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Game #1532

Aston Villa

21-5-16, 47 PTS

Saturday, 3 May 1930

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Won

3rd=

Last 5: 🟩 🟨 🟥 🟥 🟩

Division One

Arsenal

14-11-17, 39 PTS

Highbury

Attendance: 37,020

🟩 3 May 1930, Villa 4-2 Arsenal, Highbury

Arsenal

2-4

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Aston Villa

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🟩 3 May 1930, Villa 4-2 Arsenal, Highbury

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MATCH TIMELINE
Saturday, 3 May 1930

⚽ | 5' Goal, 1-0, Eric Houghton, Assist by Pongo Waring
⚽ | 10' Goal, 2-0, George Brown, Assist by Teddy Bowen
⚽ | 39' Goal, 3-0, Pongo Waring
🕒 | HT Arsenal 0-3 Aston Villa
🥅 | 62' Goal, 3-1, (Arsenal), Lambert
⚽ | 77' Goal, 4-1, Pongo Waring
🥅 | 82' Goal, 4-2, (Arsenal), Lambert
🕒 | FT Arsenal 2-4 Aston Villa

Match Statistics

Not recorded

Goal ⚽, Assist 🔥, Goal Conceded 🥅, Injury 🚑, Booking 🟨, Sending off 🟥, Comment 🗒️, ❗ Villa Chance,❗❗Huge Villa Chance, 💥 Opposition action, 🎥 VAR, 🆘 Referee error, ❌ Missed pen, disallowed goal, player retires from field of play, 🟢 Debut, 🔴 Final appearance, 🕒 Half time, Full time, 🔁 Substitution

🟩 3 May 1930, Villa 4-2 Arsenal, Highbury

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ON THIS DAY
Saturday, 3 May 1930
  • Villa win on the final day to secure a fourth placed finish, following on from their third place in 1928-29. 

  • Villa record twenty one wins, five draws and sixteen losses in their forty two division one games. 

🟩 3 May 1930, Villa 4-2 Arsenal, Highbury

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DEBUT APPEARANCES

None

FINAL APPEARANCES

None

Seasons | 🕒 Games | ✅ Starts (🔁 Subs) | ⚽ Goals | 🔥 Assists | 🇺 Unused | Player Number |

Aston Villa

League Champions: 🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆 🏆
FA Cup Winners: 🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆 🏆
Last Trophy: 1919–20

Arsenal

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

FIXTURE HISTORY
Arsenal
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Previous 5 vs. Arsenal: 🟥 🟩 🟩 🟩 🟩

Games 🕒, Won 🟩, Drew 🟨, Lost 🟥, Goals Scored ⚽, Goals Conceded 🥅

🟩 3 May 1930, Villa 4-2 Arsenal, Highbury

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

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🟩 3 May 1930, Villa 4-2 Arsenal, Highbury

MATCH SUMMARY
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Manager: Billy Smith | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 1926-1934 led Management Committee
Referee: Eddie Wood | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Sheffield
HT Score: 🟩 3-0
FT Result: 🟩 Won
FT Score: 🟩 4-2
Last 5: 🟩 🟨 🟥 🟥 🟩

Scorers
Timeline
On This Day
Trophies
Fixture
Manager
MANAGERIAL RECORD
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Billy Smith | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 1926-1934

🕒 181 | 🟩 | 89 🟨 27 🟥 65 | 1.62

Villa Career Form:

Top 6

Billy Smith | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 1926-1934

Games 🕒, Won 🟩, Drew 🟨, Lost 🟥, Points per Game

🟩 3 May 1930, Villa 4-2 Arsenal, Highbury

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MATCH OFFICIALS

Referee: Eddie Wood | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Sheffield, 1925-

VAR PROFILE (from 2021)

CARDS
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None

CARDS
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None

Won 🟩, Drew 🟨, Lost 🟥, Notably poor performance 🆘, Cards 🟨 Booking, Cards 🟥 Sending off, Disallowed ❌ Goal disallowed, ⚽ Penalty for, 🥅 Penalty against, ❌ Penalty Disallowed

🟩 3 May 1930, Villa 4-2 Arsenal, Highbury

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TEAM NEWS
TEAM STATS

Tommy Mort replaces John Brittleton.

Not recorded

Referee

🟩 3 May 1930, Villa 4-2 Arsenal, Highbury

MANAGER

Billy Smith | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 1926-1934

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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 | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 🔥 | ⚽ | ⚽ |
CF Billy Walker | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CF George Brown | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | ⚽ |

MANAGER

Herbert Chapman | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

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Arsenal

Preedy
Parker
Hapgood
Haynes
Seddon
John
Hulme
Jack
Lambert
James
Bastin

Line Ups

🟩 3 May 1930, Villa 4-2 Arsenal, Highbury

SUBSTITUTES
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No Substitutions permitted in period

SUBSTITUTES

No Substitutions permitted in period

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Substitutes

🟩 3 May 1930, Villa 4-2 Arsenal, Highbury

UNUSED SUBSTITUTES
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No Substitutions permitted in period

UNUSED SUBSTITUTES
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No Substitutions permitted in period

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

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🟩 3 May 1930, Villa 4-2 Arsenal, Highbury

MATCHDAY SQUAD BIOGRAPHIES
STARTING XI
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🟨
🟥
🥅
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Red
GK Fred Biddlestone | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
SUBSTITUTES
Player
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🟨
🟥
🥅
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Red
UNUSED
Player
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Games 🕒, Starts ✅, Substitute 🔁, Goals ⚽, Assists 🔥, Won 🟩, Drew 🟨, Lost 🟥, Conceded 🥅, Clean Sheets ⛔, Unused Substitute 🇺

Squad Bios

🟩 3 May 1930, Villa 4-2 Arsenal, Highbury

SQUAD STATS
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SQUAD STATS
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🟩 3 May 1930, Villa 4-2 Arsenal, Highbury

MATCHDAY SQUAD
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MATCHDAY SQUAD
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🟩 3 May 1930, Villa 4-2 Arsenal, Highbury

UNAVAILABLE
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Injury | 1 |
FB Tommy Smart | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

UNAVAILABLE
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Not Recorded

Unavailable
LEAGUE TABLE
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Tables & Programmes
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MATCHDAY PROGRAMME
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🟩 3 May 1930, Villa 4-2 Arsenal, Highbury

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MATCH QUOTES
Quotes

🟩 3 May 1930, Villa 4-2 Arsenal, Highbury

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MATCH REPORTS

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Reports

🟩 3 May 1930, Villa 4-2 Arsenal, Highbury

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MATCH VIDEO
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