M Josiah Gray | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #173 |

1904 🕒 7 | ⚽ 0 | 🔥 - | #173 |

Midfielder

Previous Player	Next Player
CF Billy Matthews \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \| #172 \|	FB Walter Brown \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 \| #174 \|

M Josiah Gray | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #173 |

Josiah Arthur Gray

Personal Profile

Birth Date	Birthplace	Birth Country	Citizenship	Height	Foot
1878	Bristol, Avon	England 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿	England 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿

Personal

M Josiah Gray | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #173 |

Villa Youth Record

Youth Record

n/a

M Josiah Gray | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #173 |

Previous Clubs

Previous Clubs

Cambuslang FC
Clyde FC
Bristol Rovers

Transfer In

M Josiah Gray | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #173 |

Transfer In

Season	Joined Date	Aged	Fee	From	From	Signed Under
1904-05	August 1904	26	Free	Bristol Rovers 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿		George Ramsay

Career

M Josiah Gray | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #173 |

Villa Career

M Josiah Gray | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #173 |
Aston Villa 1904 |
Football League First Division |
🕒 7 | ⚽ 0 | 🔥 - | #173 |

M Josiah Gray | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #173 |

Played Under

Managers

George Ramsay 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿

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

M Josiah Gray | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #173 |

Career Summary

🗓️	🕒	✅	🔁	🇺	PPG	🟩	🟨	🟥	🟩 %	🟨 %	🟥 %	⚽	🔥	Yellow	Red	GI	GPG	GPGi
1	7	7	0	0								0	0	0	-	0

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

M Josiah Gray | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #173 |

Competition Record

🕒 League	🕒 FA Cup	🕒 League Cup	🕒 Europe	🕒 European Cup
		0	0	0

⚽ League	⚽ FA Cup	⚽ League Cup	⚽ Europe	⚽ European Cup
0	0	0	0	0

🔥 League	🔥 FA Cup	🔥 League Cup	🔥 Europe	🔥 European Cup
0	0	0	0	0

League Gi	FA Cup Gi	League Cup Gi	Europe Gi	European Cup Gi
0	0	0	0	0

League GPG	FA Cup GPG	League Cup GPG	Europe GPG	European Cup GPG
0.00	0.00	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	0.00	0.00

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

Seasons

M Josiah Gray | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #173 |

Season by Season Record

🗓️	🎂	〽️	🏆	🕒	✅	🔁	🇺	PPG	🟩	🟩 %	🟨	🟨 %	🟥	🟥 %	⚽	🔥	Yellow	Red	GI	GPG	GPGi
1904-05	26	D1		7	7	0	0								0	-	-	-	0

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

M Josiah Gray | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #173 |

Goalkeeping Record

GK #	🕒	🥅	CPG	⛔	⛔ %

Season	🕒	🥅	CPG	⛔	⛔ %

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

M Josiah Gray | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #173 |

Honours

Villa Honours

Played for the Villa

M Josiah Gray | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #173 |

Debuts & Dates

Season	First Squad	Manager
1904-05	3 September 1904	George Ramsay 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿

Season	Debut	Manager	Aged
1904-05	3 September 1904	George Ramsay 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿	26

Game #	First Goal	Scorer(s)

Game #	First Assist

Game #	First Clean Sheet

Season	Final Game	Aged	Manager
1904-05	15 October 1904	26	George Ramsay 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿

Season	Final Squad	Manager
1904-05	15 October 1904	George Ramsay 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿

Debut

Loans

M Josiah Gray | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #173 |

Loans Out

Loans

None

Transfer Out

M Josiah Gray | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #173 |

Transfer Out

Season	Date	Aged	Fee	To	To	Left Under
1904-05	April 1905	27	Free	Glasgow Rangers 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿		George Ramsay 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿

M Josiah Gray | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #173 |

Subsequent Clubs

Glasgow Rangers
Retired

Quotes

M Josiah Gray | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #173 |

Quotes

Biography

M Josiah Gray | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #173 |

Biography

Player #173 for Aston Villa, Josiah Arthur Gray, known as Josiah Gray played as a wing half for the club.

