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Game #1317

Aston Villa

6-5-2, 17 PTS

Saturday, 31 October 1925

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Lost

2nd=

Last 5: 🟩 🟩 🟨 🟩 🟥

Division One

Cardiff City

4-1-9, 9 PTS

Villa Park

Attendance: 33,161

🟥 31 Oct 1925, Villa 0-2 Cardiff, Villa Park

Aston Villa

0-2

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Cardiff City

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Assist(s) | None

🟥 31 Oct 1925, Villa 0-2 Cardiff, Villa Park

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MATCH TIMELINE
Saturday, 31 October 1925

🥅 | 40' Goal, 0-1, (Cardiff City), Nicholson
🕒 | HT Aston Villa 0-1 Cardiff City
🥅 | 50' Goal, 0-2, (Cardiff City), Smith
🕒 | FT Aston Villa 0-2 Cardiff City

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

🟥 31 Oct 1925, Villa 0-2 Cardiff, Villa Park

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ON THIS DAY
Saturday, 31 October 1925
  • Goals, five minutes either side of half time, see Villa's ten game unbeaten run comes to an end.

  • Villa fail to score for the first time in 11 games.

  • Villa lose for only the second time in 1925-26.

  • Villa make it six wins, five draws and two defeats in their thirteen division one matches.

  • Villa remain joint second but are now four points behind leaders Sunderland.

  • Up next are another struggling side Sheffield United.

🟥 31 Oct 1925, Villa 0-2 Cardiff, Villa Park

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DEBUT APPEARANCES

None

FINAL APPEARANCES

None

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

Aston Villa

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

Cardiff City

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

FIXTURE HISTORY
Cardiff City
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Previous 5 vs. Cardiff: 🟥 🟩 🟩 🟥 🟥

League 🕒 9 | 🟩 4 | 🟨 0 | 🟥 5 | ⚽ 13 | 🥅 14 |

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

🟥 31 Oct 1925, Villa 0-2 Cardiff, Villa Park

FIXTURE DETAILS
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Season | 1925-26 |
Matchday | #13 |
League Match | #13 |
Manager Game | #1291 |
Saturday, 31 October 1925

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🟥 31 Oct 1925, Villa 0-2 Cardiff, Villa Park

MATCH SUMMARY
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Manager: George Ramsay | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | Glasgow, 1886-1926 led Management Committee
Referee: Albert Prince-Cox | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | London, 1925-1929
HT Score: 🟥 0-1
FT Result: 🟥 Lost
FT Score: 🟥 0-2
Last 5: 🟩 🟩 🟨 🟩 🟥

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

🕒 1291 | 🟩 644 🟨 246 🟥 401 | 1.69

Villa Career Form:

George Ramsay | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | 1886-1926

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

🟥 31 Oct 1925, Villa 0-2 Cardiff, Villa Park

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MATCH OFFICIALS

Referee: Albert Prince-Cox | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | London, 1925-1929

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

🟥 31 Oct 1925, Villa 0-2 Cardiff, Villa Park

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TEAM NEWS
TEAM STATS

Tommy Smart, Arthur Dorrell and Billy Walker replace Teddy Bowen, Billy Dinsdale and George Stephenson.

Not recorded

Referee

🟥 31 Oct 1925, Villa 0-2 Cardiff, Villa Park

MANAGER

George Ramsay | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | 1886-1926

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Aston Villa

GK Cyril Spiers | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
FB Tommy Smart | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Tommy Mort | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CB Alec Talbot | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Frank J Moss | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
W Dicky York | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
W Arthur Dorrell | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
F Billy Kirton | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
F Jock Johnstone | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
CF Billy Walker | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CF Len Capewell | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

MANAGER

Fred Stewart | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

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Cardiff City

Farquharson
Nelson
Watson
Hardy
Sloan
Read
Dawson
Smith
Nicholson
Cassidy
Davies L.

Line Ups

🟥 31 Oct 1925, Villa 0-2 Cardiff, Villa Park

SUBSTITUTES
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No Substitutions permitted in period

SUBSTITUTES

No Substitutions Permitted in Period

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Substitutes

🟥 31 Oct 1925, Villa 0-2 Cardiff, 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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🟥 31 Oct 1925, Villa 0-2 Cardiff, Villa Park

MATCHDAY SQUAD BIOGRAPHIES
STARTING XI
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🟥
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Red
GK Cyril Spiers | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
SUBSTITUTES
Player
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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

🟥 31 Oct 1925, Villa 0-2 Cardiff, Villa Park

SQUAD STATS
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SQUAD STATS
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🟥 31 Oct 1925, Villa 0-2 Cardiff, Villa Park

MATCHDAY SQUAD
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MATCHDAY SQUAD
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🟥 31 Oct 1925, Villa 0-2 Cardiff, Villa Park

UNAVAILABLE
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Injury | 1 |
CB Vic Milne | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |

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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🟥 31 Oct 1925, Villa 0-2 Cardiff, Villa Park

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MATCH QUOTES
Quotes

🟥 31 Oct 1925, Villa 0-2 Cardiff, Villa Park

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MATCH REPORTS

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Reports

🟥 31 Oct 1925, Villa 0-2 Cardiff, Villa Park

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MATCH VIDEO
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