Game #1446
Aston Villa
3-2-3, 8 PTS
Saturday, 6 October 1928


Won
13th=
Last 5: 🟥 🟨 🟥 🟩 🟩
Division One
Sheffield United
3-0-6, 6 PTS
Bramall Lane
Attendance: 23,200
🟩 6 Oct 1928, Villa 3-1 Sheffield United, Bramall Lane
Sheffield United
1-3

Aston Villa

Assist(s) | Dicky York | 38' | 85' |
🟩 6 Oct 1928, Villa 3-1 Sheffield United, Bramall Lane


MATCH TIMELINE
Saturday, 6 October 1928
⚽ | 38' Goal, 1-0, Pongo Waring, Assist by Dicky York
🕒 | HT Sheffield United 0-1 Aston Villa
⚽ | 57' Goal, 2-0, Pongo Waring
🥅 | 60' Goal, 2-1, (Sheffield United), Tunstall
⚽ | 85' Goal, 3-1, Arthur Dorrell, Assist by Dicky York
🕒 | FT Sheffield United 1-3 Aston Villa
Match Statistics
Not recorded
Goal ⚽, Assist 🔥, Goal Conceded 🥅, Injury 🚑, Booking 🟨, Sending off 🟥, Comment 🗒️, ❗ Villa Chance,❗❗Huge Villa Chance, 💥 Opposition action, 🎥 VAR, 🆘 Referee error, ❌ Missed pen, disallowed goal, player retires from field of play, 🟢 Debut, 🔴 Final appearance, 🕒 Half time, Full time, 🔁 Substitution
🟩 6 Oct 1928, Villa 3-1 Sheffield United, Bramall Lane

ON THIS DAY
Saturday, 6 October 1928
Villa win successive games for the first time in 1928-29
Pongo Waring scores his first goals of the season - a brace - as Dicky York contributes a brace of assists to make it 7 goal involvements already this season.
Villa score more than one goal for only the second time in eight
Villa make it three wins, two draws and three defeats in eight division one games under Billy Smith so far this season.
Villa climb to joint 13th in the table
🟩 6 Oct 1928, Villa 3-1 Sheffield United, Bramall Lane

DEBUT APPEARANCES
None
FINAL APPEARANCES
None
Seasons | 🕒 Games | ✅ Starts (🔁 Subs) | ⚽ Goals | 🔥 Assists | 🇺 Unused | Player Number |
Aston Villa
League Champions: 🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆 🏆
FA Cup Winners: 🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆 🏆
Last Trophy: 1919–20
Sheffield United


League Champions: 🏆
FA Cup Winners: 🏆🏆🏆🏆
Last Trophy: 1924–25
🟩 6 Oct 1928, Villa 3-1 Sheffield United, Bramall Lane
FIXTURE DETAILS


Season | 1928-29 |
Matchday | #8 |
League Match | #8 |
Manager Game | #96 |
Saturday, 6 October 1928
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🟩 6 Oct 1928, Villa 3-1 Sheffield United, Bramall Lane
MATCH SUMMARY


Manager: Billy Smith | 🏴 | 1926-1934 led Management Committee
Referee: Robert Bowie | 🏴 | Newcastle upon Tyne, 1926-1934
HT Score: 🟩 1-0
FT Result: 🟩 Won
FT Score 🟩 3-1
Last 5: 🟥 🟨 🟥 🟩 🟩
MANAGERIAL RECORD

Billy Smith | 🏴 | 1926-1934
🕒 96 | 🟩 | 42 🟨 19 🟥 35 | 1.51
Villa Career Form:
Top 8
Games 🕒, Won 🟩, Drew 🟨, Lost 🟥, Points per Game
🟩 6 Oct 1928, Villa 3-1 Sheffield United, Bramall Lane

MATCH OFFICIALS
Referee: Robert Bowie | 🏴 | Newcastle upon Tyne, 1926-1934
VAR PROFILE (from 2021)
CARDS

