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Game #1252

Aston Villa

Wednesday, 2 April 1924

Won

WDWWW

Division One

Attendance: 20,000

Blackburn Rovers

Villa Park

Villa win for the seventh time in nine games thanks to George Stephenson's (pictured) strike to make it fifteen wins, twelve draws and ten defeats in thirty seven division one games.

Aston Villa

1-0

Blackburn Rovers

Assist(s) | Not recorded

KEY MAN

Villa win for the seventh time in nine games thanks to George Stephenson's strike, Wednesday, 2 April 1924.

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Wednesday, 2 April 1924

ON THIS DAY

Villa win for the seventh time in nine games thanks to make it fifteen wins, twelve draws and ten defeats in thirty seven division one games. Meanwhile, forward Albert Surtees made his Villa debut aged 22 after joining from Durham City in July 1922.

Aston Villa

Blackburn Rovers

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

FIXTURE HISTORY

Blackburn Rovers

Previous 5 vs. Blackburn: | 🟩 | 🟩 | 🟥 | 🟥 | 🟥 |

FIXTURE DETAILS

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

MATCH SUMMARY

Manager | George Ramsay led Management Committee |
FT Score | 1-0 |
FT Result | Won |
Last 5 Games | WDWWW |

MANAGERIAL RECORD

George Ramsay led Management Committee

GAMES | WINS | DRAWS | LOSSES | POINTS PER GAME

🕒 1226 | 🟩 620 🟨 226 🟥 380 | 1.70

Career Form:

George Ramsay led Management Committee

MATCH OFFICIALS

All the matches refereed by:

CARDS

Villa

Blackburn Rovers

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

MANAGER

MANAGER

George Ramsay led Management Committee

Aston Villa

GK Tommy Jackson |
CB Alex McClure |
FB Cecil Harris |
LB Tommy Mort |
M Frank Moss |
W Dicky York |
W Arthur Dorrell |
F Albert Surtees |
F George Stephenson |
F Len Capewell |
F Jock Johnstone |

Blackburn Rovers

SUBSTITUTES

No Substitutions permitted in period

SUBSTITUTES

No Substitutions Permitted in Period

UNUSED SUBSTITUTES

No Substitutions permitted in period

UNUSED SUBSTITUTES

No Substitutions Permitted in Period

SQUAD STATS

MATCHDAY SQUAD

SQUAD STATS

MATCHDAY SQUAD

UNAVAILABLE

Not recorded

UNAVAILABLE

Not Recorded

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

DEBUT APPEARANCES

FINAL APPEARANCES

MATCH STATS

Not recorded

TABLE

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PROGRAMME

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MATCHDAY QUOTES

Image © THE BRITISH LIBRARY BOARD. With thanks to Trinity Mirror. Digitised by Findmypast Newspaper Archive Limited. All rights reserved. Source: British Newspaper Archive (www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk)

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