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GK Joe Hickman | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #326 |

Goalkeeper

1927 🕒 2 | ⚽ 0 | 🔥 - | #326 |

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GK Joe Hickman | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #326 |

Personal Profile

Full Name
Birth Date
Birthplace
Birth Country
Citizenship
Height
Foot
Joseph Hickman
August 1901
County Durham
England
🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿
England
🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿
Personal
Transfer In

GK Joe Hickman | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #326 |

Transfer In

Season
Date
Age
Fee
From
From
Signed Under
1927-28
December 1927
26
Free
Hartlepool United
Billy Smith 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿
Season
Date
Age
Fee
From
From
Returned Under
Season
Date
Age
Fee
From
From
Returned Under
Career

GK Joe Hickman | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #326 |

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 |

GK Joe Hickman | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
Aston Villa 1927 |
Football League First Division |
🕒 2 | ⚽ 0 | 🔥 - | #326 |

GK Joe Hickman | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #326 |

Played Under

George Ramsay 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿

GK Joe Hickman | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #326 |

Career Summary

Seasons
Appearances 🕒
Starts 🕒
Substitute 🔁
Unused Sub 🇺
Points per Game (PPG)
1
2
2
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

GK Joe Hickman | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #326 |

Season by Season Record

Season
Age
Lg
#
🕒
🕒
🔁
🔥
🇺
🟩
🟩
🟨
🟨
🟥
🟥
PPG
GPG
GiPG
1927-28
26
D1
2
2
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

GK Joe Hickman | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #326 |

Goalkeeping Record

Goalkeeper #
Goals Conceded 🥅
Goals Conceded per Game (CPG)
Clean Sheets ⛔
% Clean Sheets ⛔ %
39
9
4.50
0
0%

GK Joe Hickman | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #326 |

Season by Season Goalkeeping Record

Season
Age
Lg
🕒
🥅
CPG
1927-28
26
D1
2
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

GK Joe Hickman | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #326 |

Honours

Played for the Villa

GK Joe Hickman | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #326 |

Villa Youth Record

n/a

Previous Clubs

Horden Athletic
Lintz Colliery
Hartlepool United

GK Joe Hickman | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #326 |

Debut

Squad From Season
First Squad Match
First Squad Under
1927-28
24 December 1927
Billy Smith 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿
Promoted to First Team Under
Promoted to First Team Date
Billy Smith 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿
24 December 1927
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Debut Season
Debut Date
Debut Age
Debut Under
1927-28
24 December 1927
26
Billy Smith 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿
Debut

GK Joe Hickman | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #326 |

First Goal Date

Game #
Match
Scorer(s)

GK Joe Hickman | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #326 |

Loans Out

None

Final

GK Joe Hickman | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #326 |

Final Appearance

Final Season
Final Game
Final Age
Final Game Under
1927-28
26 December 1927
26
Billy Smith 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿
Squad To Season
Final Squad
Final Squad Under
1927-28
26 December 1927
Billy Smith 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿
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GK Joe Hickman | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #326 |

Transfer Out

Out Season
Transfer Out Date
Age
Fee
To
To
Left Under
1927-28
1928
26
Free
Hartlepool United
Billy Smith 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿
Out Season
Transfer Out Date
Age
Fee
To
To
Left Under
Out Season
Transfer Out Date
Age
Fee
To
To
Left Under
Transfer Out

GK Joe Hickman | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #326 |

Subsequent Clubs

Hartlepool United
Retired

Quotes

GK Joe Hickman | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #326 |

Quotes

Biography

GK Joe Hickman | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #326 |

Biography

Player #326 for Aston Villa, Joseph Hickman, known as Joe Hickman played as a goalkeeper for the club.

Joe played for Villa in 1927-28 making two appearances.

Joe was born in County Durham in August 1901 and made his debut appearance for Villa on the 24 December 1927 aged 26 and his final appearance just 2 days later.

Villa had signed Joe from Hartlepool United earlier in the month before returning to the club without making a further appearance.

Joe was the 38th custodian of the Villa goal in League and Cup football.

Joe conceded 4 on debut in the 5-4 victory over Sheffield Wednesday on Saturday, 24 December 1927 and two days later conceded 5 as Villa fell to a 0-5 away defeat at Derby County.

Joe had played under the Billy Smith led Management Committee.

Joe passed away in 1980 aged 79.

Died

1980, Aged 79

Appearances

GK Joe Hickman | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #326 |

Appearances

2

Game
Matchday Summary
Match Squad
Game #1413
🟩 24 Dec 1927, Villa 5-4 Wednesday, Villa Park
GK Joe Hickman | FB Teddy Bowen | FB Tommy Smart | CB Vic Milne | M Billy Kingdon | M Frank Moss | W Dicky York | W Reg Chester | F Joe Beresford | F Billy Walker | F Billy Cook |
Game #1414
🟥 26 Dec 1927, Villa 0-5 Derby, Baseball Ground
GK Joe Hickman | FB Teddy Bowen | LB Tommy Mort | M Jack Yates | M Billy Kingdon | M Joe Tate | W Dicky York | W Reg Chester | F Joe Beresford | F Billy Walker | F Billy Cook |

