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Game #1485

Aston Villa

22-4-15, 48 PTS

Saturday, 27 April 1929

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Lost

2nd=

Last 5: 🟩 🟩 🟥 🟩 🟥

Division One

Manchester City

18-8-15, 44 PTS

Maine Road

Attendance: 30,154

🟥 27 Apr 1929, Villa 0-3 Manchester City, Maine Road

Manchester City

3-0

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Aston Villa

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Assist(s) | None

🟥 27 Apr 1929, Villa 0-3 Manchester City, Maine Road

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MATCH TIMELINE
Saturday, 27 April 1929

🥅 | 22' Goal, 0-1, (Manchester City), Johnson
🥅 | 35' Goal, 0-2, (Manchester City), Brook
🕔 | HT Manchester City 2-0 Aston Villa
🥅 | 75' Goal, 0-3, (Manchester City), Toseland
🕔 | FT Manchester City 3-0 Aston Villa

Match Statistics

Not recorded

Goal ⚽, Assist 🔥, Goal Conceded 🥅, Injury 🚑, Booking 🟨, Sending off 🟥, Comment 🗒️, ❗ Villa Chance,❗❗Huge Villa Chance, 💥 Opposition action, 🎥 VAR, 🆘 Referee error, ❌ Missed pen, disallowed goal, player retires from field of play, 🟢 Debut, 🔴 Final appearance, 🕒 Half time, Full time, 🔁 Substitution

🟥 27 Apr 1929, Villa 0-3 Manchester City, Maine Road

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ON THIS DAY
Saturday, 27 April 1929
  • Villa's surprise defeat at Manchester City means there is no chance of the title challenge entering the final day.

  • Sheffield Wednesday lift the title courtesy of their draw with Burnley.

  • Villa face Wednesday in the final game of 1928-29 hoping to secure second place but Billy Smith's side need Leicester to lose.

  • Villa make it twenty two wins, four draws and fifteen defeats in their forty one division one games.

  • Villa remain joint 2nd.

🟥 27 Apr 1929, Villa 0-3 Manchester City, Maine Road

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DEBUT APPEARANCES

None

FINAL APPEARANCES

None

Seasons | 🕒 Games | ✅ Starts (🔁 Subs) | ⚽ Goals | 🔥 Assists | 🇺 Unused | Player Number |

Aston Villa

League Champions: 🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆 🏆
FA Cup Winners: 🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆 🏆
Last Trophy: 1919–20

Manchester City

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League Champions: ❌
FA Cup Winners: 🏆
Last Trophy: 1903-04

FIXTURE HISTORY
Manchester City
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Previous 5 vs. Manchester City: 🟩 🟥 🟩 🟥 🟩

Total 🕒 48 | 🟩 22 | 🟨 7 | 🟥 19 | ⚽ 90 | 🥅 68 |
League 🕒 44 | 🟩 21 | 🟨 6 | 🟥 17 | ⚽ 85 | 🥅 64 |
FA Cup 🕒 4 | 🟩 1 | 🟨 1 | 🟥 2 | ⚽ 5 | 🥅 4 |
Home 🕒 25 | 🟩 19 | 🟨 3 | 🟥 3 | ⚽ 63 | 🥅 24 |
Away 🕒 23 | 🟩 3 | 🟨 4 | 🟥 16 | ⚽ 27 | 🥅 41 |

Games 🕒, Won 🟩, Drew 🟨, Lost 🟥, Goals Scored ⚽, Goals Conceded 🥅

🟥 27 Apr 1929, Villa 0-3 Manchester City, Maine Road

FIXTURE DETAILS
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Season | 1928-29 |
Matchday | #47 |
League Match | #41 |
Manager Game | #135 |
Saturday, 27 April 1929

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🟥 27 Apr 1929, Villa 0-3 Manchester City, Maine Road

MATCH SUMMARY
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Manager: Billy Smith | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 1926-1934 led Management Committee
Referee: W. R. Jennings | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | York, 1929-1934
HT Score: 🟥 0-2
FT Result: 🟥 Lost
FT Score: 🟥 0-3
Last 5: 🟩 🟩 🟥 🟩 🟥

Scorers
Timeline
On This Day
Trophies
Fixture
Manager
MANAGERIAL RECORD
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Billy Smith | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 1926-1934

🕒 135 | 🟩 | 65 🟨 22 🟥 48 | 1.61

Villa Career Form:

Top 6

Billy Smith | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 1926-1934

Games 🕒, Won 🟩, Drew 🟨, Lost 🟥, Points per Game

🟥 27 Apr 1929, Villa 0-3 Manchester City, Maine Road

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MATCH OFFICIALS

Referee: W. R. Jennings | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | York, 1929-1934

VAR PROFILE (from 2021)

CARDS
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None

CARDS
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None

Won 🟩, Drew 🟨, Lost 🟥, Notably poor performance 🆘, Cards 🟨 Booking, Cards 🟥 Sending off, Disallowed ❌ Goal disallowed, ⚽ Penalty for, 🥅 Penalty against, ❌ Penalty Disallowed

🟥 27 Apr 1929, Villa 0-3 Manchester City, Maine Road

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TEAM NEWS
TEAM STATS

John Brittleton replaces Tommy Mort.

Not recorded

Referee

🟥 27 Apr 1929, Villa 0-3 Manchester City, Maine Road

MANAGER

Billy Smith | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 1926-1934

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Aston Villa

GK Ben Olney | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
FB Teddy Bowen | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
FB John Brittleton | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CB Alec Talbot | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Joe Tate | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Billy Kingdon | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
W Dicky York | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
W Reg Chester | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
F Joe Beresford | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CF Billy Walker | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CF Pongo Waring | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

MANAGER

Peter Hodge | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |

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Manchester City

Barber
Ridley
Felton
Barrass
Cowan
McMullan
Toseland
Marshall
Johnson
Tilson
Brook

Line Ups

🟥 27 Apr 1929, Villa 0-3 Manchester City, Maine Road

SUBSTITUTES
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No Substitutions permitted in period

SUBSTITUTES

No Substitutions Permitted in Period

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Substitutes

🟥 27 Apr 1929, Villa 0-3 Manchester City, Maine Road

UNUSED SUBSTITUTES
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No Substitutions permitted in period

UNUSED SUBSTITUTES
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No Substitutions Permitted in Period

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

Squad Bios

🟥 27 Apr 1929, Villa 0-3 Manchester City, Maine Road

SQUAD STATS
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SQUAD STATS
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🟥 27 Apr 1929, Villa 0-3 Manchester City, Maine Road

MATCHDAY SQUAD
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MATCHDAY SQUAD
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UNAVAILABLE
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Not Recorded

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LEAGUE TABLE
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Tables & Programmes
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MATCHDAY PROGRAMME
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🟥 27 Apr 1929, Villa 0-3 Manchester City, Maine Road

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MATCH QUOTES
Quotes

🟥 27 Apr 1929, Villa 0-3 Manchester City, Maine Road

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MATCH REPORTS

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Reports

🟥 27 Apr 1929, Villa 0-3 Manchester City, Maine Road

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MATCH VIDEO
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