Game #1449
Aston Villa
5-2-4, 12 PTS

Saturday, 27 October 1928
11th=
Last 5: ๐ฉ ๐ฉ ๐ฉ ๐ฅ ๐ฉ
GK Ben Olney | ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ |
FB Tommy Smart | ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ |
FB Teddy Bowen | ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ |
CB Vic Milne | ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ณ๓ ฃ๓ ด๓ ฟ |
M Billy Kingdon | ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ | ๐ฅ |
M Joe Tate | ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ |
W Dicky York | ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ |
W Arthur Dorrell | ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ | ๐ฅ |
F Joe Beresford | ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ | ๐ฅ | โฝ |
CF Pongo Waring | ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ | โฝ |
CF Billy Walker | ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ | โฝ | โฝ |
Billy Smith | ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ | 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: ๐๐๐๐๐ ๐
FA Cup Winners: ๐๐๐๐๐ ๐
Last Trophy: 1919โ20
Matchday Squad
Unavailable
Injury | 3 |
M Jimmy Gibson | ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ณ๓ ฃ๓ ด๓ ฟ |
CB Alec Talbot | ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ |
LB Tommy Mort | ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ |
Team News
Billy Smith names the same line up for a fourth successive game for the first time this season.
Team Stats
Not recorded
Debut Appearances
None
Final Appearances
None
On This Day
Billy Walker scores a brace - his fifth in three - as Villa score their seventeenth goal in four games having scored just eight in their first seven of 1928-29.
Villa record their fourth win in five.
Villa make it five wins, two draws and four defeats in their eleven division one games.
Villa climb back to joint 11th.
Starting XI

Won
4-2
๐ฉ 27 Oct 1928, Villa 4-2 Birmingham, St Andrew's
Scorer(s) | Pongo Waring | 3' | Billy Walker | 51' | 85' | Joe Beresford | 77' |
Assist(s) | Billy Kingdon | 3' | Joe Beresford | 51' | Arthur Dorrell | 85' |
Match Timeline
โฝ | 3' Goal, 1-0, Pongo Waring, Assist by Billy Kingdon
๐ฅ
| 20' Goal, 1-1, (Birmingham), Cringan
๐ฅ
| 40' Goal, 1-2, (Birmingham), Bradford
๐ | HT Birmingham 2-1 Aston Villa
โฝ | 51' Goal, 2-2, Billy Walker, Assist by Joe Beresford
โฝ | 77' Goal, 3-2, Joe Beresford
โฝ | 85' Goal, 4-2, Billy Walker, Assist by Arthur Dorrell
๐ | FT Birmingham 2-4 Aston Villa
Season | 1928-29 |
Matchday | #11 |
League Match | #11 |
Manager Game | #99 |
Saturday, 27 October 1928
Match Record
Game Record
Manager: Billy Smith | ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ | 1926-1934 led Management Committee
Referee: A. J. Attwood | ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ท๓ ฌ๓ ณ๓ ฟ | Newport, 1926-1929
HT Score: ๐ฅ 1-2
FT Result: ๐ฉ Won
FT Score: ๐ฉ 4-2
Last 5: ๐ฉ ๐ฉ ๐ฉ ๐ฅ ๐ฉ
Officials
Referee: A. J. Attwood | ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ท๓ ฌ๓ ณ๓ ฟ | Newport, 1926-1929
Previous 5 vs. Birmingham: ๐ฅ ๐ฉ ๐ฉ ๐จ ๐จ
Head to Head
Total ๐ 34 | ๐ฉ 16 | ๐จ 9 | ๐ฅ 9 | โฝ 64 | ๐ฅ
44 |
League ๐ 31 | ๐ฉ 14 | ๐จ 8 | ๐ฅ 9 | โฝ 59 | ๐ฅ
44 |
FA Cup ๐ 3 | ๐ฉ 2 | ๐จ 1 | ๐ฅ 0 | โฝ 5 | ๐ฅ
0 |
Home ๐ 16 | ๐ฉ 9 | ๐จ 5 | ๐ฅ 2 | โฝ 34 | ๐ฅ
20 |
Away ๐ 18 | ๐ฉ 7 | ๐จ 4 | ๐ฅ 7 | โฝ 30 | ๐ฅ
24 |
Match Stats
Not recorded
Billy Smith | ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ | 1926-1934
๐ 99 | ๐ฉ | 44 ๐จ 19 ๐ฅ 36 | 1.53
Villa Career Form:
Top 8
What they Said
Division One
Birmingham City
4-2-6, 10 PTS
St Andrew's
Attendance: 36,261
Hibbs
Liddle
Randle
Dale
Cringan
Leslie
Bond
Crosbie
Briggs
Bradford
Hicks
Leslie Knighton | ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ |
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: โ
FA Cup Winners: โ
Last Trophy: โ
Opposition Matchday Squad
Opposition Unavailable
Not Recorded
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