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Game #1498

Saturday, 26 October 1929

Attendance: 20,225

Won

Division One

Grimsby Town

WLWWW

Blundell Park

Villa win for the sixth time in seven thanks to s brace from Reg Chester.

Grimsby Town

0-2

Aston Villa

Assist(s) | Not recorded

KEY MAN

A Reg Chester brace helps Villa to a third successive victory and sixth in in seven, Saturday, 26 October 1929.

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ON THIS DAY

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.

Aston Villa

Grimsby Town

European Cup / Champions League: ❌
League Champions: ❌
FA Cup Winners: ❌
League Cup Winners: ❌
Last Trophy: ❌

FIXTURE HISTORY

Grimsby Town

Previous 5 vs. Grimsby: | - | 🟩 | 🟥 | 🟨 | 🟩 |

FIXTURE DETAILS

Season | 1929-30 |
Matchday | #12 |
League Match | #12 |
Manager Game | #148 |
Saturday, 26 October 1929

MATCH SUMMARY

Manager | Billy Smith led Management Committee |
FT Score | 2-0 |
FT Result | Won |
Last 5 Games | WLWWW |

MATCH OFFICIALS

CARDS

Villa

Grimsby Town

All the matches refereed by:

TEAM NEWS

Billy Kingdon replaces Jimmy Gibson.

TEAM STATS

Not recorded

MANAGER

MANAGER

Billy Smith led Management Committee

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 |
F George Brown |
F Billy Walker |

Grimsby Town

SUBSTITUTES

No Substitutions permitted in period

SUBSTITUTES

UNUSED SUBSTITUTES

No Substitutions permitted in period

UNUSED SUBSTITUTES

SQUAD STATS

MATCHDAY SQUAD

SQUAD STATS

MATCHDAY SQUAD

UNAVAILABLE

Not recorded

UNAVAILABLE

Not Recorded

Player Abbreviations:

GK : Goalkeeper

LB, RB, FB : Left Back, Right Back, Full Back

CB, D : Centre Back, Defender

M, W : Midfielder. Winger

F, CF : Forward, Centre Forward

🟢 : Debut 🔴 : Final Game

Symbols:

⚽ | Goal
🔥 | Assist
🔁 | Substitution

🟨 | Booking

🟥 | Sending off

🆘 | Poor refereeing performance

DEBUT APPEARANCES

FINAL APPEARANCES

MATCH STATS

Not recorded

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