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F Tommy Horton | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #21 |

1882 🕒 1 | ⚽ 0 | 🔥 0 | #21 |

Forward

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F Tommy Horton | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #21 |

Thomas Albert Horton

Personal Profile

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Birth Date
Birthplace
Birth Country
Citizenship
Height
Foot
April 1859
Dudley Port
England 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿
England 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿
Personal

F Tommy Horton | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #21 |

Villa Youth Record

Youth Record

n/a

F Tommy Horton | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #21 |

Previous Clubs

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Previous Clubs

Tipton BCT

Transfer In

F Tommy Horton | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #21 |

Transfer In

Season
Joined Date
Aged
Fee
From
From
Signed Under
1881-82
1881
22
Free
Tipton BCT 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿
Management Committee
Career

F Tommy Horton | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #21 |

Villa Career

Villa Career

F Tommy Horton | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
Aston Villa 1882 | Free |
FA Cup |
🕒 1 | ⚽ 0 | 🔥 0 | #21 |

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 Tommy Horton | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #21 |

Played Under

Managers

Management Committee 1882

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

F Tommy Horton | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #21 |

Career Summary

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

F Tommy Horton | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #21 |

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
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

F Tommy Horton | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #21 |

Season by Season Record

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🗓️
🎂
〽️
🏆
🕒
🔁
🇺
PPG
🟩
🟩 %
🟨
🟨 %
🟥
🟥 %
🔥
Yellow
Red
GI
GPG
GPGi
1881-82
22
FAC
1
1
0
0
0
0
-
-
0
0.00

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 Tommy Horton | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #21 |

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 Tommy Horton | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #21 |

Honours

Villa Honours

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Played for the Villa

F Tommy Horton | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #21 |

Debuts & Dates

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Season
First Squad
Manager
1881-82
21 January 1882
Management Committee
Season
Debut
Manager
Aged
1881-82
21 January 1882
Management Committee
22
Game #
First Goal
Scorer(s)
Game #
First Assist
Game #
First Clean Sheet
Season
Final Game
Aged
Manager
1881-82
21 January 1882
22
Management Committee
Season
Final Squad
Manager
1881-82
21 January 1882
Management Committee
Debut
Loans

F Tommy Horton | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #21 |

Loans Out

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Loans

None

Transfer Out

F Tommy Horton | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #21 |

Transfer Out

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Season
Date
Aged
Fee
To
To
Left Under
1881-82
1882
22
Free
Walsall Town Swifts 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿
Management Committee

F Tommy Horton | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #21 |

Subsequent Clubs

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Subsequent Clubs

Walsall Town Swifts
Retired

Quotes

F Tommy Horton | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #21 |

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Quotes

Biography

F Tommy Horton | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #21 |

Biography

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Player #21 for Aston Villa, Thomas Albert Horton, known as Tommy Horton played as a forward for the club.

Tommy represented Villa on a single occasion during the 1881-82 FA Cup campaign.

Tommy was born in Dudley Port, eight miles from Villa’s current ground, on 2nd April 1859 and made his first and last appearance as a 22 year old on 21st January 1882.

Villa had signed Tommy from Tipton BCT but he soon moved on to Walsall Town Swifts without adding to his appearances.

Tommy played in the era when team selection was made by a Management Committee rather than the latter day more typical Manager role.

Tommy passed away in May 1921 in West Bromwich aged 62.

Died

1 May 1921, Aged 62

Appearances

F Tommy Horton | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #21 |

Appearances

1

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Game
Matchday Summary
Match Squad
Game #11
🟥 21 Jan 1882, Villa 2-4 Wednesbury Old Athletic, The Oval
GK Billy Clarke | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | B Ted Lee | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | B Harry Simmonds | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | HB Fred Dawson | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | HB Tommy Pank | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | HB Sammy Law | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | HB Arthur Brown | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | IL Howard Vaughton | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | F Tommy Horton | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | CF Olly Whateley | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | CF Archie Hunter | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
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F Tommy Horton | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #21 |

