Game #1437
Aston Villa
17-9-15, 43 PTS

Wednesday, 2 May 1928
5th
Last 5: 🟩 🟩 🟥 🟨 🟩
GK Ben Olney | 🏴 |
CB Vic Milne | 🏴 |
FB Tommy Smart | 🏴 |
FB Teddy Bowen | 🏴 |
M Billy Kingdon | 🏴 |
M Jimmy Gibson | 🏴 |
W Fred Tully | 🏴 | 🔥 | 🔥 | 🔥 |
W Arthur Dorrell | 🏴 | ⚽ |
F Joe Beresford | 🏴 |
CF Pongo Waring | 🏴 | ⚽ |
CF Billy Walker | 🏴 | ⚽ |
Billy Smith | 🏴 | 1926-1934

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
Goalkeepers
GK Ben Olney | 🏴 |
Defenders
CB Vic Milne | 🏴 |
Full Backs
FB Tommy Smart | 🏴 |
FB Teddy Bowen | 🏴 |
Midfielders
M Billy Kingdon | 🏴 |
M Jimmy Gibson | 🏴 |
Wingers
W Fred Tully | 🏴 |
W Arthur Dorrell | 🏴 |
Forwards
F Joe Beresford | 🏴 |
CF Pongo Waring | 🏴 |
CF Billy Walker | 🏴 |
Unavailable
None
Team News
Billy Kingdon and Arthur Dorrell replace Jack Yates and Billy Armfield.
Team Stats
Not recorded
Debut Appearances
None
Final Appearances
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Won
3-0
🟩 2 May 1928, Villa 3-0 Huddersfield, Villa Park
Scorer(s) | Billy Walker | 25' | Arthur Dorrell | 44' | Pongo Waring | 67' |
Assist(s) | Fred Tully | 25' | 44' | 67' |
Match Timeline
⚽ | 25' Goal, 1-0, Billy Walker, Assist by Fred Tully
⚽ | 44' Goal, 2-0, Arthur Dorrell, Assist by Fred Tully
🕒 | HT Aston Villa 2-0 Huddersfield Town
⚽ | 67' Goal, 3-0, Pongo Waring, Assist by Fred Tully
🕒 | FT Aston Villa 3-0 Huddersfield Town
Season | 1927-28 |
Matchday | #44 |
League Match | #41 |
Manager Game | #87 |
Wednesday, 2 May 1928

Match Record
Game Record
Manager: Billy Smith | 🏴 | 1926-1934 led Management Committee
Referee: Reg Rudd | 🏴 | Middlesex, 1926-1939
HT Score: 🟩 2-0
FT Result: 🟩 Won
FT Score: 🟩 3-0
Last 5: 🟩 🟩 🟥 🟨 🟩
Officials
Referee: Reg Rudd | 🏴 | Middlesex, 1926-1939
Match Stats
Not recorded
Billy Smith | 🏴 | 1926-1934
🕒 87 | 🟩 | 38 🟨 16 🟥 33 | 1.49
Villa Career Form:
Top 8

Division One
Huddersfield Town
21-7-13, 49 PTS

VIlla Park
Attendance: 30,173
GK Hugh Turner | 🏴 |
D Ned Barkas | 🏴 |
D Roy Goodall | 🏴 |
D Willie Campbell | 🏴 |
D Tom Wilson | 🏴 |
D Tommy Meads | 🏴 |
M Alex Jackson | 🏴 |
F Bob Kelly | 🏴 |
F George Brown (ft) | 🏴 |
F Clem Stephenson (ex) | 🏴 |
W Billy Smith | 🏴 |
Jack Chaplin | 🏴 |

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: 1925-26
Opposition Matchday Squad
Goalkeepers
GK Hugh Turner | 🏴 |
Defenders
D Ned Barkas | 🏴 |
D Roy Goodall | 🏴 |
D Willie Campbell | 🏴 |
D Tom Wilson | 🏴 |
D Tommy Meads | 🏴 |
Midfielders
M Alex Jackson | 🏴 |
Wingers
W Billy Smith | 🏴 |
Forwardsx
F Bob Kelly | 🏴 |
F George Brown (ft) | 🏴 |
F Clem Stephenson (ex) | 🏴 |
Opposition Unavailable
Not Recorded
On This Day
Villa dispatch title chasing Huddersfield at Villa Park as Pongo Waring scores his seventh goal since his debut in February.
Villa make it seventeen wins, nine draws and fifteen defeats in their forty one division one games.
Villa climb to 5th in the table with one game of 1927-28 left to play.
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