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Game #1368

Aston Villa

5-4-9, 14 PTS

Saturday, 4 December 1926

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Won

19th

Last 5: 🟥 🟥 🟨 🟥 🟩

Division One

Everton

4-6-10, 14 PTS

Villa Park

Attendance: 23,082

🟩 4 Dec 1926, Villa 5-3 Everton, Villa Park

Aston Villa

5-3

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Everton

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🟩 4 Dec 1926, Villa 5-3 Everton, Villa Park

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MATCH TIMELINE
Saturday, 4 December 1926

🟢 | 1’ Debut, Bill Johnson
🥅 | Goal, 0-1, (Everton), Dominy
⚽ | 17' Goal, 1-1, Len Capewell, Assist by Dicky York
🥅 | 26' Goal, 1-2, (Everton), Irvine
🥅 | 26' Goal, 1-3, (Everton), Dean
🕒 | HT Aston Villa 1-3 Everton
⚽ | 56' Goal, 2-3, Len Capewell
⚽ | 61' Goal, 3-3, Arthur Dorrell, Assist by Len Capewell
⚽ | 65' Goal, 4-3, George Stevenson
⚽ | 74' Goal, 5-3, Len Capewell, Assist by Dicky York
🕒 | FT Aston Villa 2-3 Everton

Match Statistics

Not recorded

Goal ⚽, Assist 🔥, Goal Conceded 🥅, Injury 🚑, Booking 🟨, Sending off 🟥, Comment 🗒️, ❗ Villa Chance,❗❗Huge Villa Chance, 💥 Opposition action, 🎥 VAR, 🆘 Referee error, ❌ Missed pen, disallowed goal, player retires from field of play, 🟢 Debut, 🔴 Final appearance, 🕒 Half time, Full time, 🔁 Substitution

🟩 4 Dec 1926, Villa 5-3 Everton, Villa Park

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ON THIS DAY
Saturday, 4 December 1926
  • Everton and Villa, both struggling at the bottom of the table, play out an exhilarating game at Villa Park within the first few minutes Villa have a penalty for hands waved away but Everton break the deadlock as they beat goalkeeper Bill Johnson on his Villa debut aged 24 after joining from Buxton in January 1926.

  • Villa soon equalise beefore Everton luck in with two more goals before halftime to lead 1-3 against the run of play at the interval.

  • Villa hit back with 4 goals in 18 second half minutes and add a 6th which the referee disallows deeming it not to have crossed the line.

  • Villa concede a fifteenth goal in four games but hit five to beat Everton at Villa Park and make it five wins, four draws and nine defeats in their first eighteen division one matches.

  • Len Capewell scores a hat-trick on his first appearance in eight games as Villa concede a fifteenth goal in four games but hit five to beat Everton at Villa Park and make it five wins, four draws and nine defeats in their first eighteen division one matches. 

🟩 4 Dec 1926, Villa 5-3 Everton, Villa Park

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DEBUT APPEARANCES

🟢 GK Bill Johnson | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

FINAL APPEARANCES

None

Seasons | 🕒 Games | ✅ Starts (🔁 Subs) | ⚽ Goals | 🔥 Assists | 🇺 Unused | Player Number |

Aston Villa

League Champions: 🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆 🏆
FA Cup Winners: 🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆 🏆
Last Trophy: 1919–20

Everton

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League Champions: 🏆🏆
FA Cup Winners: 🏆
Last Trophy: 1914-15

FIXTURE HISTORY
Everton
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Previous 5 vs. Everton: 🟥 🟩 🟥 🟨 🟩

Games 🕒, Won 🟩, Drew 🟨, Lost 🟥, Goals Scored ⚽, Goals Conceded 🥅

🟩 4 Dec 1926, Villa 5-3 Everton, Villa Park

FIXTURE DETAILS
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Season | 1926-27 |
Matchday | #18 |
League Match | #18 |
Manager Game | #18 |
Saturday, 4 December 1926

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🟩 4 Dec 1926, Villa 5-3 Everton, Villa Park

MATCH SUMMARY
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Manager: Billy Smith | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 1926-1934 led Management Committee
Referee: Jack Fowler | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Sunderland
HT Score: 🟥 1-3
FT Result: 🟩 Won
FT Score: 🟩 5-3
Last 5: 🟥 🟥 🟨 🟥 🟩

Scorers
Timeline
On This Day
Trophies
Fixture
Manager
MANAGERIAL RECORD
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Billy Smith | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 1926-1934

