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CF William Crossland | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #10 |

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1879-81 🕒 6 | ⚽ 1 | 🔥 0 | #10 |

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CF William Crossland | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #10 |

Personal Profile

Full Name
Birth Date
Birthplace
Birth Country
Citizenship
Height
Foot
William Samuel Crossland
February 1856
West Bromwich
England
🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿
England
🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿
Personal
Transfer In

CF William Crossland | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #10 |

Transfer In

Season
Date
Age
Fee
From
From
Signed Under
1879-80
1879
23
Free
Oldbury Town
Management Committee
Season
Date
Age
Fee
From
From
Returned Under
Season
Date
Age
Fee
From
From
Returned Under
Career

CF William Crossland | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #10 |

Villa Career

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 William Crossland | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
Aston Villa 1879-81 | Free |
FA Cup |
🕒 6 | ⚽ 1 | 🔥 0 | #10 |

CF William Crossland | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #10 |

Played Under

Management Committee 1879-81

CF William Crossland | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #10 |

Career Summary

Seasons
Appearances 🕒
Starts 🕒
Substitute 🔁
Unused Sub 🇺
Points per Game (PPG)
3
6
6
0
0
🟩 Won
🟩 Win %
🟨 Drew
🟨 Drawn %
🟥 Lost
🟥 Loss %
Goals ⚽
Assists 🔥
Yellow Cards 🟨
Red Cards 🟥
1
0
-
-
Goal Involvements (GI)
Games per Goal (GPG)
Games per Goal Involvement (GiPG)
1
6.00
Seasons

CF William Crossland | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #10 |

Season by Season Record

Season
Age
Lg
#
🕒
🕒
🔁
⚽
🔥
🇺
🟩
🟩
🟨
🟨
🟥
🟥
PPG
GPG
GiPG
1879-80
23
FAC
2
2
0
0
0
0
0.00
Season
Age
Lg
#
🕒
🕒
🔁
⚽
🔥
🇺
🟩
🟩
🟨
🟨
🟥
🟥
PPG
GPG
GiPG
1880-81
24
FAC
3
3
0
0
0
0
0.00
Season
Age
Lg
#
🕒
🕒
🔁
⚽
🔥
🇺
🟩
🟩
🟨
🟨
🟥
🟥
PPG
GPG
GiPG
1881-82
25
FAC
1
1
0
1
0
0
1.00
Season
Age
Lg
#
🕒
🕒
🔁
⚽
🔥
🇺
🟩
🟩
🟨
🟨
🟥
🟥
PPG
GPG
GiPG
Season
Age
Lg
#
🕒
🕒
🔁
⚽
🇺
🔥
🟩
🟩
🟨
🟨
🟥
🟥
PPG
GPG
GiPG
Season
Age
Lg
#
🕒
🕒
🔁
⚽
🔥
🇺
🟩
🟩
🟨
🟨
🟥
🟥
PPG
GPG
GiPG
Season
Age
Lg
#
🕒
🕒
🔁
⚽
🔥
🇺
🟩
🟩
🟨
🟨
🟥
🟥
PPG
GPG
GiPG
Season
Age
Lg
#
🕒
🕒
🔁
⚽
🔥
🇺
🟩
🟩
🟨
🟨
🟥
🟥
PPG
GPG
GiPG
Season
Age
Lg
#
🕒
🕒
🔁
⚽
🔥
🇺
🟩
🟩
🟨
🟨
🟥
🟥
PPG
GPG
GiPG
Season
Age
Lg
#
🕒
🕒
🔁
⚽
🔥
🇺
🟩
🟩
🟨
🟨
🟥
🟥
PPG
GPG
GiPG
Season
Age
Lg
#
🕒
🕒
🔁
⚽
🔥
🇺
🟩
🟩
🟨
🟨
🟥
🟥
PPG
GPG
GiPG
Season
Age
Lg
#
🕒
🕒
🔁
⚽
🔥
🇺
🟩
🟩
🟨
🟨
🟥
🟥
PPG
GPG
GiPG
Season
Age
Lg
#
🕒
🕒
🔁
⚽
🔥
🇺
🟩
🟩
🟨
🟨
🟥
🟥
PPG
GPG
GiPG
Season
Age
Lg
#
🕒
🕒
🔁
⚽
🔥
🇺
🟩
🟩
🟨
🟨
🟥
🟥
PPG
GPG
GiPG
Season
Age
Lg
#
🕒
🕒
🔁
⚽
🔥
🇺
🟩
🟩
🟨
🟨
🟥
🟥
PPG
GPG
GiPG
Season
Age
Lg
#
🕒
🕒
🔁
⚽
🔥
🇺
🟩
🟩
🟨
🟨
🟥
🟥
PPG
GPG
GiPG
Season
Age
Lg
#
🕒
🕒
🔁
⚽
🔥
🇺
🟩
🟩
🟨
🟨
🟥
🟥
PPG
GPG
GiPG

