Game #1528
Aston Villa
20-4-14, 44 PTS

Friday, 18 April 1930
3rd=
Last 5: 🟩 🟩 🟥 🟩 🟩
GK Fred Biddlestone | 🏴 |
CB Alec Talbot | 🏴 |
FB Tommy Smart | 🏴 |
FB Teddy Bowen | 🏴 |
M Jimmy Gibson | 🏴 |
M Joe Tate | 🏴 |
W Eric Houghton | 🏴 | ⚽ |
W Jack Mandley | 🏴 |
F Joe Beresford | 🏴 |
CF Pongo Waring | 🏴 | ⚽ | 🔥 |
CF George Brown | 🏴 |
Billy Smith | 🏴 | 1926-1934

Substitutes:
No Substitutions permitted in period
Unused Substitutes:
No Substitutions permitted in period
None
League Champions: 🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆 🏆
FA Cup Winners: 🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆 🏆
Last Trophy: 1919–20
Matchday Squad:
Injury | 1 |
LB Tommy Mort | 🏴 |
Tommy Smart replaces Tommy Mort.
Not recorded
Villa win for the seventh time in nine as Pongo Waring hits his ninth in as many games.
Villa make it twenty wins, four draws and fourteen losses in their thirty eight division one games.
Villa climb to joint third in the table with four left to play.

Won
2-1
🟩 18 Apr 1930, Villa 2-1 Portsmouth, Fratton
Scorer(s) | Eric Houghton | 20' | Pongo Waring | 46' |
Assist(s) | Pongo Waring | 20' |
Match Timeline:
⚽ | 20' Goal, 1-0, Eric Houghton, Assist by Pongo Waring
🕒 | HT Portsmouth 0-1 Aston Villa
⚽ | 46' Goal, 2-0, Pongo Waring
🥅 | Goal, 2-1, (Portsmouth), Jack Weddle
🕒 | FT Portsmouth 1-2 Aston Villa
Season | 1929-30 |
Matchday | #42 |
League Match | #38 |
Manager Game | #178 |
Friday, 18 April 1930

Manager: Billy Smith | 🏴 | 1926-1934 led Management Committee
Referee: G. T. Gould | 🏴 | South Norwood, 1930-1937
HT Score: 🟩 1-0
FT Result: 🟩 Won
FT Score: 🟩 2-1
Last 5: 🟩 🟩 🟥 🟩 🟩
Referee: G. T. Gould | 🏴 | South Norwood, 1930-1937
Not recorded
Debut Appearances:
None
Final Appearances:
None
Billy Smith | 🏴 | 1926-1934
🕒 177 | 🟩 | 88 🟨 26 🟥 63 | 1.64
Villa Career Form:
Top 6
Referee:
VAR (from 2021)
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Division One
Portsmouth
14-8-16, 36 PTS

Fratton Park
Attendance: 28,687
GK John Gilfillan | 🏴 |
RB Alec Mackie | 🇮🇪 |
LB Billy Smith | 🏴 |
M Jimmy Nichol | 🏴 |
M Bob Kearney | 🏴 |
M David Thackerey | 🏴 |
F Fred Forward | 🏴 |
F Jack Smith | 🏴 |
F Jimmy Easson | 🏴 |
F Fred Cook | 🏴 |
CF Jack Weddle | 🏴 |
Jack Tinn | 🏴 |

Substitutes:
No Substitutions Permitted in Period
Unused Substitutes:
No Substitutions Permitted in Period
None
League Champions: ❌
FA Cup Winners: ❌
Last Trophy: ❌
Matchday Squad:
Goalkeepers
GK John Gilfillan | 🏴 |
Full Backs
RB Alec Mackie | 🇮🇪 |
LB Billy Smith | 🏴 |
Midfielders
M Jimmy Nichol | 🏴 |
M Bob Kearney | 🏴 |
M David Thackerey | 🏴 |
Forwards
F Fred Forward | 🏴 |
F Jack Smith | 🏴 |
F Jimmy Easson | 🏴 |
F Fred Cook | 🏴 |
CF Jack Weddle | 🏴 |
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