Albert
Woolley played for Aston Villa between 1892 and 1895. This period
was a successful time for the club and it included Aston Villa's
first league title win in the 1894 to 1895 season. Other honours
for this period included the Staffordshire Senior FA Challenge
Cup (1893 and 1894), Lord Mayor of Birmingham Charity Cup (1892/1893
and 1894/1895), Birmingham & District League Champions (1894/1895)
and West Midlands League Champions (1894/1895).
The club played at the Perry Barr ground on Wellington Road and had
no problem filling the stands every Saturday. The Evening Mail on
occasions mention the vast amounts of carriages making their way
to the ground every week. These were the good times and unfortunately
Woolley was to leave the club the season before Villa achieved
the first ever league double!
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Perry Barr (1895)
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The image is taken
from the Birmingham Central library archives. It shows a map
of the Perry Barr ground as it was in 1895. Both the Birchfield
Road and Wellington Road still exist but there is now a series
of shops where the pitch would have been. |
1893/1894 League Champions Medal
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Every player from the 1893/1894 season was given a League Champions
Medal. The location of Albert's is unknown. |
1893/1894 Aston Villa team lineup
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The full team
and officials lineup from the 1893/1894 Season.
(left
to right)
Lees, Grierson, Cooper, Margoschis, Bird, McGregor, Dunning, Welford,
Rinder, Dunkley and Ramsay
Front Row: Groves, Cowan, Athersmith,
Hare, Devey, Hodgetts, Woolley, Reynolds and Johnson. |
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1893/1894 Aston Villa team lineup -
Left side
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Left side closeup of the team
and officials lineup from the 1893/1894 Season.
(left to right) Lees, Grierson, Cooper, Margoschis
and Bird.
Front Row: Groves, Cowan, Athersmith and Hare. |
1893/1894 Aston Villa team lineup -
Right side
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Right side closeup of the team
and officials lineup from the 1893/1894 Season.
(left to right) McGregor, Dunning, Welford, Rinder,
Dunkley and Ramsay
Front Row: Devey, Hodgetts, Woolley, Reynolds
and Johnson. |
1894 Aston Villa team lineup
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The full team plus officials
from the 1894 Season.
(left to right) John Baird, C.S.Johnson (linesman)
A Dunkey (treasurer), Bill Dunning, J.Grierson (trainer), unknown
official, William McGregor (vice-president) & unknown
Seated: Charlie Athersmith, Bob Chatt, John Devey,
Dennis Hodgetts & Albert Woolley
Front: Jack Reynolds, James Cowan & George Russell. |
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