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Game #1238

Aston Villa

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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
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Substitutes

No Substitutions permitted in period

Unused Substitutes

No Substitutions permitted in period

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

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Won

5-1

🟩 12 Jan 1924, Villa 5-1 Ashington, Portland Park
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

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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 |

Previous 5 vs. Ashington: None

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Head to Head

Total 🕒 1 | 🟩 W1 (100% ) | 🟨 D0 | 🇺(100% ) | 🟥 L0 (0% ) | ⚽ 5 | 🥅 1 | GD 4

Match Stats

Not recorded

George Ramsay | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | 1886-1926

🕒 1212 | 🟩 611 🟨 225 🟥 376 | 1.70

Villa Career Form:

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FA Cup

Ashington

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Portland Park

Attendance: 11,837

Hoffman
G. Thompson
Page
Tubb
Price 🚑
Pigg
Kidd
Gardner
Robertson
Watson
Laverick

Unknown
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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)

Opposition Trophy Record

League Champions: ❌
FA Cup Winners: ❌
Last Trophy: ❌

Opposition Matchday Squad

Opposition Unavailable

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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.

Starting XI
GK Tommy Jackson | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
🕒

79

79

🔥

0

0

🟩

39

🟨

15

🟥

25

26

🥅

96

LB Tommy Mort | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
🕒

62

62

🔥

0

0

🟩

25

🟨

15

🟥

22

CB Vic Milne | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
🕒

14

14

🔥

0

0

🟩

5

🟨

5

🟥

4

FB Tommy Smart | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
🕒

171

171

🔥

0

1

🟩

79

🟨

32

🟥

60

M George Blackburn | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
🕒

109

109

🔥

1

0

🟩

51

🟨

23

🟥

35

W Dicky York | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
🕒

138

138

🔥

15

40

🟩

62

🟨

29

🟥

47

W Arthur Dorrell | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
🕒

174

174

🔥

19

42

🟩

75

🟨

36

🟥

63

F Billy Kirton | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
🕒

174

174

🔥

47

15

🟩

85

🟨

32

🟥

57

F Jock Johnstone | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
🕒

27

27

🔥

0

1

🟩

9

🟨

8

🟥

10

CF Len Capewell | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
🕒

49

49

🔥

21

5

🟩

20

🟨

14

🟥

15

CF Billy Walker | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
🕒

170

170

🔥

106

12

🟩

76

🟨

36

🟥

58

Substitutes
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🔁

🔥

GK Sub

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🟥

🥅

🕒

🔁

🔥

Sub 1

🟩

🟨

🟥

🕒

🔁

🔥

Sub 2

🟩

🟨

🟥

🕒

🔁

🔥

Sub 3

🟩

🟨

🟥

🕒

🔁

🔥

Sub 4

🟩

🟨

🟥

🕒

🔁

🔥

Sub 5

🟩

🟨

🟥

Match Media
What they Said

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