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Game #1254
1923-24
Position:
Division One
Nottingham Forest
City Ground
Attendance: 12,000
Saturday, 12 April 1924
Villa fail to score for the fifteenth time this season as they are held by League strugglers Forest at the City Ground to make it fifteen wins, thirteen draws and eleven defeats in thirty nine division one games.
Nottingham Forest
0-0
Aston Villa
Scorer(s) | None |
Assist(s) | None
AT A GLANCE
Game #1254
Season | 1923-24 |
Matchday | #44 |
League Match | #39 |
Manager Game | #1228 |
Saturday, 12 April 1924
MATCH SUMMARY
Manager | George Ramsay led Management Committee |
FT Score | 0-0 |
FT Result | Drew |
Last 5 Games | WWWLD |
MATCH OFFICIALS
MATCH INCIDENTS
Villa
Nottingham Forest
🟨 | Booking
🟥 | Sending off
💥+ | Incidents e.g. penalty awarded
💥- | Incidents e.g. penalty conceded, goal disallowed
💥 | Incidents e.g. refused clear pen
🆘 | Notably poor refereeing performance
TEAM STATS
Not recorded
TEAM NEWS
Cecil Harris, Albert Surtees, Joe Corbett (debut), Billy Armfield and George Stephenson replace Tommy Smart, Frank Moss, Norman Mackay, Arthur Dorrell and Billy Walker.
UNAVAILABLE
Not recorded
MATCH STATS
Not recorded
MANAGER
Management Committee | Club Secretary | George Ramsay
STAFF
STARTING LINE UP
GK Tommy Jackson |
CB Vic Milne |
LB Tommy Mort |
FB Cecil Harris |
M Joe Corbett |
W Dicky York |
W Billy Armfield |
F George Stephenson |
F Len Capewell |
F Jock Johnstone |
F Albert Surtees |
SUBSTITUTES
No Substitutions permitted in period
UNUSED SUBSTITUTES
No Substitutions permitted in period
THE OPPOSITION
ex: Also played for the Villa
g: Scored
s/o: Sent off
s-: Sub off; s+: Sub on
ON THIS DAY
Villa fail to score for the fifteenth time this season as they are held by League strugglers Forest at the City Ground to make it fifteen wins, thirteen draws and eleven defeats in thirty nine division one games. Meanwhile, midfielder Joe Corbett made his Villa debut aged 21 after joining from Brierley Hill Alliance in August 1921.
Villa fail to score for the fifteenth time this season as they are held by League strugglers Forest at the City Ground, Saturday, 12 April 1924.
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