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Game #1121

Aston Villa

1-0-1, 2 PTS

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Monday, 29 August 1921

Last 5: 🟩 🟩 🟩 🟥 🟩

GK Tommy Jackson | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CB Frank Barson | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
FB Tommy Smart | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Frank Moss | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M George Blackburn | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
W Arthur Dorrell | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
W Dicky York | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 🔥 |
F Howard Humphries | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
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

Goalkeepers
GK Tommy Jackson | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

Defenders
CB Frank Barson | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

Full Backs
FB Tommy Smart | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

Midfielders
M Frank Moss | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M George Blackburn | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

Wingers
W Arthur Dorrell | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
W Dicky York | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

Forwards
F Howard Humphries | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
F Billy Kirton | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CF Billy Walker | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CF Andy Young | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

Unavailable

Injury | 1 |
LB Tommy Weston | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

Team News

Howard Humphries replaces Tommy Weston.

Team Stats

Not recorded

Debut Appearances

None

Final Appearances

None

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Won

2-1

🟩 29 Aug 1921, Villa 2-1 Cardiff City, Villa Park
Scorer(s) | Billy Kirton | 1-0 | Andy Young | 2-0 |

Assist(s) | Dicky York | 1-0 |

Match Timeline

⚽ | Goal, 1-0, Billy Kirton, Assist by Dicky York
🕒 | HT Aston Villa 1-0 Cardiff City
⚽ | Goal, 2-0, Andy Young
🥅 | Goal, 2-1, (Cardiff City), George West
🕒 | FT Aston Villa 2-1 Cardiff City

Season | 1921-22 |
Matchday | #2 |
League Match | #2 |
Manager Game | #1095 |
Monday, 29 August 1921

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Match Record
Game Record

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

Officials

Referee: John Sharpe | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Lichfield, 1909-

Previous 5 vs. Cardiff: None

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Head to Head

Total 🕒 1 | 🟩 W1 (100% ) | 🟨 D0 | 🇺(100% ) | 🟥 L0 (0% ) | ⚽ 2 | 🥅 1 | GD 1

Match Stats

Not recorded

George Ramsay | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | 1886-1926

🕒 1095 | 🟩 558 🟨 199 🟥 338 | 1.71

Villa Career Form:

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Division One

Cardiff City

0-0-2, 0 PTS

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Villa Park

Attendance: 30,000

GK Herbert Kneeshaw | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
RB Charlie Brittan | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
D Albert Barnett | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
D Fred Keenor | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 |
D Bert Smith | 🇮🇪 |
M Billy Hardy | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
W Billy Grimshaw | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
W Jack Evans | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 |
F Arthur Cashmore | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
F Fred Pagnam | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
F George West | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | ⚽ |

Fred Stewart | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
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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: ❌

Opposition Matchday Squad

Goalkeepers
GK Herbert Kneeshaw | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

Defenders
D Albert Barnett | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
D Fred Keenor | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 |
D Bert Smith | 🇮🇪 |

Full Backs
RB Charlie Brittan | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

Midfielders
M Billy Hardy | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

Wingers
W Billy Grimshaw | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
W Jack Evans | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 |

Forwards
F Arthur Cashmore | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
F Fred Pagnam | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
F George West | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

Opposition Unavailable

Not Recorded

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On This Day
  • Andy Young scores his first of the campaign to help secure Villa a first win in the opening two games of 1921-22.

  • Villa face Cardiff City for the first time in competitive football, Cardiff become the 68th team that the Villa first team has played in League or Cup football.

  • Villa secured a first win after defeat in the opening game of the season.

Starting XI
GK Tommy Jackson | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
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5

5

🔥

0

0

🟩

4

🟨

0

🟥

1

2

🥅

5

FB Tommy Smart | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
🕒

58

58

🔥

0

0

🟩

26

🟨

8

🟥

24

CB Frank Barson | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
🕒

68

68

🔥

6

0

🟩

37

🟨

10

🟥

21

CB Frank Moss | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
🕒

57

57

🔥

1

0

🟩

23

🟨

9

🟥

25

M George Blackburn | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
🕒

7

7

🔥

0

0

🟩

3

🟨

1

🟥

3

W Dicky York | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
🕒

30

30

🔥

2

6

🟩

12

🟨

5

🟥

13

W Arthur Dorrell | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
🕒

60

60

🔥

8

12

🟩

23

🟨

11

🟥

26

F Howard Humphries | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
🕒

19

19

🔥

2

1

🟩

5

🟨

1

🟥

13

F Billy Kirton | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
🕒

76

76

🔥

23

8

🟩

39

🟨

13

🟥

24

CF Andy Young | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
🕒

21

21

🔥

8

0

🟩

13

🟨

1

🟥

7

CF Billy Walker | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
🕒

65

65

🔥

45

5

🟩

29

🟨

11

🟥

25

Substitutes
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GK Sub

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🟥

🥅

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🔁

🔥

Sub 1

🟩

🟨

🟥

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🔁

🔥

Sub 2

🟩

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🟥

🕒

🔁

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Sub 3

🟩

🟨

🟥

🕒

🔁

🔥

Sub 4

🟩

🟨

🟥

🕒

🔁

🔥

Sub 5

🟩

🟨

🟥

Match Media
What they Said

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