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Game #1532

Aston Villa

Saturday, 3 May 1930

Arsenal

2-4

Aston Villa

Division One

Arsenal

Highbury

Attendance: 37,020

Won

WDLLW

Assist(s) | Not recorded

MATCH SUMMARY

Villa win on the final day thanks to a brace from Pongo Waring as they finish the season in fourth place.

KEY MAN

Pongo Waring scored a brace on the final day to help Villa to victory at Arsenal and a fourth placed finish, Saturday, 3 May 1930.

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MATCH TIMELINE

Saturday, 3 May 1930

ON THIS DAY

Villa win on the final day to secure a fourth placed finish, one place lower than in 1928-29, after recording twenty one wins, five draws and sixteen losses in their forty two division one games. Once again the season sees two strong runs of form sandwiching a poor spell under Billy Smith's leadership.

Aston Villa

Arsenal

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

FIXTURE HISTORY

Villa Vs.

Arsenal

Previous 5 vs. Arsenal: | 🟥 | 🟩 | 🟩 | 🟩 | 🟩 |

PREVIOUS MATCH

SUBSEQUENT MATCH

FIXTURE DETAILS

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Season | 1929-30 |
Matchday | #46 |
League Match | #42 |
Manager Game | #182 |
Saturday, 3 May 1930

MATCH SUMMARY

Manager | Billy Smith led Management Committee |
FT Score | 4-2 |
FT Result | Won |
Last 5 Games | WDLLW |

MANAGERIAL RECORD

Billy Smith led Management Committee

GAMES | WINS | DRAWS | LOSSES | POINTS PER GAME

🕒 181 | 🟩 | 89 🟨 27 🟥 65 | 1.62

Villa Career Form:

Top 6

MATCH OFFICIALS

ALL THE MATCHES REFEREED BY:

CARDS

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TEAM NEWS

Tommy Mort replaces John Brittleton.

TEAM STATS

Not recorded

MANAGER

Billy Smith led Management Committee

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Aston Villa

GK Fred Biddlestone |
CB Alec Talbot |
LB Tommy Mort |
FB Teddy Bowen |
M Jimmy Gibson |
M Joe Tate |
W Eric Houghton |
W Jack Mandley |
CF Pongo Waring |
F Billy Walker |
F George Brown |

MANAGER

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Arsenal

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MATCHDAY SQUAD BIOGRAPHIES

STARTING XI

SUBSTITUTES

UNUSED

Not necessarily indicative of the actual matchday formation

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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SQUAD STATS

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MATCHDAY SQUAD

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MATCHDAY SQUAD

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UNAVAILABLE

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Not recorded

UNAVAILABLE

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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

MATCH QUOTES

MATCH REPORT

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