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Game #1220

Aston Villa

3-5-2, 11 PTS

Saturday, 29 September 1923

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Won

2nd=

Last 5: 🟨 🟨 🟥 🟨 🟩

Division One

Preston North End

0-2-6, 2 PTS

Villa Park

Attendance: 23,000

🟩 29 Sep 1923, Villa 5-1 Preston, Villa Park

Aston Villa

5-1

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Preston North End

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🟩 29 Sep 1923, Villa 5-1 Preston, Villa Park

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MATCH TIMELINE
Saturday, 29 September 1923

⚽ | 19' Goal, 1-0, Billy Walker, Assist by Arthur Dorrell
⚽ | 33' Goal, 2-0, Billy Walker, pen
❌ | Saved penalty, Tommy Jackson
🕒 | HT Aston Villa 2-0 Preston North End
⚽ | 59' Goal, 3-0, Billy Kirton
⚽ | 65' Goal, 4-0, Billy Walker, pen
🥅 | 66' Goal, 4-1, (Preston North End), Laird
⚽ | 75' Goal, 5-1, Len Capewell, Assist by Billy Walker
🕒 | FT Aston Villa 5-1 Preston North End

Match Statistics

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Goal ⚽, Assist 🔥, Goal Conceded 🥅, Injury 🚑, Booking 🟨, Sending off 🟥, Comment 🗒️, ❗ Villa Chance,❗❗Huge Villa Chance, 💥 Opposition action, 🎥 VAR, 🆘 Referee error, ❌ Missed pen, disallowed goal, player retires from field of play, 🟢 Debut, 🔴 Final appearance, 🕒 Half time, Full time, 🔁 Substitution

🟩 29 Sep 1923, Villa 5-1 Preston, Villa Park

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ON THIS DAY
Saturday, 29 September 1923
  • Billy Walker's hat-trick helps Villa to their biggest win of the season to date 

  • Villa win for the first time in six games

  • Villa score more goals in a single match than they had achieved in theit previous seven 

  • Villa make it three wins, five draws and two defeats in their opening ten division one games.

  • In a bizarre incident late in the first half Preston score but referee Hickling pulls play back for a foul and awards a penalty to Preston which Jackson saves.

  • Having already awarded Villa a first half penalty, Hickling did the same in the second 45' to the confusion of those watching.

  • Villa climb to joint second alongside Bolton, two points off leaders Cardiff.

🟩 29 Sep 1923, Villa 5-1 Preston, Villa Park

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DEBUT APPEARANCES

None

FINAL APPEARANCES

None

Seasons | 🕒 Games | ✅ Starts (🔁 Subs) | ⚽ Goals | 🔥 Assists | 🇺 Unused | Player Number |

Aston Villa

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

Preston North End

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League Champions: 🏆🏆
FA Cup Winners: 🏆
Last Trophy: 1889–90

FIXTURE HISTORY
Preston North End
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Previous 5 vs. Preston: 🟥 🟩 🟩 🟥 🟨

League 🕒 54 | 🟩 28 | 🟨 2 | 🟥 24 | ⚽ 99 | 🥅 84 |
FA Cup 🕒 4 | 🟩 1 | 🟨 2 | 🟥 1 | ⚽ 5 | 🥅 6 |

For the 33rd time in 58 games one or other of the sides has scored 3 or more goals. ⚽ Villa 19 Preston 16. Both have done so on 2 occasions.

Games 🕒, Won 🟩, Drew 🟨, Lost 🟥, Goals Scored ⚽, Goals Conceded 🥅

Preston North End

PREVIOUS MATCH
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Preston North End

SUBSEQUENT MATCH

🟩 29 Sep 1923, Villa 5-1 Preston, Villa Park

FIXTURE DETAILS
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Season | 1923-24 |
Matchday | #10 |
League Match | #10 |
Manager Game | #1194 |
Saturday, 29 September 1923

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🟩 29 Sep 1923, Villa 5-1 Preston, Villa Park

