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Game #1459

Aston Villa

Wednesday, 26 December 1928

Won

LWLLW

Division One

Attendance: 54,331

Portsmouth

Villa Park

Aston Villa

3-2

Portsmouth

Assist(s) | Not recorded

MATCH SUMMARY

Joe Beresford (pictured) scored for the fourth time in as many game as Villa win for the first time in three to make it eleven wins, two draws and eight defeats in their twenty one division one games

KEY MAN

Joe Beresford, scored for the fourth time in as many game as Villa win for the first time in three, Wednesday, 26 December 1928.

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Wednesday, 26 December 1928

ON THIS DAY

Villa win for the first time in three to make it eleven wins, two draws and eight defeats in their twenty one division one games

Aston Villa

Portsmouth

FIXTURE HISTORY

Portsmouth

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

FIXTURE DETAILS

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Season | 1928-29 |
Matchday | #21 |
League Match | #21 |
Manager Game | #109 |
Wednesday, 26 December 1928

MATCH SUMMARY

Manager | Billy Smith led Management Committee |
FT Score | 3-2 |
FT Result | Won |
Last 5 Games | LWLLW |

MANAGERIAL RECORD

Billy Smith led Management Committee

GAMES | WINS | DRAWS | LOSSES | POINTS PER GAME

🕒 109 | 🟩 | 50 🟨 19 🟥 40 | 1.55

Villa Career Form:

Top 8

Billy Smith led Management Committee

MATCH OFFICIALS

All the matches refereed by:

CARDS

Villa

Portsmouth

TEAM NEWS

Billy Smith names an unchanged line up.

TEAM STATS

Not recorded

MANAGER

Billy Smith led Management Committee

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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 |

MANAGER

Jack Tinn | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

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Portsmouth

SUBSTITUTES

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No Substitutions permitted in period

SUBSTITUTES

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No Substitutions Permitted in Period

UNUSED SUBSTITUTES

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No Substitutions permitted in period

UNUSED SUBSTITUTES

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No Substitutions Permitted in Period

SQUAD STATS

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MATCHDAY SQUAD

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SQUAD STATS

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MATCHDAY SQUAD

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UNAVAILABLE

Not recorded

UNAVAILABLE

Not Recorded

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

DEBUT APPEARANCES

FINAL APPEARANCES

MATCH STATS

Not recorded

LEAGUE TABLE

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MATCHDAY PROGRAMME

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MATCHDAY QUOTES

Image © THE BRITISH LIBRARY BOARD. With thanks to Trinity Mirror. Digitised by Findmypast Newspaper Archive Limited. All rights reserved. Source: British Newspaper Archive (www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk)

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