Game #1282
Aston Villa

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

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
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Final Appearances
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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

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
Match Stats
Not recorded
George Ramsay | 🏴 | 1886-1926
🕒 1256 | 🟩 631 🟨 237 🟥 388 | 1.70
Villa Career Form:
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 | 🏴 |

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
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.
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Match Media
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