Josiah played for Villa between on 7 occasions in the 1904-05 season.

Josiah was born in Bristol in 1878 and made his Villa debut on 3rd September 1904 aged 26 and made his final appearance just 6 weeks later on 15th October 1904.

Villa had signed Josiah from Bristol Rovers and he moved on to Glasgow Rangers in April 1905.

Josiah had played under the George Ramsey led Management Committee.

Josiah passed away in London in 1937 aged 59.

Died

1937, Aged 59

Appearances

M Josiah Gray | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #173 |

Appearances

7

Game	Matchday Summary	Match Squad
Game #574	🟩 3 Sep 1904, Villa 3-0 Stoke, Villa Park	GK Billy George \| FB Freddie Miles \| FB Howard Spencer \| M Alex Leake \| M Josiah Gray \| M Albert Wilkes \| W Billy Brawn \| W Albert Hall \| W Willie Clarke \| F Joe Bache \| CF Billy Garraty \|
Game #575	🟥 10 Sep 1904, Villa 0-4 Blackburn, Ewood	GK Billy George \| FB Walter Brown \| FB Howard Spencer \| M Alex Leake \| M Josiah Gray \| M Albert Wilkes \| W Billy Brawn \| W Albert Hall \| W Willie Clarke \| F Joe Bache \| CF Billy Garraty \|
Game #576	🟩 12 Sep 1904, Villa 1-0 Everton, Villa Park	GK Billy George \| FB Michael Noon \| FB Howard Spencer \| FB Freddie Miles \| M Alex Leake \| M Josiah Gray \| W Billy Brawn \| W Albert Hall \| F Mart Watkins \| F Joe Bache \| CF Billy Garraty \|
Game #577	🟩 17 Sep 1904, Villa 2-0 Forest, Villa Park	GK Billy George \| D Alf Wood \| FB Howard Spencer \| FB Freddie Miles \| M Alex Leake \| M Josiah Gray \| M Billy Matthews \| W Billy Brawn \| W Albert Hall \| F Joe Bache \| CF Billy Garraty \|
Game #578	🟥 24 Sep 1904, Villa 2-3 Wednesday, Owlerton	GK Billy George \| D Alf Wood \| FB Howard Spencer \| FB Freddie Miles \| M Alex Leake \| M Josiah Gray \| M Billy Matthews \| W Willie Clarke \| W Albert Hall \| F Joe Bache \| CF Billy Garraty \|
Game #579	🟨 1 Oct 1904, Villa 2-2 Sunderland, Villa Park	GK Billy George \| D Alf Wood \| FB Howard Spencer \| FB Freddie Miles \| M Alex Leake \| M Josiah Gray \| M Billy Matthews \| W Billy Brawn \| W Arthur Lockett \| W Albert Hall \| F Joe Bache \|
Game #581	🟥 15 Oct 1904, Villa 0-2 Derby, Villa Park	GK Billy George \| D Alf Wood \| FB Howard Spencer \| FB Freddie Miles \| M Alex Leake \| M Joe Pearson \| M Josiah Gray \| W Billy Brawn \| W Arthur Lockett \| F George Johnson \| F Joe Bache \|

