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CF Walter Leigh | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #135 |

1899 🕒 1 | ⚽ 0 | 🔥 - | #135 |

Centre Forward

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CF Walter Leigh | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #135 |

Walter Herbert Leigh

Personal Profile

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Birth Date
Birthplace
Birth Country
Citizenship
Height
Foot
12 November 1874
Yardley, Birmingham
England 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿
England 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿
Personal

CF Walter Leigh | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #135 |

Villa Youth Record

Youth Record

n/a

CF Walter Leigh | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #135 |

Previous Clubs

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Previous Clubs

Hall Green School
Bournville FC
Calishead Amateurs

Transfer In

CF Walter Leigh | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #135 |

Transfer In

Season
Joined Date
Aged
Fee
From
From
Signed Under
1898-99 (DEBUT)
1898
24
Free
Calishead Amateurs 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿
George Ramsay
Career

CF Walter Leigh | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #135 |

Villa Career

Villa Career

CF Walter Leigh | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
Aston Villa 1899 |
Football League First Division |
🕒 1 | ⚽ 0 | 🔥 - | #135 |

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 |

CF Walter Leigh | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #135 |

Played Under

Managers

George Ramsay 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿

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

CF Walter Leigh | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #135 |

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

CF Walter Leigh | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #135 |

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

CF Walter Leigh | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #135 |

Season by Season Record

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🗓️
🎂
〽️
🏆
🕒
🔁
🇺
PPG
🟩
🟩 %
🟨
🟨 %
🟥
🟥 %
🔥
Yellow
Red
GI
GPG
GPGi
1898-99
23
D1
1
1
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

CF Walter Leigh | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #135 |

Goalkeeping Record

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GK #
🕒
🥅
CPG
⛔ %
Season
🕒
🥅
CPG
⛔ %

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

CF Walter Leigh | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #135 |

Honours

Villa Honours

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1898-99 League Champions |

CF Walter Leigh | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #135 |

Debuts & Dates

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Season
First Squad
Manager
1898-99
15 April 1899
George Ramsay 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿
Season
Debut
Manager
Aged
1898-99
15 April 1899
George Ramsay 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿
24
Game #
First Goal
Scorer(s)
Game #
First Assist
Game #
First Clean Sheet
Season
Final Game
Aged
Manager
1898-99
15 April 1899
24
George Ramsay 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿
Season
Final Squad
Manager
1898-99
15 April 1899
George Ramsay 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿
Debut
Loans

CF Walter Leigh | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #135 |

Loans Out

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Loans

None

Transfer Out

CF Walter Leigh | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #135 |

Transfer Out

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Season
Date
Aged
Fee
To
To
Left Under
1899-00
July 1899
24
Free
Altrincham FC 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿
George Ramsay 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿

CF Walter Leigh | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #135 |

Subsequent Clubs

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Subsequent Clubs

Altrincham FC
Retired

Quotes

CF Walter Leigh | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #135 |

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Quotes

Biography

CF Walter Leigh | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #135 |

Biography

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Player #135 for Aston Villa, Walter Herbert Leigh, nicknamed Swappy played as a centre forward for the club.

Walter played just once for Villa, during the 1898-99 season.

Walter was born in Yardley, just 7 miles from Villa Park, on 12th November 1874 and made his sole appearance for the club as a 21 year old on the 15th April 1899.

Villa had signed Walter from Calishead Amateurs and made his sole appearance for Villa in the 1898-99 League title win.

Walter then moved to Altrincham on 1st July 1899.

Walter played under the George Ramsay led Management Committee.

Walter passed away in 1938 aged 64.

Died

1938, Aged 64

Appearances

CF Walter Leigh | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #135 |

Appearances

1

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Game
Matchday Summary
Match Squad
Game #375
🟨 15 Apr 1899, Villa 1-1 Everton, Goodison Park
GK Billy George | CB Jimmy Cowan | FB Howard Spencer | FB Albert Evans | M Tommy Bowman | M Jimmy Crabtree | W Charlie Athersmith | W Steve Smith | F Fred Wheldon | CF Billy Garraty | CF Walter Leigh |

CF Walter Leigh | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #135 |

Starts

1

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Game
Matchday Summary
Line Up
Game #375
🟨 15 Apr 1899, Villa 1-1 Everton, Goodison Park
GK Billy George | CB Jimmy Cowan | FB Howard Spencer | FB Albert Evans | M Tommy Bowman | M Jimmy Crabtree | W Charlie Athersmith | W Steve Smith | F Fred Wheldon | CF Billy Garraty | CF Walter Leigh |
Starts
Subs

CF Walter Leigh | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #135 |

Substitute Appearances

0

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Game
Matchday Summary
Substitutes
Unused

CF Walter Leigh | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #135 |

Unused Substitute Appearances

0

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Game
Matchday Summary
Unused Substitutes
Goals

CF Walter Leigh | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #135 |

Goals Scored

0

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Game
Matchday Summary
Scorer(s)
Assists

CF Walter Leigh | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #135 |

Assists Made

0

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Game
Matchday Summary
Assist(s)
Cards

CF Walter Leigh | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #135 |

Cards Received

🟨

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0

🟥

-

Game
Matchday Summary
Villa Cards
International

CF Walter Leigh | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #135 |

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International Record

International Career
Caps with Villa
Matches

CF Walter Leigh | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #135 |

Matches

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CF Walter Leigh | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #135 |

🟨 15 Apr 1899, Villa 1-1 Everton, Goodison Park

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Game #375

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

Season | 1898-99 |
Matchday | #32 |
League Match | #30 |
Manager Game | #349 |
Saturday, 15 April 1899

Division One

Scorer(s) | Steve Smith |

Assists(s) | Not recorded

Teams

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Starting XI

GK Billy George |
CB Jimmy Cowan |
FB Howard Spencer |
FB Albert Evans |
M Tommy Bowman |
M Jimmy Crabtree |
W Charlie Athersmith |
W Steve Smith |
F Fred Wheldon |
CF Billy Garraty |
CF Walter Leigh |

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, Walter Leigh
HT Everton 0-0 Aston Villa
Goal, 1-0, Steve Smith
Goal, 1-1, (Everton)
FT Everton 1-1 Aston Villa

On This Day

Villa’s draw with Everton opens the door for Liverpool to take top spot - the first time Villa had not topped the table since October 1898. Villa however were just a point behind with a game in hand and four games to play. Centre forward Walter Leigh made his sole appearance for Villa aged 24 after joining from Calishead Amateurs. Leigh would later move on to Altrincham.
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