Game #1487
Aston Villa
1-0-0, 2 PTS
Saturday, 31 August 1929
Won
1st=
Last 5: 🟥 🟩 🟥 🟩 🟩
Division One
Birmingham City
0-0-1, 0 PTS
Villa Park
Attendance: 36,834
🟩 31 Aug 1929, Villa 2-1 Birmingham, Villa Park
Aston Villa
2-1
Birmingham
Assist(s) | Billy Walker | 11' | Joe Tate | 51' |
🟩 31 Aug 1929, Villa 2-1 Birmingham, Villa Park
MATCH TIMELINE
Saturday, 31 August 1929
⚽ | 11' Goal, 1-0, Reg Chester, Assist by Billy Walker
🥅 | 41’ Goal, 1-1, (Birmingham), Bradford
🕒 | HT Aston Villa 1-1 Birmingham
⚽ | 51' Goal, 2-1, Dicky York, Assist by Joe Tate
🕒 | FT Aston Villa 2-1 Birmingham
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
🟩 31 Aug 1929, Villa 2-1 Birmingham, Villa Park
ON THIS DAY
Saturday, 31 August 1929
Reg Chester and Dicky York score to earn Billy Smith his first opening day win in four seasons as Villa beat neighbours Birmingham at Villa Park.
Centre forward George Brown makes his Villa debut aged 26 after joining from Huddersfield for a fee of £5,000 in August 1929.
🟩 31 Aug 1929, Villa 2-1 Birmingham, Villa Park
DEBUT APPEARANCES
🟢 CF George Brown | 🏴 | #333 | £5,000 signing from Huddersfield
FINAL APPEARANCES
None
Seasons | 🕒 Games | ✅ Starts (🔁 Subs) | ⚽ Goals | 🔥 Assists | 🇺 Unused | Player Number |
Aston Villa
League Champions: 🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆 🏆
FA Cup Winners: 🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆 🏆
Last Trophy: 1919–20
Birmingham City
League Champions: ❌
FA Cup Winners: ❌
Last Trophy: ❌
FIXTURE HISTORY
Birmingham City
Previous 5 vs. Birmingham: 🟩 🟨 🟨 🟩 🟥
Total 🕒 36 | 🟩 17 | 🟨 9 | 🟥 10 | ⚽ 67 | 🥅 47 |
League 🕒 33 | 🟩 15 | 🟨 8 | 🟥 10 | ⚽ 62 | 🥅 47 |
FA Cup 🕒 3 | 🟩 2 | 🟨 1 | 🟥 0 | ⚽ 5 | 🥅 0 |
Home 🕒 18 | 🟩 10 | 🟨 5 | 🟥 3 | ⚽ 37 | 🥅 23 |
Away 🕒 18 | 🟩 7 | 🟨 4 | 🟥 7 | ⚽ 30 | 🥅 24 |
Games 🕒, Won 🟩, Drew 🟨, Lost 🟥, Goals Scored ⚽, Goals Conceded 🥅
🟩 31 Aug 1929, Villa 2-1 Birmingham, Villa Park
FIXTURE DETAILS
Season | 1929-30 |
Matchday | #1 |
League Match | #1 |
Manager Game | #137 |
Saturday, 31 August 1929
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🟩 31 Aug 1929, Villa 2-1 Birmingham, Villa Park
MATCH SUMMARY
Manager: Billy Smith | 🏴 | 1926-1934 led Management Committee
Referee: William Forshaw | 🏴 | Liverpool, 1925-1929
HT Score: 🟨 1-1
FT Result: 🟩 Won
FT Score: 🟩 2-1
Last 5: 🟥 🟩 🟥 🟩 🟩
MANAGERIAL RECORD
Billy Smith | 🏴 | 1926-1934
🕒 137 | 🟩 | 67 🟨 22 🟥 48 | 1.63
Villa Career Form:
Top 6
Games 🕒, Won 🟩, Drew 🟨, Lost 🟥, Points per Game
🟩 31 Aug 1929, Villa 2-1 Birmingham, Villa Park
MATCH OFFICIALS
Referee: William Forshaw | 🏴 | Liverpool, 1925-1929
VAR PROFILE (from 2021)
CARDS
None
CARDS
None
Won 🟩, Drew 🟨, Lost 🟥, Notably poor performance 🆘, Cards 🟨 Booking, Cards 🟥 Sending off, Disallowed ❌ Goal disallowed, ⚽ Penalty for, 🥅 Penalty against, ❌ Penalty Disallowed
🟩 31 Aug 1929, Villa 2-1 Birmingham, Villa Park
TEAM NEWS
TEAM STATS
George Brown is handed his debut.
Not recorded
🟩 31 Aug 1929, Villa 2-1 Birmingham, Villa Park
MANAGER
Billy Smith | 🏴 | 1926-1934
Aston Villa
GK Ben Olney | 🏴 |
FB Tommy Smart | 🏴 |
LB Tommy Mort | 🏴 |
M Joe Tate | 🏴 | 🔥 |
M Jimmy Gibson | 🏴 |
M Billy Kingdon | 🏴 |
W Dicky York | 🏴 | ⚽ |
W Reg Chester | 🏴 | ⚽ |
CF Pongo Waring | 🏴 |
CF George Brown | 🏴 |
CF Billy Walker | 🏴 | 🔥 |
MANAGER
Leslie Knighton | 🏴 |
Birmingham City
Hibbs
Barkas
Randle
Liddle
Cringan
Blyth
Bond
Crosbie
Bradford
Briggs
Hicks
🟩 31 Aug 1929, Villa 2-1 Birmingham, Villa Park
SUBSTITUTES
No Substitutions permitted in period
SUBSTITUTES
No Substitutions Permitted in Period
🟩 31 Aug 1929, Villa 2-1 Birmingham, Villa Park
UNUSED SUBSTITUTES
No Substitutions permitted in period
UNUSED SUBSTITUTES
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
🟩 31 Aug 1929, Villa 2-1 Birmingham, Villa Park
MATCHDAY SQUAD BIOGRAPHIES
STARTING XI
SUBSTITUTES
Player | 🕒 | 🔁 | ⚽ | 🔥 | 🟩 | 🟨 | 🟥 | 🥅 | ⛔ | Yellow | Red |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
UNUSED
Player | 🇺 |
|---|---|
Games 🕒, Starts ✅, Substitute 🔁, Goals ⚽, Assists 🔥, Won 🟩, Drew 🟨, Lost 🟥, Conceded 🥅, Clean Sheets ⛔, Unused Substitute 🇺
🟩 31 Aug 1929, Villa 2-1 Birmingham, Villa Park
SQUAD STATS
SQUAD STATS
🟩 31 Aug 1929, Villa 2-1 Birmingham, Villa Park
MATCHDAY SQUAD
MATCHDAY SQUAD
🟩 31 Aug 1929, Villa 2-1 Birmingham, Villa Park
UNAVAILABLE
Injury | 1 |
F Joe Beresford | 🏴 |
UNAVAILABLE
Not Recorded
LEAGUE TABLE
MATCHDAY PROGRAMME
🟩 31 Aug 1929, Villa 2-1 Birmingham, Villa Park
MATCH QUOTES
🟩 31 Aug 1929, Villa 2-1 Birmingham, Villa Park
MATCH REPORTS
🟩 31 Aug 1929, Villa 2-1 Birmingham, Villa Park