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Game #1387

Aston Villa

17-5-14, 39 PTS

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Saturday, 2 April 1927

6th=

Last 5: 🟩 🟥 🟩 🟩 🟥

GK Tommy Jackson | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
FB Teddy Bowen | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
FB Tommy Smart | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Billy Kingdon | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Frank J Moss | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
W Arthur Dorrell | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
W Dicky York | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
F George Stephenson | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
F Billy Kirton | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 🔴 |
F Billy Cook | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | ⚽ |
CF Billy Walker | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

Billy Smith | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 1926-1934
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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 Tommy Jackson | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

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

Midfielders
M Billy Kingdon | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Frank J Moss | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

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

Forwards
F George Stephenson | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
F Billy Kirton | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
F Billy Cook | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CF Billy Walker | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

Unavailable

Injury | 3 |
CB Vic Milne | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
CF Len Capewell | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CB Alec Talbot | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

Team News

Billy Kirton replaces Alec Talbot.

Team Stats

Not recorded

Debut Appearances

None

Final Appearances

🔴 F Billy Kirton | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 1919-27 🕒 260 | ✅ 260 | 🔁 (-) | ⚽ 58 | 🔥 23 | 🇺 - | #273 |

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Lost

1-5

🟥 2 Apr 1927, Villa 1-5 West Ham, Villa Park
Scorer(s) | Billy Cook | 85' |

Assist(s) | None

Match Timeline

🥅 | 3' Goal, 0-1, (West Ham United), Victor Watson
🥅 | 13' Goal, 0-2, (West Ham United), Stanley Earle
🥅 | 34' Goal, 0-3, (West Ham United), Johnson
🕒 | HT Aston Villa 0-3 West Ham United
🥅 | 46' Goal, 0-4, (West Ham United), Victor Watson
🥅 | 73' Goal, 0-5, (West Ham United), Jimmy Ruffell
⚽ | 85’ Goal, 1-5, Billy Cook
🕒 | FT Aston Villa 1-5 West Ham United

Season | 1926-27 |
Matchday | #37 |
League Match | #36 |
Manager Game | #37 |
Saturday, 2 April 1927

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Match Record
Game Record

Manager: Billy Smith | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 1926-1934 led Management Committee
Referee: A. J. Attwood | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 | Newport, 1926-1929
HT Score: 🟥 0-3
FT Result: 🟥 Lost
FT Score: 🟥 1-5
Last 5: 🟩 🟥 🟩 🟩 🟥

Officials

Referee: A. J. Attwood | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 | Newport, 1926-1929

Previous 5 vs. West Ham: 🟨 🟥 🟥 🟩 🟥

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Head to Head

Total 🕒 9 | 🟩 W2 (22% ) | 🟨 D2 | 🇺(44% ) | 🟥 L5 (56% ) | ⚽ 13 | 🥅 20 | GD -7

Match Stats

Not recorded

Billy Smith | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 1926-1934

🕒 37 | 🟩 | 17 🟨 5 🟥 15 | 1.51

Villa Career Form:

Top 8

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Division One

West Ham United

18-5-12, 41 PTS

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Villa Park

Attendance: 22,413

GK Edward Hufton | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
D Jack Hebden | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
D George Horler | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CB Jim Barrett | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Jimmy Collins | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Albert Cadwell | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
W Tommy Yews | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
W Jimmy Ruffell | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | ⚽ |
F Stanley Earle | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | ⚽ |
F Joe Johnson | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | ⚽ |
CF Victor Watson | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | ⚽ | ⚽ |

Syd King | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
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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 Edward Hufton | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

Defenders
D Jack Hebden | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
D George Horler | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CB Jim Barrett | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

Midfielders
M Jimmy Collins | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Albert Cadwell | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

Wingers
W Tommy Yews | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
W Jimmy Ruffell | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

Forwards
F Stanley Earle | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
F Joe Johnson | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CF Victor Watson | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

Opposition Unavailable

Not Recorded

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On This Day
  • Billy Cook scores for the seventh time in his first eight games for the club butVilla lose 1-5 to West Ham for the second time this season.

  • Villa lose for only the second time in eleven.

  • Villa make it seventeen wins, five draws and fourteen defeats in their thirty six division one matches. 

  • Villa fall back to joint 6th.

  • Forward Billy Kirton made his final Villa appearance aged 30 after scoring 59 goals in 261 appearances since his debut in October 1919 but would remain at the club for another two seasons before moving on to Coventry City In September 1928.

Starting XI
GK Tommy Jackson | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
🕒

157

157

🔥

0

0

🟩

74

🟨

27

🟥

56

49

🥅

224

FB Teddy Bowen | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
🕒

68

68

🔥

0

0

🟩

34

🟨

9

🟥

25

FB Tommy Smart | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
🕒

280

280

🔥

1

1

🟩

126

🟨

58

🟥

96

CB Frank Moss | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
🕒

255

255

🔥

8

10

🟩

113

🟨

53

🟥

89

M Billy Kingdon | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
🕒

21

21

🔥

2

2

🟩

11

🟨

4

🟥

6

W Arthur Dorrell | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
🕒

317

317

🔥

44

98

🟩

135

🟨

68

🟥

114

W Dicky York | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
🕒

270

270

🔥

58

81

🟩

118

🟨

58

🟥

94

F Billy Kirton | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
🕒

260

260

🔥

58

23

🟩

116

🟨

57

🟥

87

F George Stephenson | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
🕒

87

87

🔥

22

9

🟩

41

🟨

14

🟥

32

F Billy Cook | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
🕒

8

8

🔥

7

1

🟩

6

🟨

0

🟥

2

CF Billy Walker | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
🕒

295

295

🔥

170

36

🟩

130

🟨

67

🟥

98

Substitutes
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Sub 1

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Sub 2

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Sub 3

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Sub 4

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Sub 5

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Match Media
What they Said

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