Aston Villa's 1929-30 season

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Season 47 | 1929-30

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The Story of 1929-30

31 August 1929, Villa 2-1 Birmingham, Villa Park, Scorers: Reg Chester, Dicky York.

Reg Chester and Dicky York (pictured) score to earn Billy Smith his first opening day win in four seasons as Villa beat the team with three names at Villa Park. Meanwhile, forward George Brown made his Villa debut aged 26 after joining from Huddersfield for a fee of £5,000 in August 1929.

7 September 1929, Villa 1-4 Leeds, Elland Road, Scorers: Joe Beresford.

Joe Beresford (pictured) scored but Villa concede four and lose for the second successive game as Villa make a poor start for the fourth successive season under Billy Smith.

9 September 1929, Villa 2-2 Derby, Villa Park, Scorers: George Brown, Dicky York.

Villa stop a brace of heavy defeats but are held at home as George Brown (pictured) scores his first for the club.

14 September 1929, Villa 1-3 Wednesday, Villa Park, Scorers: Reg Chester.

Reg Chester (pictured) scored from the spot but Villa lose for the third time in four as their poor early season form under Billy Smith rears its head for the fourth successive season.

21 September 1929, Villa 4-2 Burnley, Turf Moor, Scorers: George Brown (brace), Reg Chester, Billy Walker.

George Brown (pictured) scored a brace as Villa secure a first win in five games with victory at Turf Moor to make it two wins, a draw and three defeats in six division one games.

25 September 1929, Villa 5-2 Arsenal, Villa Park, Scorers: George Brown (hat-trick), Jimmy Gibson, Joe Beresford.

George Brown (pictured) hit a hat-trick for his sixth of the season and fifth in two games as Villa make it successive wins and three wins, a draw and three defeats in seven division one games.

29 September 1929, Villa 2-1 Sunderland, Villa Park, Scorers: Reg Chester, Dicky York.

Villa record a third successive win thanks to goals from Dicky York (pictured) and Reg Chester to make it four wins, a draw and three defeats in eight division one games as they recover from poor start to the campaign.

12 October 1929, Villa 5-2 Everton, Villa Park, Scorers: George Brown (hat-trick), Reg Chester, Billy Walker.

Villa bounce back from their first defeat in four to beat Everton thanks to a hat-trick from George Brown (pictured) - his ninth goal in ten games since his debut - to make it five wins, a draw and four defeats in ten division one games.

19 October 1929, Villa 3-0 Leicester, Villa Park, Scorers: George Brown (brace), Joe Tate.

Villa win for the fifth time in six thanks to s fifth goal in two games from George Brown.

26 October 1929, Villa 2-0 Grimsby, Blundell Park, Scorers: Reg Chester (brace).

Villa win for the sixth time in seven thanks to s brace from Reg Chester.

2 November 1929, Villa 1-0 Manchester United, Villa Park, Scorers: Reg Chester.

Villa win for the seventh time in eight thanks to s third goal in two games from Reg Chester.

9 November 1929, Villa 1-1 Huddersfield, Leeds Road, Scorers: Billy Walker.

Villa extend their unbeaten run to five but are held at Leeds Road as Billy Walker scores.

16 November 1929, Villa 2-3 Liverpool, Leeds Road, Scorers: George Brown, Joe Beresford.

Villa lose for the first time in six despite another strike from George Brown.

23 November 1929, Villa 3-2 Middlesbrough, Ayresome Park, Scorers: George Brown (brace), Joe Beresford.

Villa bounce back from a first defeat in six as George Brown hits another brace to win at Ayresome.

29 November 1929, Villa 3-0 Blackburn, Villa Park, Scorers: George Brown, Joe Beresford, Dicky York.

Villa's excellent form continues as they make it nine wins from twelve as George Brown scores his fifteenth of the season.

7 December 1929, Villa 2-2 Newcastle, St James' Park, Scorers: George Brown, Reg Chester.

Villa's are held at St James' as George Brown scores his sixteenth of the season.

14 December 1929, Villa 5-1 Sheffield United, Villa Park, Scorers: Joe Beresford, Billy Walker (four).

Villa's strong form continues as they make it ten wins from fourteen as Billy Walker hits four.

21 December 1929, Villa 2-5 West Ham, Upton Park, Scorers: George Brown, Tommy Smart.

Villa lose for only the third time in fifteen despite a brace of penalties, one from George Brown for his seventeenth of the campaign.

26 December 1929, Villa 2-1 Manchester City, Maine Road, Scorers: George Brown, Own Goal.

Villa recover from successive defeats to win at Maine Road as George Brown scores his eighteenth of the season.

28 December 1929, Villa 1-1 Birmingham, St Andrew's, Scorers: Billy Walker.

Villa are held by the team with three names despite Billy Walker's strike.

4 January 1930, Villa 3-4 Leeds, Villa Park, Scorers: George Brown (brace), Alec Talbot.

Villa score three, including a brace and twentieth of the season from George Brown, but lose for the third time in five.

11 January 1930, FA Cup 3rd Round, Villa 5-1 Reading, Villa Park, Scorers: George Brown, Eric Houghton (brace), Billy Walker, Dicky York.

Villa handsomely beat division two side Reading in the FA Cup third round helped by a brace from Eric Houghton on his second appearance.

25 January 1930, FA Cup 4th Round, Villa 3-1 Walsall, Villa Park, Scorers: George Brown, Billy Walker (brace).

Villa beat Walsall in the fourth round of the FA Cup thanks to a brace from Billy Walker.

1 February 1930, Villa 1-4 Sunderland, Roker Park, Scorers: George Brown.

Villa lose at Roker despite George Brown's twenty third of the season and now have five defeats in their last seven games.

