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Game #1437

Aston Villa

17-9-15, 43 PTS

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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
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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

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

None

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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

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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

Previous 5 vs. Huddersfield: 🟩 🟥 🟩 🟨 🟨

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Head to Head

Total 🕒 18 | 🟩 W9 (50% ) | 🟨 D4 | 🇺(72% ) | 🟥 L5 (28% ) | ⚽ 28 | 🥅 19 | GD 9

Match Stats

Not recorded

Billy Smith | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 1926-1934

🕒 87 | 🟩 | 38 🟨 16 🟥 33 | 1.49

Villa Career Form:

Top 8

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

Division One

Huddersfield Town

21-7-13, 49 PTS

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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 | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
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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: 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

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

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

22

22

🔥

0

0

🟩

11

🟨

5

🟥

6

10

🥅

31

FB Tommy Smart | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
🕒

322

322

🔥

5

2

🟩

144

🟨

66

🟥

112

CB Vic Milne | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
🕒

156

156

🔥

1

4

🟩

72

🟨

32

🟥

52

FB Teddy Bowen | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
🕒

105

105

🔥

0

0

🟩

51

🟨

17

🟥

37

M Jimmy Gibson | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
🕒

24

24

🔥

1

0

🟩

9

🟨

9

🟥

6

M Billy Kingdon | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
🕒

58

58

🔥

2

4

🟩

27

🟨

12

🟥

19

W Arthur Dorrell | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
🕒

357

357

🔥

53

114

🟩

152

🟨

77

🟥

128

W Fred Tully | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
🕒

5

5

🔥

0

4

🟩

1

🟨

2

🟥

2

F Joe Beresford | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
🕒

33

33

🔥

11

0

🟩

15

🟨

6

🟥

12

CF Pongo Waring | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
🕒

12

12

🔥

7

7

🟩

6

🟨

4

🟥

2

CF Billy Walker | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
🕒

341

341

🔥

185

44

🟩

149

🟨

77

🟥

115

Substitutes
🕒

🔁

🔥

GK Sub

🟩

🟨

🟥

🥅

🕒

🔁

🔥

Sub 1

🟩

🟨

🟥

🕒

🔁

🔥

Sub 2

🟩

🟨

🟥

🕒

🔁

🔥

Sub 3

🟩

🟨

🟥

🕒

🔁

🔥

Sub 4

🟩

🟨

🟥

🕒

🔁

🔥

Sub 5

🟩

🟨

🟥

Match Media
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