Game #1425
Aston Villa
Saturday, 25 February 1928
Won
DWWLW
Division One
Attendance: 29,444
Sunderland
Roker Park
Pongo Waring (pictured) made a goalscoring debut as Villa record a fourth win in five League games to make it twelve wins, five draws and twelve defeats in their twenty nine division one games.
Sunderland
2-3
Aston Villa
Assist(s) | Not recorded
KEY MAN
Pongo Waring, made a goalscoring debut as Villa record a fourth win in five League games, Saturday, 25 February 1928.
PREVIOUS MATCH
NEXT MATCH
MATCH TIMELINE
Saturday, 25 February 1928
ON THIS DAY
Villa record a fourth win in five League games to make it twelve wins, five draws and twelve defeats in their twenty nine division one games. Meanwhile, centre forward Pongo Waring and full back John Brittleton made their Villa debuts aged 21 and 27 after moving from Tranmere Rovers and Chester City respectively earlier this month.
Aston Villa
Sunderland
FIXTURE HISTORY
Sunderland
Previous 5 vs. Sunderland: | 🟩 | 🟥 | 🟨 | 🟩 | 🟩 |
FIXTURE DETAILS
Season | 1927-28 |
Matchday | #32 |
League Match | #29 |
Manager Game | #75 |
Saturday, 25 February 1928
MATCH SUMMARY
Manager | Billy Smith led Management Committee |
FT Score | 3-2 |
FT Result | Won |
Last 5 Games | DWWLW |
MATCH OFFICIALS
CARDS
Villa
Sunderland
TEAM NEWS
Pongo Waring and John Brittleton make their debuts in place of Joe Beresford and Teddy Bowen.
TEAM STATS
Not recorded
MANAGER
MANAGER
Billy Smith led Management Committee
Aston Villa
GK Ben Olney |
CB Vic Milne |
FB Tommy Smart |
FB John Brittleton |
M Billy Kingdon |
M Frank Moss |
W Arthur Dorrell |
W Dicky York |
F Billy Walker |
F Billy Cook |
CF Pongo Waring |
Sunderland
SUBSTITUTES
No Substitutions permitted in period
SUBSTITUTES
UNUSED SUBSTITUTES
No Substitutions permitted in period
UNUSED SUBSTITUTES
SQUAD STATS
MATCHDAY SQUAD
SQUAD STATS
MATCHDAY SQUAD
UNAVAILABLE
Not recorded
UNAVAILABLE
Not Recorded
Player Abbreviations:
GK : Goalkeeper
LB, RB, FB : Left Back, Right Back, Full Back
CB, D : Centre Back, Defender
M, W : Midfielder. Winger
F, CF : Forward, Centre Forward
🟢 : Debut 🔴 : Final Game
Symbols:
⚽ | Goal
🔥 | Assist
🔁 | Substitution
🟨 | Booking
🟥 | Sending off
🆘 | Poor refereeing performance
DEBUT APPEARANCES
FINAL APPEARANCES
MATCH STATS
Not recorded
TABLE
PROGRAMME
MATCHDAY QUOTES