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F Wally Roberts | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #26 |

1882-84 🕒 5 | ⚽ 0 | 🔥 0 | #26 |

Forward

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F Wally Roberts | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #26 |

Walter David Roberts

Personal Profile

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Birth Date
Birthplace
Birth Country
Citizenship
Height
Foot
July 1859
Stourbridge
England 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿
England 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿
Personal

F Wally Roberts | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #26 |

Villa Youth Record

Youth Record

n/a

F Wally Roberts | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #26 |

Previous Clubs

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Previous Clubs

Norton FC

Transfer In

F Wally Roberts | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #26 |

Transfer In

Season
Joined Date
Aged
Fee
From
From
Signed Under
1882-83
1882
23
Free
Norton FC 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿
Management Committee
Career

F Wally Roberts | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #26 |

Villa Career

Villa Career

F Wally Roberts | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
Aston Villa 1882-84 | Free |
FA Cup |
🕒 5 | ⚽ 0 | 🔥 0 | #26 |

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 Wally Roberts | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #26 |

Played Under

Managers

Management Committee 1882-84

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

F Wally Roberts | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #26 |

Career Summary

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🗓️
🕒
🔁
🇺
PPG
🟩
🟨
🟥
🟩 %
🟨 %
🟥 %
🔥
Yellow
Red
GI
GPG
GPGi
2
5
5
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 Wally Roberts | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #26 |

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 Wally Roberts | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #26 |

Season by Season Record

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🗓️
🎂
〽️
🏆
🕒
🔁
🇺
PPG
🟩
🟩 %
🟨
🟨 %
🟥
🟥 %
🔥
Yellow
Red
GI
GPG
GPGi
1882-83
23
FAC
1
1
0
0
0
0
-
-
0
0.00
1883-84
24
FAC
4
4
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 Wally Roberts | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #26 |

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 Wally Roberts | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #26 |

Honours

Villa Honours

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Played for the Villa

F Wally Roberts | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #26 |

Debuts & Dates

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Season
First Squad
Manager
1882-83
21 October 1882
Management Committee
Season
Debut
Manager
Aged
1882-83
21 October 1882
Management Committee
23
Game #
First Goal
Scorer(s)
Game #
First Assist
Game #
First Clean Sheet
Season
Final Game
Aged
Manager
1883-84
19 January 1884
24
Management Committee
Season
Final Squad
Manager
1883-84
19 January 1884
Management Committee
Debut
Loans

F Wally Roberts | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #26 |

Loans Out

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Loans

None

Transfer Out

F Wally Roberts | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #26 |

Transfer Out

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Season
Date
Aged
Fee
To
To
Left Under
1883-84
1884
24
Free
Church FC 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿
Management Committee

F Wally Roberts | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #26 |

Subsequent Clubs

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Subsequent Clubs

Church FC
Retired

Quotes

F Wally Roberts | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #26 |

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Quotes

Biography

F Wally Roberts | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #26 |

Biography

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Player #26 for Aston Villa, Walter David Roberts, known as Wally Roberts played as a forward for the club. Wally represented Villa in the 1882-83 and 1883-84 FA Cup campaigns.

Wally was born in Stourbridge in July 1859 and made his debut as a 23 year old on 21st October 1882.

Villa had signed Wally from Norton FC and he went on to represent the club 5 times across the two seasons.

Wally scored his single goal for Villa in the 5-1 1st Round defeat of Walsall Swifts at The Chuckery in the 1883-84 FA Cup campaign.

Wally’s final game for Villa came on the 19th January 1884 at the age of 24 before moving on to Church FC.

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

Wally passed away in 1914 aged 55.

