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Game #1460

Aston Villa

12-2-8, 26 PTS

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Saturday, 29 December 1928

4th=

Last 5: 🟩 🟥 🟥 🟩 🟩

GK Ben Olney | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
FB Tommy Smart | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
FB Teddy Bowen | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CB Alec Talbot | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CB George Jakeman | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Joe Tate | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
W Dicky York | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
W Arthur Dorrell | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
F Joe Beresford | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 🔥 |
CF Pongo Waring | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | ⚽ |
CF Billy Walker | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

Billy Smith | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 1926-1934
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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: 🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆 🏆
FA Cup Winners: 🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆 🏆
Last Trophy: 1919–20

Matchday Squad

Unavailable

None

Team News

George Jakeman replaces Billy Kingdon.

Team Stats

Not recorded

Debut Appearances

None

Final Appearances

None

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Won

1-0

🟩 29 Dec 1928, Villa 1-0 Leeds, Villa Park
Scorer(s) | Pongo Waring | 41' |

Assist(s) | Joe Beresford | 41' |

Match Timeline

⚽ | 41' Goal, 1-0, Pongo Waring, Assist by Joe Beresford
🕒 | HT Aston Villa 1-0 Leeds United
🕒 | FT Aston Villa 1-0 Leeds United

Season | 1928-29 |
Matchday | #22 |
League Match | #22 |
Manager Game | #110 |
Saturday, 29 December 1928

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Match Record
Game Record

Manager: Billy Smith | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 1926-1934 led Management Committee
Referee: Arthur H Kingscott | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Derby, 1921-1933
HT Score: 🟩 1-0
FT Result: 🟩 Won
FT Score: 🟩 1-0
Last 5: 🟩 🟥 🟥 🟩 🟩

Officials

Referee: Arthur H Kingscott | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Derby, 1921-1933

Previous 5 vs. Leeds: 🟨 🟩 🟥 🟩 🟥

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Head to Head

Total 🕒 9 | 🟩 W5 (56% ) | 🟨 D1 | 🇺(67% ) | 🟥 L3 (33% ) | ⚽ 18 | 🥅 18 | GD 0

Match Stats

Not recorded

Billy Smith | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 1926-1934

🕒 110 | 🟩 | 51 🟨 19 🟥 40 | 1.56

Villa Career Form:

Top 8

🟩 12 Apr 2025, Villa 3-0 Southampton, St Mary's TBL.png

Division One

Leeds United

11-3-8. 25 PTS

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Villa Park

Attendance: 31,565

Potts
Townley
Menzies
Buck
Hart
Reid
Turnbull
White
Keetley
Wainscott
Cochrane

Dick Ray | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
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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: ❌
FA Cup Winners: ❌
Last Trophy: ❌

Opposition Matchday Squad

Opposition Unavailable

Not Recorded

🟩 12 Apr 2025, Villa 3-0 Southampton, St Mary's TBL.png
On This Day
  • Pongo Waring scores for the second successive game as Villa win their seventh game in ten under Billy Smith

  • Villa make it twelve wins, two draws and eight defeats in their twenty two division one games

  • Villa climb to joint 4th in the table.

Starting XI
GK Ben Olney | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
🕒

42

42

🔥

0

0

🟩

21

🟨

6

🟥

15

13

🥅

74

FB Tommy Smart | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
🕒

345

345

🔥

5

2

🟩

156

🟨

68

🟥

121

CB Alec Talbot | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
🕒

48

48

🔥

2

0

🟩

20

🟨

10

🟥

18

FB Teddy Bowen | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
🕒

123

123

🔥

0

0

🟩

62

🟨

17

🟥

44

CB George Jakeman | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
🕒

7

7

🔥

0

0

🟩

2

🟨

0

🟥

5

M Joe Tate | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
🕒

19

19

🔥

0

3

🟩

10

🟨

1

🟥

8

W Arthur Dorrell | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
🕒

375

375

🔥

58

118

🟩

162

🟨

78

🟥

135

W Dicky York | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
🕒

328

328

🔥

71

101

🟩

145

🟨

69

🟥

114

F Joe Beresford | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
🕒

56

56

🔥

19

4

🟩

27

🟨

8

🟥

21

CF Pongo Waring | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
🕒

31

31

🔥

18

11

🟩

16

🟨

6

🟥

9

CF Billy Walker | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
🕒

362

362

🔥

195

49

🟩

161

🟨

78

🟥

123

Substitutes
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🔁

🔥

GK Sub

🟩

🟨

🟥

🥅

🕒

🔁

🔥

Sub 1

🟩

🟨

🟥

🕒

🔁

🔥

Sub 2

🟩

🟨

🟥

🕒

🔁

🔥

Sub 3

🟩

🟨

🟥

🕒

🔁

🔥

Sub 4

🟩

🟨

🟥

🕒

🔁

🔥

Sub 5

🟩

🟨

🟥

Match Media
What they Said

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