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F John Laidlaw | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #246 |

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1913 🕒 2 | ⚽ 0 | 🔥 - | #246 |

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F John Laidlaw | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #246 |

Personal Profile

Full Name
Birth Date
Birthplace
Birth Country
Citizenship
Height
Foot
John Wallace Laidlaw
1 December 1891
Muirkirk, Kilmarnock
Scotland
🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿
Scotland
🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿
Personal
Transfer In

F John Laidlaw | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #246 |

Transfer In

Season
Date
Age
Fee
From
From
Signed Under
1913-14
December 1913
21
Free
South Shields
George Ramsay
Season
Date
Age
Fee
From
From
Returned Under
Season
Date
Age
Fee
From
From
Returned Under
Career

F John Laidlaw | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #246 |

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 John Laidlaw | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
Aston Villa 1913 |
Football League First Division
🕒 2 | ⚽ 0 | 🔥 - | #246 |

F John Laidlaw | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #246 |

Played Under

George Ramsay 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿

F John Laidlaw | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #246 |

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
0.00
Seasons

F John Laidlaw | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #246 |

Season by Season Record

Season
Age
Lg
#
🕒
🕒
🔁
🔥
🇺
🟩
🟩
🟨
🟨
🟥
🟥
PPG
GPG
GiPG
1913-14
21
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

F John Laidlaw | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #246 |

Goalkeeping Record

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

F John Laidlaw | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #246 |

Season by Season Goalkeeping Record

Season
Age
Lg
🕒
🥅
CPG
1913-14
21
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

F John Laidlaw | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #246 |

Honours

Played for the Villa

F John Laidlaw | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #246 |

Villa Youth Record

n/a

Previous Clubs

Muirkirk Athletic
Kilmarnock FC
South Shields FC

F John Laidlaw | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #246 |

Debut

Squad From Season
First Squad Match
First Squad Under
1913-14
25 December 1913
George Ramsay 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿
Promoted to First Team Under
Promoted to First Team Date
George Ramsay 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿
25 December 1913
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Debut Season
Debut Date
Debut Age
Debut Under
1913-14
25 December 1913
22
George Ramsay 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿
Debut

F John Laidlaw | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #246 |

First Goal Date

Game #
Match
Scorer(s)

F John Laidlaw | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #246 |

Loans Out

None

Final

F John Laidlaw | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #246 |

Final Appearance

Final Season
Final Game
Final Age
Final Game Under
1913-14
26 December 1913
22
George Ramsay 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿
Squad To Season
Final Squad
Final Squad Under
1913-14
26 December 1913
George Ramsay 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿
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F John Laidlaw | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #246 |

Transfer Out

Out Season
Transfer Out Date
Age
Fee
To
To
Left Under
1913-14
June 1914
22
Free
Kilmarnock
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 John Laidlaw | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #246 |

Subsequent Clubs

Kilmarnock FC
Retired

Quotes

F John Laidlaw | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #246 |

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Biography

F John Laidlaw | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #246 |

Biography

Player #246 for Aston Villa, John Wallace Laidlaw, played as a forward for the club.

John played for Villa in 1913-14 making 2 appearances.

John was born in Muirkirk, Scotland in December 1891 and he made his Villa debut in the Christmas Day fixture of 1913 aged 22.

Villa had signed John from South Shields earlier in December 1913 but he was only to make one further appearance for Villa.

That happened to be the following day, the Boxing Day fixture of 1913.

Villa won both games but John wouldn’t feature again before moving to Kilmarnock in June 1914.

John had played under the George Ramsay led Management Committee.

John passed away in Scotland in July 1954 aged 62.

Died

1 July 1954, Aged 62

Appearances

F John Laidlaw | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #246 |

Appearances

2

Game
Matchday Summary
Match Squad
Game #959
🟩 25 Dec 1913, Villa 2-0 Derby, Baseball Ground
GK Sam Hardy | CB Jack McLaverty | FB Freddie Miles | FB William Littlewood | M Jimmy Leach | M Tommy Barber | W Charlie Wallace | W Harold Edgley | CF Harry Hampton | F Clem Stephenson | F John Laidlaw |
Game #960
🟩 26 Dec 1913, Villa 3-0 Sheffield United, Villa Park
GK Bob Chandler | CB Jim Harrop | FB Tom Lyons | FB William Littlewood | M Jimmy Leach | M Tommy Barber | W Charlie Wallace | CF Harry Hampton | F Clem Stephenson | F John Laidlaw | F Joe Bache |