Died

1914, Aged 67

Appearances

F Wally Roberts | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #26 |

Appearances

5

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Game
Matchday Summary
Match Squad
Game #12
🟩 21 Oct 1882, Villa 4-1 Walsall Swifts, Wellington Road
GK Billy Clarke | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | B Joe Simmonds | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | B Thomas Bryan | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | B Alf Harvey | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | HB David Anderson | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | HB Arthur Brown | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | IL Eli Davis | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | IL Howard Vaughton | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | IR Andy Hunter | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | F Wally Roberts | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | CF Archie Hunter | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
Game #17
🟩 10 Nov 1883, Villa 5-1 Walsall Swifts, The Chuckery
GK Archibald Vale | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | B Joe Simmonds | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | B Tom Riddell | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | HB Robert Price | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | HB Charles Apperley | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | HB Fred Dawson | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | IL Eli Davis | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | IL Howard Vaughton | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | F Wally Roberts | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | CF Olly Whateley | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | CF Archie Hunter | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
Game #18
🟩 1 Dec 1883, Villa 5-0 Stafford Road, Half-Way House Ground
GK Archibald Vale | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | B Joe Simmonds | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | B Tom Riddell | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | HB Fred Dawson | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | HB Charles Apperley | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | HB Arthur Brown | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | IL Howard Vaughton | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | IL Eli Davis | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | F Wally Roberts | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | CF Olly Whateley | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | CF Archie Hunter | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
Game #19
🟩 29 Dec 1883, Villa 7-4 Wednesbury Old Athletic, The Oval
GK Billy Clarke | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | B Tom Riddell | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | HB Fred Dawson | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | HB Charles Apperley | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | HB Robert Price | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | HB Arthur Brown | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | IL Eli Davis | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | IL Howard Vaughton | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | F Wally Roberts | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | CF Olly Whateley | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | CF Archie Hunter | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
Game #20
🟥 19 Jan 1884, Villa 1-6 Queen's Park, Titwood Park
GK Archibald Vale | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | B Joe Simmonds | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | B Tom Riddell | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | HB Fred Dawson | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | HB Charles Apperley | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | HB Arthur Brown | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | IL Eli Davis | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | IL Howard Vaughton | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | F Wally Roberts | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | CF Olly Whateley | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | CF Archie Hunter | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
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Starts

5

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Game
Matchday Summary
Line Up
Game #12
🟩 21 Oct 1882, Villa 4-1 Walsall Swifts, Wellington Road
GK Billy Clarke | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | B Joe Simmonds | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 🟢 | B Thomas Bryan | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 🟢 | 🔥 | B Alf Harvey | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 🟢 | HB David Anderson | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 🟢 | HB Arthur Brown | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | ⚽ | ⚽ | IL Eli Davis | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | IL Howard Vaughton | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | ⚽ | IR Andy Hunter | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | 🔥 | F Wally Roberts | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 🟢 | CF Archie Hunter | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | ⚽ |
Game #17
🟩 10 Nov 1883, Villa 5-1 Walsall Swifts, The Chuckery
GK Archibald Vale | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 🟢 | B Joe Simmonds | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | B Tom Riddell | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 🟢 | HB Robert Price | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 🟢 | HB Charles Apperley | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | HB Fred Dawson | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 🟢 | IL Eli Davis | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 🔥 | IL Howard Vaughton | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | ⚽ | F Wally Roberts | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | CF Olly Whateley | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | ⚽ | CF Archie Hunter | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | ⚽ | ⚽ | ⚽ |
Game #18
🟩 1 Dec 1883, Villa 5-0 Stafford Road, Half-Way House Ground
GK Archibald Vale | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | B Joe Simmonds | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | B Tom Riddell | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | HB Fred Dawson | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | HB Charles Apperley | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | HB Arthur Brown | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | ⚽ | ⚽ | IL Howard Vaughton | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | IL Eli Davis | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | F Wally Roberts | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | CF Olly Whateley | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | ⚽ | CF Archie Hunter | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | ⚽ | ⚽ |
Game #19
🟩 29 Dec 1883, Villa 7-4 Wednesbury Old Athletic, The Oval
GK Billy Clarke | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 🔴 | B Tom Riddell | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | HB Fred Dawson | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | HB Charles Apperley | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | HB Robert Price | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | HB Arthur Brown | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | IL Eli Davis | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | IL Howard Vaughton | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | ⚽ | ⚽ | F Wally Roberts | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | CF Olly Whateley | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | ⚽ | CF Archie Hunter | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | ⚽ | ⚽ | ⚽ | ⚽ |
Game #20
🟥 19 Jan 1884, Villa 1-6 Queen's Park, Titwood Park
GK Archibald Vale | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 🔴 | B Joe Simmonds | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | B Tom Riddell | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | HB Fred Dawson | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | HB Charles Apperley | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 🔴 | HB Arthur Brown | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | IL Eli Davis | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | IL Howard Vaughton | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | ⚽ | F Wally Roberts | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 🔴 | CF Olly Whateley | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | CF Archie Hunter | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
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Starts
Subs

F Wally Roberts | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #26 |

Substitute Appearances

0

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Game
Matchday Summary
Substitutes
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Unused

F Wally Roberts | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #26 |

Unused Substitute Appearances

0

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Game
Matchday Summary
Unused Substitutes
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Goals

