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Game #1532

Saturday, 3 May 1930

Attendance: 37,020

Won

Division One

Arsenal

WDLLW

Highbury

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

Arsenal

2-4

Aston Villa

Assist(s) | Not recorded

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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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

FIXTURE HISTORY

Arsenal

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

FIXTURE DETAILS

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 |

MATCH OFFICIALS

CARDS

Villa

Arsenal

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TEAM NEWS

Tommy Mort replaces John Brittleton.

TEAM STATS

Not recorded

MANAGER

MANAGER

Billy Smith led Management Committee

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 |

Arsenal

SUBSTITUTES

No Substitutions permitted in period

SUBSTITUTES

UNUSED SUBSTITUTES

No Substitutions permitted in period

UNUSED SUBSTITUTES

SQUAD STATS

MATCHDAY SQUAD

SQUAD STATS

MATCHDAY SQUAD

UNAVAILABLE

Not recorded

UNAVAILABLE

Not Recorded

Player Abbreviations:

GK : Goalkeeper

LB, RB, FB : Left Back, Right Back, Full Back

CB, D : Centre Back, Defender

M, W : Midfielder. Winger

F, CF : Forward, Centre Forward

🟢 : Debut 🔴 : Final Game

Symbols:

⚽ | Goal
🔥 | Assist
🔁 | Substitution

🟨 | Booking

🟥 | Sending off

🆘 | Poor refereeing performance

DEBUT APPEARANCES

FINAL APPEARANCES

MATCH STATS

Not recorded

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PROGRAMME

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