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F Ralph Gaudie | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #130 |

1898 🕒 5 | ⚽ 1 | 🔥 - | #130 |

Forward

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F Ralph Gaudie | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #130 |

Ralph Gaudie

Personal Profile

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Birth Date
Birthplace
Birth Country
Citizenship
Height
Foot
February 1876
Guisborough, North Yorkshire
England 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿
England 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿
Personal

F Ralph Gaudie | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #130 |

Villa Youth Record

Youth Record

n/a

F Ralph Gaudie | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #130 |

Previous Clubs

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Previous Clubs

Sheffield Saracens
South Bank
1897-98 Sheffield United

Transfer In

F Ralph Gaudie | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #130 |

Transfer In

Season
Joined Date
Aged
Fee
From
From
Signed Under
1898-99 (DEBUT)
1898
22
Free
Sheffield United 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿
George Ramsay
Career

F Ralph Gaudie | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #130 |

Villa Career

Villa Career

F Ralph Gaudie | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
Aston Villa 1898 |
1898 Football League First Division |
🕒 5 | ⚽ 1 | 🔥 - | #130 |

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 Ralph Gaudie | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #130 |

Played Under

Managers

George Ramsay 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿

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

F Ralph Gaudie | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #130 |

Career Summary

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🗓️
🕒
🔁
🇺
PPG
🟩
🟨
🟥
🟩 %
🟨 %
🟥 %
🔥
Yellow
Red
GI
GPG
GPGi
1
5
5
0
0
1
0
-
1
5.00

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

F Ralph Gaudie | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #130 |

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

F Ralph Gaudie | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #130 |

Season by Season Record

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🎂
〽️
🏆
🕒
🔁
🇺
PPG
🟩
🟩 %
🟨
🟨 %
🟥
🟥 %
🔥
Yellow
Red
GI
GPG
GPGi
1898-99
22
D1
5
5
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

F Ralph Gaudie | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #130 |

Goalkeeping Record

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GK #
🕒
🥅
CPG
⛔ %
Season
🕒
🥅
CPG
⛔ %

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

F Ralph Gaudie | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #130 |

Honours

Villa Honours

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1898-99 League Champions |

F Ralph Gaudie | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #130 |

Debuts & Dates

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Season
First Squad
Manager
1898-99
3 September 1898
George Ramsay 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿
Season
Debut
Manager
Aged
1898-99
3 September 1898
George Ramsay 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿
22
Game #
First Goal
Scorer(s)
Game #
First Assist
Game #
First Clean Sheet
Season
Final Game
Aged
Manager
1898-99
1 October 1898
22
George Ramsay 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿
Season
Final Squad
Manager
1898-99
1 October 1898
George Ramsay 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿
Debut
Loans

F Ralph Gaudie | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #130 |

Loans Out

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Loans

None

Transfer Out

F Ralph Gaudie | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #130 |

Transfer Out

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Season
Date
Aged
Fee
To
To
Left Under
1898-99
1899
22
Free
Woolwich Arsenal 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿
George Ramsay 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿

F Ralph Gaudie | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #130 |

Subsequent Clubs

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Subsequent Clubs

1899-01 Woolwich Arsenal
1903-04 Manchester United
Retired

Quotes

F Ralph Gaudie | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #130 |

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Quotes

Biography

F Ralph Gaudie | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #130 |

Biography

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Player #130 for Aston Villa, Ralph Gaudie, also listed as Richard Gaudie, played as a forward for the club.

Ralph played for Villa 5 times during the 1898-99 season.

Ralph was born in Guisborough in February 1876 and made his debut for the club as a 22 year old on the 3rd September 1898.

Villa had signed Ralph from Sheffield United.

All 5 of Ralph’s appearances for Villa came in the 1898-99 League title win.

Ralph scored on debut in the opening day fixture on Saturday, 3 September 1898 at Villa park against Stoke which Villa went on to win 3-1.

Ralph’s final appearance for Villa came on 1st October 1898 just over a month after his debut, subsequently to which he went on to join Woolwich Arsenal.

Ralph played under the George Ramsay led Management Committee.

Ralph passed away in 1950 aged 74.

