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Game #1282

Aston Villa

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Saturday, 10 January 1925

1st Round

Last 5: 🟩 🟥 🟩 🟥 🟩

GK Cyril Spiers | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CB Vic Milne | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
FB Tommy Smart | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
FB Teddy Bowen | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M George Blackburn | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Frank Moss | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
W Arthur Dorrell | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 🔥 | 🔥 | 🔥 | 🔥 |
W Dicky York | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
F Billy Kirton | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 🔥 | 🔥 |
CF Len Capewell | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 🔥 | ⚽ | ⚽ | ⚽ | ⚽ |
CF Billy Walker | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | ⚽ | ⚽ | ⚽ |

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 Cyril Spiers | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

Defenders
CB Vic Milne | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |

Full Backs
FB Tommy Smart | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
FB Teddy Bowen | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

Midfielders
M George Blackburn | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Frank Moss | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

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

Forwards
F Billy Kirton | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CF Len Capewell | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CF Billy Walker | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

Unavailable

Injury | 2 |
LB Tommy Mort | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CB Alec Talbot | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

Team News

Tommy Smart, George Blackburn, Frank Moss, Len Capewell and Dicky York return for the FA Cup tie with Vale in place of Cecil Harris, Tommy Muldoon, Joe Eccles, Jock Johnstone and Arthur Phoenix.

Team Stats

Not recorded

Debut Appearances

None

Final Appearances

None

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Won

7-2

🟩 10 Jan 1925, Villa 7-2 Port Vale, Villa Park
Scorer(s) | Billy Walker | 48' | 50' | 59' | Len Capewell | 64' | 65' | 75' | 76' |

Assist(s) | Arthur Dorrell | 48' | 65' | 75' | 76' | Len Capewell | 50' | Billy Kirton | 59' | 64' |

Match Timeline

🥅 | 14' Goal, 0-1, (Port Vale), Wilf Kirkham
🕒 | HT Aston Villa 0-1 Port Vale
⚽ | 48' Goal, 1-1, Billy Walker, Assist by Arthur Dorrell
⚽ | 50' Goal, 2-1, Billy Walker, Assist by Len Capewell
🥅 | 55' Goal, 2-2, (Port Vale), Wilf Kirkham
⚽ | 59' Goal, 3-2, Billy Walker, Assist by Billy Kirton
⚽ | 64' Goal, 4-2, Len Capewell, Assist by Billy Kirton
⚽ | 65' Goal, 5-2, Len Capewell, Assist by Arthur Dorrell
⚽ | 75' Goal, 6-2, Len Capewell, Assist by Arthur Dorrell
⚽ | 76' Goal, 7-2, Len Capewell, Assist by Arthur Dorrell
🕒 | FT Aston Villa 0-1 Port Vale

Season | 1924-25 |
Matchday | #24 |
Manager Game | #1256 |
Saturday, 10 January 1925

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Match Record
Game Record

Manager: George Ramsay | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | Glasgow, 1886-1926 led Management Committee
Referee: Fred Todman | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Croydon, 1922-1925
HT Score: 🟥 0-1
FT Result: 🟩 Won
FT Score: 🟩 7-2
Last 5: 🟩 🟥 🟩 🟥 🟩

Officials

Referee: Fred Todman | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Croydon, 1922-1925

Previous 5 vs. Port Vale: None

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Head to Head

Total 🕒 1 | 🟩 W1 (100% ) | 🟨 D0 | 🇺(100% ) | 🟥 L0 (0% ) | ⚽ 7 | 🥅 2 | GD 5

Match Stats

Not recorded

George Ramsay | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | 1886-1926

🕒 1256 | 🟩 631 🟨 237 🟥 388 | 1.70

Villa Career Form:

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

FA Cup

Port Vale

-

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Villa Park

Attendance: 35,600

GK Tom Fern | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
D Jimmy Oakes | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
FB Jack Maddock | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Ernest Collinge | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Bob Connolly | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
M Sidney Blunt | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Alfred Strange | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
F Wilf Kirkham | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | ⚽ | ⚽ |
F Tom Page | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
F Billy Briscoe | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
F Jack Lowe | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

Joe Schofield | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
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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: ❌

Opposition Matchday Squad

Goalkeepers
GK Tom Fern | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

Defenders
D Jimmy Oakes | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

Full Backs
FB Jack Maddock | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

Midfielders
M Ernest Collinge | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Bob Connolly | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
M Sidney Blunt | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Alfred Strange | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

Forwards
F Wilf Kirkham | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
F Tom Page | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
F Billy Briscoe | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
F Jack Lowe | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

Opposition Unavailable

Not Recorded

🟩 12 Apr 2025, Villa 3-0 Southampton, St Mary's TBL.png
On This Day
  • Villa find themselves 0-1 behind at the break to second tier Vale and do not score until the 48th minute but score 7 in 28 minutes to sweep aside the Valiants.

  • Len Capwell returns to the line up for the first time since November to hit four goals as Villa see off second division Port Vale in the first round of the FA Cup. Billy Walker hits a hatr-trick whilst Arthur Dorrell creates four.

  • Villa face Port Vale for the first time in competitive football, Vale become the 73rd team that the Villa first team has played in League or Cup football.

  • Villa see off second division Port Vale in the first round of the FA Cup.

Starting XI
GK Cyril Spiers | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
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🔥

🟩

🟨

🟥

🥅

FB Teddy Bowen | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
🕒

14

14

🔥

0

0

🟩

6

🟨

4

🟥

4

CB Vic Milne | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
🕒

42

42

🔥

0

0

🟩

20

🟨

10

🟥

12

CB Frank Moss | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
🕒

186

186

🔥

8

6

🟩

84

🟨

39

🟥

63

FB Tommy Smart | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
🕒

202

202

🔥

0

1

🟩

94

🟨

40

🟥

68

M George Blackburn | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
🕒

139

139

🔥

2

2

🟩

66

🟨

31

🟥

42

W Dicky York | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
🕒

168

168

🔥

19

50

🟩

77

🟨

36

🟥

55

W Arthur Dorrell | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
🕒

217

217

🔥

28

57

🟩

95

🟨

47

🟥

75

F Billy Kirton | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
🕒

215

215

🔥

55

20

🟩

104

🟨

43

🟥

68

CF Len Capewell | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
🕒

79

79

🔥

42

7

🟩

35

🟨

22

🟥

22

CF Billy Walker | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
🕒

211

211

🔥

128

20

🟩

94

🟨

47

🟥

70

Substitutes
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🔥

GK Sub

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🥅

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Sub 1

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Sub 2

🟩

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🕒

🔁

🔥

Sub 3

🟩

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🟥

🕒

🔁

🔥

Sub 4

🟩

🟨

🟥

🕒

🔁

🔥

Sub 5

🟩

🟨

🟥

Match Media
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