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Game #1458
1928-29
Position:
Division One
Portsmouth
Fratton Park
Attendance: 24,679
Tuesday, 25 December 1928
Joe Beresford (pictured) scored for the third time in as many game but Villa lose successive matches for the first time this season to make it ten wins, two draws and eight defeats in their twenty division one games
Portsmouth
3-2
Aston Villa
Scorer(s) | Joe Beresford | Arthur Dorrell |
Assist(s) | Not recorded
AT A GLANCE
Game #1458
Season | 1928-29 |
Matchday | #20 |
League Match | #20 |
Manager Game | #108 |
Tuesday, 25 December 1928
MATCH SUMMARY
Manager | Billy Smith led Management Committee |
FT Score | 2-3 |
FT Result | Lost |
Last 5 Games | WLWLL |
MATCH OFFICIALS
MATCH INCIDENTS
Villa
Portsmouth
🟨 | Booking
🟥 | Sending off
💥+ | Incidents e.g. penalty awarded
💥- | Incidents e.g. penalty conceded, goal disallowed
💥 | Incidents e.g. refused clear pen
🆘 | Notably poor refereeing performance
TEAM STATS
Not recorded
TEAM NEWS
Alec Talbot and Pongo Waring replace Vic Milne and Jimmy Gibson.
UNAVAILABLE
Not recorded
MATCH STATS
Not recorded
MANAGER
Management Committee | Club Secretary | Billy Smith
STAFF
STARTING LINE UP
GK Ben Olney |
FB Tommy Smart |
FB Teddy Bowen |
CB Alec Talbot |
M Billy Kingdon |
M Joe Tate |
W Dicky York |
W Arthur Dorrell |
F Billy Walker |
F Joe Beresford |
CF Pongo Waring |
SUBSTITUTES
No Substitutions permitted in period
UNUSED SUBSTITUTES
No Substitutions permitted in period
THE OPPOSITION
ex: Also played for the Villa
g: Scored
s/o: Sent off
s-: Sub off; s+: Sub on
ON THIS DAY
Villa lose successive matches for the first time this season to make it ten wins, two draws and eight defeats in their twenty division one games
Joe Beresford, scored for the third time in as many game but Villa lose successive matches for the first time this season, Tuesday, 25 December 1928.
MATCH TIMELINE
MANAGER WATCH
POSITION
MATCH PROGRAMME
MATCH PROGRAMME
QUOTES
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