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Game #1458

Tuesday, 25 December 1928

Attendance: 24,679

Lost

Division One

Portsmouth

WLWLL

Fratton Park

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

Assist(s) | Not recorded

KEY MAN

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.

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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

Aston Villa

Portsmouth

FIXTURE HISTORY

Portsmouth

Previous 5 vs. Portsmouth: | - | - | 🟩 | 🟥 | 🟩 |

FIXTURE DETAILS

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

CARDS

Villa

Portsmouth

All the matches refereed by:

TEAM NEWS

Alec Talbot and Pongo Waring replace Vic Milne and Jimmy Gibson.

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 |
W Dicky York |
W Arthur Dorrell |
F Billy Walker |
F Joe Beresford |
CF Pongo Waring |

Portsmouth

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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