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Game #1487

Aston Villa

1-0-0, 2 PTS

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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
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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: 🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆 🏆
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

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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

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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: 🟩 🟨 🟨 🟩 🟥

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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

🟩 12 Apr 2025, Villa 3-0 Southampton, St Mary's TBL.png

Division One

Birmingham City

0-0-1, 0 PTS

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Villa Park

Attendance: 36,834

Hibbs
Barkas
Randle
Liddle
Cringan
Blyth
Bond
Crosbie
Bradford
Briggs
Hicks

Leslie Knighton | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
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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

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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.

Starting XI
GK Ben Olney | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
🕒

67

67

🔥

0

0

🟩

36

🟨

9

🟥

22

18

🥅

111

LB Tommy Mort | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
🕒

198

198

🔥

1

1

🟩

75

🟨

49

🟥

74

FB Tommy Smart | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
🕒

360

360

🔥

6

2

🟩

165

🟨

71

🟥

124

M Joe Tate | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
🕒

39

39

🔥

1

6

🟩

23

🟨

3

🟥

13

M Jimmy Gibson | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
🕒

31

31

🔥

3

0

🟩

11

🟨

9

🟥

11

M Billy Kingdon | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
🕒

104

2

🔥

8

52

🟩

17

🟨

35

🟥

-

W Dicky York | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
🕒

355

355

🔥

81

118

🟩

161

🟨

72

🟥

122

F Reg Chester | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
🕒

39

39

🔥

14

10

🟩

16

🟨

6

🟥

17

CF Pongo Waring | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
🕒

56

56

🔥

39

13

🟩

32

🟨

9

🟥

15

CF George Brown | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
🕒

1

1

🔥

0

0

🟩

1

🟨

0

🟥

0

CF Billy Walker | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
🕒

384

384

🔥

204

53

🟩

173

🟨

81

🟥

130

Substitutes
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GK Sub

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Sub 1

🟩

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🟥

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🔥

Sub 2

🟩

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🕒

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Sub 3

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🟨

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🕒

🔁

🔥

Sub 4

🟩

🟨

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🕒

🔁

🔥

Sub 5

🟩

🟨

🟥

Match Media
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