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Garvey Batty Image 1 Aston Villa 1889
£8.95 – £49.95
Description
Aston, Birmingham born inside or outside left Batty Garvey began his football career with Aston Hall Swifts and Aston Shakespeare, and probably played for Aston Villa in matches prior to the founding of the Football League in 1888. Garvey played at inside left in Aston Villa’s inaugural League match in a 1-1 draw at Wolverhampton Wanderers in September 1888 but only played once more in their first season in a defeat at Derby County in March 1889.
Garvey again played in Aston Villa’s opening fixture of the 1889-90 season but didn’t make the first team again until December, when he scored a hat-trick in a 6-1 win over Stoke at Wellington Road (then Villa’s home ground in Perry Barr). Batty made 3 further appearances that month, scoring once more in a defeat to Accrington on Boxing Day, and these proved his final competitive appearances for the club.
His brother William also played for Aston Villa reserves at around the same time.
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