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Game #1478

Aston Villa

Saturday, 30 March 1929

Won

LLLWW

Division One

Attendance: 15,690

Blackburn Rovers

Ewood Park

Billy Cook (pictured) scored for the second successive game as Villa record consecutive wins following a four match losing run and make it eighteen wins, four draws and twelve defeats in their thirty four division one games.

Blackburn Rovers

2-5

Aston Villa

Assist(s) | Not recorded

KEY MAN

Billy Cook, scored for the second successive game as Villa record consecutive wins following a four match losing run, Saturday, 30 March 1929.

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Saturday, 30 March 1929

ON THIS DAY

Villa record consecutive wins following a four match losing run and make it eighteen wins, four draws and twelve defeats in their thirty four division one games.

Aston Villa

Blackburn Rovers

League Champions: 🏆🏆
FA Cup Winners: 🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆 🏆
Last Trophy: 1927–28

FIXTURE HISTORY

Blackburn Rovers

Previous 5 vs. Blackburn: | 🟩 | 🟩 | 🟩 | 🟩 | 🟩 |

FIXTURE DETAILS

Season | 1928-29 |
Matchday | #40 |
League Match | #34 |
Manager Game | #128 |
Saturday, 30 March 1929

MATCH SUMMARY

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

MANAGERIAL RECORD

Billy Smith led Management Committee

GAMES | WINS | DRAWS | LOSSES | POINTS PER GAME

🕒 128 | 🟩 | 61 🟨 22 🟥 45 | 1.60

Career Form:

Top 6

Billy Smith led Management Committee

MATCH OFFICIALS

All the matches refereed by:

CARDS

Villa

Blackburn Rovers

TEAM NEWS

John Brittleton and Norman Swales replace Tommy Mort and Joe Tate.

TEAM STATS

Not recorded

MANAGER

MANAGER

Billy Smith led Management Committee

Aston Villa

GK Ben Olney |
FB Teddy Bowen |
FB John Brittleton |
CB Vic Milne |
M Billy Kingdon |
M Norman Swales |
W Dicky York |
W Arthur Dorrell |
F Billy Cook |
F Billy Walker |
CF Pongo Waring |

Blackburn Rovers

SUBSTITUTES

No Substitutions permitted in period

SUBSTITUTES

No Substitutions Permitted in Period

UNUSED SUBSTITUTES

No Substitutions permitted in period

UNUSED SUBSTITUTES

No Substitutions Permitted in Period

SQUAD STATS

MATCHDAY SQUAD

SQUAD STATS

MATCHDAY SQUAD

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

TABLE

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PROGRAMME

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MATCHDAY QUOTES

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