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DATE	OPPONENT	H/A	F-A	SCORERS	GATE	POS
Sat 10 Sep	Bolton Wanderers	A	1-3	Geddes - Wilson, Dickenson, McNee	4,100	15
Sat 17 Sep	Wolverhampton W	H	2-1	Bassett, Bastock - Wykes	4,000	12
Mon 19 Sep	Aston Villa	H	3-2	McLeod, Pearson 2 - J Devey, Davis	11,239	7
Sat 24 Sep	Derby County	A	1-1	Pearson - Bloomer (pen)	7,000	7
Sat 01 Oct	Newton Heath	H	0-0		4,000	7
Sat 08 Oct	Newton Heath	A	4-2	McLeod, Bassett, Bastock 2 - Donaldson, Hood	4,600	5
Sat 15 Oct	Everton	H	3-0	Wood, Pearson 2	4,800	4
Sat 22 Oct	Sunderland (1)	A	1-8	Bassett - Wilson, Campbell 2, Millar 3, Gibson, Scott	8,000	5
Sat 29 Oct	Notts County	H	4-2	Geddes, Pearson, Bassett, Bastock - Burke, Bruce	3,000	5
Sat 05 Nov	Aston Villa	A	2-5	Geddes 2 - A Brown 2, Hare, Burton, J Devey	12,100	6
Mon 07 Nov	Bolton Wanderers	H	1-0	Geddes	4,000	6
Sat 12 Nov	Accrington	H	4-0	Groves 2, McLeod, Bastock	4,000	3
Sat 19 Nov	Notts County	A	1-8	McLeod - Daft 3, Oswald 3, Bruce 2	8,000	4
Sat 26 Nov	Stoke	H	1-2	Pearson - Schofield, Evans	607	6
Sat 10 Dec	Preston North End	H	0-1	Becton	4,000	8
Sat 17 Dec	Accrington	A	4-5	McLeod, Pearson, Bastock 2 - T Lea 2, Cookson, Whitehead, H Lea	3,000	10
Sat 24 Dec	Sunderland	H	1-3	Bassett - J Hannah, D Hannah, Campbell	8,000	11
Mon 26 Dec	Blackburn Rovers	H	1-2	Pearson - Sawers, *	7,000	13
Tue 27 Dec	Wolverhampton W	A	1-1	McLeod - Swift	8,000	10
Sat 31 Dec	Burnley	A	0-5	Buchanan, Chambers, Hill, McNab, Nicol	3,500	11
Mon 02 Jan	The Wednesday	A	0-6	Rowan, Brady, H Brandon, Spiksley 2, B Brown	15,000	12
Sat 07 Jan	Burnley	H	7-1	Geddes, McLeod 3, Bassett 2, Pearson - Chambers	1,000	11
Sat 14 Jan	Everton	A	0-1	Geary	10,000	13
Sat 28 Jan	Blackburn Rovers	A	1-2	Geddes - Sawers, Horton (og)	2,300	14
Sat 11 Feb	Stoke	A	2-1	Bassett 2 - Naughton	6,000	12
Thu 02 Mar	Nottingham Forest	A	4-3	Geddes, Bassett 2, Groves - Daft, Shaw, McPherson (pen)	4,100	10
Sat 18 Mar	The Wednesday	H	3-0	McLeod, Pearson, Boyd	5,000	10
Sat 01 Apr	Derby County	H	3-1	C Perry 2, Geddes - A Goodall	3,655	9
Mon 03 Apr	Nottingham Forest	H	2-2	C Perry, Reynolds (pen) - McInnes, McCallum	5,000	9
Thu 13 Apr	Preston North End	A	1-1	C Perry - Greer	8,200	8

1 - At the time, this was Albion's heaviest ever league defeat, a scoreline repeated four weeks later at Notts County. Other sources and reports
give the Albion goalscorer as an own goal by either Hughie Wilson or Robert Smellie.

FA CUP

DATE	OPPONENT	H/A	ROUND	F-A	SCORERS	GATE
Sat 21 Jan	Everton	A	1	1-4	Pearson - Geary 2, Latta, Maxwell	23,867

BIRMINGHAM CUP

DATE OPPONENT H/A ROUND F-A SCORERS
   GATE

Mon 23 Jan Stoke H 1 3-0 Horton, T Perry, McLeod     3,500

Mon 27 Mar Wolverhampton W A 2 1-3 McLeod - Horton (og), Griffin, Wood     4,000

BIRMINGHAM CHARITY CUP

DATE OPPONENT H/A ROUND F-A SCORERS
   GATE

Mon 10 Apr Aston Villa N SF 0-6 J Devey 3, Woolley 3     6,500

Played at Aston Lower Grounds.

