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Game #1534

Aston Villa

2-0-0, 4 PTS

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Monday, 1 September 1930

1st=

Last 5: 🟥 🟥 🟩 🟩 🟩

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 | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | ⚽ |

Billy Smith | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 1926-1934
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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:

None

Billy Smith names an unchanged line up.

  • Villa break with the norm and beat regular bogey side Wednesday as Pongo Waring scores his FIFTH goal of the campaign after two games.

  • Villa's victory over reigning champions Wednesday makes it successive wins at the start of the campaign for Billy Smith.

  • Villa make it 6 goals in two games.

  • Villa record their first clean sheet of the campaign and win their first home game.

  • Villa sit joint first in the table.

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Won

2-0

🟩 1 Sep 1930, Villa 2-0 Wednesday, Villa Park
Scorer(s) | Pongo Waring | 57' | George Brown | 63' |

Assist(s) | Joe Tate | 57' |

Match Timeline:

🕒 | HT Aston Villa 0-0 Sheffield Wednesday
⚽ | 57' Goal, 1-0, Pongo Waring, Assist by Joe Tate
⚽ | 63' Goal, 2-0, George Brown
🕒 | FT Aston Villa 2-0 Sheffield Wednesday

Season | 1930-31 |
Matchday | #2 |
League Match | #2 |
Manager Game | #184 |
Monday, 1 September 1930

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Manager: Billy Smith | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 1926-1934 led Management Committee
Referee: Albert Fogg | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Bolton, 1923-1935
HT Score: 🟨 0-0
FT Result: 🟩 Won
FT Score: 🟩 2-0
Last 5: 🟥 🟥 🟩 🟩 🟩

Referee: Albert Fogg | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Bolton, 1923-1935

Previous 5 vs. Wednesday: 🟥 🟥 🟩 🟥 🟥

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Not recorded

Debut Appearances:

None

Final Appearances:

None

Billy Smith | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 1926-1934

🕒 183 | 🟩 | 91 🟨 27 🟥 65 | 1.64

Villa Career Form:

Top 6

Referee:

VAR (from 2021)

GK Fred Biddlestone | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
🕒

16

16

🔥

0

0

🟩

10

🟨

1

🟥

5

2

🥅

30

LB Tommy Mort | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
🕒

240

240

🔥

1

2

🟩

98

🟨

53

🟥

89

CB Alec Talbot | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
🕒

114

114

🔥

3

1

🟩

58

🟨

17

🟥

39

FB Teddy Bowen | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
🕒

171

171

🔥

0

2

🟩

86

🟨

23

🟥

62

M Jimmy Gibson | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
🕒

61

61

🔥

4

4

🟩

29

🟨

11

🟥

21

M Joe Tate | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
🕒

84

84

🔥

2

8

🟩

47

🟨

8

🟥

29

W Jack Mandley | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
🕒

13

13

🔥

1

5

🟩

8

🟨

1

🟥

4

W Eric Houghton | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
🕒

25

25

🔥

14

6

🟩

14

🟨

1

🟥

10

CF Pongo Waring | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
🕒

80

80

🔥

55

19

🟩

44

🟨

12

🟥

24

CF George Brown | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
🕒

47

47

🔥

37

5

🟩

25

🟨

5

🟥

17

CF Billy Walker | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
🕒

419

419

🔥

215

60

🟩

191

🟨

85

🟥

143

🕒

🔁

🔥

GK Sub

🟩

🟨

🟥

🥅

🕒

🔁

🔥

Sub 1

🟩

🟨

🟥

🕒

🔁

🔥

Sub 2

🟩

🟨

🟥

🕒

🔁

🔥

Sub 3

🟩

🟨

🟥

🕒

🔁

🔥

Sub 4

🟩

🟨

🟥

🕒

🔁

🔥

Sub 5

🟩

🟨

🟥

Division One

Sheffield Wednesday

1-0-1, 2 PTS

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Villa Park

Attendance: 27,622

Brown
Walker
Blenkinsop
Strange
Leach
Smith
Hooper
Seed
Allen
Burgess
Rimmer

Robert Brown | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
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Substitutes:

No Substitutions Permitted in Period

Unused Substitutes:

No Substitutions Permitted in Period

None

League Champions: 🏆🏆🏆🏆
FA Cup Winners: 🏆🏆
Last Trophy: 1929–30

Matchday Squad:

Not Recorded

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