Game #1498
Aston Villa
7-1-4, 15 PTS
Saturday, 26 October 1929
Won
3rd
Last 5: 🟩 🟥 🟩 🟩 🟩
Division One
Grimsby Town
4-3-5, 11 PTS
Blundell Park
Attendance: 20,225
🟩 26 Oct 1929, Villa 2-0 Grimsby, Blundell Park
Grimsby Town
0-2
Aston Villa
Assist(s) | None
🟩 26 Oct 1929, Villa 2-0 Grimsby, Blundell Park
MATCH TIMELINE
Saturday, 26 October 1929
⚽ | 42' Goal, 1-0, Reg Chester
🕒 | HT Grimsby Town 0-1 Aston Villa
⚽ | 88' Goal, 2-0, Reg Chester
🕒 | FT Grimsby Town 0-2 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
🟩 26 Oct 1929, Villa 2-0 Grimsby, Blundell Park
ON THIS DAY
Saturday, 26 October 1929
Villa win for the sixth time in seven thanks to a brace from Reg Chester.
Villa record a third successive victories to make it six wins in their last seven having one just once in their first five division one games.
Villa keep their second successive clean sheet and second in 12 games this season.
Villa climb to 3rd in the table with strugglers Manchester United up next.
🟩 26 Oct 1929, Villa 2-0 Grimsby, Blundell Park
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
Grimsby Town
League Champions: ❌
FA Cup Winners: ❌
Last Trophy: ❌
🟩 26 Oct 1929, Villa 2-0 Grimsby, Blundell Park
FIXTURE DETAILS
Season | 1929-30 |
Matchday | #12 |
League Match | #12 |
Manager Game | #148 |
Saturday, 26 October 1929
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🟩 26 Oct 1929, Villa 2-0 Grimsby, Blundell Park
MATCH SUMMARY
Manager: Billy Smith | 🏴 | 1926-1934 led Management Committee
Referee: John Rickwood | 🏴 | Sheffield, 1928-1931
HT Score: 🟩 1-0
FT Result: 🟩 Won
FT Score: 🟩 2-0
Last 5: 🟩 🟥 🟩 🟩 🟩
MANAGERIAL RECORD
Billy Smith | 🏴 | 1926-1934
🕒 148 | 🟩 | 73 🟨 23 🟥 52 | 1.64
Villa Career Form:
Top 6
Games 🕒, Won 🟩, Drew 🟨, Lost 🟥, Points per Game
🟩 26 Oct 1929, Villa 2-0 Grimsby, Blundell Park
MATCH OFFICIALS
Referee: John Rickwood | 🏴 | Sheffield, 1928-1931
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
🟩 26 Oct 1929, Villa 2-0 Grimsby, Blundell Park
TEAM NEWS
TEAM STATS
Billy Kingdon replaces Jimmy Gibson.
Not recorded
🟩 26 Oct 1929, Villa 2-0 Grimsby, Blundell Park
MANAGER
Billy Smith | 🏴 | 1926-1934
Aston Villa
GK Ben Olney | 🏴 |
CB Alec Talbot | 🏴 |
FB Tommy Smart | 🏴 |
LB Tommy Mort | 🏴 |
M Joe Tate | 🏴 |
M Billy Kingdon | 🏴 |
W Reg Chester | 🏴 | ⚽ | ⚽ |
W Dicky York | 🏴 |
F Joe Beresford | 🏴 |
CF George Brown | 🏴 |
CF Billy Walker | 🏴 |
MANAGER
Wilf Gillow | 🏴 |
Grimsby Town
Read
Wilson
Jacobson
Priestley
Wrack
Swaby
Coleman
Bestall
Robson
Coglin
Marshall
🟩 26 Oct 1929, Villa 2-0 Grimsby, Blundell Park
SUBSTITUTES
No Substitutions permitted in period
SUBSTITUTES
🟩 26 Oct 1929, Villa 2-0 Grimsby, Blundell Park
UNUSED SUBSTITUTES
No Substitutions permitted in period
UNUSED SUBSTITUTES
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
🟩 26 Oct 1929, Villa 2-0 Grimsby, Blundell 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 🇺
🟩 26 Oct 1929, Villa 2-0 Grimsby, Blundell Park
SQUAD STATS
SQUAD STATS
🟩 26 Oct 1929, Villa 2-0 Grimsby, Blundell Park
MATCHDAY SQUAD
MATCHDAY SQUAD
🟩 26 Oct 1929, Villa 2-0 Grimsby, Blundell Park
UNAVAILABLE
International Duty | 1 |
M Jimmy Gibson | 🏴 |
UNAVAILABLE
Not Recorded
LEAGUE TABLE
MATCHDAY PROGRAMME
🟩 26 Oct 1929, Villa 2-0 Grimsby, Blundell Park
MATCH QUOTES
🟩 26 Oct 1929, Villa 2-0 Grimsby, Blundell Park
MATCH REPORTS
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🟩 26 Oct 1929, Villa 2-0 Grimsby, Blundell Park