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Game #1075
1920-21
Position:
Division One
Arsenal
Highbury
Attendance: 50,000
Saturday, 4 September 1920
Billy Walker scored for the sixth time in the opening three games of the season as Villa bounce back from defeat at Hyde Road to secure the double over top flight interlopers Arsenal.
Arsenal
0-1
Aston Villa
Scorer(s) | Billy Walker |
Assist(s) | Not recorded
AT A GLANCE
Game #1075
Season | 1920-21 |
Matchday | #3 |
League Match | #3 |
Manager Game | #1049 |
Saturday, 4 September 1920
MATCH SUMMARY
Manager | George Ramsay led Management Committee |
FT Score | 1-0 |
FT Result | Won |
Last 5 Games | WDWLW |
MATCH OFFICIALS
MATCH INCIDENTS
Villa
Arsenal
🟨 | Booking
🟥 | Sending off
💥+ | Incidents e.g. penalty awarded
💥- | Incidents e.g. penalty conceded, goal disallowed
💥 | Incidents e.g. refused clear pen
🆘 | Notably poor refereeing performance
TEAM STATS
Not recorded
TEAM NEWS
Andy Ducat and Walter Boyman replace Jim Harrop and Clem Stephenson.
UNAVAILABLE
Not recorded
MATCH STATS
Not recorded
MANAGER
Management Committee | Club Secretary | George Ramsay
STAFF
STARTING LINE UP
GK Sam Hardy |
LB Tommy Weston |
CB Frank Barson |
FB Tommy Smart |
M Frank Moss |
M Andy Ducat |
W Arthur Dorrell |
W Charlie Wallace |
F Billy Kirton |
F Walter Boyman |
F Billy Walker |
SUBSTITUTES
No Substitutions permitted in period
UNUSED SUBSTITUTES
No Substitutions permitted in period
THE OPPOSITION
ex: Also played for the Villa
g: Scored
s/o: Sent off
s-: Sub off; s+: Sub on
ON THIS DAY
Villa bounce back from defeat at Hyde Road to secure the double over top flight interlopers Arsenal and make it two wins and a defeat in three division one games so far this season.
Billy Walker, scored for the sixth time in the opening three games of the season as Villa secure the double over Arsenal, Saturday, 4 September 1920.
MATCH TIMELINE
MANAGER WATCH
POSITION
MATCH PROGRAMME
MATCH PROGRAMME

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