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Goals Scored

0

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Game
Matchday Summary
Scorer(s)
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Assists

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Assists Made

0

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Matchday Summary
Assist(s)
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Cards

F Wally Roberts | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #26 |

Cards Received

🟨

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0

🟥

-

Game
Matchday Summary
Villa Cards
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International

F Wally Roberts | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #26 |

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International Record

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International Career
Caps with Villa
Matches

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Matches

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F Wally Roberts | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #26 |

🟩 21 Oct 1882, Villa 4-1 Walsall Swifts, Wellington Road

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Game #12

Manager: Management Committee 1879-86
Referee: C. Crump | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Birmingham, 1882-
HT Score: 🟩 3-0
FT Result: 🟩 Won
FT Score: 🟩 4-1
Last 5: 🟨 🟨 🟩 🟥 🟩

Season | 1882-83 |
Matchday | #1 |
Manager Game | #12 |
Saturday, 21 October 1882

FA Cup

Scorer(s) | Arthur Brown | 8' | 4-1 | Howard Vaughton | 2-0 | Archie Hunter | 3-0 |

Assist(s) | Thomas Bryan | 2-0 | Andy Hunter | 3-0 |

Teams

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Starting XI

GK Billy Clarke | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
B Joe Simmonds | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 🟢 |
B Thomas Bryan | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 🟢 | 🔥 |
B Alf Harvey | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 🟢 |
HB David Anderson | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 🟢 |
HB Arthur Brown | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | ⚽ | ⚽ |
IL Eli Davis | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
IL Howard Vaughton | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | ⚽ |
IR Andy Hunter | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | 🔥 |
F Wally Roberts | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 🟢 |
CF Archie Hunter | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | ⚽ |

Substitutes

No Substitutions permitted in period

Unused Substitutes

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Starting XI

GK C. H. Hobson
B A. Alldridge
3QB T. Sheldon
F Baker
F W. Yates
F E. Dyoss
F J. Hayes
F J. Higgins
F D. Lunn
F Farmer
F J. Davis

Substitutes

No Substitutions Permitted in Period

Unused Substitutes

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Match Timeline

🟢 | 1’ Debut, Joe Simmonds, Thomas Bryan, David Anderson, Alf Harvey, Wally Roberts
⚽ | 8’ Goal, 1-0, Arthur Brown
⚽ | Goal, 2-0, Howard Vaughton, Assist by Thomas Bryan
⚽ | Goal 3-0, Archie Hunter, Assist by Andy Hunter
🕒 | HT Aston Villa 3-0 Walsall Swifts
🥅 | Goal, 3-1, (Walsall Swifts), D. Lunn
⚽ | Goal 4-1, Arthur Brown
🕒 | FT Aston Villa 4-1 Walsall Swifts

On This Day

Defenders Joe Simmonds and Thomas Bryan, wing half David Anderson, full back Alf Harvey & forward Wally Roberts made their FA Cup debuts as Villa beat Walsall Swifts at Wellington Road.

F Wally Roberts | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #26 |

🟩 10 Nov 1883, Villa 5-1 Walsall Swifts, The Chuckery

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Game #17

Manager: Management Committee 1879-86
Referee: C. Crump | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Birmingham, 1882-
HT Score: 🟩 1-0
FT Result: 🟩 Won
FT Score: 🟩 5-1
Last 5: 🟩 🟩 🟩 🟥 🟩

Season | 1883-84 |
Matchday | #1 |
Manager Game | #17 |
Saturday, 10 November 1883

FA Cup

Scorer(s) | Archie Hunter | 1-0 | 2-0 | 4-0 | Olly Whateley | 3-0 | Howard Vaughton | 5-0 |

Assist(s) | Eli Davis | 3-0 |

Teams

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Starting XI

GK Archibald Vale | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 🟢 |
B Joe Simmonds | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
B Tom Riddell | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 🟢 |
HB Robert Price | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 🟢 |
HB Charles Apperley | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
HB Fred Dawson | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 🟢 |
IL Eli Davis | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 🔥 |
IL Howard Vaughton | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | ⚽ |
F Wally Roberts | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CF Olly Whateley | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | ⚽ |
CF Archie Hunter | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | ⚽ | ⚽ | ⚽ |

Substitutes

No Substitutions permitted in period

Unused Substitutes

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Starting XI

GK W. Phillips
B A. Jones
B A. Alldridge
HB W. Brandrick
HB A. Morris
F R. Davis
F J. Farmer
F T. Farmer
F S. Mills
F J. Higgins
F H. Dyoss

