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Game #1424

Aston Villa

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Saturday, 18 February 1928

5th Round

Last 5: 🟩 🟨 🟩 🟩 🟥

GK Ben Olney | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CB Vic Milne | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
FB Tommy Smart | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
FB Teddy Bowen | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Billy Kingdon | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Frank Moss | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
W Arthur Dorrell | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 🔥 |
W Dicky York | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
F Billy Walker | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
F Billy Cook | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | ⚽ |
F Joe Beresford | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

Billy Smith | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 1926-1934
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Substitutes:

No Substitutions permitted in period

Unused Substitutes:

No Substitutions permitted in period

None

League Champions: 🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆 🏆
FA Cup Winners: 🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆 🏆
Last Trophy: 1919–20

Matchday Squad:

None

Frank Moss, Arthur Dorrell and Joe Beresford replace Jimmy Gibson, Reg Chester and Len Capewell.

Not recorded

  • Billy Cook hit his twenty fourth goal of the season but Villa lose in the FA Cup fifth round at Highbury.

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Lost

1-4

🟥 18 Feb 1928, Villa 1-4 Arsenal, Highbury
Scorer(s) | Billy Cook | 73' |

Assist(s) | Arthur Dorrell | 73' |

Match Timeline:

🥅 | 34' Goal, 0-1, (Arsenal), Lambert
🥅 | 40' Goal, 0-2, (Arsenal), Brain
🕒 | HT Arsenal 2-0 Aston Villa
🥅 | 53' Goal, 0-3, (Arsenal), Hulme
🥅 | 70' Goal, 0-4, (Arsenal), Brain
⚽ | 73’ Goal, 1-4, Billy Cook, Assist by Arthur Dorrell
🕒 | FT Arsenal 4-1 Aston Villa

Season | 1927-28 |
Matchday | #31 |
Manager Game | #74 |
Saturday, 18 February 1928

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Manager: Billy Smith | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 1926-1934 led Management Committee
Referee: Gordon Franklin | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Portsmouth, 1928-1930
HT Score: 🟥 0-2
FT Result: 🟥 Lost
FT Score: 🟥 1-4
Last 5: 🟩 🟨 🟩 🟩 🟥

Referee: Gordon Franklin | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Portsmouth, 1928-1930

Previous 5 vs. Arsenal: 🟥 🟥 🟥 🟨 🟩

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Not recorded

Debut Appearances:

None

Final Appearances:

None

Billy Smith | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 1926-1934

🕒 74 | 🟩 | 31 🟨 12 🟥 31 | 1.42

Villa Career Form:

Top 8

Referee:

VAR (from 2021)

GK Ben Olney | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
🕒

9

9

🔥

0

0

🟩

5

🟨

1

🟥

3

5

🥅

12

FB Teddy Bowen | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
🕒

97

97

🔥

0

0

🟩

47

🟨

15

🟥

35

CB Vic Milne | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
🕒

144

144

🔥

1

4

🟩

66

🟨

29

🟥

49

CB Frank Moss | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
🕒

276

276

🔥

8

10

🟩

122

🟨

57

🟥

97

FB Tommy Smart | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
🕒

309

309

🔥

2

2

🟩

138

🟨

62

🟥

109

M Billy Kingdon | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
🕒

52

52

🔥

2

4

🟩

24

🟨

10

🟥

18

W Arthur Dorrell | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
🕒

346

346

🔥

50

112

🟩

146

🟨

75

🟥

125

W Dicky York | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
🕒

299

299

🔥

60

91

🟩

130

🟨

65

🟥

104

F Joe Beresford | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
🕒

27

27

🔥

10

0

🟩

11

🟨

5

🟥

11

F Billy Cook | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
🕒

43

43

🔥

33

3

🟩

20

🟨

7

🟥

16

CF Billy Walker | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
🕒

329

329

🔥

183

44

🟩

144

🟨

73

🟥

112

🕒

🔁

🔥

GK Sub

🟩

🟨

🟥

🥅

🕒

🔁

🔥

Sub 1

🟩

🟨

🟥

🕒

🔁

🔥

Sub 2

🟩

🟨

🟥

🕒

🔁

🔥

Sub 3

🟩

🟨

🟥

🕒

🔁

🔥

Sub 4

🟩

🟨

🟥

🕒

🔁

🔥

Sub 5

🟩

🟨

🟥

FA Cup

Arsenal

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Highbury

Attendance: 58,505

Lewis
Parker
Cope
Blyth
Butler
John
Hulme
Buchan
Brain
Lambert
Hoar

Herbert Chapman | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
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Substitutes:

No Substitutions permitted in period

Unused Substitutes:

No Substitutions permitted in period

None

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

Matchday Squad:

Not Recorded

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