Game #1487
Aston Villa
1-0-0, 2 PTS
Saturday, 31 August 1929
1st=
Last 5: 🟥 🟩 🟥 🟩 🟩
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 | 🏴 | 🔥 |
Billy Smith | 🏴 | 1926-1934
Substitutes
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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: 🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆 🏆
FA Cup Winners: 🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆 🏆
Last Trophy: 1919–20
Matchday Squad
Unavailable
Injury | 1 |
F Joe Beresford | 🏴 |
Team News
George Brown is handed his debut.
Team Stats
Not recorded
Debut Appearances
🟢 CF George Brown | 🏴 | #333 | £5,000 signing from Huddersfield
Final Appearances
None
Won
2-1
🟩 31 Aug 1929, Villa 2-1 Birmingham, Villa Park
Scorer(s) | Reg Chester | 11' | Dicky York | 51' |
Assist(s) | Billy Walker | 11' | Joe Tate | 51' |
Match Timeline
⚽ | 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
Season | 1929-30 |
Matchday | #1 |
League Match | #1 |
Manager Game | #137 |
Saturday, 31 August 1929
Match Record
Game Record
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: 🟥 🟩 🟥 🟩 🟩
Officials
Referee: William Forshaw | 🏴 | Liverpool, 1925-1929
Previous 5 vs. Birmingham: 🟩 🟨 🟨 🟩 🟥
Head to Head
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 |
Match Stats
Not recorded
Billy Smith | 🏴 | 1926-1934
🕒 137 | 🟩 | 67 🟨 22 🟥 48 | 1.63
Villa Career Form:
Top 6
Division One
Birmingham City
0-0-1, 0 PTS
Villa Park
Attendance: 36,834
Hibbs
Barkas
Randle
Liddle
Cringan
Blyth
Bond
Crosbie
Bradford
Briggs
Hicks
Leslie Knighton | 🏴 |
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: ❌
FA Cup Winners: ❌
Last Trophy: ❌
Opposition Matchday Squad
Opposition Unavailable
Not Recorded
On This Day
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.
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