Substitutes

No Substitutions Permitted in Period

Unused Substitutes

No Substitutions Permitted in Period

Match Timeline

🟢 | 1’ Debut, Archibald Vale, Tom Riddell, Robert Price
⚽ | Goal, 1-0, Archie Hunter
🕒 | HT Walsall Swifts 0-1 Aston Villa
⚽ | Goal, 2-0, Archie Hunter
⚽ | Goal, 3-0, Olly Whateley, Assist by Eli Davis
⚽ | Goal, 4-0, Archie Hunter
⚽ | Goal, 5-0, Howard Vaughton
🥅 | Goal, 5-1, (Walsall Swifts), Farmer
🕒 | FT Walsall Swifts 1-5 Aston Villa

On This Day

  • Villa face Walsall Swifts for the first time in competitive football, Swifts become the 8th team that the Villa first team has played in League or Cup football.

  • Villa record their biggest FA Cup win to date as they see off the Swifts at the Chuckery as goalkeeper Archibald Vale, full back Tom Riddell and defender Robert Price made their debuts for Villa Meanwhile, forward Archie Hunter scored Villa’s first ever hat-trick in League or Cup football.

F Wally Roberts | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #26 |

🟩 1 Dec 1883, Villa 5-0 Stafford Road, Half-Way House Ground

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Game #18

Manager: Management Committee 1879-86
Referee: Unknown
HT Score: 🟩 2-0
FT Result: 🟩 Won
FT Score: 🟩 5-0
Last 5: 🟩 🟩 🟥 🟩 🟩

Season | 1883-84 |
Matchday | #2 |
Manager Game | #18 |
Saturday, 1 December 1883

FA Cup

Scorer(s) | Arthur Brown | 1-0 | 2-0 | Archie Hunter | 3-0 | 4-0 | Olly Whateley | 5-0 |

Assist(s) | None

Teams

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Starting XI

GK Archibald Vale | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
B Joe Simmonds | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
B Tom Riddell | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
HB Fred Dawson | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
HB Charles Apperley | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
HB Arthur Brown | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | ⚽ | ⚽ |
IL Howard Vaughton | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
IL Eli Davis | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
F Wally Roberts | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CF Olly Whateley | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | ⚽ |
CF Archie Hunter | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | ⚽ | ⚽ |

Substitutes

No Substitutions permitted in period

Unused Substitutes

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Starting XI

GK E. Ray
B Riley
B Crump
HB Turton
HB A. Nicholls
HB Jones
HB Morgan
LF Baker
LF Griffiths
F J. W. Whitehead
CF Foster

Substitutes

No Substitutions permitted in period

Unused Substitutes

No Substitutions permitted in period

Match Timeline

⚽ | Goal, 1-0, Arthur Brown
⚽ | Goal, 2-0, Arthur Brown
🕒 | HT Stafford Road 0-2 Aston Villa
⚽ | Goal, 3-0, Archie Hunter
⚽ | Goal, 4-0, Archie Hunter
⚽ | Goal, 5-0, Olly Whateley
🕒 | FT Stafford Road 0-5 Aston Villa

On This Day

Villa score 5 two games in succession to progress to the third round of the FA Cup for the fifth consecutive season. Goalkeeper Archibald Vale keeps Villa’s first ever clean sheet in the FA Cup.

F Wally Roberts | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #26 |

🟩 29 Dec 1883, Villa 7-4 Wednesbury Old Athletic, The Oval

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Game #19

Manager: Management Committee 1879-86
Referee: C. Crump | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Birmingham, 1882-
HT Score: 🟥 2-3
FT Score: 🟩 7-4
FT Result: 🟩 Won
Last 5: 🟩 🟥 🟩 🟩 🟩

Season | 1883-84 |
Matchday | #3 |
Manager Game | #19 |
Saturday, 29 December 1883

FA Cup

Scorer(s) | Howard Vaughton | 1-2 | 5-4 | Archie Hunter | 2-2 | 3-3 | 4-4 | 6-4 | Olly Whateley | 7-4 |