5 February 1930, Villa 1-2 Burnley, Villa Park, Scorers: Joe Beresford.

Villa lose for the sixth time in their last eight League games.

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Season Summary

Division	Final League Position	FA Cup Progress	Biggest Win
Division One	4th	Quarter Final	5-1 vs. Sheffield United (h), Division One, Reading (h), FA Cup

Top Scorer		Most Appearances
36 \| George Brown		45 \| George Brown

Manager Summary

P: Games Played; W: Games Won; D: Games Drawn; L: Games Lost; PPG: Points per Game (3 Points for a win, 1 Point for a draw); CS%: Clean Sheet percentage; W%: Win Rate; L%: Loss Rate; U: Games Unbeaten; U% Unbeaten Rate.

From	To	Manager		P	W	D	L	U	W%	L%	U%	CS%	PPG
Ongoing	Ongoing	Billy Smith led Management Committee		46	24	5	17	29	52%	37%	64%	13%	1.67

Manager	Chairman		Club Secretary
Billy Smith led Management Committee	J. E. Jones		Billy Smith

Season Statistics

Pos: Final League Position; P: Games Played; W: Games Won; D: Games Drawn; L: Games Lost; F: Goals Scored; A: Goals Conceded; Pts: Final League Points; GD: Goal Difference (A-F); PPG: Points per Game (3 Points for a win, 1 Point for a draw); GR: Goal Ratio (F/A); GPG: Goals Scored per Game; CPG: Goals Conceded per Game; CS: Clean Sheets; CS%: Clean Sheet percentage; W%: Win Rate; L%: Loss Rate; U: Games Unbeaten; U% Unbeaten Rate.

Results - All Competitions

	P	W	D	L	F	A	GD	GR	GPG	CPG	CS	CS%	W%	L%	U	U%	PPG
1929-30	46	24	5	17	105	88	17	1.19	2.28	1.91	6	13%	52%	37%	29	63%	1.67

Results - League

	Pos	P	W	D	L	F	A	Pts	GD	GPG	CPG	GR	CS	CS%	W%	L%	U%	PPG
1929-30	4th	42	21	5	16	92	83	47	9	2.19	1.98	1.11	6	14%	50%	36%	64%	1.62

Sequences

Season	Wins in a Row	League Wins in a Row	Games Unbeaten	Games without a Win	Losing Run
1929-30	4	4	5	4	2

League Table

Pos	Club	P	W	D	L	F	A	GD	Pts
1	Sheffield Wednesday	42	26	8	8	105	57	48	60
2	Derby County	42	21	8	13	90	82	8	50
3	Manchester City	42	19	9	14	91	81	10	47
4	Aston Villa	42	21	5	16	92	83	9	47
5	Leeds United	42	20	6	16	79	63	16	46
6	Blackburn Rovers	42	19	7	16	99	93	6	45
7	West Ham United	42	19	5	18	86	79	7	43
8	Leicester City	42	17	9	16	86	90	-4	43
9	Sunderland	42	18	7	17	76	80	-4	43
10	Huddersfield Town	42	17	9	16	63	69	-6	43
11	Birmingham	42	16	9	17	67	62	5	41
12	Liverpool	42	16	9	17	63	79	-16	41
13	Portsmouth	42	15	10	17	66	62	4	40
14	Arsenal	42	14	11	17	78	66	12	39
15	Bolton Wanderers	42	15	9	18	74	74	0	39
16	Middlesbrough	42	16	6	20	82	84	-2	38
17	Manchester United	42	15	8	19	67	88	-21	38
18	Grimsby Town	42	15	7	20	73	89	-16	37
19	Newcastle United	42	15	7	20	71	92	-21	37
20	Sheffield United	42	15	6	21	91	96	-5	36
21	Burnley	42	14	8	20	79	97	-18	36
22	Everton	42	12	11	19	80	92	-12	35

Matches

Select a row for detailed match reports

Competition	Date	Home		Away	W	D	L	Game
Division One	31 Aug 1929	Aston Villa	2-1	Birmingham	W			1487
Division One	4 Sep 1929	Derby County	4-0	Aston Villa			L	1488
Division One	7 Sep 1929	Leeds United	4-1	Aston Villa			L	1489
Division One	9 Sep 1929	Aston Villa	2-2	Derby County		D		1490
Division One	14 Sep 1929	Aston Villa	1-3	Sheffield Wednesday			L	1491
Division One	21 Sep 1929	Burnley	1-4	Aston Villa	W			1492
Division One	25 Sep 1929	Aston Villa	5-2	Arsenal	W			1493
Division One	28 Sep 1929	Aston Villa	2-1	Sunderland	W			1494
Division One	5 Oct 1929	Bolton Wanderers	3-0	Aston Villa			L	1495
Division One	12 Oct 1929	Aston Villa	5-2	Everton	W			1496
Division One	19 Oct 1929	Aston Villa	3-0	Leicester City	W			1497
Division One	26 Oct 1929	Grimsby Town	0-2	Aston Villa	W			1498
Division One	2 Nov 1929	Aston Villa	1-0	Manchester United	W			1499
Division One	9 Nov 1929	Huddersfield Town	1-1	Aston Villa		D		1500
Division One	16 Nov 1929	Aston Villa	3-2	Liverpool			L	1501
Division One	23 Nov 1929	Middlesbrough	2-3	Aston Villa	W			1502
Division One	30 Nov 1929	Aston Villa	3-0	Blackburn Rovers	W			1503
Division One	7 Dec 1929	Newcastle United	2-2	Aston Villa		D		1504
Division One	14 Dec 1929	Aston Villa	5-1	Sheffield United	W

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Season 47 | 1929-30