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Game #1511

Aston Villa

Saturday, 11 January 1930

Won

LWDLW

FA Cup 3rd Round

Attendance: 39,000

Reading

Villa Park

Aston Villa

5-1

Reading

Assist(s) | Not recorded

MATCH SUMMARY

Villa handsomely beat division two side Reading in the FA Cup third round helped by a brace from Eric Houghton on his second appearance.

KEY MAN

Eric Houghton announces his arrival with a brace on his second start as Villa see off division two Reading in the third round of the FA Cup, Saturday, 11 January 1930.

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Saturday, 11 January 1930

ON THIS DAY

Villa handsomely beat division two side Reading to progress to the fourth round of the FA Cup, Saturday, 11 January 1930.

Aston Villa

Reading

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

FIXTURE HISTORY

Reading

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FIXTURE DETAILS

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Season | 1929-30 |
Matchday | #25 |
Manager Game | #161 |
Saturday, 11 January 1930

MATCH SUMMARY

Manager | Billy Smith led Management Committee |
FT Score | 5-1 |
FT Result | Won |
Last 5 Games | LWDLW |

MANAGERIAL RECORD

Billy Smith led Management Committee

GAMES | WINS | DRAWS | LOSSES | POINTS PER GAME

🕒 161 | 🟩 | 79 🟨 26 🟥 56 | 1.63

Villa Career Form:

Top 6

Billy Smith led Management Committee

MATCH OFFICIALS

All the matches refereed by:

CARDS

Villa

Reading

TEAM NEWS

Billy Smith names an unchanged line up.

TEAM STATS

Not recorded

MANAGER

Billy Smith led Management Committee

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Aston Villa

GK Ben Olney |
CB Alec Talbot |
FB Teddy Bowen |
LB Tommy Mort |
M Joe Tate |
M Billy Kingdon |
W Eric Houghton |
W Dicky York |
F Joe Beresford |
F Billy Walker |
F George Brown |

MANAGER

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Reading

SUBSTITUTES

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No Substitutions permitted in period

SUBSTITUTES

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No Substitutions Permitted in Period

UNUSED SUBSTITUTES

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No Substitutions permitted in period

UNUSED SUBSTITUTES

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No Substitutions Permitted in Period

SQUAD STATS

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MATCHDAY SQUAD

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SQUAD STATS

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MATCHDAY SQUAD

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UNAVAILABLE

Not recorded

UNAVAILABLE

Not Recorded

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

DEBUT APPEARANCES

FINAL APPEARANCES

MATCH STATS

Not recorded

LEAGUE TABLE

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MATCHDAY PROGRAMME

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MATCHDAY QUOTES

Image © THE BRITISH LIBRARY BOARD. With thanks to Trinity Mirror. Digitised by Findmypast Newspaper Archive Limited. All rights reserved. Source: British Newspaper Archive (www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk)

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