Game #1401
Aston Villa
3-2-3, 8 PTS

Saturday, 1 October 1927
9th=
Last 5: ๐ฉ ๐จ ๐ฅ ๐ฉ ๐ฉ
GK Tommy Jackson | ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ |
FB Teddy Bowen | ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ |
FB Tommy Smart | 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 | ๐ฅ |
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 |
F Joe Beresford | ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ | โฝ |
F Billy Cook | ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ | โฝ |
CF Billy Walker | ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ |
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 |
LB Tommy Mort | ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ |
Team News
Tommy Smart replaces Tommy Mort.
Team Stats
Not recorded
Debut Appearances
None
Final Appearances
None
On This Day
Villa win away for the first time in 1927-28 having lost three and drawn one of their previous four games on the road.
Villa record successive wins for the first time this season.
Villa record successive clean sheets for the first time this season and for the third time in eight games.
Villa have scored 15 goals in their last five games having scored once in their first three.
Billy Cook scores for the sixth time in four games.
Villa climb to joint 9th, their highest position so far in 1927-28.
Starting XI

Won
3-0
๐ฉ 1 Oct 1927, Villa 3-0 Sheffield United, Bramall Lane
Scorer(s) | Arthur Dorrell | 33' | Billy Cook | 54' | Joe Beresford | 62' |
Assist(s) | Billy Kingdon | 33' | Arthur Dorrell | 62' |
Match Timeline
โฝ | 33' Goal, 1-0, Arthur Dorrell, Assist by Billy Kingdon
๐ | HT Sheffield United 0-1 Aston Villa
โฝ | 54' Goal, 2-0, Billy Cook
โฝ | 62' Goal, 3-0, Joe Beresford, Assist by Arthur Dorrell
๐ | FT Sheffield United 0-3 Aston Villa
Season | 1927-28 |
Matchday | #8 |
League Match | #8 |
Manager Game | #51 |
Saturday, 1 October 1927
Match Record
Game Record
Manager: Billy Smith | ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ | 1926-1934 led Management Committee
Referee: H. E. Gray | ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ | London, 1923-1929
HT Score: ๐ฉ 1-0
FT Result: ๐ฉ Won
FT Score: ๐ฉ 3-0
Last 5: ๐ฉ ๐จ ๐ฅ ๐ฉ ๐ฉ
Officials
Referee: H. E. Gray | ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ | London, 1923-1929
Match Stats
Not recorded
Billy Smith | ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ | 1926-1934
๐ 51 | ๐ฉ | 21 ๐จ 9 ๐ฅ 21 | 1.41
Villa Career Form:
Mid Table
What they Said
Division One
Sheffield United
1-3-4, 5 PTS
Bramall Lane
Attendance: 12,327
Alderson
Chandler
Birks
Sampy
King
Green
Partridge
Mercer A.
Johnson
Gillespie
Stevenson
John Nicholson | 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: ๐
FA Cup Winners: ๐๐๐๐
Last Trophy: 1924โ25
Opposition Matchday Squad
Opposition Unavailable
Not Recorded
League Table

1927-28
Playing Squad





























