Aston Villa
12-6-13, 30 PTS
Saturday, 17 March 1928
1927-28
16th=
Drew
1-1
Birmingham City
9-13-11, 31 PTS
Division One
VIlla Park
Attendance: 59,367
๐จ 17 Mar 1928, Villa 1-1 Birmingham, Villa Park
Scorer(s) | Tommy Smart | 86' (pen) |
Assist(s) | None
Fixture List
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Saturday, 17 March 1928
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Billy Smith | ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ | 1926-1934
๐ 77 ๐ฉ 32 ๐จ 13 ๐ฅ 32 | 1.42
Villa Career Form:
Top 8
Game #1427
Match Record
Season | 1927-28 |
Matchday | #34 |
League Match | #31 |
Manager Game | #77 |
Saturday, 17 March 1928
Game Record
Manager: Billy Smith | ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ | 1926-1934 led Management Committee
Referee: Charles Sambrook | ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ท๓ ฌ๓ ณ๓ ฟ | Swansea, 1927-1928
HT Score: ๐ฅ 0-1
FT Result: ๐จ Drew
FT Score: ๐จ 1-1
Last 5: ๐ฉ ๐ฅ ๐ฉ ๐ฅ ๐จ
Head to Head
Previous 5 vs. Birmingham: ๐จ ๐ฅ ๐ฉ ๐ฉ ๐จ
Total ๐ 33 | ๐ฉ 15 | ๐จ 9 | ๐ฅ 9 | โฝ 60 | ๐ฅ
42 |
League ๐ 30 | ๐ฉ 13 | ๐จ 8 | ๐ฅ 9 | โฝ 55 | ๐ฅ
42 |
FA Cup ๐ 3 | ๐ฉ 2 | ๐จ 1 | ๐ฅ 0 | โฝ 5 | ๐ฅ
0 |
Home ๐ 16 | ๐ฉ 9 | ๐จ 5 | ๐ฅ 2 | โฝ 34 | ๐ฅ
20 |
Away ๐ 17 | ๐ฉ 6 | ๐จ 4 | ๐ฅ 7 | โฝ 26 | ๐ฅ
22 |
Trophy Cabinet
Aston Villa
League Champions: ๐๐๐๐๐ ๐
FA Cup Winners: ๐๐๐๐๐ ๐
Last Trophy: 1919โ20
Birmingham City
League Champions: โ
FA Cup Winners: โ
Last Trophy: โ
Squad News
Debut Appearances
None
Final Appearances
None
Match Timeline
๐ฅ
| 12' Goal, 0-1, (Birmingham), Bradford
๐ | HT Aston Villa 0-1 Birmingham
โฝ | 86' Goal, 1-1, Tommy Smart, pen
๐ | FT Aston Villa 1-1 Birmingham
Officials
Referee: Charles Sambrook | ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ท๓ ฌ๓ ณ๓ ฟ | Swansea, 1927-1928
Officials
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Officials
Villa Bookings
None
Villa Sendings Off
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Opposition Sendings Off
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Match Stats
Not recorded
Line Up & Subs
Aston Villa
Billy Smith | ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ | 1926-1934
GK Ben Olney | ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ |
CB Vic Milne | ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ณ๓ ฃ๓ ด๓ ฟ |
FB Tommy Smart | ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ | โฝ |
LB Tommy Mort | ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ |
M Jimmy Gibson | ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ณ๓ ฃ๓ ด๓ ฟ |
M Billy Kingdon | ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ |
W Arthur Dorrell | ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ |
W Dicky York | ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ |
F Billy Cook | ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ |
CF Pongo Waring | ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ |
CF Billy Walker | ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ |
Substitutes
No Substitutions permitted in period
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No Substitutions permitted in period
Birmingham City
Bill Harvey | ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ |
Tremelling
Liddell
Randle
Cringan
Barton
Leslie
Briggs
Crosbie
Bradford
Curtis
Ellis
Substitutes
No Substitutions Permitted in Period
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No Substitutions Permitted in Period
Team News
Aston Villa
Injury | 1 |
FB Teddy Bowen | ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ |
Tommy Mort and Billy Kingdon replace John Brittleton and Frank Moss.
Birmingham City
Not Recorded
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