Game #1368
Aston Villa
5-4-9, 14 PTS
Saturday, 4 December 1926


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

Everton

Assist(s) | Dicky York | 17' | 74' | Len Capewell | 61' |
🟩 4 Dec 1926, Villa 5-3 Everton, Villa Park


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

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.
Aston Villa
League Champions: 🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆 🏆
FA Cup Winners: 🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆 🏆
Last Trophy: 1919–20
Everton


League Champions: 🏆🏆
FA Cup Winners: 🏆
Last Trophy: 1914-15
🟩 4 Dec 1926, Villa 5-3 Everton, Villa Park
FIXTURE DETAILS


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


Manager: Billy Smith | 🏴 | 1926-1934 led Management Committee
Referee: J. W. D. Fowler | 🏴 | Sunderland
HT Score: 🟥 1-3
FT Result: 🟩 Won
FT Score: 🟩 5-3
Last 5: 🟥 🟥 🟨 🟥 🟩
MANAGERIAL RECORD

Billy Smith | 🏴 | 1926-1934
GAMES | WINS | DRAWS | LOSSES | POINTS PER GAME
🕒 18 | 🟩 | 5 🟨 4 🟥 9 | 1.06
Villa Career Form:
Bottom 8
🟩 4 Dec 1926, Villa 5-3 Everton, Villa Park
MATCH OFFICIALS

Referee: J. W. D. Fowler | 🏴 | Sunderland
🟩 4 Dec 1926, Villa 5-3 Everton, Villa Park

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
🟩 4 Dec 1926, Villa 5-3 Everton, Villa Park
MANAGER
Billy Smith | 🏴 | 1926-1934

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 | 🏴 |

Everton
Hardy
McDonald
O'Donnell
Brown
Hart
Virr
Millington
Irvine | ⚽ |
Dean | ⚽ |
Dominy | ⚽ |
Troup
🟩 4 Dec 1926, Villa 5-3 Everton, Villa Park
SUBSTITUTES

No Substitutions permitted in period
SUBSTITUTES

No Substitutions Permitted in Period
🟩 4 Dec 1926, Villa 5-3 Everton, Villa Park
UNUSED SUBSTITUTES

No Substitutions permitted in period
UNUSED SUBSTITUTES

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

MATCHDAY SQUAD BIOGRAPHIES
STARTING XI
* This Game
Game | Start | Goal | Assist | Win | Draw | Loss | Goal Conceded | Clean Sheet | Yellow | Red | |
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GK Bill Johnson | 🏴 | |
SUBSTITUTES
Game | Sub | Goal | Assist | Win | Draw | Loss | Goal Conceded | Clean Sheet | Yellow | Red | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
UNUSED
Unused | |
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🟩 4 Dec 1926, Villa 5-3 Everton, Villa Park
SQUAD STATS

SQUAD STATS

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

MATCHDAY SQUAD

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

Injury | 2 |
M Billy Kingdon | 🏴 | Motorcycle accident
GK TommyJackson | 🏴 |
UNAVAILABLE

Not Recorded
LEAGUE TABLE



MATCHDAY PROGRAMME


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


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


MATCH REPORTS









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

