Game #1538
Aston Villa
5-1-0, 11 PTS

Monday, 15 September 1930
1st=
Last 5: 🟩 🟩 🟩 🟨 🟩
GK Percy Maggs | 🏴 | 🟢 |
CB Alec Talbot | 🏴 |
LB Tommy Mort | 🏴 |
FB Teddy Bowen | 🏴 |
M Jimmy Gibson | 🏴 |
M Joe Tate | 🏴 |
W Eric Houghton | 🏴 | ⚽ |
W Dicky York | 🏴 | 🔴 |
CF Pongo Waring | 🏴 | ⚽ |
CF Billy Walker | 🏴 |
CF George Brown | 🏴 |
Billy Smith | 🏴 | 1926-1934

Substitutes
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Yellow Cards (Warnings, Cautions, Bookings)
None
Red Cards (Ordered from Field of Play, Dismissals, Sendings Off)
None
Trophy Record
League Champions: 🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆 🏆
FA Cup Winners: 🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆 🏆
Last Trophy: 1919–20
Matchday Squad
Unavailable
Injury | 2 |
W Jack Mandley | 🏴 |
GK Fred Biddlestone | 🏴 |
Team News
Percy Maggs comes in for his debut in place of Fred Biddlestone.
Team Stats
Debut Appearances
🟢 GK Percy Maggs | 🏴 | #338 | Free transfer from Bath City
Final Appearances
🔴 W Dicky York | 🏴 | 1919-30 🕒 390 | ✅ 390 | 🔁 (-) | ⚽ 87 | 🔥 130 | 🇺 - | #259 |

Won
2-0
🟩 15 Sep 1930, Villa 2-0 Grimsby, Villa Park
Scorer(s) | Eric Houghton | 22' | Pongo Waring | 43' |
Assist(s) | None
Match Timeline
🟢 | 1' Debut, Percy Maggs
⚽ | 22' Goal, 1-0, Eric Houghton
⚽ | 43' Goal, 2-0, Pongo Waring
🕒 | HT Aston Villa 2-0 Grimsby Town
🕒 | FT Aston Villa 2-0 Grimsby Town
Season | 1930-31 |
Matchday | #6 |
League Match | #6 |
Manager Game | #188 |
Monday, 15 September 1930

Match Record
Game Record
Manager: Billy Smith | 🏴 | 1926-1934 led Management Committee
Referee: J. Roscoe | 🏴 | Bolton, 1930
HT Score: 🟩 2-0
FT Result: 🟩 Won
FT Score: 🟩 2-0
Last 5: 🟩 🟩 🟩 🟨 🟩
Officials
Referee: J. Roscoe | 🏴 | Bolton, 1930
Match Stats
Not recorded
Billy Smith | 🏴 | 1926-1934
🕒 187 | 🟩 | 94 🟨 28 🟥 65 | 1.66
Villa Career Form:
Top 6

Division One
Grimsby Town
1-1-4, 3 PTS

Villa Park
Attendance: 22,301
Read
Wilson
Bateman
Hall
Wrack
Buck
Prior
Bestall
Coleman
Craven
Marshall
Wilf Gillow | 🏴 |

Substitutes
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Unused Substitutes
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Yellow Cards (Warnings, Cautions, Bookings)
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Red Cards (Ordered from Field of Play, Dismissals, Sendings Off)
None
Opposition Trophy Record
League Champions: ❌
FA Cup Winners: ❌
Last Trophy: ❌
Opposition Matchday Squad
Opposition Unavailable
Not Recorded
On This Day
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.
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