Game #1238
Aston Villa

Saturday, 12 January 1924
1st Round
Last 5: 🟥 🟩 🟥 🟩 🟩
GK Tommy Jackson | 🏴 |
CB Vic Milne | 🏴 |
FB Tommy Smart | 🏴 |
LB Tommy Mort | 🏴 |
M George Blackburn | 🏴 | ⚽ |
W Dicky York | 🏴 | 🔥 | 🔥 |
W Arthur Dorrell | 🏴 | 🔥 |
F Billy Kirton | 🏴 |
F Jock Johnstone | 🏴 |
CF Len Capewell | 🏴 | ⚽ |
CF Billy Walker | 🏴 | ⚽ | ⚽ |
George Ramsay | 🏴 | 1886-1926

Substitutes
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Yellow Cards (Warnings, Cautions, Bookings)
Red Cards (Ordered from Field of Play, Dismissals, Sendings Off)
Trophy Record
League Champions: 🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆 🏆
FA Cup Winners: 🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆 🏆
Last Trophy: 1919–20
Matchday Squad
Unavailable
Injury | 2 |
GK Cyril Spiers | 🏴 |
CB Frank Moss | 🏴 |
Team News
Tommy Mort returns in place of Teddy Bowen.
Team Stats
Not recorded
Debut Appearances
None
Final Appearances
None
Scorer(s) | George Blackburn | 11' | Billy Walker | 35' | 55' | Len Capewell | 64' | Own Goal | 5-1 |
Assist(s) | Dicky York | 11' | 64' | Arthur Dorrell | 55' |
Match Timeline
⚽ | 11' Goal, 1-0, George Blackburn, Assist by Dicky York
🥅 | 21' Goal, 1-1, (Ashington), Robertson
⚽ | 35' Goal, 2-1, Billy Walker
🕒 | HT Ashington 1-2 Aston Villa
🚑 | 46' Player retires from field of play with injury, (Ashington), Price
⚽ | 55' Goal, 3-1, Billy Walker, Assist by Arthur Dorrell
⚽ | 64' Goal, 4-1, Len Capewell, Assist by Dicky York
⚽ | Goal, 5-1, Page og
🕒 | FT Ashington 1-5 Aston Villa
Season | 1923-24 |
Matchday | #28 |
Manager Game | #1212 |
Saturday, 12 January 1924

Match Record
Game Record
Manager: George Ramsay | 🏴 | Glasgow, 1886-1926 led Management Committee
Referee: A. Farrer | 🏴 | Leeds, 1924
HT Score: 🟩 2-1
FT Result: 🟩 Won
FT Score: 🟩 5-1
Last 5: 🟥 🟩 🟥 🟩 🟩
Officials
Referee: A. Farrer | 🏴 | Leeds, 1924
Referee: A. Farrer | 🏴 | Leeds, 1924
Games: 🕒 1 🟩 W1 (100%) 🟥 L0 (0%) Last 5: 🟩
Cards: 🟨 0 🟥 0 | 0.00 per game | Pens: ⚽ 0 | 🥅 0 |
Match Stats
Not recorded
George Ramsay | 🏴 | 1886-1926
🕒 1212 | 🟩 611 🟨 225 🟥 376 | 1.70
Villa Career Form:
FA Cup
Ashington

Portland Park
Attendance: 11,837
Hoffman
G. Thompson
Page
Tubb
Price 🚑
Pigg
Kidd
Gardner
Robertson
Watson
Laverick
Unknown

Substitutes
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Yellow Cards (Warnings, Cautions, Bookings)
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Red Cards (Ordered from Field of Play, Dismissals, Sendings Off)
Opposition Trophy Record
League Champions: ❌
FA Cup Winners: ❌
Last Trophy: ❌
Opposition Matchday Squad
Opposition Unavailable
On This Day
Villa face Ashington for the first time in competitive football, Ashington become the 70th team that the Villa first team has played in League or Cup football.
Len Capewell scores for the eighth time in eleven games as Villa put five past division three side Ashington in the first round of the FA Cup.
Billy Walker scores a brace and George Blackburn hits his first goal for Villa.
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