George Burrell Ramsay was a Scottish footballer and manager.
Ramsay circa 1905
Villa's first trophy winning team with the Birmingham Senior Cup in 1880, captain George Ramsay is seated with the ball.
The hugely successful team Ramsay assembled at the end of the 19th century. Ramsay can be seen standing on the far left of the back row.
A giant of the game, Ramsay won the most league titles of any manager in England until he was surpassed by Sir Alex Ferguson in 1999–00 and the most FA Cup trophies until surpassed by Arsene Wenger in 2016–17
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The Combination Game was a style of association football based around teamwork and cooperation. It would gradually favour the passing of the ball between players over individual dribbling skills which
George Ramsay (footballer, born 1855)
…man nicknamed 'Scotty'. He also took charge of training which saw dramatic improvement that showed in the results, introducing what was known as the "passing game". This had become the main style of play in Scotland whereas in England most teams relied on what was known as the "dribbling game". "It was George…
Derby School at St Helen's House