M Josiah Gray | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #173 |

Starts

7

Game	Matchday Summary	Line Up
Game #574	🟩 3 Sep 1904, Villa 3-0 Stoke, Villa Park	GK Billy George \| FB Freddie Miles \| FB Howard Spencer \| M Alex Leake \| M Josiah Gray \| M Albert Wilkes \| W Billy Brawn \| W Albert Hall \| W Willie Clarke \| F Joe Bache \| CF Billy Garraty \|
Game #575	🟥 10 Sep 1904, Villa 0-4 Blackburn, Ewood	GK Billy George \| FB Walter Brown \| FB Howard Spencer \| M Alex Leake \| M Josiah Gray \| M Albert Wilkes \| W Billy Brawn \| W Albert Hall \| W Willie Clarke \| F Joe Bache \| CF Billy Garraty \|
Game #576	🟩 12 Sep 1904, Villa 1-0 Everton, Villa Park	GK Billy George \| FB Michael Noon \| FB Howard Spencer \| FB Freddie Miles \| M Alex Leake \| M Josiah Gray \| W Billy Brawn \| W Albert Hall \| F Mart Watkins \| F Joe Bache \| CF Billy Garraty \|
Game #577	🟩 17 Sep 1904, Villa 2-0 Forest, Villa Park	GK Billy George \| D Alf Wood \| FB Howard Spencer \| FB Freddie Miles \| M Alex Leake \| M Josiah Gray \| M Billy Matthews \| W Billy Brawn \| W Albert Hall \| F Joe Bache \| CF Billy Garraty \|
Game #578	🟥 24 Sep 1904, Villa 2-3 Wednesday, Owlerton	GK Billy George \| D Alf Wood \| FB Howard Spencer \| FB Freddie Miles \| M Alex Leake \| M Josiah Gray \| M Billy Matthews \| W Willie Clarke \| W Albert Hall \| F Joe Bache \| CF Billy Garraty \|
Game #579	🟨 1 Oct 1904, Villa 2-2 Sunderland, Villa Park	GK Billy George \| D Alf Wood \| FB Howard Spencer \| FB Freddie Miles \| M Alex Leake \| M Josiah Gray \| M Billy Matthews \| W Billy Brawn \| W Arthur Lockett \| W Albert Hall \| F Joe Bache \|
Game #581	🟥 15 Oct 1904, Villa 0-2 Derby, Villa Park	GK Billy George \| D Alf Wood \| FB Howard Spencer \| FB Freddie Miles \| M Alex Leake \| M Joe Pearson \| M Josiah Gray \| W Billy Brawn \| W Arthur Lockett \| F George Johnson \| F Joe Bache \|

Starts

Subs

M Josiah Gray | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #173 |

Substitute Appearances

0

Game	Matchday Summary	Substitutes

Unused

M Josiah Gray | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #173 |

Unused Substitute Appearances

0

Game	Matchday Summary	Unused Substitutes

Goals

M Josiah Gray | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #173 |

Goals Scored

0

Game	Matchday Summary	Scorer(s)

Assists

M Josiah Gray | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #173 |

Assists Made

0

Game	Matchday Summary	Assist(s)

Cards

M Josiah Gray | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #173 |

Cards Received

🟨

0 🟥

-

Game	Matchday Summary	Villa Cards

International

M Josiah Gray | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #173 |

International Record

International Career	Caps with Villa

Matches

M Josiah Gray | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #173 |

Matches

M Josiah Gray | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #173 |

🟩 3 Sep 1904, Villa 3-0 Stoke, Villa Park

Game #574

Season | 1904-05 |
Matchday | #2 |
League Match | #2 |
Manager Game | #548 |
Saturday, 3 September 1904

Full Match Report

Division One

Scorer(s) | Albert Hall | Joe Bache | Joe Bache |

Assist(s) | Not recorded

Teams

Starting XI

Substitutes

No Substitutions permitted in period

Unused Substitutes

No Substitutions permitted in period

Starting XI

Substitutes

No Substitutions Permitted in Period

Unused Substitutes

No Substitutions Permitted in Period

Match Timeline

On This Day

Villa bounce back from their opening day reverse to beat Stoke at Villa Park. Meanwhile, midfielder Josiah Gray made his Villa debut aged 26 after joining from Bristol Rovers in August 1904.

M Josiah Gray | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #173 |

🟥 10 Sep 1904, Villa 0-4 Blackburn, Ewood

Game #575

Season | 1904-05 |
Matchday | #3 |
League Match | #3 |
Manager Game | #549 |
Saturday, 10 September 1904

Full Match Report

Division One