Game #1525
Aston Villa
18-4-13, 40 PTS

Wednesday, 2 April 1930
4th
Last 5: ๐ฉ ๐ฉ ๐ฅ ๐ฉ ๐ฉ
GK Fred Biddlestone | ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ |
CB Alec Talbot | ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ |
LB Tommy Mort | ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ |
FB Teddy Bowen | ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ |
M Billy Kingdon | ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ |
M Joe Tate | ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ |
W Eric Houghton | ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ | โฝ | โฝ |
W Jack Mandley | ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ |
F Joe Beresford | ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ |
CF Pongo Waring | ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ | โฝ |
CF George Brown | ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ | โฝ |
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
Injury | 1 |
M Jimmy Gibson | ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ณ๓ ฃ๓ ด๓ ฟ |
Team News
Billy Kingdon replaces Jimmy Gibson.
Team Stats
Not recorded
Debut Appearances
None
Final Appearances
None
On This Day
Villa record their fifth victory in six as their early winter form re-emerges.
Villa make it eighteen wins, four draws and thirteen losses in their thirty five division one games.
Starting XI

Won
4-1
๐ฉ 2 Apr 1930, Villa 4-1 Grimsby, Villa Park
Scorer(s) | Eric Houghton | 36' | 38' | Pongo Waring | 3-1 | George Brown | 4-1 |
Assist(s) | None
Match Timeline
โฝ | 36' Goal, 1-0, Eric Houghton
๐ฅ
| 37' Goal, 1-1, (Grimsby Town), Bestall
โฝ | 38' Goal, 2-1, Eric Houghton
๐ | HT Aston Villa 2-1 Grimsby Town
โฝ | Goal, 3-1, Pongo Waring
โฝ | Goal, 4-1, George Brown
๐ | FT Aston Villa 4-1 Grimsby Town
Season | 1929-30 |
Matchday | #39 |
League Match | #35 |
Manager Game | #175 |
Wednesday, 2 April 1930
Match Record
Game Record
Manager: Billy Smith | ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ | 1926-1934 led Management Committee
Referee: John Rickwood | ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ | Sheffield, 1928-1931
HT Score: ๐ฉ 2-1
FT Result: ๐ฉ Won
FT Score: ๐ฉ 4-1
Last 5: ๐ฉ ๐ฉ ๐ฅ ๐ฉ ๐ฉ
Officials
Referee: John Rickwood | ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ | Sheffield, 1928-1931
Match Stats
Not recorded
Billy Smith | ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ | 1926-1934
๐ 174 | ๐ฉ | 86 ๐จ 26 ๐ฅ 62 | 1.63
Villa Career Form:
Top 6
What they Said
Division One
Grimsby Town
10-6-19, 26 PTS
Villa Park
Attendance: 8,965
Read
Wilson
Bateman
Priestley
Wrack
Buck
Coleman
Bestall
Robson
Coglim
Marshall
Wilf Gillow | 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: โ
FA Cup Winners: โ
Last Trophy: โ
Opposition Matchday Squad
Opposition Unavailable
Not Recorded
League Table

1929-30
Playing Squad

