CF William Crossland | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #10 |

Goalkeeping Record

Goalkeeper #
Goals Conceded 🥅
Goals Conceded per Game (CPG)
Clean Sheets ⛔
% Clean Sheets ⛔ %

CF William Crossland | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #10 |

Season by Season Goalkeeping Record

Season
Age
Lg
🕒
🥅
CPG
⛔
⛔
1879-80
23
FAC
2
Season
Age
Lg
🕒
🥅
CPG
⛔
⛔
1880-81
24
FAC
3
Season
Age
Lg
🕒
🥅
CPG
⛔
⛔
1881-82
25
FAC
1
Season
Age
Lg
🕒
🥅
CPG
⛔
⛔
Season
Age
Lg
🕒
🥅
CPG
⛔
⛔
Season
Age
Lg
🕒
🥅
CPG
⛔
⛔
Season
Age
Lg
🕒
🥅
CPG
⛔
⛔
Season
Age
Lg
🕒
🥅
CPG
⛔
⛔
Season
Age
Lg
🕒
🥅
CPG
⛔
⛔
Season
Age
Lg
🕒
🥅
CPG
⛔
⛔
Season
Age
Lg
🕒
🥅
CPG
⛔
⛔
Season
Age
Lg
🕒
🥅
CPG
⛔
⛔
Season
Age
Lg
🕒
🥅
CPG
⛔
⛔
Season
Age
Lg
🕒
🥅
CPG
⛔
⛔
Season
Age
Lg
🕒
🥅
CPG
⛔
⛔
Season
Age
Lg
🕒
🥅
CPG
⛔
⛔
Season
Age
Lg
🕒
🥅
CPG
⛔
⛔

CF William Crossland | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #10 |

Honours

Played for the Villa

CF William Crossland | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #10 |

Villa Youth Record

n/a

Previous Clubs

West Bromwich Baptists
Hockley Heart of Oak
Oldbury Town

CF William Crossland | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #10 |

Debut

Squad From Season
First Squad Match
First Squad Under
1879-80
13 December 1879
Management Committee
Promoted to First Team Under
Promoted to First Team Date
Management Committee
13 December 1879
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Debut Season
Debut Date
Debut Age
Debut Under
1879-80
13 December 1879
23
Management Committee
Debut

CF William Crossland | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #10 |

First Goal Date

Game #
Match
Scorer(s)

CF William Crossland | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #10 |

Loans Out

None

Final

CF William Crossland | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #10 |

Final Appearance

Final Season
Final Game
Final Age
Final Game Under
1881-82
5 November 1881
25
Management Committee
Squad To Season
Final Squad
Final Squad Under
1881-82
5 November 1881
Management Committee
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CF William Crossland | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #10 |

Transfer Out

Out Season
Transfer Out Date
Age
Fee
To
To
Left Under
1881-82
1881
25
Released
Retired
Management Committee
Out Season
Transfer Out Date
Age
Fee
To
To
Left Under
Out Season
Transfer Out Date
Age
Fee
To
To
Left Under
Transfer Out

CF William Crossland | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #10 |

Subsequent Clubs

Retired

Quotes

CF William Crossland | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #10 |

Quotes

Biography

CF William Crossland | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #10 |

Biography

Player #10 for Aston Villa, William Samuel Crossland played as a forward for the club.

William made his debut in the 1879-80 FA Cup campaign - Villa’s first entry into the competition

William was born in West Bromwich, seven miles from the current Villa ground, on 1st February 1856 and made his debut as a 23 year old on the 13th December 1879.

