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Game #1277

Aston Villa

5-10-4, 20 PTS

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Saturday, 13 December 1924

9th=

Last 5: 🟨 🟩 🟨 🟥 🟥

GK Cyril Spiers | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CB Archie Campbell | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
FB Cecil Harris | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
FB Teddy Bowen | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Tommy Muldoon | 🇮🇪 | 🟢 |
W Arthur Dorrell | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | ⚽ |
W Joe Eccles | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
F Billy Walker | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | ⚽ | 🔥 |
F Billy Kirton | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 🔥 |
F Albert Surtees | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
F Jock Johnstone | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |

George Ramsay | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | 1886-1926
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Substitutes:

No Substitutions permitted in period

Unused Substitutes:

No Substitutions permitted in period

None

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

Matchday Squad:

Injury | 10 |
LB Tommy Mort | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
FB Tommy Smart | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
W Dicky York | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CF Len Capewell | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CB Vic Milne | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
M Frank Moss | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CF Billy Walker | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CF Percy Varco | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CB Alec Talbot | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M George Blackburn | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

Archie Campbell, Jock Johnstone, Tommy Muldoon (debut) and Albert Surtees replace Vic Milne, Frank Moss, George Blackburn and Percy Varco.

Not recorded

  • Villa are forced to play 7 non-regulars as an injury crisis robs them of their entire half back line.

  • Billy Walker scores for the 13th time in nineteen games but Villa lose consecutive games for the first time this season to make it five wins, ten draws and four defeats in their opening nineteen division one games. 

  • Villa lose consecutive games for the first time this season to make it five wins, ten draws and four defeats in their opening nineteen division one games. 

  • Meanwhile, midfielder Tommy Muldoon made his Villa debut aged 23 after joining from Athlone Town in October 1924.

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Lost

2-3

🟥 13 Dec 1924, Villa 2-3 Preston, Deepdale
Scorer(s) | Arthur Dorrell | 17' | Billy Walker | 86' |

Assist(s) | Billy Kirton | 17' | Billy Waker | 86' |

Match Timeline:

🟢 | 1' Debut, Tommy Muldoon
🥅 | 11' Goal, 0-1, (Preston North End), Aitkin
⚽ | 17' Goal, 1-0, Billy Walker, Assist by Billy Kirton
🕒 | HT Preston North End 1-1 Aston Villa
🥅 | 65' Goal, 1-2, (Preston North End), Woodhouse
🥅 | Goal, 1-3, (Preston North End), Williamson
⚽ | 86' Goal, 2-3, Arthur Dorrell, Assist by Billy Waker
🕒 | FT Preston North End 3-2 Aston Villa

Season | 1924-25 |
Matchday | #19 |
League Match | #19 |
Manager Game | #1251 |
Saturday, 13 December 1924

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Manager: George Ramsay | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | Glasgow, 1886-1926 led Management Committee
Referee: Jack Howcroft | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Bolton
HT Score: 🟨 1-1
FT Result: 🟥 Lost
FT Score: 🟥 2-3
Last 5: 🟨 🟩 🟨 🟥 🟥

Referee: Jack Howcroft | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Bolton, 1904-

Previous 5 vs. Preston: 🟩 🟩 🟥 🟨 🟩

League 🕒 55 | 🟩 28 | 🟨 2 | 🟥 25 | ⚽ 101 | 🥅 87 |
FA Cup 🕒 4 | 🟩 1 | 🟨 2 | 🟥 1 | ⚽ 5 | 🥅 6 |

For the 34th time in 59 games one or other of the sides has scored 3 or more goals. ⚽ Villa 19 Preston 17. Both have done so on 2 occasions.

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Not recorded

Debut Appearances:

🟢 M Tommy Muldoon | 🇮🇪 | #309 | Free signing from Athlone Town

Final Appearances:

None

George Ramsay | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | 1886-1926

🕒 1251 | 🟩 628 🟨 237 🟥 386 | 1.70

Villa Career Form:

Referee:

VAR (from 2021)

GK Cyril Spiers | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
Games
Results
Cards
🕒
🔥
🟩
🟨
🟨
🟥
🟥
🥅
FB Teddy Bowen | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
Games
Results
Cards
🕒
🔥
9
🟩
3
🟨
0
9
🟨
4
🟥
0
0
🟥
2
0
CB Archie Campbell | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
Games
Results
Cards
🕒
🔥
3
🟩
0
🟨
0
3
🟨
2
🟥
0
0
🟥
1
0
FB Cecil Harris | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
Games
Results
Cards
🕒
🔥
15
🟩
6
🟨
0
15
🟨
7
🟥
0
0
🟥
2
0
M Tommy Muldoon | 🇮🇪 |
Games
Results
Cards
🕒
🔥
1
🟩
0
🟨
0
1
🟨
0
🟥
0
0
🟥
1
0
W Arthur Dorrell | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
Games
Results
Cards
🕒
🔥
212
🟩
92
🟨
0
212
🟨
47
🟥
0
28
🟥
73
51
F Jock Johnstone | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
Games
Results
Cards
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🔥
40
🟩
12
🟨
0
40
🟨
13
🟥
0
0
🟥
15
1
CF Billy Walker | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
Games
Results
Cards
🕒
🔥
206
🟩
91
🟨
0
206
🟨
47
🟥
0
124
🟥
68
19
Sub 2
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Cards
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Player Profile
Sub 4
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Results
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Player Profile
W Joe Eccles | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
Games
Results
Cards
🕒
🔥
5
🟩
1
🟨
0
5
🟨
2
🟥
0
0
🟥
2
3
F Billy Kirton | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
Games
Results
Cards
🕒
🔥
210
🟩
101
🟨
0
210
🟨
43
🟥
0
53
🟥
66
18
F Albert Surtees | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
Games
Results
Cards
🕒
🔥
3
🟩
1
🟨
0
3
🟨
1
🟥
0
0
🟥
1
0
Sub 1
Games
Results
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Player Profile
Sub 3
Games
Results
Cards
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Player Profile
Sub 5
Games
Results
Cards
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Player Profile

Division One

Preston North End

3-2-14, 8 PTS

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Deepdale

Attendance: 8,000

Brampton
Wade
Cook
Forrest
McCall
Williamson
Aitkin
Patterson
Woodhouse
Barnes
Sapsford

Tommy Muirhead | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
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Substitutes:

No Substitutions Permitted in Period

Unused Substitutes:

No Substitutions Permitted in Period

None

League Champions: 🏆🏆
FA Cup Winners: 🏆
Last Trophy: 1889–90

Matchday Squad:

Not Recorded

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