None
CARDS

None
Won 🟩, Drew 🟨, Lost 🟥, Notably poor performance 🆘, Cards 🟨 Booking, Cards 🟥 Sending off, Disallowed ❌ Goal disallowed, ⚽ Penalty for, 🥅 Penalty against, ❌ Penalty Disallowed
🟩 6 Oct 1928, Villa 3-1 Sheffield United, Bramall Lane

TEAM NEWS
TEAM STATS
Joe Tate and Arthur Dorrell replace Reg Chester and Billy Cook.
Not recorded
🟩 6 Oct 1928, Villa 3-1 Sheffield United, Bramall Lane
MANAGER
Billy Smith | 🏴 | 1926-1934

Aston Villa
GK Ben Olney | 🏴 |
FB Tommy Smart | 🏴 |
FB Teddy Bowen | 🏴 |
CB Vic Milne | 🏴 |
M Billy Kingdon | 🏴 |
M Joe Tate | 🏴 |
W Dicky York | 🏴 | 🔥 | 🔥 |
W Arthur Dorrell | 🏴 | ⚽ |
F Joe Beresford | 🏴 |
CF Pongo Waring | 🏴 | ⚽ | ⚽ |
CF Billy Walker | 🏴 |
MANAGER
John Nicholson | 🏴 |

Sheffield United
Wharton
Webster
Birks
Sampy
Matthews
Green
Gibson
Pickering
Johnson
Gillespie
Tunstall
🟩 6 Oct 1928, Villa 3-1 Sheffield United, Bramall Lane
SUBSTITUTES

No Substitutions permitted in period
SUBSTITUTES
No Substitutions Permitted in Period

🟩 6 Oct 1928, Villa 3-1 Sheffield United, Bramall Lane
UNUSED SUBSTITUTES

No Substitutions permitted in period
UNUSED SUBSTITUTES

No Substitutions Permitted in Period
Player Positions:
GK : Goalkeeper
CB, D, B : Centre Back, Defender, Back
FB, LB, RB, WH : Full Back, Left Back, Right Back, Wing Back, Wing Half
M, CH, LH, RH : Midfielder, Centre Half, Left Half, Right Half
W, OL, OR : Winger, Outside Left, Outside Right
F, IF, IL, IR : Forward, Inside Forward, Inside Left, Inside Right, Second Striker, False 9
CF : Centre Forward
Match Symbols:
⚽ | Goal
🔥 | Assist
🔁 | Substitution
🟨 | Booking
🟥 | Sending off
🆘 | Poor refereeing performance
🟢 : Debut 🔴 : Final Game

🟩 6 Oct 1928, Villa 3-1 Sheffield United, Bramall Lane
MATCHDAY SQUAD BIOGRAPHIES
STARTING XI
SUBSTITUTES
Player | 🕒 | 🔁 | ⚽ | 🔥 | 🟩 | 🟨 | 🟥 | 🥅 | ⛔ | Yellow | Red |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
UNUSED
Player | 🇺 |
---|---|
Games 🕒, Starts ✅, Substitute 🔁, Goals ⚽, Assists 🔥, Won 🟩, Drew 🟨, Lost 🟥, Conceded 🥅, Clean Sheets ⛔, Unused Substitute 🇺
🟩 6 Oct 1928, Villa 3-1 Sheffield United, Bramall Lane
SQUAD STATS

SQUAD STATS

🟩 6 Oct 1928, Villa 3-1 Sheffield United, Bramall Lane
MATCHDAY SQUAD

MATCHDAY SQUAD

🟩 6 Oct 1928, Villa 3-1 Sheffield United, Bramall Lane
UNAVAILABLE

Injury | 3 |
M Jimmy Gibson | 🏴 |
CB Alec Talbot | 🏴 |
LB Tommy Mort | 🏴 |
UNAVAILABLE

Not Recorded
LEAGUE TABLE



MATCHDAY PROGRAMME


🟩 6 Oct 1928, Villa 3-1 Sheffield United, Bramall Lane


MATCH QUOTES
🟩 6 Oct 1928, Villa 3-1 Sheffield United, Bramall Lane


MATCH REPORTS
🟩 6 Oct 1928, Villa 3-1 Sheffield United, Bramall Lane