Starts

1

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Game
Matchday Summary
Line Up
Game #11
🟥 21 Jan 1882, Villa 2-4 Wednesbury Old Athletic, The Oval
GK Billy Clarke | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | B Ted Lee | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | B Harry Simmonds | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 🔴 | HB Fred Dawson | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | HB Tommy Pank | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 🔥 | 🔴 | HB Sammy Law | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 🔴 | HB Arthur Brown | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | IL Howard Vaughton | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | ⚽ | F Tommy Horton | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 🟢 | 🔴 | CF Olly Whateley | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | CF Archie Hunter | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | ⚽ |
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Starts
Subs

F Tommy Horton | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #21 |

Substitute Appearances

0

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Game
Matchday Summary
Substitutes
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Unused

F Tommy Horton | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #21 |

Unused Substitute Appearances

0

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Game
Matchday Summary
Unused Substitutes
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Goals

F Tommy Horton | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #21 |

Goals Scored

0

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Game
Matchday Summary
Scorer(s)
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Assists

F Tommy Horton | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #21 |

Assists Made

0

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Game
Matchday Summary
Assist(s)
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Cards

F Tommy Horton | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #21 |

Cards Received

🟨

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0

🟥

-

Game
Matchday Summary
Villa Cards
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International

F Tommy Horton | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #21 |

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International Record

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International Career
Caps with Villa
Matches

F Tommy Horton | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #21 |

Matches

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F Tommy Horton | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #21 |

🟥 21 Jan 1882, Villa 2-4 Wednesbury Old Athletic, The Oval

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Game #11

Manager: Management Committee 1879-86
Referee: John Harvey | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Sheffield
Kick off: 3.15pm
HT Score: 🟥 2-3
FT Result: 🟥 Lost
FT Score: 🟥 2-4
Last 5: 🟩 🟨 🟨 🟩 🟥

Season | 1881-82 |
Matchday | #5 |
Manager Game | #11 |
Saturday, 21 January 1882

FA Cup

Scorer(s) | Howard Vaughton | 4' | Archie Hunter | 2-1 |

Assist(s) | Tommy Pank | 4' |

Teams

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Starting XI

GK Billy Clarke | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
B Ted Lee | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
B Harry Simmonds | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 🔴 |
HB Fred Dawson | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
HB Tommy Pank | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 🔥 | 🔴 |
HB Sammy Law | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 🔴 |
HB Arthur Brown | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
IL Howard Vaughton | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | ⚽ |
F Tommy Horton | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 🟢 | 🔴 |
CF Olly Whateley | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CF Archie Hunter | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | ⚽ |

Substitutes

No Substitutions permitted in period

Unused Substitutes

No Substitutions permitted in period

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Starting XI

GK C. Kent
3QB Stokes
B W.H. Moon
HB J. Holden
HB J. Cllffe
HB T. Hodgkiss
F G. Holden | ⚽ |
F R. Morley
F A. Woodcock | ⚽ | ⚽ |
F A. Groucutt
F J. Roberts | ⚽ |

Substitutes

No Substitutions Permitted in Period

Unused Substitutes

No Substitutions Permitted in Period

Match Timeline

🟢 | 1’ Debut, Tommy Horton
⚽ | 4’ Goal, 1-0, Howard Vaughton, Assist by Tommy Pank
🥅 | 10' Goal, 1-1, (Wednesbury Old Athletic), G. Holden
⚽ | Goal, 2-1, Archie Hunter
🥅 | Goal, 2-2, (Wednesbury Old Athletic), Woodcock
🥅 | Goal, 2-3, (Wednesbury Old Athletic), Woodcock
🕒 | HT Wednesbury Old Athletic 3-2 Aston Villa
🥅 | Goal, 2-4, (Wednesbury Old Athletic), Roberts
🕒 | FT Wednesbury Old Athletic 4-2 Aston Villa

On This Day

  • Archie Hunter scores Villa's second to give them the lead in the tie but it's not enough as Old Athletic win the day.

  • Villa face Wednesbury Old Athletic for the first time in competitive football, Athletic become the 5th team that the Villa first team has played in League or Cup football.

  • Forward Tommy Horton made his sole FA Cup appearance for Villa as they are beaten at Old Athletic whilst Harry Simmonds, Fred Dawson and Tommy Pank and midfielder Sammy Law made their final FA Cup appearances for Villa.

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