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Game #1427

Aston Villa

12-6-13, 30 PTS

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Saturday, 17 March 1928

16th=

Last 5: 🟩 🟥 🟩 🟥 🟨

GK Ben Olney | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CB Vic Milne | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
FB Tommy Smart | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | ⚽ |
LB Tommy Mort | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Jimmy Gibson | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
M Billy Kingdon | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
W Arthur Dorrell | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
W Dicky York | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
F Billy Cook | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CF Pongo Waring | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CF Billy Walker | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

Billy Smith | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 1926-1934
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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: 🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆 🏆
FA Cup Winners: 🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆 🏆
Last Trophy: 1919–20

Matchday Squad

Unavailable

Injury | 1 |
FB Teddy Bowen | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

Team News

Tommy Mort and Billy Kingdon replace John Brittleton and Frank Moss.

Team Stats

Not recorded

Debut Appearances

None

Final Appearances

None

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Drew

1-1

🟨 17 Mar 1928, Villa 1-1 Birmingham, Villa Park
Scorer(s) | Tommy Smart | 86' (pen) |

Assist(s) | None

Match Timeline

🥅 | 12' Goal, 0-1, (Birmingham), Bradford
🕒 | HT Aston Villa 0-1 Birmingham
⚽ | 86' Goal, 1-1, Tommy Smart, pen
🕒 | FT Aston Villa 1-1 Birmingham

Season | 1927-28 |
Matchday | #34 |
League Match | #31 |
Manager Game | #77 |
Saturday, 17 March 1928

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Match Record
Game Record

Manager: Billy Smith | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 1926-1934 led Management Committee
Referee: Charles Sambrook | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 | Swansea, 1927-1928
HT Score: 🟥 0-1
FT Result: 🟨 Drew
FT Score: 🟨 1-1
Last 5: 🟩 🟥 🟩 🟥 🟨

Officials

Referee: Charles Sambrook | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 | Swansea, 1927-1928

Previous 5 vs. Birmingham: 🟨 🟥 🟩 🟩 🟨

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Head to Head

Total 🕒 33 | 🟩 15 | 🟨 9 | 🟥 9 | ⚽ 60 | 🥅 42 |
League 🕒 30 | 🟩 13 | 🟨 8 | 🟥 9 | ⚽ 55 | 🥅 42 |
FA Cup 🕒 3 | 🟩 2 | 🟨 1 | 🟥 0 | ⚽ 5 | 🥅 0 |
Home 🕒 16 | 🟩 9 | 🟨 5 | 🟥 2 | ⚽ 34 | 🥅 20 |
Away 🕒 17 | 🟩 6 | 🟨 4 | 🟥 7 | ⚽ 26 | 🥅 22 |

Match Stats

Not recorded

Billy Smith | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 1926-1934

🕒 77 | 🟩 | 32 🟨 13 🟥 32 | 1.42

Villa Career Form:

Top 8

🟩 12 Apr 2025, Villa 3-0 Southampton, St Mary's TBL.png

Division One

Birmingham City

9-13-11, 31 PTS

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VIlla Park

Attendance: 59,367

Tremelling
Liddell
Randle
Cringan
Barton
Leslie
Briggs
Crosbie
Bradford
Curtis
Ellis

Bill Harvey | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
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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: ❌
FA Cup Winners: ❌
Last Trophy: ❌

Opposition Matchday Squad

Opposition Unavailable

Not Recorded

🟩 12 Apr 2025, Villa 3-0 Southampton, St Mary's TBL.png
On This Day
  • Villa are held by neighbours Birmingham for the second time in 1927-28 as they need a late penalty from Tommy Smart to level up matters.

  • Villa make it twelve wins, six draws and thirteen defeats in their thirty one division one games.

  • Villa drop to joint 16th.

Starting XI
GK Ben Olney | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
🕒

12

12

🔥

0

0

🟩

6

🟨

2

🟥

4

5

🥅

22

LB Tommy Mort | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
🕒

180

180

🔥

1

1

🟩

65

🟨

46

🟥

69

CB Vic Milne | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
🕒

147

147

🔥

1

4

🟩

67

🟨

30

🟥

50

FB Tommy Smart | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
🕒

312

312

🔥

3

2

🟩

139

🟨

63

🟥

110

M Jimmy Gibson | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
🕒

16

16

🔥

0

0

🟩

5

🟨

6

🟥

5

M Billy Kingdon | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
🕒

54

54

🔥

2

4

🟩

25

🟨

11

🟥

18

W Arthur Dorrell | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
🕒

349

349

🔥

51

112

🟩

147

🟨

76

🟥

126

W Dicky York | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
🕒

302

302

🔥

62

93

🟩

131

🟨

66

🟥

105

F Billy Cook | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
🕒

46

46

🔥

35

3

🟩

21

🟨

8

🟥

17

CF Pongo Waring | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
🕒

3

3

🔥

3

2

🟩

1

🟨

1

🟥

1

CF Billy Walker | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
🕒

332

332

🔥

183

44

🟩

145

🟨

74

🟥

113

Substitutes
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🔁

🔥

GK Sub

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🟥

🥅

🕒

🔁

🔥

Sub 1

🟩

🟨

🟥

🕒

🔁

🔥

Sub 2

🟩

🟨

🟥

🕒

🔁

🔥

Sub 3

🟩

🟨

🟥

🕒

🔁

🔥

Sub 4

🟩

🟨

🟥

🕒

🔁

🔥

Sub 5

🟩

🟨

🟥

Match Media
What they Said

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