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Thanks to all for your help, have had a reply from Laura Brett at Aston Villa Archives who said; I have searched through our players registers for the 1903-1904 season and, unfortunately, I can find no reference to a Juggins. I am also unable to confirm whether this youth team were ever...

Thanks Wendy, we have this information apart from we understood William was born in Witton not Handsworth - interesting..............................

Thanks John Somehow we suspected that might be the case, visited your site and he isn't listed there, think you might be right. Would be nice if it could be confirmed that it is a Villa side though at what ever level, maybe someone might even know where the team photo was taken by the...

Thanks for your time the smiths, you may well say you're sad, but trust me, you are not alone! I will be at Villa Park on Sunday, traveling from Somerset, again! - how sad is that!!! lol

Fantastic Wendy, not sure we will scale such heady heights.

Thanks Wendy, fingers are crossed something will crop up, if not well it's a family story we will enjoy - WBA Secretary - wow, information there should be a little easier for you than me.

Thanks for your reply John, had a look at your site and can find no Juggins listed there, I have literally just sent an email to both Aston Villa FC Archive and Laura Brett - Aston Villa Archivist requesting information / help, as your post came up. Anything forthcoming will be posted here...

Thanks Louisa, believe it or not with a name like Juggins, not that common is it, this is a different William, although they must be related Aston Manor to Witton is just too close, most of our Juggins family traveled as far as Bromsgrove to Witton you know! I will have a closer inspection...

Andy - might be able to help each other out here, I have just posted photographs of my partners Gt. Grandfather - a Villa player in 1903ish, is Leonard Hamer there? See link below. Aston Villa 1903/1904?

I wonder if anyone can help. I have a couple of Family Photographs from 1903/1904 season of my partners Gt. Grandfather William Edgar Juggins. We understand he played for Aston Villa and have one photograph of him in a team photograph with a ball at the front with 1903/1904 painted on it...