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Game #1197

Aston Villa

12-7-10, 31 PTS

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Saturday, 17 February 1923

8th

Last 5: 🟥 🟩 🟩 🟨 🟩

GK Cyril Spiers | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
FB Cecil Harris | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
FB Tommy Smart | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CB Tommy Ball | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M George Blackburn | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
W Arthur Dorrell | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 🔥 | 🔥 |
W Dicky York | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 🔥 | 🔥 |
F John Roxborough | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | ⚽ | ⚽ |
F Jock Johnstone | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
CF Ian Dickson | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | ⚽ | ⚽ | ⚽ |
CF Billy Walker | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | ⚽ |

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

Injury | 2 |
LB Tommy Mort | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
F Billy Kirton | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

Team News

Billy Walker and Jock Johnstone replace Frank Moss and Len Capewell.

Team Stats

Not recorded

Debut Appearances

None

Final Appearances

None

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Won

6-0

🟩 17 Feb 1923, Villa 6-0 Stoke, Villa Park
Scorer(s) | Ian Dickson | 14' | 38' | 6-0 | John Roxborough | 41' | 53' | Billy Walker | 44' |

Assist(s) | Arthur Dorrell | 14' | 41' | Dicky York | 38' | 6-0 |

Match Timeline

⚽ | 14’ Goal, 1-0, Ian Dickson, Assist by Arthur Dorrell
🚑 | 25' Player retires from field of play with injury, (Stoke), Broad
⚽ | 38’ Goal, 2-0, Ian Dickson, Assist by Dicky York
⚽ | 41’ Goal, 3-0, John Roxborough, Assist by Arthur Dorrell
⚽ | 44’ Goal, 4-0, Billy Walker, pen
🕒 | HT Aston Villa 4-0 Stoke
⚽ | 53’ Goal, 5-0, John Roxborough
⚽ | Goal, 6-0, Ian Dickson, Assist by Dicky York
🕒 | FT Aston Villa 6-0 Stoke

Season | 1922-23 |
Matchday | #30 |
League Match | #29 |
Manager Game | #1171 |
Saturday, 17 February 1923

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Match Record
Game Record

Manager: George Ramsay | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | Glasgow, 1886-1926 led Management Committee
Referee: Alf Scholey | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Sheffield, 1919-1927
HT Score: 🟩 4-0
FT Result: 🟩 Won
FT Score: 🟩 6-0
Last 5: 🟥 🟩 🟩 🟨 🟩

Officials

Referee: Alf Scholey | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Sheffield, 1919-1927

Previous 5 vs. Stoke: 🟩 🟩 🟩 🟨 🟩

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Head to Head

Total 🕒 44 | 🟩 W28 (64% ) | 🟨 D9 | 🇺(84% ) | 🟥 L7 (16% ) | ⚽ 99 | 🥅 42 | GD 57

Match Stats

Not recorded

George Ramsay | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | 1886-1926

🕒 1171 | 🟩 594 🟨 211 🟥 366 | 1.70

Villa Career Form:

Division One

Stoke

8-6-16, 22 PTS

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Villa Park

Attendance: 30,000

Scott
McGrory
Milne
Brittleton
Kasber
Rouse
Ralphs
Davies
L. Broad
Watkin
Nicholas

Jock Rutherford | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
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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

Opposition Unavailable

Not Recorded

🟩 12 Apr 2025, Villa 3-0 Southampton, St Mary's TBL.png
Starting XI
GK Cyril Spiers | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
🕒

🔥

🟩

🟨

🟥

🥅

FB Tommy Smart | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
🕒

131

131

🔥

0

0

🟩

62

🟨

19

🟥

50

FB Cecil Harris | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
🕒

4

4

🔥

0

0

🟩

2

🟨

2

🟥

0

CB Tommy Ball | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
🕒

51

51

🔥

0

1

🟩

22

🟨

9

🟥

20

M George Blackburn | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
🕒

72

72

🔥

0

0

🟩

34

🟨

12

🟥

26

W Dicky York | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
🕒

105

105

🔥

13

28

🟩

48

🟨

17

🟥

40

W Arthur Dorrell | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
🕒

135

135

🔥

18

37

🟩

58

🟨

23

🟥

54

F Jock Johnstone | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
🕒

17

17

🔥

0

1

🟩

7

🟨

4

🟥

6

F John Roxborough | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
🕒

2

2

🔥

2

0

🟩

1

🟨

1

🟥

0

CF Ian Dickson | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
🕒

74

74

🔥

38

5

🟩

39

🟨

12

🟥

23

CF Billy Walker | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
🕒

133

133

🔥

82

10

🟩

61

🟨

22

🟥

50

Substitutes
🕒

🔁

🔥

GK Sub

🟩

🟨

🟥

🥅

🕒

🔁

🔥

Sub 1

🟩

🟨

🟥

🕒

🔁

🔥

Sub 2

🟩

🟨

🟥

🕒

🔁

🔥

Sub 3

🟩

🟨

🟥

🕒

🔁

🔥

Sub 4

🟩

🟨

🟥

🕒

🔁

🔥

Sub 5

🟩

🟨

🟥

Match Media
On This Day
  • 4-0 up at the interval, Villa record their biggest win of the season to extend their unbeaten run to four as Ian Dickson hits a hat-trick and John Roxborough a brace for his first goals for the club.

  • Villa make it twelve wins, seven draws and ten defeats in twenty nine division one games in total this season.

  • Villa move into outright 8th place.

What they Said

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