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Game #1241

Aston Villa

Saturday, 2 February 1924

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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

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Aston Villa

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Assist(s) | Dicky York | 4' | Billy Walker | 80' |

🟩 2 Feb 1924, Villa 2-0 Swansea, Vetch Field

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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

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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

🟩 2 Feb 1924, Villa 2-0 Swansea, Vetch Field

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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

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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

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

FIXTURE HISTORY
Swansea City
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Previous 5 vs. Swansea: None

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

Swansea City

PREVIOUS MATCH
None
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Swansea City

SUBSEQUENT MATCH

🟩 2 Feb 1924, Villa 2-0 Swansea, Vetch Field

FIXTURE DETAILS
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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
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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: 🟩 🟩 🟥 🟩 🟩

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

🕒 1215 | 🟩 613 🟨 225 🟥 377 | 1.70

Villa Career Form:

George Ramsay | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | 1886-1926

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

🟩 2 Feb 1924, Villa 2-0 Swansea, Vetch Field

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MATCH OFFICIALS

Referee: Alf Scholey | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Sheffield, 1921-

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

🟩 2 Feb 1924, Villa 2-0 Swansea, Vetch Field

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TEAM NEWS
TEAM STATS

Alec Talbot is handed his debut in place of George Blackburn.

Not recorded

Referee

🟩 2 Feb 1924, Villa 2-0 Swansea, Vetch Field

MANAGER

George Ramsay | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | 1886-1926

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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 | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

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Swansea City

Brookes
Langford
Milne
Roulson
Collins
Bellamy
Davies
Deacon
Smith
Thompson
Spottiswoode

Line Ups

🟩 2 Feb 1924, Villa 2-0 Swansea, Vetch Field

SUBSTITUTES
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No Substitutions permitted in period

SUBSTITUTES

No Substitutions Permitted in Period

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Substitutes

🟩 2 Feb 1924, Villa 2-0 Swansea, Vetch Field

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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🟩 2 Feb 1924, Villa 2-0 Swansea, Vetch Field

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

Squad Bios

🟩 2 Feb 1924, Villa 2-0 Swansea, Vetch Field

SQUAD STATS
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SQUAD STATS
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🟩 2 Feb 1924, Villa 2-0 Swansea, Vetch Field

MATCHDAY SQUAD
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MATCHDAY SQUAD
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🟩 2 Feb 1924, Villa 2-0 Swansea, Vetch Field

UNAVAILABLE
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Injury | 2 |
GK Cyril Spiers | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M George Blackburn | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

UNAVAILABLE
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Not Reported

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LEAGUE TABLE
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Tables & Programmes
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MATCHDAY PROGRAMME
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🟩 2 Feb 1924, Villa 2-0 Swansea, Vetch Field

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MATCH QUOTES
Quotes

🟩 2 Feb 1924, Villa 2-0 Swansea, Vetch Field

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MATCH REPORTS

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Reports

🟩 2 Feb 1924, Villa 2-0 Swansea, Vetch Field

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MATCH VIDEO
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