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M James Gillan | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #98 |

Midfielder

1893 🕒 3 | ⚽ 0 | 🔥 - | #98 |

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M James Gillan | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #98 |

Personal Profile

Full Name
Birth Date
Birthplace
Birth Country
Citizenship
Height
Foot
James Stanley Gillan
December 1870
Derby, Derbyshire
England
🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿
England
🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿
Personal
Transfer In

M James Gillan | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #98 |

Transfer In

Season
Date
Age
Fee
From
From
Signed Under
1893-94 (DEBUT)
1893
22
Free
Burton Swifts
George Ramsay
Season
Date
Age
Fee
From
From
Returned Under
Season
Date
Age
Fee
From
From
Returned Under
Career

M James Gillan | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #98 |

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 James Gillan | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
Aston Villa 1893 |
Football League First Division |
🕒 3 | ⚽ 0 | 🔥 - | #98 |

M James Gillan | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #98 |

Played Under

George Ramsay 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿

M James Gillan | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #98 |

Career Summary

Seasons
Appearances 🕒
Starts 🕒
Substitute 🔁
Unused Sub 🇺
Points per Game (PPG)
1
3
3
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
Seasons

M James Gillan | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #98 |

Season by Season Record

Season
Age
Lg
#
🕒
🕒
🔁
🔥
🇺
🟩
🟩
🟨
🟨
🟥
🟥
PPG
GPG
GiPG
1893-94
22
D1
3
3
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

M James Gillan | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #98 |

Goalkeeping Record

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

M James Gillan | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #98 |

Season by Season Goalkeeping Record

Season
Age
Lg
🕒
🥅
CPG
1893-94
22
D1
3
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

M James Gillan | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #98 |

Honours

1893-94 League Champions |

M James Gillan | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #98 |

Villa Youth Record

n/a

Previous Clubs

Burton United
Burton Swifts

M James Gillan | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #98 |

Debut

Squad From Season
First Squad Match
First Squad Under
1893-94
23 September 1893
George Ramsay 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿
Promoted to First Team Under
Promoted to First Team Date
George Ramsay 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿
23 September 1893
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Debut Season
Debut Date
Debut Age
Debut Under
1893-94
23 September 1893
22
George Ramsay 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿
Debut

M James Gillan | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #98 |

First Goal Date

Game #
Match
Scorer(s)
Did not Score

M James Gillan | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #98 |

Loans Out

None

Final

M James Gillan | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #98 |

Final Appearance

Final Season
Final Game
Final Age
Final Game Under
1893-94
14 October 1893
22
George Ramsay 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿
Squad To Season
Final Squad
Final Squad Under
1893-94
14 October 1893
George Ramsay 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿
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M James Gillan | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #98 |

Transfer Out

Out Season
Transfer Out Date
Age
Fee
To
To
Left Under
1893-94
1893
22
Free
Brierley Hill Alliance
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 James Gillan | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #98 |

Subsequent Clubs

Brierley Hill Alliance
Retired

Quotes

M James Gillan | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #98 |

Quotes

Biography

M James Gillan | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #98 |

Biography

Player #98 for Aston Villa, James Stanley Gillan, known as James Gillan played as a midfielder for the club in a position then known as a left half.

James represented Villa three times during the 1893-94 season.

James was born in Derby in December 1870 and made his debut as a 22 year old on 23rd September 1893.

Villa had signed James from Burton Swifts and he went on to help Villa secure the League title in 1893-94.

James’ final game for Villa came just 6 weeks after his debut on 14th October 1893 after which James moved to Brierley Hill Alliance.

James played under the George Ramsay led Management Committee.

James passed away in Ilkeston in 1944 aged 74.

Died

1944, Aged 73

Appearances

M James Gillan | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #98 |

Appearances

3

Game
Matchday Summary
Match Squad
Game #180
🟩 23 Sep 1893, Villa 3-1 Everton, Wellington Road
GK Bill Dunning | D John Baird | CB Jimmy Cowan | FB Jimmy Welford | M Jack Reynolds | M James Gillan | W Albert Woolley | W Charlie Athersmith | F William Devey | F Jack Devey | F Dennis Hodgetts |
Game #183
🟩 7 Oct 1893, Villa 2-1 Forest, Town Ground
GK Bill Dunning | D John Baird | CB Jimmy Cowan | FB Jimmy Welford | M Jack Reynolds | M Willie Groves | M James Gillan | W Albert Woolley | F Jack Devey | F Dennis Hodgetts | F Charlie Hare |
Game #184
🟨 14 Oct 1893, Villa 1-1 Darwen, Thorneyholme Road
GK Bill Dunning | D John Baird | CB Jimmy Cowan | FB Jimmy Welford | M Jack Reynolds | M James Gillan | M Willie Groves | W Albert Woolley | W Charlie Athersmith | F Jack Devey | F Dennis Hodgetts |

M James Gillan | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #98 |

Starts

3

Game
Matchday Summary
Line Up
Game #180
🟩 23 Sep 1893, Villa 3-1 Everton, Wellington Road
GK Bill Dunning | D John Baird | CB Jimmy Cowan | FB Jimmy Welford | M Jack Reynolds | M James Gillan | W Albert Woolley | W Charlie Athersmith | F William Devey | F Jack Devey | F Dennis Hodgetts |
Game #183
🟩 7 Oct 1893, Villa 2-1 Forest, Town Ground
GK Bill Dunning | D John Baird | CB Jimmy Cowan | FB Jimmy Welford | M Jack Reynolds | M Willie Groves | M James Gillan | W Albert Woolley | F Jack Devey | F Dennis Hodgetts | F Charlie Hare |
Game #184
🟨 14 Oct 1893, Villa 1-1 Darwen, Thorneyholme Road
GK Bill Dunning | D John Baird | CB Jimmy Cowan | FB Jimmy Welford | M Jack Reynolds | M James Gillan | M Willie Groves | W Albert Woolley | W Charlie Athersmith | F Jack Devey | F Dennis Hodgetts |
Starts
Subs

