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Howard
Spencer |
Aston Villa FC
three captaincies, 0 goals
P 3 W 3 D
0 L 0 F 8: A 1
100% successful
1903-05
full appearances: six
minutes as captain: 270 |
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Timeline |
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Howard Spencer |
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Birth |
Monday, 23 August 1875
in Lichfield Road, Edgbaston, Birmingham, Warwickshire |
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registered in Aston July-September 1875. |
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Death |
Sunday, 14 January 1940
at The Hollies on Four Oaks Road in Sutton Coldfield,
Warwickshire |
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aged
64 years 144 days |
registered in Sutton Coldfield January-March 1940. |
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Source |
 Douglas Lammings' An
English Football Internationalist Who's Who [1990] & |
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Playing Career |
Club(s) |
Played schoolboy football
in Birmingham before joining Birmingham junior side Stamford FC and then
Birchfield Trinity FC, from where he joined Aston Villa FC in August 1894.
In the early part of the 1898-99 season, Spencer refused to re-sign with
Villa because of injury, despite the club offering to pay for specialist
treatment. But he recovered, and he came to terms with Villa in December.
After a successful playing career, and after
playing his last league matches in November 1907, he was eventually
reinstated as an amateur by the Football Association on 26 August 1909
after it had been defered a year. In
1912, Spencer was playing football with a coal trade team in a charity
match. |
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Club honours |
Football
League Division One third
place 1894-95 (23ᵃ 1ᵍ); Champions 1895-96
(29ᵃ 1ᵍ), 1896-97 (28ᵃ), 1898-99 (10ᵃ), 1899-1900 (28ᵃ), runners-up 18902-03 (27ᵃ), 1907-08 (3ᵃ);
FA Cup winners
1894-95 (4ᵃ), 1896-97 (7ᵃ), 1904-05 (5ᵃ); |
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Individual honours |
Football League
(nine appearances) |
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Distinctions |
None |
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Height/Weight |
5'
10½", 12st.
10-12lbs [1905]. |
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Source |
Douglas Lammings' An English
Football Internationalist Who's Who [1990]. |
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Captain Career |
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Captain number |
The 31st player to captain England. |
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Player number |
One of two
who
became 234th players (235) to
appear for England |
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Position(s) |
Right-back |
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First captaincy |
No. 77, 14 February 1903, England 4 Ireland
0,
a British Championship
match at Molineux, Waterloo Road North, St. Peter's, Wolverhampton, aged 27 years
175 days. |
Last captaincy
2 years 47 days |
No. 85, 1 April 1905, England 1 Scotland 0, a
British Championship match at The Sports Arena, Crystal Palace, Sydenham,
London, aged 29 years 221 days. |
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Major tournaments |
British Championship 1902-03,
1904-05; |
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Team honours |
British Championship shared 1902-03,
winners 1904-05; |
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Individual honours |
The North (one
appearanceᶜ January 1903) |
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P |
W |
D |
L |
F |
A |
GD |
FTS |
CS |
FAv |
AAv |
Pts% |
W/L |
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3 |
3 |
0 |
0 |
8 |
1 |
+7 |
0 |
2 |
2.667 |
0.333 |
100 |
+3 |
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All of his matches were played in the British Championship and at a
home venue |
Captain Opposition Record
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Opposition |
P |
W |
D |
L |
F |
A |
GD |
FTS
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CS |
FAv |
AAv |
Pts% |
W/L |
| Scotland |
1 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
+1 |
0 |
1 |
1.00 |
0.00 |
100.0 |
+1 |
| Wales |
1 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
3 |
1 |
+2 |
0 |
0 |
3.00 |
1.00 |
100.0 |
+1 |
|
Ireland |
1 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
4 |
0 |
+4 |
0 |
1 |
4.00 |
0.00 |
100.0 |
+1 |
Captain Tournament Record
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British Championship Competition |
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Type |
P |
W |
D |
L |
F |
A |
GD |
FTS |
CS |
FAv |
AAv |
Pts% |
W/L |
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BC 1902-03 |
1 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
4 |
0 |
+4 |
0 |
1 |
4.00 |
0.00 |
100.0 |
+1 |
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BC 1904-05 |
2 |
2 |
0 |
0 |
4 |
1 |
+3 |
0 |
1 |
2.00 |
0.50 |
100.0 |
+2 |
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BC
All |
3 |
3 |
0 |
0 |
8 |
1 |
+7 |
0 |
2 |
2.667 |
0.333 |
100.0 |
+3 |
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All Competition |
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Type |
P |
W |
D |
L |
F |
A |
GD |
FTS |
CS |
FAv |
AAv |
Pts% |
W/L |
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BC |
3 |
3 |
0 |
0 |
8 |
1 |
+7 |
0 |
2 |
2.667 |
0.333 |
100.0 |
+3 |
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3 |
3 |
0 |
0 |
8 |
1 |
+7 |
0 |
2 |
2.667 |
0.333 |
100 |
+3 |
Captain
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