Assist(s) | Not recorded

Teams

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Starting XI

GK Billy Clarke | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 🔴 |
B Tom Riddell | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
HB Fred Dawson | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
HB Charles Apperley | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
HB Robert Price | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
HB Arthur Brown | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
IL Eli Davis | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
IL Howard Vaughton | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | ⚽ | ⚽ |
F Wally Roberts | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
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
B J. Nicholls
B Morley
HB D. Tonks
HB Byrne
HB Flaherty
RF George Holden | ⚽ |
RF Patrick
LF T Tonks | ⚽ |
LF J. Roberts
CF Bayliss | ⚽ | ⚽ |

Substitutes

No Substitutions Permitted in Period

Unused Substitutes

No Substitutions Permitted in Period

Match Timeline

🥅 | 5’ Goal, 0-1, (Wednesbury Old Athletic), George Holden
🥅 | Goal, 0-2, (Wednesbury Old Athletic), Bayliss
⚽ | Goal, 1-2, Howard Vaughton
⚽ | Goal, 2-2, Archie Hunter
🥅 | Goal, 2-3, (Wednesbury Old Athletic), Bayliss
🕒 | HT Wednesbury Old Athletic 3-2 Aston Villa
⚽ | Goal, 3-3, Archie Hunter
🥅 | Goal, 3-4, (Wednesbury Old Athletic), T. Tonks
⚽ | Goal, 4-4, Archie Hunter
⚽ | Goal, 5-4, Howard Vaughton
⚽ | Goal, 6-4, Archie Hunter
⚽ | Goal, 7-4, Olly Whateley
🕒 | FT Wednesbury Old Athletic 4-7 Aston Villa

On This Day

  • Villa record their biggest FA Cup win for the third game in a row as Archie Hunter hit his and Villa's second hat-trick in three games and becomes the first Villa player to score four in a game.

  • Villa qualify for the fourth round of the FA Cup for the fourth season in succession. 

  • Meanwhile, goalkeeper Billy Clarke made his final appearance for Villa.

F Wally Roberts | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #26 |

🟥 19 Jan 1884, Villa 1-6 Queen's Park, Titwood Park

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Game #20

Manager: Management Committee 1879-86
Referee: Morton Betts | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Harrow, 1884-
HT Score: 🟥 0-2
FT Result: 🟥 Lost
FT Score: 🟥 1-6
Last 5: 🟥 🟩 🟩 🟩 🟥

Season | 1883-84 |
Matchday | #4 |
Manager Game | #20 |
Saturday, 19 January 1884

FA Cup

Scorer(s) | Howard Vaughton | 83' |

Assist(s) | Not recorded

Teams

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Starting XI

GK Archibald Vale | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 🔴 |
B Joe Simmonds | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
B Tom Riddell | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
HB Fred Dawson | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
HB Charles Apperley | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 🔴 |
HB Arthur Brown | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
IL Eli Davis | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
IL Howard Vaughton | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | ⚽ |
F Wally Roberts | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 🔴 |
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 A. McCallum
B W. Arnott
B A. H. Holm
HB Elliott | ⚽ |
HB J. J. Gow
RW W. Anderson | ⚽ |
RW E. Fraser
LW R. W. Christie
LW D. Allan
CF D. Smith | ⚽ | ⚽ | ⚽ |
CF W. Harrower | ⚽ |

Substitutes

No Substitutions permitted in period

Unused Substitutes

No Substitutions permitted in period

Match Timeline

🥅 | 10' Goal, 0-1, (Queen’s Park), Elliott
🥅 | 30' Goal, 0-2, (Queen’s Park), W. Harrower
🕒 | HT Queen’s Park 2-0 Aston Villa
🥅 | Goal, 0-3, (Queen’s Park), D. Smith
🥅 | Goal, 0-4, (Queen’s Park), D. Smith
🥅 | Goal, 0-5, (Queen’s Park), W. Anderson
🥅 | Goal, 0-6, (Queen’s Park), D. Smith
⚽ | 83' Goal, 1-6, Howard Vaughton
🕒 | FT Queen’s Park 6-1 Aston Villa

On This Day

  • Villa follow up their biggest FA Cup win with their heaviest FA Cup defeat as they are comprehensively beaten by a scratch side in Glasgow. Howard Vaughton hit Villa's consolation.

  • Villa face Queen's Park for the first time in competitive football, Queen's Park become the 9th team that the Villa first team has played in League or Cup football and the first Scottish club.

  • Villa’s suffer their heaviest FA Cup defeat in their first match versus Scottish opposition just a game after recording their biggest ever win. 

  • Meanwhile, goalkeeper Archibald Vale, defender Charles Apperley and forward Wally Roberts made their final FA Cup appearances for Villa.

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