M James Gillan | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #98 |

Substitute Appearances

0

Game
Matchday Summary
Sub Sub
Unused

M James Gillan | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #98 |

Unused Substitute Appearances

0

Game
Matchday Summary
Unused Substitutes

M James Gillan | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #98 |

Goals Scored

0

Game
Matchday Summary
Scorer(s)
Goals
Assists

M James Gillan | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #98 |

Assists Made

-

Game
Matchday Summary
Assist(s)
Cards

M James Gillan | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #98 |

Cards Received

🟨

-

🟥

-

Game
Matchday Summary
Villa Cards
International

M James Gillan | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #98 |

International Career

FA
National Team
Caps with Villa
Full International Record
England
FA
First Cap with Villa
First International Goal with Villa
Last Cap with Villa
FA
Call Ups
🕒 Caps
🕒 Starts
🔁 Sub
⚽ Goals
🔥 Assists
🇺 Unused

M James Gillan | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #98 |

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England

Starts

Match

Substitute

Match

Unused

Match

Goals

Match

Assists

Match
Matches

M James Gillan | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #98 |

Matches

M James Gillan | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #98 |

🟩 23 Sep 1893, Villa 3-1 Everton, Wellington Road

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Game #180

Manager: George Ramsay | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | Glasgow, 1886-1926 led Management Committee
FT Score | 3-1 |
FT Result | Won |
Last 5 Games | WDWLW |

Season | 1893-94 |
Matchday | #5 |
League Match | #5 |
Manager Game | #154 |
Saturday, 23 September 1893

Scorer(s) | Albert Woolley | Albert Woolley | Charlie Athersmith |

Assists(s) | Not recorded

Teams

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Starting XI

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

Substitutes

No Substitutions permitted in period

Unused Substitutes

No Substitutions permitted in period

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Starting XI

Substitutes

No Substitutions Permitted in Period

Unused Substitutes

No Substitutions Permitted in Period

Match Timeline

[Exact timings not recorded]
15’ Goal, 0-1, (Everton)
HT Aston Villa 0-1 Everton
Goal, 1-1, Albert Woolley, Assist by Dennis Hodgetts
Goal, 2-1, Albert Woolley, Assist by Dennis Hodgetts
Goal, 3-1, Charlie Athersmith, Assist by Albert Woolley
FT Aston Villa 3-1 Everton

On This Day

Villa gain immediate revenge for their defeat last time out at Goodison Park. Full back Jimmy Welford made his Villa debut aged 24 after moving from Birmingham St. George’s. Midfielder James Gillan made his Villa debut aged 22 after moving from Burton Swifts.

M James Gillan | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #98 |

🟩 7 Oct 1893, Villa 2-1 Forest, Town Ground

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Game #183

Manager: George Ramsay | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | Glasgow, 1886-1926 led Management Committee
FT Score | 2-1 |
FT Result | Won |
Last 5 Games | LWDLW |

Season | 1893-94 |
Matchday | #8 |
League Match | #8 |
Manager Game | #157 |
Saturday, 7 October 1893

Scorer(s) | Jack Devey | Willie Groves |

Assists(s) | Not recorded

Teams

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Starting XI

GK Bill Dunning |
D John Baird |
CB Jimmy Cowan |
FB Jimmy Welford |
M Jack Reynolds |
M Willie Groves |
M James Gillan |
W Albert Woolley |
F Jack Devey |
F Dennis Hodgetts |
F Charlie Hare |

Substitutes

No Substitutions permitted in period

Unused Substitutes

No Substitutions permitted in period

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Starting XI

Substitutes

No Substitutions permitted in period

Unused Substitutes

No Substitutions permitted in period

Match Timeline

HT Nottingham Forest 0-0 Aston Villa
51’ Goal, 1-0, Jack Devey
75’ Goal, 2-0, Willie Groves
87’ Goal, 2-1, (Nottingham Forest)
FT Nottingham Forest 1-2 Aston Villa

On This Day

Villa bounce back from defeat to Sheffield United with their fourth win of the campaign in eight games.

M James Gillan | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #98 |

🟨 14 Oct 1893, Villa 1-1 Darwen, Thorneyholme Road

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Game #184

Manager: George Ramsay | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | Glasgow, 1886-1926 led Management Committee
FT Score | 1-1 |
FT Result | Drew |
Last 5 Games | WDLWD |

Season | 1893-94 |
Matchday | #9 |
League Match | #9 |
Manager Game | #158 |
Saturday, 14 October 1893

Scorer(s) | Jack Devey |

Assists(s) | Not recorded

Teams

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Starting XI

GK Bill Dunning |
D John Baird |
CB Jimmy Cowan |
FB Jimmy Welford |
M Jack Reynolds |
M James Gillan |
M Willie Groves |
W Albert Woolley |
W Charlie Athersmith |
F Jack Devey |
F Dennis Hodgetts |

Substitutes

No Substitutions permitted in period

Unused Substitutes

No Substitutions permitted in period

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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
HT Darwen 0-1 Aston Villa
87’ Goal, 1-1, (Darwen)
FT Darwen 1-1 Aston Villa

On This Day

Villa had now drawn three, lost two and won four.
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