Aston Villa
5-1-0, 11 PTS
Monday, 15 September 1930
1930-31
1st=
Won
2-0
Grimsby Town
1-1-4, 3 PTS
Division One
Villa Park
Attendance: 22,301
๐ฉ 15 Sep 1930, Villa 2-0 Grimsby, Villa Park
Scorer(s) | Eric Houghton | 22' | Pongo Waring | 43' |
Assist(s) | None
Fixture List
On This Day
Monday, 15 September 1930
Villa win for the fifth time in six unbeaten games this season as Pongo Waring scoreds his twelfth goal of the campaign
Villa make it three successive victories at Villa Park this season
Villa have now scored 17 goals across their first six games and keep their second clean sheet but with Arsenal (20) and Huddersfield (19) have more goals
Villa retake the lead at the top of the table as it's Arsenal's turn to drop a point.
Goalkeeper Percy Maggs, 23, makes his Villa debut after moving from Bath City in May 1928
Legenday winger Dicky York makes his final appearance for Villa after 390 games and 86 goals before moving on to Port Vale in June 1931.
Last 5: ๐ฉ ๐ฉ ๐ฉ ๐จ ๐ฉ
Billy Smith | ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ | 1926-1934
๐ 188 ๐ฉ 93 ๐จ 27 ๐ฅ 68 | 1.63
Villa Career Form:
Top 6
Game #1538
Match Record
Season | 1930-31 |
Matchday | #6 |
League Match | #6 |
Manager Game | #188 |
Monday, 15 September 1930
Game Record
Manager: Billy Smith | ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ | 1926-1934 led Management Committee
Referee: J. Roscoe | ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ | Bolton, 1930
HT Score: ๐ฉ 2-0
FT Result: ๐ฉ Won
FT Score: ๐ฉ 2-0
Last 5: ๐ฉ ๐ฉ ๐ฉ ๐จ ๐ฉ
Head to Head
Previous 5 vs. Grimsby: ๐จ ๐ฉ ๐ฉ ๐ฉ ๐ฉ
Total ๐ 8 | ๐ฉ W6 (75% ) | ๐จ D1 | ๐บ(88% ) | ๐ฅ L1 (13% ) | โฝ 19 | ๐ฅ 9 | GD 10
Trophy Cabinet
Aston Villa
League Champions: ๐๐๐๐๐ ๐
FA Cup Winners: ๐๐๐๐๐ ๐
Last Trophy: 1919โ20
Grimsby Town
League Champions: โ
FA Cup Winners: โ
Last Trophy: โ
Squad News
Debut Appearances
๐ข GK Percy Maggs | ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ | #338 | Free transfer from Bath City
Final Appearances
๐ด W Dicky York | ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ | 1919-30 ๐ 390 | โ 390 | ๐ (-) | โฝ 87 | ๐ฅ 130 | ๐บ - | #259 |
Match Timeline
๐ข | 1' Debut, Percy Maggs
โฝ | 22' Goal, 1-0, Eric Houghton
โฝ | 43' Goal, 2-0, Pongo Waring
๐ | HT Aston Villa 2-0 Grimsby Town
๐ | FT Aston Villa 2-0 Grimsby Town
Officials
Referee: J. Roscoe | ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ | Bolton, 1930
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Line Up & Subs
Aston Villa
Billy Smith | ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ | 1926-1934
GK Percy Maggs | ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ | ๐ข |
CB Alec Talbot | ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ |
LB Tommy Mort | ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ |
FB Teddy Bowen | ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ |
M Jimmy Gibson | ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ณ๓ ฃ๓ ด๓ ฟ |
M Joe Tate | ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ |
W Eric Houghton | ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ | โฝ |
W Dicky York | ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ | ๐ด |
CF Pongo Waring | ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ | โฝ |
CF Billy Walker | ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ |
CF George Brown | ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ |
Substitutes
No Substitutions permitted in period
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Grimsby Town
Wilf Gillow | ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ |
Read
Wilson
Bateman
Hall
Wrack
Buck
Prior
Bestall
Coleman
Craven
Marshall
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Team News
Aston Villa
Injury | 2 |
W Jack Mandley | ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ |
GK Fred Biddlestone | ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ |
Percy Maggs comes in for his debut in place of Fred Biddlestone.
Grimsby Town
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