Game #1402
Aston Villa
4-2-3, 10 PTS

Saturday, 8 October 1927
8th
Last 5: ๐จ ๐ฅ ๐ฉ 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 |
M Frank Moss | ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ |
W Arthur Dorrell | ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ | ๐ฅ | โฝ | ๐ฅ |
W Dicky York | ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ |
F Joe Beresford | ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ |
F Billy Cook | ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ | โฝ | โฝ | โฝ |
CF Billy Walker | ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ | โฝ | ๐ฅ | ๐ฅ |
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 | 2 |
LB Tommy Mort | ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ |
M Jimmy Gibson | ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ณ๓ ฃ๓ ด๓ ฟ |
Team News
Frank Moss replaces Jimmy Gibson.
Team Stats
Not recorded
Debut Appearances
None
Final Appearances
None
On This Day
Villa record their third successive win for the first time since March 1927.
Villa score their 20th goal in the last 6 games.
Billy Cook hits a hat-trick to make it nine goals in six games as Arthur Dorrell contributes his 7th assist of the season.
Villa remain unbeaten at home, winning three.
Villa climb to outright eighth in the table - their highest position of the season to date.
Starting XI

Won
5-1
๐ฉ 8 Oct 1927, Villa 5-1 Boro, Villa Park
Scorer(s) | Billy Walker | 24' | Arthur Dorrell | 35' | Billy Cook | 60' | 72' | 84' |
Assist(s) | Arthur Dorrell | 24' | 72' | Billy Walker | 35' | 60' |
Match Timeline
โฝ | 24' Goal, 1-0, Billy Walker, Assist by Arthur Dorrell
๐ฅ
| Goal, 1-1, (Middlesbrough), Birrell
โฝ | 35' Goal, 2-1, Arthur Dorrell, Assist by Billy Walker
๐ | HT Aston Villa 2-1 Middlesbrough
โฝ | 60' Goal, 3-1, Billy Cook, Assist by Billy Walker
โฝ | 72' Goal, 4-1, Billy Cook, Assist by Arthur Dorrell
โฝ | 84' Goal, 5-1, Billy Cook
๐ | FT Aston Villa 5-1 Middlesbrough
Season | 1927-28 |
Matchday | #9 |
League Match | #9 |
Manager Game | #52 |
Saturday, 8 October 1927
Match Record
Game Record
Manager: Billy Smith | ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ | 1926-1934 led Management Committee
Referee: Albert Fogg | ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ | Bolton, 1923-1935
HT Score: ๐ฉ 2-1
FT Result: ๐ฉ Won
FT Score: ๐ฉ 5-1
Last 5: ๐จ ๐ฅ ๐ฉ ๐ฉ ๐ฉ
Officials
Referee: Albert Fogg | ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ | Bolton, 1923-1935
Match Stats
Not recorded
Billy Smith | ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ | 1926-1934
๐ 52 | ๐ฉ | 22 ๐จ 9 ๐ฅ 21 | 1.44
Villa Career Form:
Top 8
What they Said
Division One
Middlesbrough
3-3-3, 9 PTS
VIlla Park
Attendance: 38,180
Mathieson
Twine
Smith
Miller
Ferguson
Ashman
Peace
Birrell
Camsell
Carr
Williams O.
Peter McWilliam | ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ณ๓ ฃ๓ ด๓ 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






