WEST BROMWICH CHARITY CUP

DATE OPPONENT H/A ROUND F-A SCORERS
   GATE

Mon 21 Nov Everton H Final 0-2 E Chadwick, Pinnell     3,500

Some reports refer to the game as taking place for the Friendly Societies' Cup.

BASS CHARITY VASE

DATE OPPONENT H/A ROUND F-A SCORERS
   GATE

Mon 27 Feb Stoke (1) H Final 3-3 Geddes, Boyd, Reynolds (pen) - Christie, *, Evans     5,150

Thu 09 Mar Stoke A replay 1-1 Bassett - Robertson     6,000

Trophy shared.

1 - Some reports credit one of the Stoke goals to Alf Edge.

FRIENDLIES

DATE OPPONENT H/A F-A SCORERS    GATE

Thu 01 Sep Coles Farm Unity A 6-2 *         N/K

Sat 03 Sep Aston Villa (1) H 0-1 Athersmith      8,000

Mon 05 Sep Bloxwich A 3-1 McLeod, Bassett, Nicholls - *         N/K

Wed 07 Sep Middlesbrough A 2-7 *, Geddes - Black 3, Lewis, Abrahams, Cronshaw, *      2,000

Mon 12 Sep Wrexham A 3-1 *, McLeod, Baker - Turner         N/K

Mon 26 Sep Aston Villa A 2-3 * - *, Hare      5,000

Tue 27 Sep Walsall Town Swifts A 0-3 Marlow, Pangborn 2         N/K

Mon 14 Nov Walsall Town Swifts H 2-2 Reynolds, Bassett - Forsyth, Turner         N/K

Mon 28 Nov Wolverhampton W H 1-1 Bastock - Wood         N/K

Sat 03 Dec Royal Arsenal A 4-2 Bastock 2, McLeod, Geddes - Henderson, Elliott      4,000

Mon 05 Dec Aston Villa (2) H A-A Geddes - Skea         500

Sat 04 Feb Aston Villa A 4-4 McLeod, Fellows, Boyd, * - Brown, L Campbell 2, W Devey      3,000

Sat 18 Feb Corinthians (3) A 3-1 McLeod 2, Boyd - Veitch      4,000

Sat 04 Mar Aston Villa H 2-0 Bassett, Groves      3,000

Sat 11 Mar Burslem Port Vale H 2-2 Pearson 2 - Wood, *      1,000

Sat 25 Mar Heart of Midlothian A 0-1 McLaren      5,000

Sat 08 Apr Bury A 2-1 Boyd, Hedley - Barbour      4,000

Sat 15 Apr Newcastle United A 2-7 Boyd 2 - Sorley 3, Crate, Collins, Wallace, Reay      2,000

Mon 17 Apr Small Heath (4) H 1-4 McLeod - Wheldon 2, Mobley 2         N/K

Thu 27 Apr Wolverhampton W (5) A 4-2 Bastock, * - *, Wood         N/K

Sat 29 Apr Millwall Athletic A 0-1 Lindsay      4,000

1 - Reported as a league game in many newspapers at the time.

2 - Match abandoned after 35 minutes due to heavy snow. The score was 1-1 at the time.

3 - Played at the Kennington Oval, London.

4 - Some sources report this game as being played at Small Heath.

5 - Friendly game of which the proceeds went to local charities.

TESTIMONIAL / BENEFIT GAMES

DATE	OPPONENT	H/A	F-A	SCORERS	GATE
Mon 17 Oct	Birmingham & District XI (1)	H	2-1	Bastock, * - Baker	1,000
Mon 20 Mar	Small Heath (2)	A	0-5	*, Wheldon	4,000

1 - George Woodhall Benefit Match. The Birmingham & District XI consisted of players from Aston Villa and Wolverhampton Wanderers.
2 - Caesar Jenkyns Benefit Match.

IRISH TOUR

DATE	OPPONENT	F-A	SCORERS	GATE
Mon 24 Apr	Linfield Athletic	1-3	Groves - McErlean 2, Peden	2,000
Tue 25 Apr	Ulsterville Rangers (1)	0-1	Morrison	2,000

Both games played at Ulsterville, Belfast.
1 - Ulsterville Rangers were a combined XI of Linfield, Glentoran and Ulster players.