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Game #1079

Aston Villa

5-0-2, 10 PTS

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Saturday, 18 September 1920

1st=

Last 5: 🟩 🟩 🟩 🟥 🟩

GK Sam Hardy | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
LB Tommy Weston | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 🚑 | ❌ |
CB Tommy Ball | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CB Jimmy Harrop | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
FB Tommy Smart | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Andy Ducat | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
W Arthur Dorrell | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | ⚽ |
W Jimmy Stephenson | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
F Billy Kirton | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | ⚽ |
CF Billy Walker | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 🔥 |
CF Andy Young | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

George Ramsay | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | 1886-1926
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Substitutes

No Substitutions permitted in period

Unused Substitutes

No Substitutions permitted in period

Yellow Cards (Warnings, Cautions, Bookings)

None

Red Cards (Ordered from Field of Play, Dismissals, Sendings Off)

None

Trophy Record

League Champions: 🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆 🏆
FA Cup Winners: 🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆 🏆
Last Trophy: 1919–20

Matchday Squad

Unavailable

Refused to Play | 2 |
CB Frank Barson | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
F Clem Stephenson | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

Injury | 2 |
W Charlie Wallace | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Frank Moss | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

Team News

Sam Hardy and Andy Ducat replace Jim Lee Frank Moss.

Team Stats

Not recorded

Debut Appearances

None

Final Appearances

None

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Won

2-1

🟩 18 Sep 1920, Villa 2-1 Spurs, White Hart Lane
Scorer(s) | Arthur Dorrell | 5' | Billy Kirton | 20' |

Assist(s) | Billy Walker | 20' |

Match Timeline

⚽ | 5' Goal, 1-0, Arthur Dorrell
🕒 | HT Tottenham Hotspur 0-1 Aston Villa
⚽ | 53' Goal, 2-0, Billy Kirton, Assist by Billy Walker
🚑 | 75' Player retires from field of play with injury, Tommy Weston
🥅 | 85' Goal, 2-1, (Tottenham Hotspur), Bliss
🕒 | FT Tottenham Hotspur 1-2 Aston Villa

Season | 1920-21 |
Matchday | #7 |
League Match | #7 |
Manager Game | #1053 |
Saturday, 18 September 1920

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Match Record
Game Record

Manager: George Ramsay | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | Glasgow, 1886-1926 led Management Committee
Referee: William Brearley | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Accrington, 1920-1924
HT Score: 🟩 1-0
FT Result: 🟩 Won
FT Score: 🟩 2-1
Last 5: 🟩 🟩 🟩 🟥 🟩

Officials

Referee: William Brearley | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Accrington, 1920-1924

Previous 5 vs. Spurs: 🟩 🟩 🟩 🟩 🟩

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Head to Head

Total 🕒 17 | 🟩 11 | 🟨 4 | 🟥 2 | ⚽ 37 | 🥅 21 |
League 🕒 14 | 🟩 9 | 🟨 4 | 🟥 1 | ⚽ 33 | 🥅 18 |
FA Cup 🕒 3 | 🟩 2 | 🟨 0 | 🟥 1 | ⚽ 4 | 🥅 3 |
Home 🕒 8 | 🟩 5 | 🟨 2 | 🟥 1 | ⚽ 20 | 🥅 11 |
Away 🕒 9 | 🟩 6 | 🟨 2 | 🟥 1 | ⚽ 17 | 🥅 10 |

Match Stats

Not recorded

George Ramsay | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | 1886-1926

🕒 1053 | 🟩 541 🟨 191 🟥 321 | 1.72

Villa Career Form:

Top 6

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Division One

Tottenham Hotspur

1-2-3, 4 PTS

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White Hart Lane

Attendance: 45,000

Jacques
Macdonald
Pearson
Smith
Rance
Grimsdell
Walden
Seed
Cantrall
Bliss
Dimmock

Peter McWilliam | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
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Substitutes

No Substitutions Permitted in Period

Unused Substitutes

No Substitutions Permitted in Period

Yellow Cards (Warnings, Cautions, Bookings)

None

Red Cards (Ordered from Field of Play, Dismissals, Sendings Off)

None

Opposition Trophy Record

League Champions: ❌
FA Cup Winners: 🏆
Last Trophy: 1900-01

Opposition Matchday Squad

Opposition Unavailable

Not Recorded

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Starting XI
GK Sam Hardy | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
🕒

159

159

🔥

0

0

🟩

79

🟨

32

🟥

48

49

🥅

222

FB Tommy Smart | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
🕒

21

21

🔥

0

0

🟩

11

🟨

1

🟥

9

CB Jimmy Harrop | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
🕒

152

152

🔥

4

6

🟩

74

🟨

30

🟥

48

CB Tommy Ball | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
🕒

3

3

🔥

0

0

🟩

1

🟨

0

🟥

2

LB Tommy Weston | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
🕒

140

140

🔥

0

0

🟩

73

🟨

26

🟥

41

M Andy Ducat | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
🕒

62

62

🔥

4

3

🟩

35

🟨

14

🟥

13

W Jimmy Stephenson | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
🕒

21

21

🔥

2

2

🟩

8

🟨

9

🟥

4

W Arthur Dorrell | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
🕒

26

26

🔥

7

7

🟩

12

🟨

3

🟥

11

F Billy Kirton | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
🕒

45

45

🔥

17

6

🟩

28

🟨

5

🟥

12

CF Andy Young | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
🕒

9

9

🔥

2

0

🟩

7

🟨

0

🟥

2

CF Billy Walker | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
🕒

28

28

🔥

22

4

🟩

15

🟨

4

🟥

9

Substitutes
🕒

🔁

🔥

GK Sub

🟩

🟨

🟥

🥅

🕒

🔁

🔥

Sub 1

🟩

🟨

🟥

🕒

🔁

🔥

Sub 2

🟩

🟨

🟥

🕒

🔁

🔥

Sub 3

🟩

🟨

🟥

🕒

🔁

🔥

Sub 4

🟩

🟨

🟥

🕒

🔁

🔥

Sub 5

🟩

🟨

🟥

Match Media
On This Day
  • Arthur Dorrell scores for the third time in four games to get Villa back to winning ways.

  • Villa complete the double over Tottenham as Spurs are beaten at White Hart Lane.

  • It's Villa's fifth successive win against the North Londoners.

  • Villa make it five wins and two defeats in seven division one games so far in 1920-21.

  • Villa move back to first in the table, level on points with Huddersfield Town.

  • The game however is overshadowed by the refusal of Frank Barson and Clem Stephenson to play due to an ongoing dispute that they should be allowed to reside in Sheffield and Newcastle respectively and journey to Birmingham as required.

What they Said

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