aston villa versus leicester city: brief history of soccer
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Aston Villa v Leicester City
This presentation - written on 14th January, 2016 - features 10 key facts frommatches played in this English football fixture throughout history at Villa Park,Birmingham, West Midlands.
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Aston Villa v Leicester City
The first ever meeting between these two sides at Villa Park took place on 4thFebruary, 1905 in a first round FA Cup tie which Aston Villa won 5.1 in front of25,000. Leicester were still known as Leicester Fosse at the time.
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Aston Villa v Leicester City
Two of Villa's goals in that first match were scored by Joe Bache who is fourthon the list of their all-time top goal-scorers.
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Aston Villa v Leicester City
The first league meeting between Aston Villa and Leicester City at Villa Parkoccurred on 31st October, 1908 and ended in a 1.1 draw..
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Aston Villa v Leicester City
Apart from in the 1969-70 and 1987-88 seasons, all league meetingsbetween the two sides have been played in the top tier of English football.
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Aston Villa v Leicester City
On 27th November, 1926 Leicester also won 5.1 - this time at Filbert Street(their former football ground) - with Arthur Chandler scoring all five goals forThe Foxes. Chandler remains Leicester's top goal-scorer of all time.
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Aston Villa v Leicester City
In the 1934-35 season Leicester beat Villa 5.0 at home and Villa beatLeicester 5.0 in the return fixture at Villa Park.
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Aston Villa v Leicester City
A five-goal winning margin is the best Aston Villa have managed againstLeicester City at Villa Park, including an 8.3 win on 21st April, 1962 whenBobby Thomson scored a hat-trick for Villa.
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Aston Villa v Leicester City
Villa had also won 8.3 at Filbert Street, 30 years earlier, on 2nd January,1932, when George 'Bomber' Brown scored five of their goals. Brown scored79 goals in a total of 116 appearances for the Villans.
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Aston Villa v Leicester City
The highest scoring draw in the league fixture at Villa Park took place on22nd February, 1995. The match finished 4.4 after Aston Villa had been 3.0and then 4.1 up.
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Aston Villa v Leicester City
Leicester City's best league victory at Villa Park came on 6th November, 1954with a 5.2 win, Fred Worthington scoring two of Leicester's goals.
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