Villa had signed William from Oldbury Town and he went on to represent the club across 3 seasons from 1879-80 to 1881-82.

William’s final game came on 5th November 1881 having made 6 FA Cup appearances and having reached the 4th Round on two occasions. He retired from football through injury aged 25.

William passed away in Birmingham in February 1923 aged 67.

Died

1 February 1923, Aged 67

Appearances

CF William Crossland | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #10 |

Appearances

6

Game
Matchday Summary
Match Squad
Game #1
🟨 13 Dec 1879, Villa 1-1 Stafford Road
Villa XI: GK John Ball | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | B Ted Lee | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | B Harry Simmonds | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | HB Tommy Pank | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | HB Sammy Law | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | HB Charlie Johnstone | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | IL Eli Davis | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | IR Andy Hunter | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | IF Billy Mason | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | CF Archie Hunter | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | CF William Crossland | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
Game #2
🟩 24 Jan 1880, Villa 3-1 Stafford Road, Wellington Road
Villa XI: GK John Ball | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | B Harry Simmonds | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | B Ted Lee | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | HB Tommy Pank | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | HB Sammy Law | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | IL Eli Davis | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | IF Billy Mason | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | IF George Ramsay | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | IR Andy Hunter | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | CF Archie Hunter | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | CF William Crossland | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
Game #3
🟩 30 Oct 1880, Villa 5-3 Wednesbury Strollers, Wellington Road
GK George Copley | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | B Ted Lee | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | HB Tommy Pank | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | HB Sammy Law | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | HB Charlie Johnstone | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | IR Bill Watts | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | IR Andy Hunter | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | IL Eli Davis | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | IL Howard Vaughton | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | CF Archie Hunter | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | CF William Crossland | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
Game #5
🟩 12 Feb 1881, Villa 3-1 Notts County, Trent Bridge
GK George Copley | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | B Harry Simmonds | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | B Ted Lee | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | HB Tommy Pank | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | HB Sammy Law | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | HB Arthur Brown | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | IL Eli Davis | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | IL Howard Vaughton | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | IR Andy Hunter | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | CF Archie Hunter | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | CF William Crossland | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
Game #6
🟥 19 Feb 1881, Villa 2-3 Stafford Road, Wellington Road
GK George Copley | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | B Harry Simmonds | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | B Ted Lee | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | HB Tommy Pank | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | HB Sammy Law | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | HB Arthur Brown | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | IR Bill Watts | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | IL Eli Davis | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | IL Howard Vaughton | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | CF Archie Hunter | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | CF William Crossland | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
Game #7
🟩 5 Nov 1881, Villa 4-1 Forest, Wellington Road
GK George Copley | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | B Ted Lee | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | B Harry Simmonds | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | HB Tommy Pank | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | HB Sammy Law | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | HB Arthur Brown | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | HB Eli Davis | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | HB Fred Dawson | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | IL Howard Vaughton | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | IR William Crossland | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | CF Olly Whateley | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

