Everton v Aston Villa, 25 December 1897

Score2-1 to Everton
CompetitionLeague Division One
VenueGoodison Park
Attendance18,000

View Everton v Aston Villa head to head

2 Everton

1 Aston Villa

Goals:

Edgar Chadwick G
John Tait Robertson G

Goals:

Fred Wheldon G

Starting lineup:

Goalkeeper William Muir
Right back Peter Meehan
Left back David Storrier
Centre half John Holt
Centre half Jack Taylor
Left half William Seymour Stewart
Wing half John Tait Robertson
Centre forward Stanley Laurence Thomas Bell
Forward Edgar Chadwick
Forward John Divers
Winger John Bell

Starting lineup:

Jimmy Whitehouse Goalkeeper
Albert Sharp Right back
Jimmy Cowan Defender
Jimmy Crabtree Full back
Albert Evans Full back
Tommy Bowman Half back
Charlie Athersmith Outside right
Fred Wheldon Forward
Harold Harvey Inside right
John Cowan Winger
John Fisher Inside forward

2 Everton

Goals:

Edgar Chadwick G
John Tait Robertson G

Starting lineup:

Goalkeeper William Muir
Right back Peter Meehan
Left back David Storrier
Centre half John Holt
Centre half Jack Taylor
Left half William Seymour Stewart
Wing half John Tait Robertson
Centre forward Stanley Laurence Thomas Bell
Forward Edgar Chadwick
Forward John Divers
Winger John Bell

1 Aston Villa

Goals:

Fred Wheldon G

Starting lineup:

Jimmy Whitehouse Goalkeeper
Albert Sharp Right back
Jimmy Cowan Defender
Jimmy Crabtree Full back
Albert Evans Full back
Tommy Bowman Half back
Charlie Athersmith Outside right
Fred Wheldon Forward
Harold Harvey Inside right
John Cowan Winger
John Fisher Inside forward