Game #1515
Aston Villa
12-4-11, 28 PTS

Wednesday, 5 February 1930
8th=
Last 5: ๐ฉ ๐ฅ ๐ฉ ๐ฅ ๐ฅ
GK Fred Biddlestone | ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ | ๐ข |
CB Alec Talbot | ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ |
FB Teddy Bowen | ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ |
LB Tommy Mort | ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ |
M Billy Kingdon | ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ |
M Norman Swales | ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ | ๐ด |
W Eric Houghton | ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ |
F Joe Beresford | ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ |
F Bob Brocklebank | ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ | ๐ข |
CF Billy Walker | ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ |
CF George Brown | ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ |
Billy Smith | ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ | 1926-1934

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: ๐๐๐๐๐ ๐
FA Cup Winners: ๐๐๐๐๐ ๐
Last Trophy: 1919โ20
Matchday Squad
Unavailable
None
Team News
Fred Biddlestone (debut), Bob Brocklebank (debut) and Norman Swales replace Tommy Jackson, Joe Tate and Jimmy Gibson.
Team Stats
Not recorded
Debut Appearances
๐ข GK Fred Biddlestone | ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ | #335 | ยฃ1,750 signing from Walsall
๐ข F Bob Brocklebank | ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ | #336 | Youth team promotion
Final Appearances
๐ด M Norman Swales | ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ | 1929-30 ๐ 8 | โ 8 | ๐ (-) | โฝ 1 | ๐ฅ 0 | ๐บ - | #332 |
On This Day
Villa fall to a sixth defeat in eight off the back of a run of just three losses in fifteen.
Villa make it twelve wins, four draws and eleven defeats in their twenty seven division one games.
Villa remain joint 8th.
Goalkeeper Fred Biddlestone, 25, and forward Bob Brocklebank, 21, made their Villa debuts after joining from Walsall and Finchley AFC earlier this month and in May 1929 respectively.
Moving the other way was midfielder Norman Swales, 23, who made his eight and final appearance for Villa before moving on to Scarborough in May 1932.
Starting XI

Lost
1-2
๐ฅ 5 Feb 1930, Villa 1-2 Burnley, Villa Park
Scorer(s) | Joe Beresford | 3' |
Assist(s) | None
Match Timeline
๐ข | 1' Debut, Fred Biddlestone, Bob Brocklebank
โฝ | 3' Goal, 1-0, Joe Beresford
๐ฅ
| Goal, 1-1, (Burnley), Heslop
๐ | HT Aston Villa 1-1 Burnley
๐ฅ
| Goal, 1-2, (Burnley), Page
๐ | FT Aston Villa 1-2 Burnley
Season | 1929-30 |
Matchday | #29 |
League Match | #27 |
Manager Game | #165 |
Wednesday, 5 February 1930
Match Record
Game Record
Manager: Billy Smith | ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ | 1926-1934 led Management Committee
Referee: J. Tate | ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ | Halifax, 1928-1930
HT Score: ๐จ 1-1
FT Result: ๐ฅ Lost
FT Score: ๐ฅ 1-2
Last 5: ๐ฉ ๐ฅ ๐ฉ ๐ฅ ๐ฅ
Officials
Referee: J. Tate | ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ | Halifax, 1928-1930
Match Stats
Not recorded
Billy Smith | ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ | 1926-1934
๐ 164 | ๐ฉ | 79 ๐จ 26 ๐ฅ 59 | 1.60
Villa Career Form:
Top 6
What they Said
Division One
Burnley
10-7-11, 27 PTS
Villa Park
Attendance: 13,378
Sommerville
McCluggage
Waterfield
Steel
Bowsher
Forrest
Heslop
Beel
Mantle
Wallace
Page
Albert Pickles | ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ |
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: ๐
FA Cup Winners: ๐
Last Trophy: 1920-21
Opposition Matchday Squad
Opposition Unavailable
Not Recorded
League Table

1929-30
Playing Squad



























