Game #1168
Aston Villa
1-0-0, 2 PTS

Saturday, 26 August 1922
Last 5: 🟥 🟥 🟩 🟥 🟩
GK Tommy Jackson | 🏴 |
LB Tommy Mort | 🏴 |
FB Tommy Smart | 🏴 |
M Frank Moss | 🏴 |
M George Blackburn | 🏴 |
M George Harkus | 🏴 |
W Arthur Dorrell | 🏴 | 🔥 |
W Dicky York | 🏴 | 🔥 |
F Billy Kirton | 🏴 | ⚽ |
CF Billy Walker | 🏴 | ⚽ |
CF Ian Dickson | 🏴 |
George Ramsay | 🏴 | 1886-1926

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 | 🏴 |
Full Backs
LB Tommy Mort | 🏴 |
FB Tommy Smart | 🏴 |
Midfielders
M Frank J Moss | 🏴 |
M George Blackburn | 🏴 |
M George Harkus | 🏴 |
Wingers
W Arthur Dorrell | 🏴 |
W Dicky York | 🏴 |
Forwards
F Billy Kirton | 🏴 |
CF Billy Walker | 🏴 |
CF Ian Dickson | 🏴 |
Unavailable
None
Team News
Team Stats
Not recorded
Debut Appearances
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Final Appearances
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Won
2-0
🟩 26 Aug 1922, Villa 2-0 Blackburn, Villa Park
Scorer(s) | Billy Kirton | 7' | Billy Walker | 54' |
Assist(s) | Arthur Dorrell | 7' | Dicky York | 54' |
Match Timeline
⚽ | 7' Goal, 1-0, Billy Kirton, Assist by Arthur Dorrell
🕒 | HT Aston Villa 1-0 Blackburn Rovers
⚽ | 54' Goal, 2-0, Billy Walker, Assist by Dicky York
🕒 | FT Aston Villa 2-0 Blackburn Rovers
Season | 1922-23 |
Matchday | #1 |
League Match | #1 |
Manager Game | #1142 |
Saturday, 26 August 1922

Match Record
Game Record
Manager: George Ramsay | 🏴 | Glasgow, 1886-1926 led Management Committee
Referee: F. J. Proctor | 🏴 | Trentham, 1922-1923
HT Score: 🟩 1-0
FT Result: 🟩 Won
FT Score: 🟩 2-0
Last 5: 🟥 🟥 🟩 🟥 🟩
Officials
Referee: F. J. Proctor | 🏴 | Trentham, 1922-1923
Linesmen: W. H. Lees (West Bromwich); E. Beards (Wolverhampton)
Match Stats
Not recorded
George Ramsay | 🏴 | 1886-1926
🕒 1142 | 🟩 583 🟨 204 🟥 355 | 1.71
Villa Career Form:
Division One
Blackburn Rovers
0-0-1, 0 PTS

Villa Park
Attendance: 40,000
GK Ronnie Sewell | 🏴 |
M Dave Rollo | 🇬🇧 |
D Thomas Wylie | 🏴 |
M Henry Healless | 🏴 |
M Frank Reilly | 🏴 |
M Jimmy McKinnell | 🏴 |
M Joe Hodkinson | 🏴 |
M Dicky Bond | 🏴 |
F Jock McKay | 🏴 |
F Percy Dawson | 🏴 |
F Johnny McIntyre | 🏴 |
Jack Carr | 🏴 |

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: 1913–14
Opposition Matchday Squad
Goalkeepers
GK Ronnie Sewell | 🏴 |
Defenders
D Thomas Wylie | 🏴 |
Midifelders
M Dave Rollo | 🇬🇧 |
M Henry Healless | 🏴 |
M Frank Reilly | 🏴 |
M Jimmy McKinnell | 🏴 |
M Joe Hodkinson | 🏴 |
M Dicky Bond | 🏴 |
Forwards
F Jock McKay | 🏴 |
F Percy Dawson | 🏴 |
F Johnny McIntyre | 🏴 |
Opposition Unavailable
Not Recorded

On This Day
Billy Walker scores on the opening day for the third successive season to set Villa up for a first home win of 1922-23.
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Match Media
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