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

Scorers
Timeline
On This Day
Trophies
Fixture
Manager
MANAGERIAL RECORD
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George Ramsay | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | 1886-1926

🕒 1194 | 🟩 603 🟨 219 🟥 372 | 1.70

Villa Career Form:

George Ramsay | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | 1886-1926

Games 🕒, Won 🟩, Drew 🟨, Lost 🟥, Points per Game

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MATCH OFFICIALS

Referee: John Hickling | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Mansfield, 1923-

VAR PROFILE (from 2021)

CARDS
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None

CARDS
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None

Won 🟩, Drew 🟨, Lost 🟥, Notably poor performance 🆘, Cards 🟨 Booking, Cards 🟥 Sending off, Disallowed ❌ Goal disallowed, ⚽ Penalty for, 🥅 Penalty against, ❌ Penalty Disallowed

🟩 29 Sep 1923, Villa 5-1 Preston, Villa Park

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TEAM NEWS
TEAM STATS

Tommy Smart and Dicky York replace Percy Jones and George Stephenson.

Not recorded

Referee

🟩 29 Sep 1923, Villa 5-1 Preston, Villa Park

MANAGER

George Ramsay | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | 1886-1926

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Aston Villa

GK Tommy Jackson | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CB Tommy Ball | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
FB Tommy Smart | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
LB Tommy Mort | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M George Blackburn | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Frank J Moss | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
W Arthur Dorrell | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 🔥 |
W Dicky York | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
F Billy Kirton | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | ⚽ |
CF Billy Walker | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | ⚽ | ⚽ | ⚽ | 🔥 |
CF Len Capewell | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | ⚽ |

MANAGER

Tommy Muirhead | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |

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Preston North End

Branston N. E.
Hamilton
Yates
Duxbury
McCall
Crawford
Rawlings
Laird
Roberts
Sapsford
Quantrill

Line Ups

🟩 29 Sep 1923, Villa 5-1 Preston, Villa Park

SUBSTITUTES
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No Substitutions permitted in period

SUBSTITUTES

No Substitutions Permitted in Period

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Substitutes

🟩 29 Sep 1923, Villa 5-1 Preston, Villa Park

UNUSED SUBSTITUTES
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No Substitutions permitted in period

UNUSED SUBSTITUTES
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No Substitutions Permitted in Period

Player Positions:

GK : Goalkeeper
CB, D, B : Centre Back, Defender, Back
FB, LB, RB, WH : Full Back, Left Back, Right Back, Wing Back, Wing Half


M, CH, LH, RH : Midfielder, Centre Half, Left Half, Right Half
W, OL, OR : Winger, Outside Left, Outside Right
F, IF, IL, IR : Forward, Inside Forward, Inside Left, Inside Right, Second Striker, False 9
CF : Centre Forward

Match Symbols:

⚽ | Goal
🔥 | Assist
🔁 | Substitution

🟨 | Booking

🟥 | Sending off

🆘 | Poor refereeing performance
🟢 : Debut 🔴 : Final Game

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🟩 29 Sep 1923, Villa 5-1 Preston, Villa Park

MATCHDAY SQUAD BIOGRAPHIES
STARTING XI
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🔥
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🟨
🟥
🥅
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Red
GK Tommy Jackson | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
SUBSTITUTES
Player
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UNUSED
Player
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Games 🕒, Starts ✅, Substitute 🔁, Goals ⚽, Assists 🔥, Won 🟩, Drew 🟨, Lost 🟥, Conceded 🥅, Clean Sheets ⛔, Unused Substitute 🇺

Squad Bios

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SQUAD STATS
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SQUAD STATS
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MATCHDAY SQUAD
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MATCHDAY SQUAD
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Injury | 4 |
GK Cyril Spiers | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
F Jock Johnstone | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
CB Vic Milne | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
F George Stephenson | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

UNAVAILABLE
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Not Recorded

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LEAGUE TABLE
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MATCHDAY PROGRAMME
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MATCH QUOTES
Quotes

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MATCH REPORTS

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Reports

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MATCH VIDEO
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