Died

1950, Aged 74

Appearances

F Ralph Gaudie | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #130 |

Appearances

5

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Game
Matchday Summary
Match Squad
Game #344
🟩 3 Sep 1898, Villa 3-1 Stoke, Villa Park
GK Harry Wilkes | CB Jimmy Cowan | FB Albert Evans | M Tommy Bowman | M Jimmy Crabtree | M Albert Wilkes | M Ralph Gaudie | W Charlie Athersmith | W Steve Smith | F Jack Devey | F George Johnson |
Game #345
🟥 10 Sep 1898, Villa 1-2 Bury, Gigg Lane
GK Harry Wilkes | CB Jimmy Cowan | M Tommy Bowman | M Jimmy Crabtree | M Albert Wilkes | M Ralph Gaudie | W Charlie Athersmith | W Steve Smith | F Jack Devey | F George Johnson | F Fred Wheldon |
Game #346
🟩 17 Sep 1898, Villa 4-2 Burnley, Turf Moor
GK Harry Wilkes | CB Jimmy Cowan | M Tommy Bowman | M Jimmy Crabtree | M Albert Wilkes | M Ralph Gaudie | W Charlie Athersmith | W Steve Smith | F Jack Devey | F George Johnson | F Fred Wheldon |
Game #347
🟨 24 Sep 1898, Villa 1-1 Sheffield United, Villa Park
GK Harry Wilkes | CB Jimmy Cowan | M Tommy Bowman | M Jimmy Crabtree | M Albert Wilkes | M Ralph Gaudie | W Charlie Athersmith | W Steve Smith | F Jack Devey | F George Johnson | F Fred Wheldon |
Game #348
🟨 1 Oct 1898, Villa 1-1 Newcastle, St James'
GK Billy George | CB Jimmy Cowan | FB Albert Evans | M Tommy Bowman | M Jimmy Crabtree | M Ralph Gaudie | W Charlie Athersmith | W Steve Smith | F Jack Devey | F George Johnson | F Fred Wheldon |

F Ralph Gaudie | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #130 |

Starts

5

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Game
Matchday Summary
Line Up
Game #344
🟩 3 Sep 1898, Villa 3-1 Stoke, Villa Park
GK Harry Wilkes | CB Jimmy Cowan | FB Albert Evans | M Tommy Bowman | M Jimmy Crabtree | M Albert Wilkes | M Ralph Gaudie | W Charlie Athersmith | W Steve Smith | F Jack Devey | F George Johnson |
Game #345
🟥 10 Sep 1898, Villa 1-2 Bury, Gigg Lane
GK Harry Wilkes | CB Jimmy Cowan | M Tommy Bowman | M Jimmy Crabtree | M Albert Wilkes | M Ralph Gaudie | W Charlie Athersmith | W Steve Smith | F Jack Devey | F George Johnson | F Fred Wheldon |
Game #346
🟩 17 Sep 1898, Villa 4-2 Burnley, Turf Moor
GK Harry Wilkes | CB Jimmy Cowan | M Tommy Bowman | M Jimmy Crabtree | M Albert Wilkes | M Ralph Gaudie | W Charlie Athersmith | W Steve Smith | F Jack Devey | F George Johnson | F Fred Wheldon |
Game #347
🟨 24 Sep 1898, Villa 1-1 Sheffield United, Villa Park
GK Harry Wilkes | CB Jimmy Cowan | M Tommy Bowman | M Jimmy Crabtree | M Albert Wilkes | M Ralph Gaudie | W Charlie Athersmith | W Steve Smith | F Jack Devey | F George Johnson | F Fred Wheldon |
Game #348
🟨 1 Oct 1898, Villa 1-1 Newcastle, St James'
GK Billy George | CB Jimmy Cowan | FB Albert Evans | M Tommy Bowman | M Jimmy Crabtree | M Ralph Gaudie | W Charlie Athersmith | W Steve Smith | F Jack Devey | F George Johnson | F Fred Wheldon |
Starts
Subs

F Ralph Gaudie | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #130 |

Substitute Appearances

0

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Game
Matchday Summary
Substitutes
Unused

F Ralph Gaudie | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #130 |

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 #344
🟩 3 Sep 1898, Villa 3-1 Stoke, Villa Park
Scorer(s) | Charlie Athersmith | Jack Devey | Ralph Gaudie | 71' |
Assists

F Ralph Gaudie | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #130 |

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

F Ralph Gaudie | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #130 |

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International Record

International Career
Caps with Villa
Matches

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Matches

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F Ralph Gaudie | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #130 |

🟩 3 Sep 1898, Villa 3-1 Stoke, Villa Park

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Game #344

Manager | George Ramsay led Management Committee |
Referee: Thomas Helme | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Farnworth, 1888-
FT Score | 3-1 |
FT Result | Won |
Last 5 Games | DLLWW |

Season | 1898-99 |
Matchday | #1 |
League Match | #1 |
Manager Game | #318 |
Saturday, 3 September 1898

Division One

Scorer(s) | Charlie Athersmith | Jack Devey | Ralph Gaudie | 71' |

Assists(s) | Not recorded

Teams

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Starting XI

GK Harry Wilkes |
CB Jimmy Cowan |
FB Albert Evans |
M Tommy Bowman |
M Jimmy Crabtree |
M Albert Wilkes |
M Ralph Gaudie |
W Charlie Athersmith |
W Steve Smith |
F Jack Devey |
F George Johnson |

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]
1’ Debut, Ralph Gaudie, Albert Wilkes
Goal, 1-0, Charlie Athersmith
Goal, 1-1, (Stoke)
HT Aston Villa 1-1 Stoke
Goal, 2-1, Jack Devey
71’ Goal, 3-1, Ralph Gaudie
FT Aston Villa 3-1 Stoke

On This Day

Midfielder Albert Wilkes made his Villa debut aged 23 after joining from Walsall. Midfielder Ralph Gaudie made his Villa debut aged 22 after joining from Sheffield United.