F John Laidlaw | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #246 |

Starts

2

Game
Matchday Summary
Line Up
Game #959
🟩 25 Dec 1913, Villa 2-0 Derby, Baseball Ground
GK Sam Hardy | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | CB Jack McLaverty | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 🟢 | FB Freddie Miles | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | FB William Littlewood | M Jimmy Leach | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | M Tommy Barber | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | W Charlie Wallace | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | W Harold Edgley | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 🔥 | CF Harry Hampton | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | ⚽ | F Clem Stephenson | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | ⚽ | F John Laidlaw | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 🟢 |
Game #960
🟩 26 Dec 1913, Villa 3-0 Sheffield United, Villa Park
GK Bob Chandler | CB Jim Harrop | FB Tom Lyons | FB William Littlewood | M Jimmy Leach | M Tommy Barber | W Charlie Wallace | CF Harry Hampton | F Clem Stephenson | F John Laidlaw | F Joe Bache |
Starts
Subs

F John Laidlaw | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #246 |

Substitute Appearances

0

Game
Matchday Summary
Sub Sub
Unused

F John Laidlaw | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #246 |

Unused Substitute Appearances

0

Game
Matchday Summary
Unused Substitutes

F John Laidlaw | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #246 |

Goals Scored

0

Game
Matchday Summary
Scorer(s)
Goals
Assists

F John Laidlaw | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #246 |

Assists Made

-

Game
Matchday Summary
Assist(s)
Cards

F John Laidlaw | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #246 |

Cards Received

🟨

-

🟥

-

Game
Matchday Summary
Villa Cards
International

International Career

Scotland

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

International Record

Scotland

Starter

Match

Substitute

Match

Goals

Match
Matches

F John Laidlaw | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #246 |

Matches

F John Laidlaw | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #246 |

🟩 25 Dec 1913, Villa 2-0 Derby, Baseball Ground

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Game #959

Manager: George Ramsay | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | Glasgow, 1886-1926 led Management Committee
Referee: A. Denton | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
HT Score:
FT Result: 🟩 Won
FT Score: 🟩 2-0
Last 5: 🟨 🟩 🟨 🟥 🟩

Season | 1913-14 |
Matchday | #18 |
League Match | #18 |
Manager Game | #933 |
Thursday, 25 December 1913

Scorer(s) | Harry Hampton | 47' | Clem Stephenson | 80' |

Assist(s) | Harold Edgley | 47' |

Teams

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Starting XI

GK Sam Hardy | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CB Jack McLaverty | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 🟢 |
FB Freddie Miles | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
FB William Littlewood |
M Jimmy Leach | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Tommy Barber | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
W Charlie Wallace | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
W Harold Edgley | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 🔥 |
CF Harry Hampton | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | ⚽ |
F Clem Stephenson | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | ⚽ |
F John Laidlaw | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 🟢 |

Substitutes

No Substitutions permitted in period

Unused Substitutes

No Substitutions permitted in period

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Starting XI

Lawrence
Atkin
Barbour
Bagshaw
Buckley
Richards
Grimes
Moore
Leonard
Barnes
Neve

Substitutes

No Substitutions Permitted in Period

Unused Substitutes

No Substitutions Permitted in Period

Match Timeline

🟢 | 1' Debut, John Laidlaw, Jack McLaverty
🕒 | HT Derby County 0-0 Aston Villa
⚽ | 47' Goal, 1-0, Harry Hampton, Assist by Harold Edgley
⚽ | 80' Goal, 2-0, Clem Stephenson
🕒 | FT Derby County 0-2 Aston Villa

On This Day

  • Clem Stephenson scores for the third time in two to help Villa win for the second time in four games.

  • Villa take the lead just after half time as the Derby players inexplicably ease up play to claim offside, not once, but twice, and Villa remained focus and score past an embarrassed defence.

  • Villa bounce back from a first defeat in five to beat Derby and make it seven wins, four draws and seven defeats in their eighteen division one games this season. 

  • Meanwhile, forward John Laidlaw and centre back Jack McLaverty made their Villa debuts aged 22 and 21 after joining from South Shields and Birtley Colliery in December 1913 and February 1913 respectively.

F John Laidlaw | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #246 |

🟩 26 Dec 1913, Villa 3-0 Sheffield United, Villa Park

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Game #960

Manager | George Ramsay led Management Committee |
FT Score | 3-0 |
FT Result | Won |
Last 5 Games | DWDLW |

Season | 1913-14 |
Matchday | #19 |
League Match | #19 |
Manager Game | #934 |
Friday, 26 December 1913

Scorer(s) | Tommy Barber | Charlie Wallace | Harry Hampton (pen) |

Assist(s) | Not recorded

Teams

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Starting XI

GK Bob Chandler |
CB Jim Harrop |
FB Tom Lyons |
FB William Littlewood |
M Jimmy Leach |
M Tommy Barber |
W Charlie Wallace |
CF Harry Hampton |
F Clem Stephenson |
F John Laidlaw |
F Joe Bache |

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 record successive victories for only the second time this season to make it eight wins, four draws and seven defeats in their nineteen division one games. Meanwhile, forward John Laidlaw made his second and final appearance for Villa aged 22 before moving on to Kilmarnock in June 1914, whilst goalkeeper Bob Chandler made his sole appearance for Villa aged 19 after joining from Glossop North End in August 1913. Bob moved on to Walsall in September 1914.
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