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W Jim Garfield | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #137 |

1899 🕒 1 | ⚽ 1 | 🔥 - | #137 |

Winger

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W Jim Garfield | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #137 |

James Henry Garfield

Personal Profile

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Birth Date
Birthplace
Birth Country
Citizenship
Height
Foot
19 April 1874
Wellingborough, Northamptonshire
England 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿
England 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿
Personal

W Jim Garfield | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #137 |

Villa Youth Record

Youth Record

n/a

W Jim Garfield | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #137 |

Previous Clubs

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Previous Clubs

Wellingborough Town
Kettering Town
1898-99 Gravesend United

Transfer In

W Jim Garfield | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #137 |

Transfer In

Season
Joined Date
Aged
Fee
From
From
Signed Under
1899-00 (DEBUT)
1899
25
Free
Gravesend United 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿
George Ramsay
Career

W Jim Garfield | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #137 |

Villa Career

Villa Career

W Jim Garfield | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
Aston Villa 1899 |
Football League First Division |
🕒 1 | ⚽ 1 | 🔥 - | #137 |

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 |

W Jim Garfield | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #137 |

Played Under

Managers

George Ramsay 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿

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

W Jim Garfield | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #137 |

Career Summary

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🗓️
🕒
🔁
🇺
PPG
🟩
🟨
🟥
🟩 %
🟨 %
🟥 %
🔥
Yellow
Red
GI
GPG
GPGi
1
1
1
0
0
1
0
-
1
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

W Jim Garfield | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #137 |

Competition Record

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🕒 League
🕒 FA Cup
🕒 League Cup
🕒 Europe
🕒 European Cup
0
0
0
⚽ League
⚽ FA Cup
⚽ League Cup
⚽ Europe
⚽ European Cup
0
0
0
🔥 League
🔥 FA Cup
🔥 League Cup
🔥 Europe
🔥 European Cup
0
0
0
League Gi
FA Cup Gi
League Cup Gi
Europe Gi
European Cup Gi
0
0
0
League GPG
FA Cup GPG
League Cup GPG
Europe GPG
European Cup GPG
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

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

Seasons

W Jim Garfield | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #137 |

Season by Season Record

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🗓️
🎂
〽️
🏆
🕒
🔁
🇺
PPG
🟩
🟩 %
🟨
🟨 %
🟥
🟥 %
🔥
Yellow
Red
GI
GPG
GPGi
1899-00
24
D1
1
1
0
0
1
-
-
-
1

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

W Jim Garfield | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #137 |

Goalkeeping Record

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GK #
🕒
🥅
CPG
⛔ %
Season
🕒
🥅
CPG
⛔ %

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

W Jim Garfield | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #137 |

Honours

Villa Honours

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1899-00 League Champions |

W Jim Garfield | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #137 |

Debuts & Dates

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Season
First Squad
Manager
1899-00
13 November 1899
George Ramsay 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿
Season
Debut
Manager
Aged
1899-00
13 November 1899
George Ramsay 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿
25
Game #
First Goal
Scorer(s)
Game #
First Assist
Game #
First Clean Sheet
Season
Final Game
Aged
Manager
1899-00
13 November 1899
25
George Ramsay 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿
Season
Final Squad
Manager
1899-00
13 November 1899
George Ramsay 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿
Debut
Loans

W Jim Garfield | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #137 |

Loans Out

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Loans

None

Transfer Out

W Jim Garfield | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #137 |

Transfer Out

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Season
Date
Aged
Fee
To
To
Left Under
1899-00
1900
25
Free
Northampton Town 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿
George Ramsay 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿

W Jim Garfield | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #137 |

Subsequent Clubs

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Subsequent Clubs

1900-05 Northampton Town
1905 Kettering Town
Retired

Quotes

W Jim Garfield | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #137 |

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Quotes

Biography

W Jim Garfield | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #137 |

Biography

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Player #137 for Aston Villa, James Henry Garfield, known as Jim Garfield played as a winger for the club in the outside right position.

Jim represented Villa in 1899-00.

Jim was born in Wellingborough on 19 April 1874 and made his sole appearance for the club as a 25 year old on the 13th November 1899 in the 2-0 away win over Stoke City in which Jim scored the second goal.

Villa had signed Jim from Gravesend United before he moved on to Northampton Town. During his time with the Villa, Jim won the 1899-00 League title.

Jim played under the George Ramsay led Management Committee.

Jim passed away in March 1949 aged 74.

Died

1 March 1949, Aged 74

Appearances

W Jim Garfield | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #137 |

Appearances

1

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Game
Matchday Summary
Match Squad
Game #393
🟩 13 Nov 1899, Villa 2-0 Stoke, Victoria Ground
GK Billy George | CB Chris Mann | FB Howard Spencer | FB Albert Evans | M Albert Wilkes | M Tommy Bowman | W Jim Garfield | W Steve Smith | F Fred Wheldon | F Jack Devey | CF Billy Garraty |

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Starts

1

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Game
Matchday Summary
Line Up
Game #393
🟩 13 Nov 1899, Villa 2-0 Stoke, Victoria Ground
GK Billy George | CB Chris Mann | FB Howard Spencer | FB Albert Evans | M Albert Wilkes | M Tommy Bowman | W Jim Garfield | W Steve Smith | F Fred Wheldon | F Jack Devey | CF Billy Garraty |
Starts
Subs

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Substitute Appearances

0

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Game
Matchday Summary
Substitutes
Unused

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Unused Substitute Appearances

0

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Game
Matchday Summary
Unused Substitutes
Goals

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Goals Scored

1

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Game
Matchday Summary
Scorer(s)
Game #393
🟩 13 Nov 1899, Villa 2-0 Stoke, Victoria Ground
Scorer(s) | Jim Garfield | Jack Devey |
Assists

W Jim Garfield | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #137 |

Assists Made

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Game
Matchday Summary
Assist(s)
Cards

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Cards Received

🟨

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0

🟥

-

Game
Matchday Summary
Villa Cards
International

W Jim Garfield | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #137 |

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International Record

International Career
Caps with Villa
Matches

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Matches

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W Jim Garfield | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #137 |

🟩 13 Nov 1899, Villa 2-0 Stoke, Victoria Ground

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Game #393

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

Season | 1899-00 |
Matchday | #14 |
League Match | #13 |
Manager Game | #367 |
Monday, 13 November 1899

Division One

Scorer(s) | Jim Garfield | Jack Devey |

Assists(s) | Not recorded

Teams

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Starting XI

GK Billy George |
CB Chris Mann |
FB Howard Spencer |
FB Albert Evans |
M Albert Wilkes |
M Tommy Bowman |
W Jim Garfield |
W Steve Smith |
F Fred Wheldon |
F Jack Devey |
CF Billy Garraty |

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, Jim Garfield
Goal, 2-0, Jack Devey
HT Stoke 0-2 Aston Villa
Missed penalty (Stoke)
FT Stoke 0-2 Aston Villa

On This Day

Winger Jim Garfield made his sole appearance for Villa aged 24, scoring to mark the occasion. Garfield had joined from Gravesend United and would later move on to Northampton Town. Courtesy of Garfield's goal Reigning Champions Villa move back to second place but Sunderland, now in third, have two games in hand.
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