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Game #1252

Aston Villa

15-12-10, 42 PTS

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Wednesday, 2 April 1924

5th=

Last 5: 🟩 🟨 🟩 🟩 🟩

GK Tommy Jackson | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CB Alex McClure | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
FB Cecil Harris | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Tommy Mort | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Frank Moss | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
W Dicky York | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 🔥 |
W Arthur Dorrell | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
F Albert Surtees | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
F George Stephenson | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | ⚽ |
F Jock Johnstone | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
CF Len Capewell | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

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)

None

Red Cards (Ordered from Field of Play, Dismissals, Sendings Off)

None

Trophy Record

League Champions: 🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆 🏆
FA Cup Winners: 🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆 🏆
Last Trophy: 1919–20

Matchday Squad

Goalkeepers
GK Tommy Jackson | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

Defenders
CB Alex McClure | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

Full Backs
FB Cecil Harris | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

Midfielders
M Tommy Mort | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Frank J Moss | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

Wingers
W Dicky York | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
W Arthur Dorrell | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

Forwards
F Albert Surtees | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
F George Stephenson | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CF Len Capewell | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
F Jock Johnstone | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |

Unavailable

Injury | 7 |
GK Cyril Spiers | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
FB Teddy Bowen | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CB Vic Milne | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
FB Tommy Smart | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M George Blackburn | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
F Billy Kirton | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CF Billy Walker | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

Team News

Alex McClure, Cecil Harris, Jock Johnstone, Albert Surtees (debut) and George Stephenson replace Vic Milne, Tommy Smart, George Blackburn, Billy Kirton and Billy Walker.

Team Stats

Not recorded

Debut Appearances

🟢 F Albert Surtees | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #305 | Youth team promotion

Final Appearances

None

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Won

1-0

🟩 2 Apr 1924, Villa 1-0 Blackburn, Villa Park
Scorer(s) | George Stephenson | 47' |

Assist(s) | Dicky York | 47' |

Match Timeline

🟢 | 1' Debut, Albert Surtees
🕒 | HT Aston Villa 0-0 Blackburn Rovers
⚽ | 47' Goal, 1-0, George Stephenson, Assist by Dicky York
🕒 | FT Aston Villa 1-0 Blackburn Rovers

Season | 1923-24 |
Matchday | #42 |
League Match | #37 |
Manager Game | #1226 |
Wednesday, 2 April 1924

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Match Record
Game Record

Manager: George Ramsay | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | Glasgow, 1886-1926 led Management Committee
Referee: A. L. Grinstead | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | London, 1924
HT Score: 🟨 0-0
FT Result: 🟩 Won
FT Score: 🟩 1-0
Last 5: 🟩 🟨 🟩 🟩 🟩

Officials

Referee: A. L. Grinstead | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | London, 1924
Linesmen: A. Saunders (Coventry); R. Craddock (Evesham)

Referee: A. L. Grinstead | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | London, 1924
Games: 🕒 1 🟩 W1 (100%) 🟥 L0 (0%) Last 5: 🟩
Cards: 🟨 0 🟥 0 | 0.00 per game | Pens: ⚽ 0 | 🥅 0 |

Previous 5 vs. Blackburn: 🟩 🟩 🟥 🟥 🟥

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Head to Head

Total 🕒 66 | 🟩 W27 (41% ) | 🟨 D16 | 🇺(65% ) | 🟥 L23 (35% ) | ⚽ 128 | 🥅 119 | GD 9

Match Stats

Not recorded

George Ramsay | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | 1886-1926

🕒 1226 | 🟩 620 🟨 226 🟥 380 | 1.70

Villa Career Form:

🟩 12 Apr 2025, Villa 3-0 Southampton, St Mary's TBL.png

Division One

Blackburn Rovers

16-10-12, 42 PTS

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Villa Park

Attendance: 20,000

GK Ted Davis | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
D Tom Williamson | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
D Thomas Wylie | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
M Dave Rollo | 🇬🇧 |
M Stan Dixon | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Henry Healless | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Austen Campbell | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
F Joe Hulme | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
F Ted Harper | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
F Jock McKay | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
F Peter Holland | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

Jack Carr | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
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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)

None

Opposition Trophy Record

League Champions: 🏆🏆
FA Cup Winners: 🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆
Last Trophy: 1913–14

Opposition Matchday Squad

Goalkeepers
GK Ted Davis | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

Defenders
D Tom Williamson | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
D Thomas Wylie | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |

Midfielders
M Dave Rollo | 🇬🇧 |
M Stan Dixon | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Henry Healless | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Austen Campbell | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

Forwards
F Joe Hulme | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
F Ted Harper | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
F Jock McKay | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
F Peter Holland | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

Opposition Unavailable

Not Recorded

🟩 12 Apr 2025, Villa 3-0 Southampton, St Mary's TBL.png
On This Day
  • Villa win for the seventh time in nine games thanks to George Stephenson's strike.

  • Villa make it fifteen wins, twelve draws and ten defeats in thirty seven division one games. 

  • Villa climb to joint fifth, level with the defeated opposition. Up next are third placed Huddersfield.

  • Forward Albert Surtees makes his Villa debut aged 22 after joining from Durham City in July 1922.

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

91

91

🔥

0

0

🟩

47

🟨

15

🟥

29

33

🥅

105

LB Tommy Mort | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
🕒

75

75

🔥

0

0

🟩

33

🟨

16

🟥

26

FB Cecil Harris | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
🕒

6

6

🔥

0

0

🟩

3

🟨

3

🟥

0

CB Frank Moss | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
🕒

161

161

🔥

6

4

🟩

75

🟨

29

🟥

57

CB Alex McClure | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
🕒

4

4

🔥

0

0

🟩

2

🟨

0

🟥

2

W Dicky York | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
🕒

150

150

🔥

17

45

🟩

70

🟨

29

🟥

51

W Arthur Dorrell | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
🕒

188

188

🔥

22

45

🟩

84

🟨

37

🟥

67

F Albert Surtees | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
🕒

1

1

🔥

0

0

🟩

1

🟨

0

🟥

0

F Jock Johnstone | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
🕒

33

33

🔥

0

1

🟩

12

🟨

9

🟥

12

F George Stephenson | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
🕒

15

15

🔥

1

2

🟩

5

🟨

5

🟥

5

CF Len Capewell | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
🕒

61

61

🔥

31

6

🟩

28

🟨

15

🟥

18

Substitutes
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🔥

GK Sub

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🟥

🥅

🕒

🔁

🔥

Sub 1

🟩

🟨

🟥

🕒

🔁

🔥

Sub 2

🟩

🟨

🟥

🕒

🔁

🔥

Sub 3

🟩

🟨

🟥

🕒

🔁

🔥

Sub 4

🟩

🟨

🟥

🕒

🔁

🔥

Sub 5

🟩

🟨

🟥

Match Media
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