Game #1241
Aston Villa
Saturday, 2 February 1924
Won
2nd Round
Last 5: 🟩 🟩 🟥 🟩 🟩
FA Cup
Swansea City
Vetch Field
Attendance: 19,036
🟩 2 Feb 1924, Villa 2-0 Swansea, Vetch Field
Swansea Town
0-2
Aston Villa
Assist(s) | Dicky York | 4' | Billy Walker | 80' |
🟩 2 Feb 1924, Villa 2-0 Swansea, Vetch Field
MATCH TIMELINE
Saturday, 2 February 1924
🟢 | 1' Debut, Alec Talbot
⚽ | 4' Goal, 1-0, Len Capewell, Assist by Dicky York
🕒 | HT Swansea Town 0-1 Aston Villa
⚽ | 80' Goal, 2-0, Len Capewell, Assist by Billy Walker
🕒 | FT Swansea Town 0-2 Aston Villa
Match Statistics
Not recorded
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
🟩 2 Feb 1924, Villa 2-0 Swansea, Vetch Field
ON THIS DAY
Saturday, 2 February 1924
Len Capewell scores his eleventh goal in thirteen games but Villa make hard work of beating third division Swansea Town at Vetch Field in their first ever League or Cup meeting to progress to the third round of the FA Cup.
Villa face Swansea Town (City) for the first time in competitive football, Swansea become the 71st team that the Villa first team has played in League or Cup football.
Villa beat third division Swansea Town at Vetch Field in their first ever League or Cup meeting to progress to the third round of the FA Cup.
Centre back Alec Talbot made his Villa debut aged 21 following Teddy Bowen into the first team after both had arrived from Hednesford Town.
🟩 2 Feb 1924, Villa 2-0 Swansea, Vetch Field
DEBUT APPEARANCES
🟢 CB Alec Talbot | 🏴 |
FINAL APPEARANCES
None
Seasons | 🕒 Games | ✅ Starts (🔁 Subs) | ⚽ Goals | 🔥 Assists | 🇺 Unused | Player Number |
Aston Villa
League Champions: 🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆 🏆
FA Cup Winners: 🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆 🏆
Last Trophy: 1919–20
Swansea City
League Champions: ❌
FA Cup Winners: ❌
Last Trophy: ❌
🟩 2 Feb 1924, Villa 2-0 Swansea, Vetch Field
FIXTURE DETAILS
Season | 1923-24 |
Matchday | #31 |
Manager Game | #1215 |
Saturday, 2 February 1924
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🟩 2 Feb 1924, Villa 2-0 Swansea, Vetch Field
MATCH SUMMARY
Manager: George Ramsay | 🏴 | Glasgow, 1886-1926 led Management Committee
Referee: Alf Scholey | 🏴 | Sheffield
HT Score: 🟩 1-0
FT Result: 🟩 Won
FT Score: 🟩 2-0
Last 5: 🟩 🟩 🟥 🟩 🟩
MANAGERIAL RECORD
George Ramsay | 🏴 | 1886-1926
🕒 1215 | 🟩 613 🟨 225 🟥 377 | 1.70
Villa Career Form:
Games 🕒, Won 🟩, Drew 🟨, Lost 🟥, Points per Game
🟩 2 Feb 1924, Villa 2-0 Swansea, Vetch Field
MATCH OFFICIALS
Referee: Alf Scholey | 🏴 | Sheffield, 1921-
VAR PROFILE (from 2021)
CARDS
None
CARDS
None
Won 🟩, Drew 🟨, Lost 🟥, Notably poor performance 🆘, Cards 🟨 Booking, Cards 🟥 Sending off, Disallowed ❌ Goal disallowed, ⚽ Penalty for, 🥅 Penalty against, ❌ Penalty Disallowed
🟩 2 Feb 1924, Villa 2-0 Swansea, Vetch Field
TEAM NEWS
TEAM STATS
Alec Talbot is handed his debut in place of George Blackburn.
Not recorded
🟩 2 Feb 1924, Villa 2-0 Swansea, Vetch Field
MANAGER
George Ramsay | 🏴 | 1886-1926
Aston Villa
GK Tommy Jackson | 🏴 |
CB Vic Milne | 🏴 |
CB Alec Talbot | 🏴 | 🟢 |
FB Tommy Smart | 🏴 |
LB Tommy Mort | 🏴 |
M Frank Moss | 🏴 |
W Dicky York | 🏴 | 🔥 |
W Arthur Dorrell | 🏴 |
F Billy Kirton | 🏴 |
CF Len Capewell | 🏴 | ⚽ | ⚽ |
CF Billy Walker | 🏴 | 🔥 |
MANAGER
Joe Bradshaw | 🏴 |
Swansea City
Brookes
Langford
Milne
Roulson
Collins
Bellamy
Davies
Deacon
Smith
Thompson
Spottiswoode
🟩 2 Feb 1924, Villa 2-0 Swansea, Vetch Field
SUBSTITUTES
No Substitutions permitted in period
SUBSTITUTES
No Substitutions Permitted in Period
🟩 2 Feb 1924, Villa 2-0 Swansea, Vetch Field
UNUSED SUBSTITUTES
No Substitutions permitted in period
UNUSED SUBSTITUTES
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
🟩 2 Feb 1924, Villa 2-0 Swansea, Vetch Field
MATCHDAY SQUAD BIOGRAPHIES
STARTING XI
🕒 | ✅ | ⚽ | 🔥 | 🟩 | 🟨 | 🟥 | 🥅 | ⛔ | Yellow | Red | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
GK Tommy Jackson | 🏴 | |
SUBSTITUTES
Player | 🕒 | 🔁 | ⚽ | 🔥 | 🟩 | 🟨 | 🟥 | 🥅 | ⛔ | Yellow | Red |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
UNUSED
Player | 🇺 |
|---|---|
Games 🕒, Starts ✅, Substitute 🔁, Goals ⚽, Assists 🔥, Won 🟩, Drew 🟨, Lost 🟥, Conceded 🥅, Clean Sheets ⛔, Unused Substitute 🇺
🟩 2 Feb 1924, Villa 2-0 Swansea, Vetch Field
SQUAD STATS
SQUAD STATS
🟩 2 Feb 1924, Villa 2-0 Swansea, Vetch Field
MATCHDAY SQUAD
MATCHDAY SQUAD
🟩 2 Feb 1924, Villa 2-0 Swansea, Vetch Field
UNAVAILABLE
Injury | 2 |
GK Cyril Spiers | 🏴 |
M George Blackburn | 🏴 |
UNAVAILABLE
Not Reported
LEAGUE TABLE
MATCHDAY PROGRAMME
🟩 2 Feb 1924, Villa 2-0 Swansea, Vetch Field
MATCH QUOTES
🟩 2 Feb 1924, Villa 2-0 Swansea, Vetch Field
MATCH REPORTS
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🟩 2 Feb 1924, Villa 2-0 Swansea, Vetch Field