CF William Crossland | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #10 |

Starts

6

Game
Matchday Summary
Line Up
Game #1
🟨 13 Dec 1879, Villa 1-1 Stafford Road
GK John Ball | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 🟢 | B Ted Lee | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 🟢 | B Harry Simmonds | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 🟢 | HB Tommy Pank | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 🟢 | HB Sammy Law | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 🟢 | HB Charlie Johnstone | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 🟢 | IL Eli Davis | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 🟢 | IR Andy Hunter | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | 🟢 | ⚽ | IF Billy Mason | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 🟢 | CF Archie Hunter | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | 🟢 | CF William Crossland | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 🟢 |
Game #2
🟩 24 Jan 1880, Villa 3-1 Stafford Road, Wellington Road
GK John Ball | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 🔴 | B Harry Simmonds | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | B Ted Lee | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | HB Tommy Pank | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | HB Sammy Law | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | ⚽ | IL Eli Davis | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 🔥 | IF Billy Mason | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | ⚽ | ⚽ | 🔴 | IF George Ramsay | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | 🟢 | 🔴 | IR Andy Hunter | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | 🔥 | CF Archie Hunter | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | CF William Crossland | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
Game #3
🟩 30 Oct 1880, Villa 5-3 Wednesbury Strollers, Wellington Road
GK George Copley | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 🟢 | B Ted Lee | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | HB Tommy Pank | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | HB Sammy Law | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | HB Charlie Johnstone | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 🔴 | IR Bill Watts | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 🟢 | IR Andy Hunter | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | IL Eli Davis | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | IL Howard Vaughton | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 🟢 | CF Archie Hunter | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | CF William Crossland | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
Game #5
🟩 12 Feb 1881, Villa 3-1 Notts County, Trent Bridge
GK George Copley | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | B Harry Simmonds | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | B Ted Lee | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | HB Tommy Pank | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | HB Sammy Law | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | HB Arthur Brown | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | IL Eli Davis | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | IL Howard Vaughton | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | IR Andy Hunter | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | ⚽ | ⚽ | CF Archie Hunter | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | ⚽ | CF William Crossland | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
Game #6
🟥 19 Feb 1881, Villa 2-3 Stafford Road, Wellington Road
GK George Copley | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | B Harry Simmonds | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | B Ted Lee | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | HB Arthur Brown | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | HB Tommy Pank | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | HB Sammy Law | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | IR Bill Watts | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 🔴 | IL Eli Davis | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | ⚽ | IL Howard Vaughton | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | CF Archie Hunter | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | ⚽ | CF William Crossland | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
Game #7
🟩 5 Nov 1881, Villa 4-1 Forest, Wellington Road
GK George Copley | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 🔴 | B Ted Lee | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | B Harry Simmonds | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | HB Tommy Pank | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | HB Sammy Law | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | HB Fred Dawson | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 🟢 | HB Arthur Brown | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | ⚽ | ⚽ | HB Eli Davis | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | IL Howard Vaughton | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 🔥 | IR William Crossland | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | ⚽ | 🔴 | CF Olly Whateley | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 🟢 | 🔥 | ⚽ |
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CF William Crossland | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #10 |

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CF William Crossland | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #10 |

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CF William Crossland | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #10 |

Goals Scored

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Scorer(s)
Game #7
🟩 5 Nov 1881, Villa 4-1 Forest, Wellington Road
Scorer(s) | Arthur Brown | 1-1 | 4-1 | William Crossland | 2-1 | Olly Whateley | 3-1 |
Goals
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CF William Crossland | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #10 |

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Game #6
🟥 19 Feb 1881, Villa 2-3 Stafford Road, Wellington Road
Assist(s) | William Crossland | 1-1 |
Cards

CF William Crossland | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #10 |

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CF William Crossland | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #10 |

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CF William Crossland | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #10 |

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CF William Crossland | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #10 |

Matches

CF William Crossland | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #10 |

🟨 13 Dec 1879, Villa 1-1 Stafford Road

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Game #1

Manager: Management Committee 1879-86
Referee: Unknown
HT Score: Unknown
FT Score: 🟨 1-1
FT Result: 🟨 Drew
Last 5 Games: 🟨

Season | 1879-80 |
Matchday | #1 |
Manager Game | #1 |
Saturday, 13 December 1879

Full Match Report

Scorer(s) | Andy Hunter | 1-1 |

Assists(s) | Not recorded

Teams

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Starting XI

GK John Ball | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 🟢 |
B Ted Lee | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 🟢 |
B Harry Simmonds | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 🟢 |
HB Tommy Pank | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 🟢 |
HB Sammy Law | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 🟢 |
HB Charlie Johnstone | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 🟢 |
IL Eli Davis | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 🟢 |
IR Andy Hunter | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | 🟢 | ⚽ |
IF Billy Mason | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 🟢 |
CF Archie Hunter | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | 🟢 |
CF William Crossland | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 🟢 |

Substitutes

No Substitutions permitted in period

Unused Substitutes

No Substitutions permitted in period

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Starting XI

GK E. Ray
B G. Selman
HB A. Mayor
HB H. Vaughan
HB A. Nicholls
F J. W. Whitehead
F C. Davies
F W. Arthur
F W. Tisdell
F H. Crane
F Charles Crump ⚽

Substitutes

No Substitutions permitted in period

Unused Substitutes

No Substitutions permitted in period

Match Timeline

🟢 | 1’ Debut, John Ball, Harry Simmonds, Tommy Pank, Sammy Law, Ted Lee, Eli Davis, Billy Mason, Archie Hunter, Charlie Johnstone, William Crossland and Andy Hunter
🥅 | Goal, 0-1, (Stafford Road), Charles Crump
⚽ | Goal, 1-1, Andy Hunter
🕒 | FT Stafford Road 1-1 Aston Villa

On This Day

  • Villa face Stafford Road for the first time in competitive football, Stafford Road become the 1st team that the Villa first team has played in League or Cup football.

