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Bob Chatt |
Aston Villa
FC
uncapped
1894 |
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Timeline |
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Robert Chatt |
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Birth |
Monday, 18 October 1869 in Newgate Street, Barnard Castle, County Durham
[registered in Teesdale, December 1869] |
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Baptism |
Sunday, 7 November 1869 at Parochial Chapelry, Barnard Castle |
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According to the 1871 census,
one year-old Robert is the youngest of seven children (the sixth son) to
Thomas and Margaret (née Snaith). They live in Newgate Street in Barnard
Castle and his father is a sergeant in the Durham Fusiliers. |
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According to the 1881 census,
Robert, now a scholar, now has two younger brothers and a younger sister
making him one of nine at home on Newgate Street with his sergeant father
and mother. |
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According to the 1891 census,
Robert, a professional football player, is one of six still at home in
Newgate Street with their parents. His father now a militia pensioner. |
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Marriage |
to Margaret Collinson |
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According to the 1901 census,
Robert, now married to Margaret, is a game keeper, and they live on Morton
Road in West Newton with Burton Constable, with four children, Margaret
Elizabeth, Robert Ashton, Mabel Annie and Jane Auty. |
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According to the 1911 census,
Robert is a football trainer. still married to Margaret, living at 3 Baker
Street in Ardwick. They have six children with them, Albert Edward, Gladys
May, Joseph William and Beatrice Violet are the new additions. The census
reveals they had eleven children, and four had tragically died. |
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According to the 1939 census, Robert is living
at 15 Dawson Road, in Barnard Castle. He is a married old age pensioner
living with four of his children. |
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Death |
early 1955 [registered in Durham SW, March 1955] |
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Source |
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Playing Career |
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Club(s) |
Began his career
with Cleator Moor FC, before joining local Northern League club,
Middlesbrough Ironopolis FC. He moved on to Aston Villa FC in April 1893,
and left in June 1898, when he retired from
the professional game. He was reinstated as an amateur and went back to
his Durham roots as he joined Stockton FC. He went on to play for South
Shields FC and Willington Athletic FC. |
League History
86 appearances,
19 goals |
Aston Villa FC 1893-98 86 appearances,
nineteen goals.
debut: 15 April 1893 Accrington FC 1 Aston Villa FC 1.
last:30 April 1898 Aston Villa FC 2 Nottingham Forest FC. |
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Club honours |
Football League Champions 1893-94 (13 apps, 5gls), 1895-96
(17, 3gls), 1896-97 (11, 1gl), third place 1894-95 (27, 10gls);
FA Cup winners 1894-95 (3, 3gls), 1896-97 (1); FA Amateur Cup winners
1898-99; |
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Individual honours |
none |
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Distinctions |
His FA Cup Final goal after forty seconds in
1895 is the quickest on record. |
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Height/Weight |
not known; described as the 'silvery-haired half-back' |
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England Career |
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Position(s) |
Inside-forward |
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Individual honours |
None |
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Beyond England |
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Chatt became the trainer
at various clubs, starting with Doncaster Rovers FC for 1904-05. Port Vale
in 1905-06. Then onto Manchester City FC from 1906 until 1916. He returned
to South Shields in 1919, then Caerphilly FC for 1921-22 and finally
Newport County AFC from 1922 until 1931. |
