Game #1230
Aston Villa
8-9-3, 25 PTS

Saturday, 8 December 1923
2nd
Last 5: 🟩 🟨 🟩 🟨 🟩
GK Tommy Jackson | 🏴 |
CB Vic Milne | 🏴 |
FB Tommy Smart | 🏴 |
LB Tommy Mort | 🏴 |
M George Blackburn | 🏴 |
M Frank Moss | 🏴 |
W Dicky York | 🏴 |
W Arthur Dorrell | 🏴 |
F Billy Kirton | 🏴 | ⚽ |
CF Len Capewell | 🏴 |
CF Ian Dickson | 🏴 | ⚽ | 🔴 |
George Ramsay | 🏴 | 1886-1926

Substitutes:
No Substitutions permitted in period
Unused Substitutes:
No Substitutions permitted in period
None
League Champions: 🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆 🏆
FA Cup Winners: 🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆 🏆
Last Trophy: 1919–20
Matchday Squad:
Injury | 2 |
GK Cyril Spiers | 🏴 |
CF Billy Walker | 🏴 |
Ian Dickson replaces Billy Walker.
Not recorded
Villa extend their unbeaten run to seven, winning four as Boro are beaten thanks to goals from Ian Dickson on his final appearance and Billy Kirton.
Villa keep their seventh successive clean sheet.
Villa make it eight wins, nine draws and three defeats in their opening twenty division one games.
Villa remain second in the table two points off leaders Cardiff with Huddersfield a point in arrears.
Centre forward Dickson made his final appearance before moving on to Middlesbrough later this month despite a goal scoring record of 38 goals in just 83 appearances for the club. 28 of those goals however had come in 42 games in 1921-22 after which Dickson had scored 8 in 33 before his departure.

Won
2-0
🟩 8 Dec 1923, Villa 2-0 Boro, Villa Park
Scorer(s) | Ian Dickson | 31' | Billy Kirton | 87' |
Assist(s) | None
Match Timeline:
⚽ | 31' Goal, 1-0, Ian Dickson
🕒 | HT Aston Villa 1-0 Middlesbrough
⚽ | 87' Goal, 2-0, Billy Kirton
🕒 | FT Aston Villa 2-0 Middlesbrough
Season | 1923-24 |
Matchday | #20 |
League Match | #20 |
Manager Game | #1204 |
Saturday, 8 December 1923

Manager: George Ramsay | 🏴 | Glasgow, 1886-1926 led Management Committee
Referee: Tom Tomlinson | 🏴 | Sheffield, 1922-1923
HT Score: 🟩 1-0
FT Result: 🟩 Won
FT Score: 🟩 2-0
Last 5: 🟩 🟨 🟩 🟨 🟩
Referee: Tom Tomlinson | 🏴 | Sheffield, 1922-1923
Not recorded
Debut Appearances:
None
Final Appearances:
🔴 CF Ian Dickson | 🏴 | 1921-23 🕒 83 | ✅ 83 | 🔁 (-) | ⚽ 39 | 🔥 5 | 🇺 - | #285 |
George Ramsay | 🏴 | 1886-1926
🕒 1204 | 🟩 608 🟨 223 🟥 373 | 1.70
Villa Career Form:
Referee:
VAR (from 2021)
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Division One
Middlesbrough
4-3-11, 11 PTS

Ayresome Park
Attendance: 15,000
Clough
Freeman
Maitland
Harris
Webster
Slade
J. Carr
G. Carr
Birrell
Cochrane
Urwin
Herbert Bamlett | 🏴 |

Substitutes:
No Substitutions Permitted in Period
Unused Substitutes:
No Substitutions Permitted in Period
None
League Champions: ❌
FA Cup Winners: ❌
Last Trophy: ❌
Matchday Squad:
Not Recorded