  • Villa received a Bye in the first round of the FA Cup and therefore made their Cup debut in the Second Round on the Wolverhampton ground of Stafford Road Railway Works Football Club needing an equaliser from Andy Hunter to force a replay at Wellington Road. 

  • John Ball, Harry Simmonds, Tommy Pank, Sammy Law, Ted Lee, Eli Davis, Billy Mason, Archie Hunter, Charlie Johnstone, William Crossland and Andy Hunter made their FA Cup debuts for the club.

  • Andy Hunter scores Villa's first ever goal in the competition.

CF William Crossland | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #10 |

🟩 24 Jan 1880, Villa 3-1 Stafford Road, Wellington Road

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Game #2

Manager: Management Committee 1879-86
Referee: L. H. Cofield | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 1880-
HT Score: 🟩 1-0
FT Result: 🟩 Won
FT Score: 🟩 3-1
Last 5: 🟨 🟩

Season | 1879-80 |
Matchday | #2 |
Manager Game | #2 |
Saturday, 24 January 1880

Full Match Report

Scorer(s) | Billy Mason | 1-0 | 2-0 | Sammy Law | 3-0 |

Assists(s) | Eli Davis | 1-0 | Andy Hunter | 2-0 |

Teams

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Starting XI

GK John Ball | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 🔴 |
B Harry Simmonds | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
B Ted Lee | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
HB Tommy Pank | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
HB Sammy Law | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | ⚽ |
IL Eli Davis | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 🔥 |
IF Billy Mason | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | ⚽ | ⚽ | 🔴 |
IF George Ramsay | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | 🟢 | 🔴 |
IR Andy Hunter | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | 🔥 |
CF Archie Hunter | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
CF William Crossland | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

Substitutes

No Substitutions permitted in period

Unused Substitutes

No Substitutions permitted in period

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Starting XI

GK E. Ray
B G. Selman
HB Muir
HB Grant
HB A. Nicholls
F C. Davies
F Reeves
F Holden
F H. Crane
F J. W. Whitehead
F Charles Crump ⚽

Substitutes

No Substitutions permitted in period

Unused Substitutes

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Match Timeline

🟢 | 1’ Debut, George Ramsay
⚽ | Goal, 1-0, Billy Mason, Assist by Eli Davis
🕒 | HT Aston Villa 1-0 Stafford Road
⚽ | Goal, 2-0, Billy Mason, Assist by Andy Hunter
⚽ | Goal, 3-0, Sammy Law
🥅 | Goal, 3-1, (Stafford Road), Charles Crump
🕒 | FT Aston Villa 3-1 Stafford Road

On This Day

Having secured a draw in the original tie at the Wolverhampton ground of the Stafford Road Railway Works Football Club, Villa sweep aside their opponents in the replay at Wellington Road. Villa however, still an amateur and pecuniary disadvantaged club, had lost the toss for home status in the third round tie with Oxford University and withdrew from the competition being unable to formulate a side capable of fulfilling the fixture. Meanwhile, forward and future Villa leader George Ramsay made his sole appearance for Villa in the FA Cup whilst goalkeeper John Ball and forward Billy Mason made their final appearances for Villa.

CF William Crossland | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #10 |

🟩 30 Oct 1880, Villa 5-3 Wednesbury Strollers, Wellington Road

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Game #3

Manager: Management Committee 1879-86
Referee: Unknown
HT Score: 🟥 1-3
FT Result: 🟩 Won
FT Score: 🟩 5-3
Last 5: 🟨 🟩 🟩

Season | 1880-81 |
Matchday | #1 |
Manager Game | #3 |
Saturday, 30 October 1880

Full Match Report

Scorer(s) | Not recorded

Assist(s) | Not recorded

Teams

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Starting XI

GK George Copley | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 🟢 |
B Ted Lee | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
HB Tommy Pank | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
HB Sammy Law | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
HB Charlie Johnstone | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 🔴 |
IR Bill Watts | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 🟢 |
IR Andy Hunter | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
IL Eli Davis | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
IL Howard Vaughton | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 🟢 |
CF Archie Hunter | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
CF William Crossland | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