🕒 18 | 🟩 | 5 🟨 4 🟥 9 | 1.06

Villa Career Form:

Bottom 8

Billy Smith | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 1926-1934

Games 🕒, Won 🟩, Drew 🟨, Lost 🟥, Points per Game

🟩 4 Dec 1926, Villa 5-3 Everton, Villa Park

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MATCH OFFICIALS

Referee: Jack Fowler | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Sunderland, 1912-

VAR PROFILE (from 2021)

CARDS
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None

CARDS
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None

Won 🟩, Drew 🟨, Lost 🟥, Notably poor performance 🆘, Cards 🟨 Booking, Cards 🟥 Sending off, Disallowed ❌ Goal disallowed, ⚽ Penalty for, 🥅 Penalty against, ❌ Penalty Disallowed

🟩 4 Dec 1926, Villa 5-3 Everton, Villa Park

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TEAM NEWS
TEAM STATS

Bill Johnson (debut), Teddy Bowen, Len Capewell and Jock Johnstone replace Tommy Jackson, Tommy Smart, Billy Kingdon and Billy Walker.

Not recorded

Referee

🟩 4 Dec 1926, Villa 5-3 Everton, Villa Park

MANAGER

Billy Smith | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 1926-1934

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Aston Villa

GK Bill Johnson | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 🟢 |
CB Vic Milne | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
FB Teddy Bowen | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
LB Tommy Mort | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Frank Moss | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
W Arthur Dorrell | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | ⚽ |
W Dicky York | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 🔥 | 🔥 |
F George Stephenson | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | ⚽ |
F Billy Walker | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
F Len Capewell | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | ⚽ | ⚽ | 🔥 | ⚽ |
F Jock Johnstone | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |

MANAGER

Thomas McIntosh | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

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Everton

Hardy
McDonald
O'Donnell
Brown
Hart
Virr
Millington
Irvine | ⚽ |
Dean | ⚽ |
Dominy | ⚽ |
Troup

Line Ups

🟩 4 Dec 1926, Villa 5-3 Everton, Villa Park

SUBSTITUTES
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No Substitutions permitted in period

SUBSTITUTES

No Substitutions Permitted in Period

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Substitutes

🟩 4 Dec 1926, Villa 5-3 Everton, Villa Park

UNUSED SUBSTITUTES
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No Substitutions permitted in period

UNUSED SUBSTITUTES
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No Substitutions Permitted in Period

Player Positions:

GK : Goalkeeper
CB, D, B : Centre Back, Defender, Back
FB, LB, RB, WH : Full Back, Left Back, Right Back, Wing Back, Wing Half


M, CH, LH, RH : Midfielder, Centre Half, Left Half, Right Half
W, OL, OR : Winger, Outside Left, Outside Right
F, IF, IL, IR : Forward, Inside Forward, Inside Left, Inside Right, Second Striker, False 9
CF : Centre Forward

Match Symbols:

⚽ | Goal
🔥 | Assist
🔁 | Substitution

🟨 | Booking

🟥 | Sending off

🆘 | Poor refereeing performance
🟢 : Debut 🔴 : Final Game

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🟩 4 Dec 1926, Villa 5-3 Everton, Villa Park

MATCHDAY SQUAD BIOGRAPHIES
STARTING XI
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Red
GK Bill Johnson | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
SUBSTITUTES
Player
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Red
UNUSED
Player
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Games 🕒, Starts ✅, Substitute 🔁, Goals ⚽, Assists 🔥, Won 🟩, Drew 🟨, Lost 🟥, Conceded 🥅, Clean Sheets ⛔, Unused Substitute 🇺

Squad Bios

🟩 4 Dec 1926, Villa 5-3 Everton, Villa Park

SQUAD STATS
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SQUAD STATS
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🟩 4 Dec 1926, Villa 5-3 Everton, Villa Park

MATCHDAY SQUAD
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MATCHDAY SQUAD
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🟩 4 Dec 1926, Villa 5-3 Everton, Villa Park

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Injury | 2 |
M Billy Kingdon | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Motorcycle accident
GK TommyJackson | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

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Not Recorded

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LEAGUE TABLE
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MATCHDAY PROGRAMME
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🟩 4 Dec 1926, Villa 5-3 Everton, Villa Park

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MATCH QUOTES
Quotes

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MATCH REPORTS

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Reports

🟩 4 Dec 1926, Villa 5-3 Everton, Villa Park

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MATCH VIDEO
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