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Game #1429

Aston Villa

12-7-14, 31 PTS

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Saturday, 24 March 1928

15th=

Last 5: 🟩 🟥 🟨 🟨 🟥

GK Ben Olney | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CB Vic Milne | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
FB Tommy Smart | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
FB Teddy Bowen | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Frank J Moss | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Billy Kingdon | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
W Arthur Dorrell | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
W Fred Tully | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 🔥 |
F Billy Cook | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CF Len Capewell | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | ⚽ |
CF Billy Walker | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

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:

Injury | 4 |
M Jimmy Gibson | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
LB Tommy Mort | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
W Dicky York | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CF Pongo Waring | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

Vic Milne, Teddy Bowen, Frank Moss, Fred Tully and Len Capewell replace Tommy Mort, Jack Yates, Jimmy Gibson, Reg Chester and Pongo Waring.

Not recorded

  • Injury hit Villa's winless run extends to four with two defeats as a soft second half penalty sets Spurs on the way to a fortunate home victory.

  • Villa make it twelve wins, seven draws and fourteen losses in their thirty three division one games.

  • Villa fall back to joint 15th and are just two points off the final relegation spot with nine games of 1927-28 left to play.

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Lost

1-2

🟥 24 Mar 1928, Villa 1-2 Spurs, White Hart Lane
Scorer(s) | Len Capewell | 42' |

Assist(s) | Fred Tully | 42' |

Match Timeline:

⚽ | 42' Goal, 1-0, Len Capewell, Assist by Fred Tully
🕒 | HT Tottenham Hotspur 0-1 Aston Villa
🥅 | 60' Goal, 1-1, (Tottenham Hotspur, pen), Grimsdell
🥅 | 73' Goal, 1-2, (Tottenham Hotspur), Dimmock
🕒 | FT Tottenham Hotspur 2-1 Aston Villa

Season | 1927-28 |
Matchday | #36 |
League Match | #33 |
Manager Game | #79 |
Saturday, 24 March 1928

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Manager: Billy Smith | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 1926-1934 led Management Committee
Referee: F. W. Reeve | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Devonport, 1927-1938
HT Score: 🟩 1-0
FT Result: 🟥 Lost
FT Score: 🟥 1-2
Last 5: 🟩 🟥 🟨 🟨 🟥

Referee: F. W. Reeve | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Devonport, 1927-1938

Previous 5 vs. Spurs: 🟨 🟩 🟥 🟩 🟥

Total 🕒 32 | 🟩 18 | 🟨 6 | 🟥 8 | ⚽ 60 | 🥅 40 |
League 🕒 28 | 🟩 16 | 🟨 6 | 🟥 6 | ⚽ 56 | 🥅 36 |
FA Cup 🕒 4 | 🟩 2 | 🟨 0 | 🟥 2 | ⚽ 4 | 🥅 4 |
Home 🕒 15 | 🟩 8 | 🟨 3 | 🟥 4 | ⚽ 30 | 🥅 18 |
Away 🕒 17 | 🟩 10 | 🟨 3 | 🟥 4 | ⚽ 30 | 🥅 22 |

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Not recorded

Debut Appearances:

None

Final Appearances:

None

Billy Smith | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 1926-1934

🕒 79 | 🟩 | 32 🟨 14 🟥 33 | 1.39

Villa Career Form:

Mid Table

Referee:

VAR (from 2021)

GK Ben Olney | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
🕒

14

14

🔥

0

0

🟩

6

🟨

3

🟥

5

6

🥅

24

FB Tommy Smart | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
🕒

314

314

🔥

3

2

🟩

139

🟨

64

🟥

111

CB Vic Milne | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
🕒

148

148

🔥

1

4

🟩

67

🟨

30

🟥

51

CB Frank Moss | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
🕒

279

279

🔥

8

10

🟩

123

🟨

57

🟥

99

FB Teddy Bowen | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
🕒

98

98

🔥

0

0

🟩

47

🟨

15

🟥

36

M Billy Kingdon | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
🕒

56

56

🔥

2

4

🟩

25

🟨

12

🟥

19

W Arthur Dorrell | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
🕒

351

351

🔥

51

112

🟩

147

🟨

77

🟥

127

W Fred Tully | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
🕒

2

2

🔥

0

1

🟩

0

🟨

0

🟥

2

F Billy Cook | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
🕒

48

48

🔥

35

3

🟩

21

🟨

9

🟥

18

CF Len Capewell | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
🕒

152

152

🔥

98

12

🟩

63

🟨

41

🟥

48

CF Billy Walker | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
🕒

334

334

🔥

183

44

🟩

145

🟨

75

🟥

114

🕒

🔁

🔥

GK Sub

🟩

🟨

🟥

🥅

🕒

🔁

🔥

Sub 1

🟩

🟨

🟥

🕒

🔁

🔥

Sub 2

🟩

🟨

🟥

🕒

🔁

🔥

Sub 3

🟩

🟨

🟥

🕒

🔁

🔥

Sub 4

🟩

🟨

🟥

🕒

🔁

🔥

Sub 5

🟩

🟨

🟥

Division One

Tottenham Hotspur

14-6-14, 34 PTS

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White Hart Lane

Attendance: 21,537

Spiers H.
Forster
Poynton
Lowdell
Skitt
Grimsdell
Barnett
O'Callaghan
Lindsay
Handley
Dimmock

Billy Minter | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
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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: 1920-21

Matchday Squad:

Not Recorded

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