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Game #1456

Wednesday, 19 December 1928

Attendance: 8,496

Won

Division One

Manchester City

WWWLW

Villa Park

Villa bounce back from defeat at Leeds Road to put five past Manchester City with braces from Joe Beresford and Dicky York (pictured) and a goal on his first appearance since the opening day of the season for Jimmy Gibson. As a result Villa make it ten wins, two draws and six defeats in their eighteen division one games having scored 35 goals in their last eleven matches.

Aston Villa

5-1

Manchester City

Assist(s) | Not recorded

KEY MAN

Villa bounce back from defeat at Leeds Road to put five past Manchester City with braces from Joe Beresford and Dicky York and a goal on his first appearance since the opening day of the season for Jimmy Gibson, Wednesday, 19 December 1928.

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ON THIS DAY

Villa bounce back from defeat at Leeds Road to put five past Manchester City. As a result Villa make it ten wins, two draws and six defeats in their eighteen division one games having scored 35 goals in their last eleven matches.

Aston Villa

Manchester City

FIXTURE HISTORY

Manchester City

Previous 5 vs. Manchester City: | 🟩 | 🟩 | 🟥 | 🟩 | 🟥 |

FIXTURE DETAILS

Season | 1928-29 |
Matchday | #18 |
League Match | #18 |
Manager Game | #106 |
Wednesday, 19 December 1928

MATCH SUMMARY

Manager | Billy Smith led Management Committee |
FT Score | 5-1 |
FT Result | Won |
Last 5 Games | WWWLW |

MATCH OFFICIALS

CARDS

Villa

Manchester City

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TEAM NEWS

Jimmy Gibson replaces Pongo Waring.

TEAM STATS

Not recorded

MANAGER

MANAGER

Billy Smith led Management Committee

Aston Villa

GK Ben Olney |
FB Tommy Smart |
FB Teddy Bowen |
CB Alec Talbot |
M Billy Kingdon |
M Joe Tate |
M Jimmy Gibson |
W Dicky York |
W Arthur Dorrell |
F Billy Walker |
F Joe Beresford |

Manchester City

SUBSTITUTES

No Substitutions permitted in period

SUBSTITUTES

UNUSED SUBSTITUTES

No Substitutions permitted in period

UNUSED SUBSTITUTES

SQUAD STATS

MATCHDAY SQUAD

SQUAD STATS

MATCHDAY SQUAD

UNAVAILABLE

Not recorded

UNAVAILABLE

Not Recorded

Player Abbreviations:

GK : Goalkeeper

LB, RB, FB : Left Back, Right Back, Full Back

CB, D : Centre Back, Defender

M, W : Midfielder. Winger

F, CF : Forward, Centre Forward

🟢 : Debut 🔴 : Final Game

Symbols:

⚽ | Goal
🔥 | Assist
🔁 | Substitution

🟨 | Booking

🟥 | Sending off

🆘 | Poor refereeing performance

DEBUT APPEARANCES

FINAL APPEARANCES

MATCH STATS

Not recorded

TABLE

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PROGRAMME

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