Game #1241
Aston Villa
Saturday, 2 February 1924
Won
2nd Round
WWLWW
FA Cup
Swansea City
Vetch Field
Attendance: 19,036
Swansea Town
0-2
Aston Villa
Assist(s) | Not recorded
MANAGER
George Ramsay | 🏴 | 1919-1926
Aston Villa
GK Tommy Jackson |
CB Vic Milne |
CB Alec Talbot |
FB Tommy Smart |
LB Tommy Mort |
M Frank Moss |
W Dicky York |
W Arthur Dorrell |
F Billy Kirton |
F Len Capewell |
F Billy Walker |
MANAGER
Joe Bradshaw | 🏴 |
Swansea City
SUBSTITUTES
No Substitutions permitted in period
SUBSTITUTES
No Substitutions Permitted in Period
🟩 2 Feb 1924, Villa 2-0 Swansea, Vetch Field
ON THIS DAY
Saturday, 2 February 1924
Villa face Swansea Town (City) for the first time in competitive football, Swansea become the 71st team that the Villa first team has played in League or Cup football.
Villa beat third division Swansea Town at Vetch Field in their first ever League or Cup meeting to progress to the third round of the FA Cup. Meanwhile, centre back Alec Talbot made his Villa debut aged 21 following Teddy Bowen into the first team after both had arrived from Hednesford Town.
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