Substitutes

No Substitutions permitted in period

Unused Substitutes

No Substitutions permitted in period

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Starting XI

GK Beddow
B Alf Harvey
HB Scott
HB Tom Bryan
HB Jones
IR Powis
IR Parker
IL Knowles
IL Taylor
CF Burns
CF Reilly

Substitutes

No Substitutions permitted in period

Unused Substitutes

No Substitutions permitted in period

Match Timeline

🟢 | 1’ Debut, George Copley, Bill Watts, Howard Vaughton
🕒 | HT Aston Villa 1-3 Wednesbury Strollers
🕒 | FT Aston Villa 5-3 Wednesbury Strollers

On This Day

  • Villa face Wednesbury Strollers for the first time in competitive football, Wednesbury Strollers become the 2nd team that the Villa first team has played in League or Cup football.

  • Villa record their biggest FA Cup win to date

  • Goalkeeper George Copley, utility player Bill Watts & forward Howard Vaughton made their Villa debuts in the FA Cup. 

  • Meanwhile, forward Charlie Johnstone made his final appearance for Villa in the FA Cup.

CF William Crossland | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #10 |

🟩 12 Feb 1881, Villa 3-1 Notts County, Trent Bridge

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Game #5

Manager: Management Committee 1879-86
Referee: Unknown
Kick off: 3.40pm
HT Score: 🟨 1-1
FT Result: 🟩 Won
FT Score: 🟩 3-1
Last 5: 🟨 🟩 🟩 🟩 🟩

Season | 1880-81 |
Matchday | #3 |
Manager Game | #5 |
Saturday, 12 February 1881

Full Match Report

Scorer(s) | Andy Hunter | 6' | 2-1 | Archie Hunter | 3-1 |

Assist(s) | Not recorded

Teams

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Starting XI

GK George Copley | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
B Harry Simmonds | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
B Ted Lee | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
HB Tommy Pank | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
HB Sammy Law | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
HB Arthur Brown | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
IL Eli Davis | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
IL Howard Vaughton | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
IR Andy Hunter | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | ⚽ | ⚽ |
CF Archie Hunter | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | ⚽ |
CF William Crossland | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

Substitutes

No Substitutions permitted in period

Unused Substitutes

No Substitutions permitted in period

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Starting XI

GK H. Greenhalgh | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
B Alfred Dobson | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
B H. Jepson | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
HB W. M'Crae | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
HB S. Palmer | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
HB H. Chapman | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
LW Harry Cursham | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
LW E. H. Greenhalgh | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
RW Arthur Cursham | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
RW C. Cursham | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | ⚽
CF Harold Morse | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

Substitutes

No Substitutions permitted in period

Unused Substitutes

No Substitutions permitted in period

Match Timeline

⚽ | 6’ Goal, 1-0, Andy Hunter
🥅 | Goal, 1-1, (Notts County), C Cursham
🕒 | HT Notts County 1-1 Aston Villa
⚽ | Goal, 2-1, Andy Hunter
⚽ | Goal, 3-1, Archie Hunter
🕒 | FT Notts County 1-3 Aston Villa

On This Day

  • Villa face Notts County for the first time in competitive football, County become the 4th team that the Villa first team has played in League or Cup football.

  • Villa play a second successive away tie in Nottingham but are successful once again and progress to the fourth round of the FA Cup.

CF William Crossland | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #10 |

🟥 19 Feb 1881, Villa 2-3 Stafford Road, Wellington Road

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Game #6

Manager: Management Committee 1879-86
Referee: W. Dodsworth | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 1881-
Kick off: 3.30pm
HT Score: 🟨 1-1
FT Result: 🟥 Lost
FT Score: 🟥 2-3
Last 5: 🟩 🟩 🟩 🟩 🟥

Season | 1880-81 |
Matchday | #4 |
Manager Game | #6 |
Saturday, 19 February 1881

