Game #1478
Aston Villa
18-4-12, 40 PTS

Saturday, 30 March 1929
5th
Last 5: ๐ฅ ๐ฅ ๐ฅ ๐ฉ ๐ฉ
GK Ben Olney | ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ |
FB Teddy Bowen | ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ |
FB John Brittleton | ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ |
CB Vic Milne | ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ณ๓ ฃ๓ ด๓ ฟ |
M Billy Kingdon | ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ | ๐ฅ |
M Norman Swales | ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ |
W Dicky York | ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ | ๐ฅ |
W Arthur Dorrell | ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ | ๐ฅ | โฝ |
F Billy Cook | ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ | ๐ฅ | ๐ฅ | โฝ |
CF Billy Walker | ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ | โฝ | โฝ |
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
Injury | 3 |
FB Tommy Smart | ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ |
CB Alec Talbot | ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ |
F Joe Beresford | ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ |
Team News
John Brittleton and Norman Swales replace Tommy Mort and Joe Tate.
Team Stats
Not recorded
Debut Appearances
None
Final Appearances
None
On This Day
Billy Cook scores for the second successive gameas Villa record consecutive wins following a four match losing run
Villa make it eighteen wins, four draws and twelve defeats in their thirty four division one games.
Villa go joint 15th.
Starting XI

Won
5-2
๐ฉ 30 Mar 1929, Villa 5-2 Blackburn, Ewood
Scorer(s) | Billy Walker | 5' | 68' | Arthur Dorrell | 74' | Pongo Waring | 84' | Billy Cook | 89' |
Assist(s) | Billy Cook | 5' | 84' | Arthur Dorrell | 68' | Billy Kingdon | 74' | Dicky York | 89' |
Match Timeline
โฝ | 5' Goal, 1-0, Billy Walker, Assist by Billy Cook
๐ฅ
| 13' Goal, 1-1, (Blackburn Rovers), Rigby
๐ | Player injured on field of play, Pongo Waring
๐ | HT Aston Villa 1-1 Blackburn Rovers
๐ฅ
| 50' Goal, 1-2, (Blackburn Rovers), Healless
โฝ | 68' Goal, 2-2, Billy Walker, Assist by Arthur Dorrell
โฝ | 74' Goal, 3-2, Arthur Dorrell, Assist by Billy Kingdon
โฝ | 84' Goal, 4-2, Pongo Waring, Assist by Billy Cook
โฝ | 89' Goal, 5-2, Billy Cook, Assist by Dicky York
๐ | FT Aston Villa 5-2 Blackburn Rovers
Season | 1928-29 |
Matchday | #40 |
League Match | #34 |
Manager Game | #128 |
Saturday, 30 March 1929
Match Record
Game Record
Manager: Billy Smith | ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ | 1926-1934 led Management Committee
Referee: R. Brown | ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ | Newcastle upon Tyne, 1928-1929
HT Score: ๐จ 1-1
FT Result: ๐ฉ Won
FT Score: ๐ฉ 5-2
Last 5: ๐ฅ ๐ฅ ๐ฅ ๐ฉ ๐ฉ
Officials
Referee: R. Brown | ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ | Newcastle upon Tyne, 1928-1929
Match Stats
Not recorded
Billy Smith | ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ | 1926-1934
๐ 128 | ๐ฉ | 61 ๐จ 22 ๐ฅ 45 | 1.60
Villa Career Form:
Top 6
What they Said
Division One
Blackburn Rovers
15-8-12, 38 PTS
Ewood Park
Attendance: 15,690
Crawford
Hutton
Roxburgh
Healless
Rankin
O'Dowd
Roscamp
Puddefoot
Bourton
Keating
Rigby
Bob Crompton | 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: ๐๐
FA Cup Winners: ๐๐๐๐๐ ๐
Last Trophy: 1927โ28
Opposition Matchday Squad
Opposition Unavailable
Not Recorded
League Table

1928-29
Playing Squad




























