Game #1470
Aston Villa
16-3-9, 35 PTS

Wednesday, 20 February 1929
4th
Last 5: ๐ฉ ๐ฉ ๐ฉ ๐ฉ ๐ฉ
GK Ben Olney | ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ |
FB Tommy Smart | ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ |
LB Tommy Mort | ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ |
CB Alec Talbot | ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ |
M Joe Tate | ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ |
M Billy Kingdon | ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ |
W Dicky York | ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ | ๐ฅ | โฝ | โฝ |
W Arthur Dorrell | ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ |
F Billy Cook | ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ |
F Joe Beresford | ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ |
CF Pongo Waring | ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ | โฝ |
Billy Smith | ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ | 1926-1934

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: ๐๐๐๐๐ ๐
FA Cup Winners: ๐๐๐๐๐ ๐
Last Trophy: 1919โ20
Matchday Squad
Unavailable
None
Team News
Billy Cook replaces Billy Walker.
Team Stats
Not recorded
Debut Appearances
None
Final Appearances
None
On This Day
Villa recover from two goals down as Dicky York scored a brace to make it five consecutive wins and extend their unbeaten run to eight.
Villa make it sixteen wins, three draws and nine defeats in their twenty eight division one games.
Despite victory Villa drop to 4th.
Starting XI

Won
3-2
๐ฉ 20 Feb 1929, Villa 3-2 Sheffield United, Villa Park
Scorer(s) | Pongo Waring | 58' | Dicky York | 2-2 | 3-2 |
Assist(s) | Dicky York | 58' |
Match Timeline
โ | Saved Penalty, Ben Olney
๐ฅ
| 34' Goal, 0-1, (Sheffield United), Johnson
๐ | HT Aston Villa 0-1 Sheffield United
๐ฅ
| 48' Goal, 0-2, (Sheffield United), Gillespie
โฝ | 58' Goal, 1-2, Pongo Waring, Assist by Dicky York
โฝ | Goal, 2-2, Dicky York
โฝ | Goal, 3-2, Dicky York
๐ | FT Aston Villa 3-2 Sheffield United
Season | 1928-29 |
Matchday | #32 |
League Match | #28 |
Manager Game | #120 |
Wednesday, 20 February 1929
Match Record
Game Record
Manager: Billy Smith | ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ | 1926-1934 led Management Committee
Referee: Robert Bowie | ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ | Newcastle upon Tyne, 1926-1934
HT Score: ๐ฅ 0-1
FT Result: ๐ฉ Won
FT Score: ๐ฉ 3-2
Last 5: ๐ฉ ๐ฉ ๐ฉ ๐ฉ ๐ฉ
Officials
Referee: Robert Bowie | ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง ๓ ฟ | Newcastle upon Tyne, 1926-1934
Match Stats
Not recorded
Billy Smith | ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ | 1926-1934
๐ 120 | ๐ฉ | 58 ๐จ 21 ๐ฅ 41 | 1.63
Villa Career Form:
Top 6
What they Said
Division One
Sheffield United
10-6-12, 26 PTS
Villa Park
Attendance: 14,022
Wharton
Partridge
Birks
Sampy
Matthews
Green
Gibson
Phillipson
Johnson
Gillespie
Tunstall
John Nicholson | ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ |
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: ๐
FA Cup Winners: ๐๐๐๐
Last Trophy: 1924โ25
Opposition Matchday Squad
Opposition Unavailable
Not Recorded
League Table

1928-29
Playing Squad





