Full Match Report

Scorer(s) | Archie Hunter | 1-1 | Eli Davis | 2-1 |

Assist(s) | William Crossland | 1-1 |

Teams

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Starting XI

GK George Copley | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
B Harry Simmonds | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
B Ted Lee | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
HB Arthur Brown | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
HB Tommy Pank | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
HB Sammy Law | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
IR Bill Watts | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 🔴 |
IL Eli Davis | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | ⚽ |
IL Howard Vaughton | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CF Archie Hunter | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | ⚽ |
CF William Crossland | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

Substitutes

No Substitutions permitted in period

Unused Substitutes

No Substitutions permitted in period

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Starting XI

GK E. Ray
B Colin Dorrance
HB G. Selman
HB Turton
HB A. Nicholls
F A. T. Ward
F R. Gowland ⚽ ⚽
F James
F Shone
F J. W. Whitehead
F Charles Crump ⚽

Substitutes

No Substitutions permitted in period

Unused Substitutes

No Substitutions permitted in period

Match Timeline

🥅 | Goal, 0-1, (Stafford Road), Gowland
⚽ | Goal, 1-1, Archie Hunter, Assist by William Crossland
🕒 | HT Aston Villa 1-1 Stafford Road
⚽ | Goal, 2-1, Eli Davis
🥅 | Goal, 2-2, (Stafford Road), Crump
🥅 | Goal, 2-3, (Stafford Road), Gowland
🕒 | FT Aston Villa 2-3 Stafford Road

On This Day

Utility player Bill Watts made his final appearance for Villa in the FA Cup as the club are knocked out on merit for the first time by Wolverhampton's premier club Stafford Road Railway Works Football Club.

CF William Crossland | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #10 |

🟩 5 Nov 1881, Villa 4-1 Forest, Wellington Road

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Game #7

Manager: Management Committee 1879-86
Referee: C. W. Alcock | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Secretary of the Football Association, 1881-
Kick off: 3.25pm
HT Score: 🟨 1-1
FT Result: 🟩 Won
FT Score: 🟩 4-1
Last 5: 🟩 🟩 🟩 🟥 🟩

Season | 1881-82 |
Matchday | #1 |
Manager Game | #7 |
Saturday, 5 November 1881

Full Match Report

Scorer(s) | Arthur Brown | 1-1 | 4-1 | William Crossland | 2-1 | Olly Whateley | 3-1 |

Assist(s) | Olly Whateley | 1-1 | Howard Vaughton | 3-1 |

Teams

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Starting XI

GK George Copley | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 🔴 |
B Ted Lee | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
B Harry Simmonds | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
HB Tommy Pank | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
HB Sammy Law | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
HB Fred Dawson | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 🟢 |
HB Arthur Brown | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | ⚽ | ⚽ |
HB Eli Davis | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
IL Howard Vaughton | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 🔥 |
IR William Crossland | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | ⚽ | 🔴 |
CF Olly Whateley | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 🟢 | 🔥 | ⚽ |

Substitutes

No Substitutions permitted in period

Unused Substitutes

No Substitutions permitted in period

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Starting XI

GK John Sands | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
B T. W. Hancock
3QB Walter Luntley | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
3QB Edwin Luntley | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
HB William Parr | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
HB J. Unwin
LW Teddy Earp | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
LW W. Gunn
RW H. Norman ⚽
RW C. Gouthorpe
CF Sam Widdowson | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

Substitutes

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Unused Substitutes

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Match Timeline

🟢 | 1’ Debut, Jim Dawson, Olly Whateley
🥅 | Goal, 0-1, (Nottingham Forest), Sammy Laws o.g.
❌ | Player retired injured, (Nottingham Forest), W. Luntley
⚽ | Goal, 1-1, Arthur Brown, Assist by Olly Whateley
🕒 | HT Aston Villa 1-1 Nottingham Forest
⚽ | Goal, 2-1, William Crossland
⚽ | Goal, 3-1, Olly Whateley, Assist by Howard Vaughton
⚽ | Goal, 4-1, Arthur Brown
🕒 | FT Aston Villa 4-1 Nottingham Forest

On This Day

Villa face Forest in the FA Cup for the second successive season and record a handsome win at Wellington Road as defender Jim Dawson & forward Olly Whateley made their FA Cup debuts for Villa. Meanwhile, goalkeeper George Copley and forward William Crossland made their final FA Cup appearances for Villa having made 5 and 10 appearances respectively.
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