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Game #1436

Aston Villa

16-9-15, 41 PTS

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Saturday, 28 April 1928

8th=

Last 5: 🟩 🟩 🟩 🟥 🟨

GK Ben Olney | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CB Vic Milne | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
FB Tommy Smart | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
FB Teddy Bowen | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Joe Tate | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Jimmy Gibson | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
W Fred Tully | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
W Billy Armfield | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | ⚽ |
F Joe Beresford | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
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

None

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

Matchday Squad:

None

Fred Tully and Billy Armfield replace Arthur Dorrell and Dicky York.

Not recorded

  • Villa need two late goals to draw at home by Bolton but they are already perfectly safe from any propect of relegation after their strong recent run.

  • Villa make it sixteen wins, nine draws and fifteen defeats in their forty division one games.

  • Villa fall back to joint 8th.

  • Winger Billy Armfield made his twelfth and final appearance for Villa during which he scored twice before moving on to Exeter City in June 1929.

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Drew

2-2

🟨 28 Apr 1928, Villa 2-2 Bolton, Villa Park
Scorer(s) | Billy Walker | 80' | Billy Armfield | 84' |

Assist(s) | Pongo Waring | 80' | 84' |

Match Timeline:

🥅 | Goal, 0-1, (Bolton Wanderers), Gibson
🥅 | 28' Goal, 0-2, (Bolton Wanderers), Boston
🕒 | HT Aston Villa 2-0 Bolton Wanderers
⚽ | 80' Goal, 1-2, Billy Walker, Assist by Pongo Waring
⚽ | 84' Goal, 2-2, Billy Armfield, Assist by Pongo Waring
🕒 | FT Aston Villa 2-2 Bolton Wanderers

Season | 1927-28 |
Matchday | #43 |
League Match | #40 |
Manager Game | #86 |
Saturday, 28 April 1928

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Manager: Billy Smith | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 1926-1934 led Management Committee
Referee: R. Brown | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Newcastle upon Tyne, 1928-1929
HT Score: 🟥 0-2
FT Result: 🟨 Drew
FT Score: 🟨 2-2
Last 5: 🟩 🟩 🟩 🟥 🟨

Referee: R. Brown | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Newcastle upon Tyne, 1928-1929

Previous 5 vs. Bolton: 🟩 🟨 🟥 🟩 🟥

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Not recorded

Debut Appearances:

None

Final Appearances:

🔴 W Billy Armfield | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 1924-28 🕒 12 | ✅ 12 | 🔁 (-) | ⚽ 2 | 🔥 2 | 🇺 - | #304 |

Billy Smith | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 1926-1934

🕒 86 | 🟩 | 37 🟨 16 🟥 33 | 1.48

Villa Career Form:

Top 8

Referee:

VAR (from 2021)

GK Ben Olney | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
Games
Results
Cards
🕒
🔥
21
🟩
10
🟨
0
21
🟨
5
🟥
0
0
🟥
6
0
🥅
9
31
FB Tommy Smart | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
Games
Results
Cards
🕒
🔥
321
🟩
143
🟨
0
321
🟨
66
🟥
0
5
🟥
112
2
CB Vic Milne | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
Games
Results
Cards
🕒
🔥
155
🟩
71
🟨
0
155
🟨
32
🟥
0
1
🟥
52
4
FB Teddy Bowen | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
Games
Results
Cards
🕒
🔥
104
🟩
50
🟨
0
104
🟨
17
🟥
0
0
🟥
37
0
M Joe Tate | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
Games
Results
Cards
🕒
🔥
4
🟩
0
🟨
0
4
🟨
1
🟥
0
0
🟥
3
0
W Billy Armfield | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
Games
Results
Cards
🕒
🔥
12
🟩
6
🟨
0
12
🟨
4
🟥
0
2
🟥
2
2
F Joe Beresford | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
Games
Results
Cards
🕒
🔥
32
🟩
14
🟨
0
32
🟨
6
🟥
0
11
🟥
12
0
CF Billy Walker | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
Games
Results
Cards
🕒
🔥
340
🟩
148
🟨
0
340
🟨
77
🟥
0
184
🟥
115
44
Sub 2
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Results
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🟩
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Player Profile
Sub 4
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Results
Cards
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Player Profile
M Jimmy Gibson | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
Games
Results
Cards
🕒
🔥
23
🟩
8
🟨
0
23
🟨
9
🟥
0
1
🟥
6
0
W Fred Tully | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
Games
Results
Cards
🕒
🔥
4
🟩
0
🟨
0
4
🟨
2
🟥
0
0
🟥
2
1
CF Pongo Waring | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
Games
Results
Cards
🕒
🔥
11
🟩
5
🟨
0
11
🟨
4
🟥
0
6
🟥
2
7
Sub 1
Games
Results
Cards
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🟩
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🟨
🟥
🟥
Player Profile
Sub 3
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Results
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🔥
🟩
🟨
🟨
🟥
🟥
Player Profile
Sub 5
Games
Results
Cards
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🔥
🟩
🟨
🟨
🟥
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Player Profile

Division One

Bolton Wanderers

16-10-15, 42 PTS

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VIlla Park

Attendance: 22,895

Pym W.
Haworth
Finney
Cope
Seddon
Nuttall
Boston
Jack D.
McClelland
Gibson
Murphy

Charles Foweraker | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
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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: 1925-26

Matchday Squad:

Not Recorded

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