalkeeping Record

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

F George Smith | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #154 |

Season by Season Goalkeeping Record

Season
Age
Lg
🕒
🥅
CPG
⛔
⛔
1901-02
22
D1
5
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
⛔
⛔
Season
Age
Lg
🕒
🥅
CPG
⛔
⛔

F George Smith | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #154 |

Honours

Played for the Villa

F George Smith | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #154 |

Villa Youth Record

n/a

Previous Clubs

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

F George Smith | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #154 |

Debut

Squad From Season
First Squad Match
First Squad Under
1901-02
9 September 1901
George Ramsay 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿
Promoted to First Team Under
Promoted to First Team Date
George Ramsay 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿
9 September 1901
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Debut Season
Debut Date
Debut Age
Debut Under
1901-02
9 September 1901
22
George Ramsay 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿
Debut

F George Smith | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #154 |

First Goal Date

Game #
Match
Scorer(s)

F George Smith | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #154 |

Loans Out

None

Final

F George Smith | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #154 |

Final Appearance

Final Season
Final Game
Final Age
Final Game Under
1901-02
19 October 1901
22
George Ramsay 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿
Squad To Season
Final Squad
Final Squad Under
1901-02
19 October 1901
George Ramsay 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿
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F George Smith | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #154 |

Transfer Out

Out Season
Transfer Out Date
Age
Fee
To
To
Left Under
1902-03
1901
21
Free
New Brompton FC
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

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 Park
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 Park
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
Sub Sub
Unused

F George Smith | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #154 |

Unused Substitute Appearances

0

Game
Matchday Summary
Unused Substitutes

F George Smith | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #154 |

Goals Scored

0

Game
Matchday Summary
Scorer(s)
Goals
Assists

F George Smith | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #154 |

Assists Made

-

Game
Matchday Summary
Assist(s)
Cards

F George Smith | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #154 |

Cards Received

🟨

-

🟥

-

Game
Matchday Summary
Villa Cards
International

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International Career

England

FA
National Team
Caps with Villa
England
FA
National Team
Full International Record
England
FA
🕒 Caps
🕒 Starts
🔁 Sub
⚽ Goals
FA
First Cap with Villa
FA
First International Goal with Villa
FA
Last Cap with Villa

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International Record

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England

Starter

Match

Substitute

Match

Goals

Match
Matches

F George Smith | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #154 |

Matches

F George Smith | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #154 |

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

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Game #464

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

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

Full Match Report

Scorer(s) | Joe Bache | Billy Garraty |

Assists(s) | Not recorded

Teams

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Starting XI

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 |

Substitutes

No Substitutions permitted in period

Unused Substitutes

No Substitutions permitted in period

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Starting XI

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Substitutes

No Substitutions permitted in period

Unused Substitutes

No Substitutions permitted in period

Match Timeline

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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

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Game #465

Manager | George Ramsay led Management Committee |
FT Score | 1-1 |
FT Result | Drew |
Last 5 Games | LLDWD |

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

Full Match Report

Scorer(s) | Joe Bache |

Assists(s) | Not recorded

Teams

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Starting XI

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 |

Substitutes

No Substitutions permitted in period

Unused Substitutes

No Substitutions permitted in period

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Starting XI

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Substitutes

No Substitutions Permitted in Period

Unused Substitutes

No Substitutions Permitted in Period

Match Timeline

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On This Day

Villa are held to a second draw in three games.

F George Smith | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #154 |

🟥 16 Sep 1901, Villa 1-2 Sheffield United, Villa Park

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Game #466

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

Season | 1901-02 |
Matchday | #4 |
League Match | #4 |
Manager Game | #440 |
Monday, 16 September 1901

Full Match Report

Scorer(s) | Albert Wilkes |

Assists(s) | Not recorded

Teams

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Starting XI

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 |

Substitutes

No Substitutions permitted in period

Unused Substitutes

No Substitutions permitted in period

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Starting XI

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Substitutes

No Substitutions Permitted in Period

Unused Substitutes

No Substitutions Permitted in Period

Match Timeline

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On This Day

Villa lose for the first time this season.

F George Smith | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #154 |

🟥 5 Oct 1901, Villa 0-1 Sunderland, Roker Park

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Game #469

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

Season | 1901-02 |
Matchday | #7 |
League Match | #7 |
Manager Game | #443 |
Saturday, 5 October 1901

Full Match Report

Scorer(s) | None |

Assists(s) | Not recorded

Teams

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Starting XI

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 |

Substitutes

No Substitutions permitted in period

Unused Substitutes

No Substitutions permitted in period

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Starting XI

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Substitutes

No Substitutions Permitted in Period

Unused Substitutes

No Substitutions Permitted in Period

Match Timeline

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On This Day

George Ramsay's Villa fail to score for the second time in three as they lose for the third time in four to make it one win, three draws and three defeats in seven division one games as midfielder George Harris and full back George Shutt made their Villa debuts aged 23 and 26 after joining from Halesowen Town and Millwall Athletic. Meanwhile, winger Frank Lloyd made his sixth and final appearance for Villa aged 25 before moving on to Dundee FC.

F George Smith | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #154 |

🟥 19 Oct 1901, Villa 0-1 Derby, Baseball Ground

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Fulham.gif

Game #471

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

Season | 1901-02 |
Matchday | #9 |
League Match | #9 |
Manager Game | #445 |
Saturday, 19 October 1901

Full Match Report

Scorer(s) | None |

Assists(s) | Not recorded

Teams

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Starting XI

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 |

Substitutes

No Substitutions permitted in period

Unused Substitutes

No Substitutions permitted in period

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Starting XI

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Substitutes

No Substitutions Permitted in Period

Unused Substitutes

No Substitutions Permitted in Period

Match Timeline

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On This Day

Villa fail to score for the third time in five to make it two wins, three draws and four defeats in nine division one games. Meanwhile, midfielder Tom Perry made his Villa debut aged 30 after joining from West Bromwich Albion for a fee of £50, whilst winger George Smith made his fifth and final appearance for Villa aged 22 before moving on to New Brompton FC.
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