Game #1397
Aston Villa
1-1-2, 3 PTS

Monday, 5 September 1927
12th=
Last 5: ๐จ ๐ฅ ๐ฅ ๐จ ๐ฉ
GK Bill Johnson | ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ |
FB Teddy Bowen | ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ |
LB Tommy Mort | ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ |
CB Vic Milne | ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ณ๓ ฃ๓ ด๓ ฟ |
M Billy Kingdon | ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ |
M Jimmy Gibson | ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ณ๓ ฃ๓ ด๓ ฟ |
W Arthur Dorrell | ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ | โฝ | ๐ฅ |
W Dicky York | ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ | ๐ฅ | ๐ฅ |
F Joe Beresford | ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ | โฝ | โฝ | โฝ |
F Billy Cook | ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ | โฝ | โฝ |
CF Billy Walker | ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ | ๐ฅ | โฝ |
Billy Smith | ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ | 1926-1934

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: ๐๐๐๐๐ ๐
FA Cup Winners: ๐๐๐๐๐ ๐
Last Trophy: 1919โ20
Matchday Squad
Unavailable
Injury | 1 |
GK Tommy Jackson | ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ |
Team News
Bill Johnson and Billy Kingdon replace Tommy Jackson and Frank Moss.
Team Stats
Not recorded
Debut Appearances
None
Final Appearances
None
On This Day
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.
Starting XI

Won
7-2
๐ฉ 5 Sep 1927, Villa 7-2 Portsmouth, Villa Park
Scorer(s) | Billy Cook | 7' | 80' | Arthur Dorrell | 25' | Joe Beresford | 3-1 | 52' (pen) | 88' | Billy Walker | 4-1 |
Assist(s) | Dicky York | 7' | 4-1 | Billy Walker | 25' | Arthur Dorrell | 3-1 |
Match Timeline
๐ฅ
| 6โ Goal, 0-1, (Portsmouth), Mackie
โฝ | 7' Goal, 1-1, Billy Cook, Assist by Dicky York
โฝ | 25' Goal, 2-1, Arthur Dorrell, Assist by Billy Walker
โฝ | Goal, 3-1, Joe Beresford, Assist by Arthur Dorrell
โฝ | Goal, 4-1, Billy Walker, Assist by Dicky York
๐ | HT Aston Villa 4-1 Portsmouth
โฝ | 52' Goal, 5-1, Joe Beresford
โฝ | 80' Goal, 6-1, Billy Cook
๐ฅ
| 83โ Goal, 6-2, (Portsmouth), Haines
โฝ | 88' Goal, 7-2, Joe Beresford
๐ | FT Aston Villa 7-2 Portsmouth
Season | 1927-28 |
Matchday | #4 |
League Match | #4 |
Manager Game | #47 |
Monday, 5 September 1927
Match Record
Game Record
Manager: Billy Smith | ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ | 1926-1934 led Management Committee
Referee: Charles Sambrook | ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ท๓ ฌ๓ ณ๓ ฟ | Swansea, 1927-1928
HT Score: ๐ฉ 4-1
FT Result: ๐ฉ Won
FT Score: ๐ฉ 7-2
Last 5: ๐จ ๐ฅ ๐ฅ ๐จ ๐ฉ
Officials
Referee: Charles Sambrook | ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ท๓ ฌ๓ ณ๓ ฟ | Swansea, 1927-1928
Match Stats
Not recorded
Billy Smith | ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ | 1926-1934
๐ 47 | ๐ฉ | 19 ๐จ 8 ๐ฅ 20 | 1.38
Villa Career Form:
Mid Table
What they Said
Division One
Portsmouth
1-2-1, 4 PTS
Villa Park
Attendance: 20,624
McPhail
Clifford
McColgan
Davies
Foxall
Moffatt
Forward
Mackie
Haines
Watson
Cook
Jack Tinn | ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ |
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: โ
FA Cup Winners: โ
Last Trophy: โ
Opposition Matchday Squad
Opposition Unavailable
Not Recorded
League Table

1927-28
Playing Squad































