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Game #1538

Aston Villa

5-1-0, 11 PTS

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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
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Substitutes

No Substitutions permitted in period

Unused Substitutes

No Substitutions permitted in period

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 |

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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

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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

Previous 5 vs. Grimsby: 🟨 🟩 🟩 🟩 🟩

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Head to Head

Total 🕒 8 | 🟩 W6 (75% ) | 🟨 D1 | 🇺(88% ) | 🟥 L1 (13% ) | ⚽ 19 | 🥅 9 | GD 10

Match Stats

Not recorded

Billy Smith | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 1926-1934

🕒 187 | 🟩 | 94 🟨 28 🟥 65 | 1.66

Villa Career Form:

Top 6

🟩 12 Apr 2025, Villa 3-0 Southampton, St Mary's TBL.png

Division One

Grimsby Town

1-1-4, 3 PTS

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Villa Park

Attendance: 22,301

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Wilson
Bateman
Hall
Wrack
Buck
Prior
Bestall
Coleman
Craven
Marshall

Wilf Gillow | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
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Substitutes

No Substitutions Permitted in Period

Unused Substitutes

No Substitutions Permitted in Period

Yellow Cards (Warnings, Cautions, Bookings)

None

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

🟩 12 Apr 2025, Villa 3-0 Southampton, St Mary's TBL.png
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.

Starting XI
GK Percy Maggs | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
🕒

1

1

🔥

0

0

🟩

1

🟨

0

🟥

0

1

🥅

0

LB Tommy Mort | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
🕒

244

244

🔥

1

2

🟩

101

🟨

54

🟥

89

CB Alec Talbot | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
🕒

118

118

🔥

3

1

🟩

61

🟨

18

🟥

39

FB Teddy Bowen | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
🕒

175

175

🔥

0

2

🟩

89

🟨

24

🟥

62

M Jimmy Gibson | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
🕒

65

65

🔥

4

5

🟩

32

🟨

12

🟥

21

M Joe Tate | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
🕒

88

88

🔥

2

8

🟩

50

🟨

9

🟥

29

W Dicky York | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
🕒

390

390

🔥

87

130

🟩

181

🟨

77

🟥

132

W Eric Houghton | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
🕒

29

29

🔥

17

6

🟩

17

🟨

2

🟥

10

CF Pongo Waring | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
🕒

84

84

🔥

62

21

🟩

47

🟨

13

🟥

24

CF George Brown | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
🕒

51

51

🔥

37

5

🟩

28

🟨

6

🟥

17

CF Billy Walker | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
🕒

423

423

🔥

216

60

🟩

194

🟨

86

🟥

143

Substitutes
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GK Sub

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Sub 1

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Sub 2

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Sub 3

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Sub 4

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Sub 5

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Match Media
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