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Game #1296

Aston Villa

9-12-13, 30 PTS

Wednesday, 1 April 1925

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Won

16th

Last 5: 🟥 🟥 🟨 🟥 🟩

Division One

Arsenal

12-4-19, 28 PTS

Villa Park

Attendance: 10,000

🟩 1 Apr 1925, Villa 4-0 Arsenal, Villa Park

Aston Villa

4-0

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Arsenal

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Assist(s) | Billy Dinsdale | 33' | Albert Surtees | 70' |

🟩 1 Apr 1925, Villa 4-0 Arsenal, Villa Park

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MATCH TIMELINE
Wednesday, 1 April 1925

🟢 | 1' Debut, Tom Jones, Billy Dinsdale
⚽ | 33' Goal, 1-0, Dicky York, Assist by Billy Dinsdale
🕒 | HT Aston Villa 1-0 Arsenal
⚽ | 65' Goal, 2-0, Billy Walker
⚽ | 70' Goal, 3-0, Dicky York, Assist by Albert Surtees
⚽ | 75' Goal, 4-0, Arthur Dorrell
🕒 | FT Aston Villa 4-0 Arsenal

Match Statistics

Not recorded

Goal ⚽, Assist 🔥, Goal Conceded 🥅, Injury 🚑, Booking 🟨, Sending off 🟥, Comment 🗒️, ❗ Villa Chance,❗❗Huge Villa Chance, 💥 Opposition action, 🎥 VAR, 🆘 Referee error, ❌ Missed pen, disallowed goal, player retires from field of play, 🟢 Debut, 🔴 Final appearance, 🕒 Half time, Full time, 🔁 Substitution

🟩 1 Apr 1925, Villa 4-0 Arsenal, Villa Park

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ON THIS DAY
Wednesday, 1 April 1925
  • From nowhere a Villa side who had failed to score in four, lost nine of their last thirteen League games and who had won just once in 1925 hit four goals - as many as they had managed in their last eight League and Cup games

  • Villa beat fellow strugglers Arsenal to make it nine wins, twelve draws and thirteen defeats in thirty four division one games.

  • Villa climb to 16th, 9 points clear of relegation with 8 games of 1924-25 left to play.

  • Forward Billy Dinsdale and midfielder Tom Jones made their Villa debuts aged 21 and 19 after joining from from Crook Town and Oakengates in March 1925 and July 1922 respectively.

🟩 1 Apr 1925, Villa 4-0 Arsenal, Villa Park

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DEBUT APPEARANCES

🟢 M Tom Jones | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
🟢 CF Billy Dinsdale | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

FINAL APPEARANCES

None

Seasons | 🕒 Games | ✅ Starts (🔁 Subs) | ⚽ Goals | 🔥 Assists | 🇺 Unused | Player Number |

Aston Villa

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

Arsenal

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League Champions: ❌
FA Cup Winners: ❌
Last Trophy: ❌

FIXTURE HISTORY
Arsenal
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Previous 5 vs. Arsenal: 🟥 🟨 🟩 🟩 🟨

Games 🕒, Won 🟩, Drew 🟨, Lost 🟥, Goals Scored ⚽, Goals Conceded 🥅

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FIXTURE DETAILS
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Season | 1924-25 |
Matchday | #38 |
League Match | #34 |
Manager Game | #1270 |
Wednesday, 1 April 1925

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🟩 1 Apr 1925, Villa 4-0 Arsenal, Villa Park

MATCH SUMMARY
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Manager: George Ramsay | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | Glasgow, 1886-1926 led Management Committee
Referee: Alf Scholey | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Sheffield
HT Score: 🟩 1-0
FT Result: 🟩 Won
FT Score: 🟩 4-0
Last 5: 🟥 🟥 🟨 🟥 🟩

Scorers
Timeline
On This Day
Trophies
Fixture
Manager
MANAGERIAL RECORD
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George Ramsay | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | 1886-1926

🕒 1270 | 🟩 634 🟨 240 🟥 396 | 1.69

Villa Career Form:

George Ramsay | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | 1886-1926

Games 🕒, Won 🟩, Drew 🟨, Lost 🟥, Points per Game

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MATCH OFFICIALS

Referee: Alf Scholey | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Sheffield, 1923-

VAR PROFILE (from 2021)

CARDS
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None

CARDS
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None

Won 🟩, Drew 🟨, Lost 🟥, Notably poor performance 🆘, Cards 🟨 Booking, Cards 🟥 Sending off, Disallowed ❌ Goal disallowed, ⚽ Penalty for, 🥅 Penalty against, ❌ Penalty Disallowed

🟩 1 Apr 1925, Villa 4-0 Arsenal, Villa Park

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TEAM NEWS
TEAM STATS

Tom Jones and Billy Dinsdale make their debuts in place of Tommy Muldoon and Billy Kirton.

Not recorded

Referee

🟩 1 Apr 1925, Villa 4-0 Arsenal, Villa Park

MANAGER

George Ramsay | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | 1886-1926

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Aston Villa

GK Cyril Spiers | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CB Alec Talbot | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
FB Tommy Smart | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
LB Tommy Mort | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Tom Jones | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 🟢 |
W Arthur Dorrell | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | ⚽ |
W Dicky York | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | ⚽ | ⚽ |
F Jock Johnstone | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
F Albert Surtees | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 🔥 |
CF Billy Dinsdale | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 🟢 | 🔥 |
CF Billy Walker | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | ⚽ |

MANAGER

Leslie Knighton | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

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Arsenal

Robson
Mackie
Kennedy
Foker
Butler
John
Hoar
Brain
Woods
Blyth
Haden

Line Ups

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SUBSTITUTES
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No Substitutions permitted in period

SUBSTITUTES

No Substitutions permitted in period

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Substitutes

🟩 1 Apr 1925, Villa 4-0 Arsenal, Villa Park

UNUSED SUBSTITUTES
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No Substitutions permitted in period

UNUSED SUBSTITUTES
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No Substitutions permitted in period

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

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🟩 1 Apr 1925, Villa 4-0 Arsenal, Villa Park

MATCHDAY SQUAD BIOGRAPHIES
STARTING XI
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🔥
🟩
🟨
🟥
🥅
Yellow
Red
GK Cyril Spiers | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
SUBSTITUTES
Player
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🔥
🟩
🟨
🟥
🥅
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Red
UNUSED
Player
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Games 🕒, Starts ✅, Substitute 🔁, Goals ⚽, Assists 🔥, Won 🟩, Drew 🟨, Lost 🟥, Conceded 🥅, Clean Sheets ⛔, Unused Substitute 🇺

Squad Bios

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SQUAD STATS
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SQUAD STATS
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🟩 1 Apr 1925, Villa 4-0 Arsenal, Villa Park

MATCHDAY SQUAD
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MATCHDAY SQUAD
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Injury | 6 |
M George Blackburn | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CF Len Capewell | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Frank Moss | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CB Vic Milne | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
M Tommy Muldoon | 🇮🇪 |
F Billy Kirton | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

UNAVAILABLE
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Not Recorded

Unavailable
LEAGUE TABLE
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Tables & Programmes
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MATCHDAY PROGRAMME
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MATCH QUOTES
Quotes

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MATCH REPORTS

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Reports

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MATCH VIDEO
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