GK Joe Hickman | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #326 |

Starts

2

Game
Matchday Summary
Line Up
Game #1413
🟩 24 Dec 1927, Villa 5-4 Wednesday, Villa Park
GK Joe Hickman | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 🟢 | FB Teddy Bowen | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | FB Tommy Smart | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | CB Vic Milne | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | M Billy Kingdon | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | M Frank Moss | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | W Dicky York | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 🔥 | 🔥 | 🔥 | 🔥 | W Reg Chester | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 🔥 | F Joe Beresford | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | ⚽ | ⚽ | ⚽ | F Billy Walker | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | F Billy Cook | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | ⚽ | ⚽ |
Game #1414
🟥 26 Dec 1927, Villa 0-5 Derby, Baseball Ground
GK Joe Hickman | FB Teddy Bowen | LB Tommy Mort | M Jack Yates | M Billy Kingdon | M Joe Tate | W Dicky York | W Reg Chester | F Joe Beresford | F Billy Walker | F Billy Cook |
Starts
Subs

GK Joe Hickman | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #326 |

Substitute Appearances

0

Game
Matchday Summary
Sub Sub
Unused

GK Joe Hickman | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #326 |

Unused Substitute Appearances

0

Game
Matchday Summary
Unused Substitutes

GK Joe Hickman | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #326 |

Goals Scored

0

Game
Matchday Summary
Scorer(s)
Goals
Assists

GK Joe Hickman | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #326 |

Assists Made

-

Game
Matchday Summary
Assist(s)
Cards

GK Joe Hickman | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #326 |

Cards Received

🟨

-

🟥

-

Game
Matchday Summary
Villa Cards
International

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

International Record

England

Starter

Match

Substitute

Match

Goals

Match
Matches

GK Joe Hickman | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #326 |

Matches

GK Joe Hickman | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #326 |

🟩 24 Dec 1927, Villa 5-4 Wednesday, Villa Park

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Game #1413

Manager: Billy Smith | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 1926-1934 led Management Committee
Referee: J. Rennie | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Oldham
HT Score: 🟩 4-3
FT Result: 🟩 Won
FT Score: 🟩 5-4
Last 5: 🟩 🟥 🟥 🟥 🟩

Season | 1927-28 |
Matchday | #20 |
League Match | #20 |
Manager Game | #63 |
Saturday, 24 December 1927

Scorer(s) | Joe Beresford | 1' | 25' | 37' | Billy Cook | 32' | 64' |

Assist(s) | Dicky York | 1' | 25' | 32' | 64' | Reg Chester | 37' |

Teams

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Starting XI

GK Joe Hickman | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 🟢 |
FB Teddy Bowen | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
FB Tommy Smart | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CB Vic Milne | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
M Billy Kingdon | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Frank Moss | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
W Dicky York | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 🔥 | 🔥 | 🔥 | 🔥 |
W Reg Chester | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 🔥 |
F Joe Beresford | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | ⚽ | ⚽ | ⚽ |
F Billy Walker | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
F Billy Cook | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | ⚽ | ⚽ |

Substitutes

No Substitutions permitted in period

Unused Substitutes

No Substitutions permitted in period

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Starting XI

Brown
Walker
Blenkinsopp
Leitch
Kean
Smith
Hooper
Hill
Harper
Seed
Wilkinson

Substitutes

No Substitutions Permitted in Period

Unused Substitutes

No Substitutions Permitted in Period

Match Timeline

🟢 | 1' Debut, Joe Hickman
⚽ | 1’ Goal, 1-0, Joe Beresford, Assist by Dicky York
🥅 | 11' Goal, 1-1, (Sheffield Wednesday), Hooper
🥅 | 15' Goal, 1-2, (Sheffield Wednesday), Harper
🥅 | 18' Goal, 1-3, (Sheffield Wednesday), Hooper
⚽ | 25’ Goal, 2-3, Joe Beresford, Assist by Dicky York
⚽ | 32’ Goal, 3-3, Billy Cook, Assist by Dicky York
⚽ | 37’ Goal, 4-3, Joe Beresford, Assist by Reg Chester
🕒 | HT Aston Villa 4-3 Sheffield Wednesday
⚽ | 64' Goal, 5-3, Billy Cook, Assist by Dicky York
🥅 | 88' Goal, 5-4, (Sheffield Wednesday), Seed
🕒 | FT Aston Villa 5-4 Sheffield Wednesday

On This Day

  • Joe Beresford scores a hat-trick whilst Billy Cook hits his seventeenth in as many games but Dicky York is the star of the show as he creates four.

  • Villa record a first win in four in a remarkable Christmas Eve goal-fest at Villa Park to make it eight wins, four draws and eight defeats in their twenty division one games.

  • Meanwhile, goalkeeper Joe Hickman made his Villa debut aged 26 after joining from Hartlepool United earlier this month.

GK Joe Hickman | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #326 |

🟥 26 Dec 1927, Villa 0-5 Derby, Baseball Ground

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Game #1414

Manager | Billy Smith led Management Committee |
FT Score | 0-5 |
FT Result | Lost |
Last 5 Games | LLLWL |

Season | 1927-28 |
Matchday | #21 |
League Match | #21 |
Manager Game | #64 |
Monday, 26 December 1927

Scorer(s) | None |

Assist(s) | None

Teams

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Starting XI

GK Joe Hickman |
FB Teddy Bowen |
LB Tommy Mort |
M Jack Yates |
M Billy Kingdon |
M Joe Tate |
W Dicky York |
W Reg Chester |
F Joe Beresford |
F Billy Walker |
F Billy Cook |

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

On This Day

Villa suffer a huge Boxing Day defeat at the Baseball Ground to make it eight wins, four draws and nine defeats in their twenty one division one games. Meanwhile, midfielder Joe Tate made his Villa debut aged 23 after joining from Cradley Heath for £400 and goalkeeper Joe Hickman made his second and final Villa two days after his debut aged 26 having conceded 9 goals in 2 games.
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