F Wally Roberts | 🏴 | #26 |
Forward
1882-84 🕒 5 | ⚽ 0 | 🔥 0 | #26 |
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 |
Previous Player | Next Player |
---|---|
D GK Alf Harvey | 🏴 | #25 | | M Charles Apperley | 🏴 | #27 | |
F Wally Roberts | 🏴 | #26 |
Walter David Roberts
Personal Profile

Birth Date | Birthplace | Birth Country | Citizenship | Height | Foot |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
July 1859 | Stourbridge | England 🏴 | England 🏴 |
F Wally Roberts | 🏴 | #26 |
Villa Youth Record
Youth Record

n/a
F Wally Roberts | 🏴 | #26 |
Previous Clubs

Previous Clubs
Norton FC
F Wally Roberts | 🏴 | #26 |
Transfer In

Season | Joined Date | Aged | Fee | From | From | Signed Under |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1882-83 | 1882 | 23 | Free | Norton FC 🏴 | Management Committee |
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

🗓️ | 🕒 | ✅ | 🔁 | 🇺 | 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






🕒 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
F Wally Roberts | 🏴 | #26 |
Season by Season Record
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

🗓️ | 🎂 | 〽️ | 🏆 | 🕒 | ✅ | 🔁 | 🇺 | 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 |
F Wally Roberts | 🏴 | #26 |
Goalkeeping Record

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

Played for the Villa
F Wally Roberts | 🏴 | #26 |
Debuts & Dates

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 |
F Wally Roberts | 🏴 | #26 |
Loans Out

Loans
None
F Wally Roberts | 🏴 | #26 |
Transfer Out

Season | Date | Aged | Fee | To | To | Left Under |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1883-84 | 1884 | 24 | Free | Church FC 🏴 | Management Committee |
F Wally Roberts | 🏴 | #26 |
Subsequent Clubs

Subsequent Clubs
Church FC
Retired
F Wally Roberts | 🏴 | #26 |
Quotes

F Wally Roberts | 🏴 | #26 |
Biography
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
F Wally Roberts | 🏴 | #26 |
Appearances
5

F Wally Roberts | 🏴 | #26 |
Starts
5

F Wally Roberts | 🏴 | #26 |
Substitute Appearances
0

Game | Matchday Summary | Substitutes |
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F Wally Roberts | 🏴 | #26 |
Unused Substitute Appearances
0

Game | Matchday Summary | Unused Substitutes |
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F Wally Roberts | 🏴 | #26 |
Goals Scored
0

Game | Matchday Summary | Scorer(s) |
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F Wally Roberts | 🏴 | #26 |
Assists Made
0

Game | Matchday Summary | Assist(s) |
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F Wally Roberts | 🏴 | #26 |
Cards Received
🟨

0
🟥
-
Game | Matchday Summary | Villa Cards |
---|
F Wally Roberts | 🏴 | #26 |
International Record

International Career | Caps with Villa |
---|---|
F Wally Roberts | 🏴 | #26 |
Matches

F Wally Roberts | 🏴 | #26 |
🟩 21 Oct 1882, Villa 4-1 Walsall Swifts, Wellington Road

Game #12
FA Cup
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
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

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 | 🏴 | ⚽ |
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
Starting XI
Substitutes
No Substitutions permitted in period
Unused Substitutes
No Substitutions permitted in period
Substitutes
No Substitutions Permitted in Period
Unused Substitutes
No Substitutions Permitted in Period
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
F Wally Roberts | 🏴 | #26 |
🟩 10 Nov 1883, Villa 5-1 Walsall Swifts, The Chuckery

Game #17
FA Cup
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
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

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 | 🏴 | ⚽ | ⚽ | ⚽ |
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
Starting XI
Substitutes
No Substitutions permitted in period
Unused Substitutes
No Substitutions permitted in period
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

Game #18
FA Cup
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
Scorer(s) | Arthur Brown | 1-0 | 2-0 | Archie Hunter | 3-0 | 4-0 | Olly Whateley | 5-0 |
Assist(s) | None
Teams

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 | 🏴 | ⚽ | ⚽ |
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
Starting XI
Substitutes
No Substitutions permitted in period
Unused Substitutes
No Substitutions permitted in period
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

Game #19
FA Cup
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
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

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 | 🏴 | ⚽ | ⚽ | ⚽ | ⚽ |
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 | ⚽ | ⚽ |
Starting XI
Substitutes
No Substitutions permitted in period
Unused Substitutes
No Substitutions permitted in period
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


Game #20
FA Cup
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
Scorer(s) | Howard Vaughton | 83' |
Assist(s) | Not recorded
Teams

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 | 🏴 |

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 | ⚽ |
Starting XI
Substitutes
No Substitutions permitted in period
Unused Substitutes
No Substitutions permitted in period
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.