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Game #1397

Aston Villa

1-1-2, 3 PTS

Monday, 5 September 1927

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Won

12th=

Last 5: 🟨 🟥 🟥 🟨 🟩

Division One

Portsmouth

1-2-1, 4 PTS

Villa Park

Attendance: 20,624

🟩 5 Sep 1927, Villa 7-2 Portsmouth, Villa Park

Aston Villa

7-2

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Portsmouth

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🟩 5 Sep 1927, Villa 7-2 Portsmouth, Villa Park

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MATCH TIMELINE
Monday, 5 September 1927

🥅 | 6’ Goal, 0-1, (Portsmouth), Mackie
⚽ | 7' Goal, 1-1, Billy Cook, Assist by Dicky York
⚽ | 25' Goal, 2-1, Arthur Dorrell, Assist by Billy Walker
⚽ | Goal, 3-1, Joe Beresford, Assist by Arthur Dorrell
⚽ | Goal, 4-1, Billy Walker, Assist by Dicky York
🕒 | HT Aston Villa 4-1 Portsmouth
⚽ | 52' Goal, 5-1, Joe Beresford
⚽ | 80' Goal, 6-1, Billy Cook
🥅 | 83’ Goal, 6-2, (Portsmouth), Haines
⚽ | 88' Goal, 7-2, Joe Beresford
🕒 | FT Aston Villa 7-2 Portsmouth

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

🟩 5 Sep 1927, Villa 7-2 Portsmouth, Villa Park

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ON THIS DAY
Monday, 5 September 1927
  • Villa play at home for the first time in 1927-28 and first time in four games where they record their first win of the season, scoring seven, having scored once in their three away games.

  • Joe Beresford scores a hat-trick on his second appearance in a Villa shirt.

🟩 5 Sep 1927, Villa 7-2 Portsmouth, 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

Portsmouth

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

FIXTURE HISTORY
Portsmouth
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Previous 5 vs. Portsmouth: 🟩 🟥

Total 🕒 3 | 🟩 2 | 🟨 0 | 🟥 1 | ⚽ 12 | 🥅 6 |
League 🕒 2 | 🟩 1 | 🟨 0 | 🟥 1 | ⚽ 8 | 🥅 5 |
FA Cup 🕒 1 | 🟩 1 | 🟨 0 | 🟥 0 | ⚽ 4 | 🥅 1 |
Home 🕒 1 | 🟩 1 | 🟨 0 | 🟥 0 | ⚽ 7 | 🥅 2 |

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

🟩 5 Sep 1927, Villa 7-2 Portsmouth, Villa Park

FIXTURE DETAILS
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Season | 1927-28 |
Matchday | #4 |
League Match | #4 |
Manager Game | #47 |
Monday, 5 September 1927

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🟩 5 Sep 1927, Villa 7-2 Portsmouth, Villa Park

MATCH SUMMARY
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Manager: Billy Smith | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 1926-1934 led Management Committee
Referee: Charles Sambrook | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 | Swansea, 1927-1928
HT Score: 🟩 4-1
FT Result: 🟩 Won
FT Score: 🟩 7-2
Last 5: 🟨 🟥 🟥 🟨 🟩

Scorers
Timeline
On This Day
Trophies
Fixture
Manager
MANAGERIAL RECORD
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Billy Smith | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 1926-1934

🕒 47 | 🟩 | 19 🟨 8 🟥 20 | 1.38

Villa Career Form:

Mid Table

Billy Smith | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 1926-1934

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

🟩 5 Sep 1927, Villa 7-2 Portsmouth, Villa Park

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MATCH OFFICIALS

Referee: Charles Sambrook | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 | Swansea, 1927-1928

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

🟩 5 Sep 1927, Villa 7-2 Portsmouth, Villa Park

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TEAM NEWS

Bill Johnson and Billy Kingdon replace Tommy Jackson and Frank Moss.

TEAM STATS

Not recorded

Referee

🟩 5 Sep 1927, Villa 7-2 Portsmouth, Villa Park

MANAGER

Billy Smith | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 1926-1934

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Aston Villa

GK Bill Johnson | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
FB Teddy Bowen | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
LB Tommy Mort | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CB Vic Milne | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
M Billy Kingdon | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Jimmy Gibson | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
W Arthur Dorrell | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | ⚽ | 🔥 |
W Dicky York | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 🔥 | 🔥 |
F Joe Beresford | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | ⚽ | ⚽ | ⚽ |
F Billy Cook | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | ⚽ | ⚽ |
CF Billy Walker | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 🔥 | ⚽ |

MANAGER

Jack Tinn | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

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Portsmouth

McPhail
Clifford
McColgan
Davies
Foxall
Moffatt
Forward
Mackie
Haines
Watson
Cook

Line Ups

🟩 5 Sep 1927, Villa 7-2 Portsmouth, Villa Park

SUBSTITUTES
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No Substitutions permitted in period

SUBSTITUTES

No Substitutions Permitted in Period

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Substitutes

🟩 5 Sep 1927, Villa 7-2 Portsmouth, 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

Squad Bios

🟩 5 Sep 1927, Villa 7-2 Portsmouth, Villa Park

SQUAD STATS
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SQUAD STATS
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🟩 5 Sep 1927, Villa 7-2 Portsmouth, Villa Park

MATCHDAY SQUAD
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MATCHDAY SQUAD
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🟩 5 Sep 1927, Villa 7-2 Portsmouth, Villa Park

UNAVAILABLE
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Injury | 1 |
GK Tommy Jackson | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

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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🟩 5 Sep 1927, Villa 7-2 Portsmouth, Villa Park

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MATCH QUOTES
Quotes

🟩 5 Sep 1927, Villa 7-2 Portsmouth, Villa Park

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MATCH REPORTS

Reports

🟩 5 Sep 1927, Villa 7-2 Portsmouth, Villa Park

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MATCH VIDEO
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