F Ralph Gaudie | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #130 |

🟥 10 Sep 1898, Villa 1-2 Bury, Gigg Lane

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Game #345

Manager | George Ramsay led Management Committee |
Referee: Harry Shelton | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Nottingham
FT Score | 1-2 |
FT Result | Lost |
Last 5 Games | LLWWL |

Season | 1898-99 |
Matchday | #2 |
League Match | #2 |
Manager Game | #319 |
Saturday, 10 September 1898

Division One

Scorer(s) | Fred Wheldon |

Assists(s) | Jack Devey

Teams

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Starting XI

GK Harry Wilkes |
CB Jimmy Cowan |
M Tommy Bowman |
M Jimmy Crabtree |
M Albert Wilkes |
M Ralph Gaudie |
W Charlie Athersmith |
W Steve Smith |
F Jack Devey |
F George Johnson |
F Fred Wheldon |

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]
28’ Goal, 0-1, (Bury)
HT Bury 1-0 Aston Villa
Goal, 0-2, (Bury)
Goal, 1-2, Fred Wheldon, Assist by Jack Devey
FT Bury 2-1 Aston Villa

On This Day

Villa lose in the second game of the campaign.

F Ralph Gaudie | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #130 |

🟩 17 Sep 1898, Villa 4-2 Burnley, Turf Moor

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Game #346

Manager | George Ramsay led Management Committee |
FT Score | 4-2 |
FT Result | Won |
Last 5 Games | LWWLW |

Season | 1898-99 |
Matchday | #3 |
League Match | #3 |
Manager Game | #320 |
Saturday, 17 September 1898

Division One

Scorer(s) | Steve Smith | George Johnson | Charlie Athersmith | Steve Smith |

Assists(s) | Not recorded

Teams

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Starting XI

GK Harry Wilkes |
CB Jimmy Cowan |
M Tommy Bowman |
M Jimmy Crabtree |
M Albert Wilkes |
M Ralph Gaudie |
W Charlie Athersmith |
W Steve Smith |
F Jack Devey |
F George Johnson |
F Fred Wheldon |

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, 0-1, Burnley
Goal, 1-1, Steve Smith
Goal, 2-1, George Johnson
Goal, 2-2, Burnley
Goal, 3-2, Charlie Athersmith
HT Burnley 2-3 Aston Villa
Goal, 4-2, Steve Smith
FT Burnley 2-4 Aston Villa

On This Day

Villa get back to winning ways to move up to 6th in the early League table.

F Ralph Gaudie | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #130 |

🟨 24 Sep 1898, Villa 1-1 Sheffield United, Villa Park

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Game #347

Manager | George Ramsay led Management Committee |
FT Score | 1-1 |
FT Result | Drew |
Last 5 Games | WWLWD |

Season | 1898-99 |
Matchday | #4 |
League Match | #4 |
Manager Game | #321 |
Saturday, 24 September 1898

Division One

Scorer(s) | Jack Devey |

Assists(s) | Not recorded

Teams

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Starting XI

GK Harry Wilkes |
CB Jimmy Cowan |
M Tommy Bowman |
M Jimmy Crabtree |
M Albert Wilkes |
M Ralph Gaudie |
W Charlie Athersmith |
W Steve Smith |
F Jack Devey |
F George Johnson |
F Fred Wheldon |

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, 0-1, (Sheffield United)
HT Aston Villa 0-1 Sheffield United
Goal, 1-1, Jack Devey
FT Aston Villa 1-1 Sheffield United

On This Day

Goalkeeper Harry Wilkes made his final appearance for Villa aged 24 before moving on to Stoke as Villa could only draw with last season's Champions at home. That result left Villa in 8th place but with a game in hand on the leaders just two points ahead.

F Ralph Gaudie | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #130 |

🟨 1 Oct 1898, Villa 1-1 Newcastle, St James'

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Game #348

Manager | George Ramsay led Management Committee |
Referee: Thomas Helme | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Farnworth, 1888-
FT Score | 1-1 |
FT Result | Drew |
Last 5 Games | WLWDD |

Season | 1898-99 |
Matchday | #5 |
League Match | #5 |
Manager Game | #322 |
Saturday, 1 October 1898

Division One

Scorer(s) | Jack Devey | 55' |

Assists(s) | Not recorded

Teams

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Starting XI

GK Billy George |
CB Jimmy Cowan |
FB Albert Evans |
M Tommy Bowman |
M Jimmy Crabtree |
M Ralph Gaudie |
W Charlie Athersmith |
W Steve Smith |
F Jack Devey |
F George Johnson |
F Fred Wheldon |

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]
9’ Goal, 0-1, (Newcastle United)
HT Newcastle United 1-1 Aston Villa
55’ Goal, 1-1, Jack Devey
FT Newcastle United 1-1 Aston Villa

On This Day

Midfielder Ralph Gaudie made his final appearance for Villa aged 22 before moving on to Woolwich Arsenal as Villa draw their second consecutive game 1-1 but are now unbeaten in three, with one loss in five. Future Villa forward Tommy Niblo lined up for bottom club Newcastle as Villa moved up a place to 7th in the early League table.
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