Game #1395
Aston Villa
0-0-2, 0 PTS
Wednesday, 31 August 1927
Lost
Last 5: 🟥 🟨 🟨 🟥 🟥
Division One
Portsmouth
1-0-1, 2 PTS
Fratton Park
Attendance: 32,050
🟥 31 Aug 1927, Villa 1-3 Portsmouth, Fratton
Portsmouth
3-1
Aston Villa
Assist(s) | None
🟥 31 Aug 1927, Villa 1-3 Portsmouth, Fratton
MATCH TIMELINE
Wednesday, 31 August 1927
🥅 | 4’ Goal, 0-1, (Portsmouth), Cook
⚽ | 42' Goal, 1-1, Billy Walker
🕒 | HT Portsmouth 1-1 Aston Villa
🥅 | 69’ Goal, 1-2, (Portsmouth), Forward
🥅 | 80’ Goal, 1-3, (Portsmouth), Watson
🕒 | FT Portsmouth 3-1 Aston Villa
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
🟥 31 Aug 1927, Villa 1-3 Portsmouth, Fratton
ON THIS DAY
Wednesday, 31 August 1927
Billy Walker scores Villa's first goal of the season but they lose successive away games at the start of the 1927-28 campaign under Billy Smith despite having more than their share of the attacking play.
Forward George Stephenson made his final appearance for Villa before moving on to Derby County in November having made 95 appearances scoring 22 goals in his six seasons with the club.
🟥 31 Aug 1927, Villa 1-3 Portsmouth, Fratton
DEBUT APPEARANCES
None
FINAL APPEARANCES
🔴 F George Stephenson | 🏴 |
Seasons | 🕒 Games | ✅ Starts (🔁 Subs) | ⚽ Goals | 🔥 Assists | 🇺 Unused | Player Number |
Aston Villa
League Champions: 🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆 🏆
FA Cup Winners: 🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆 🏆
Last Trophy: 1919–20
Portsmouth
League Champions: ❌
FA Cup Winners: ❌
Last Trophy: ❌
🟥 31 Aug 1927, Villa 1-3 Portsmouth, Fratton
FIXTURE DETAILS
Season | 1927-28 |
Matchday | #2 |
League Match | #2 |
Manager Game | #45 |
Wednesday, 31 August 1927
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🟥 31 Aug 1927, Villa 1-3 Portsmouth, Fratton
MATCH SUMMARY
Manager: Billy Smith | 🏴 | 1926-1934 led Management Committee
Referee: Charles Sambrook | 🏴 | Swansea
HT Score: 🟨 1-1
FT Result: 🟥 Lost
FT Score: 🟥 1-3
Last 5: 🟥 🟨 🟨 🟥 🟥
MANAGERIAL RECORD
Billy Smith | 🏴 | 1926-1934
🕒 45 | 🟩 | 18 🟨 7 🟥 20 | 1.36
Villa Career Form:
Mid Table
Games 🕒, Won 🟩, Drew 🟨, Lost 🟥, Points per Game
🟥 31 Aug 1927, Villa 1-3 Portsmouth, Fratton
MATCH OFFICIALS
Referee: Charles Sambrook | 🏴 | Swansea, 1927-
VAR PROFILE (from 2021)
CARDS
None
CARDS
None
Won 🟩, Drew 🟨, Lost 🟥, Notably poor performance 🆘, Cards 🟨 Booking, Cards 🟥 Sending off, Disallowed ❌ Goal disallowed, ⚽ Penalty for, 🥅 Penalty against, ❌ Penalty Disallowed
🟥 31 Aug 1927, Villa 1-3 Portsmouth, Fratton
TEAM NEWS
TEAM STATS
Billy Kingdon replaces Vic Milne for his first start of the season.
Not recorded
🟥 31 Aug 1927, Villa 1-3 Portsmouth, Fratton
MANAGER
Billy Smith | 🏴 | 1926-1934
Aston Villa
GK Tommy Jackson | 🏴 |
FB Tommy Smart | 🏴 |
LB Tommy Mort | 🏴 |
CB Alec Talbot | 🏴 |
M Billy Kingdon | 🏴 |
M Jimmy Gibson | 🏴 |
W Arthur Dorrell | 🏴 |
W Dicky York | 🏴 |
F George Stephenson | 🏴 | 🔴 |
F Billy Cook | 🏴 |
CF Billy Walker | 🏴 | ⚽ |
MANAGER
Jack Tinn | 🏴 |
Portsmouth
McPhail
Clifford
McColgan
Davies
Foxall
Moffatt
Forward
Mackie
Haines
Watson
Cook
🟥 31 Aug 1927, Villa 1-3 Portsmouth, Fratton
SUBSTITUTES
No Substitutions permitted in period
SUBSTITUTES
No Substitutions Permitted in Period
🟥 31 Aug 1927, Villa 1-3 Portsmouth, Fratton
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
🟥 31 Aug 1927, Villa 1-3 Portsmouth, Fratton
MATCHDAY SQUAD BIOGRAPHIES
STARTING XI
🕒 | ✅ | ⚽ | 🔥 | 🟩 | 🟨 | 🟥 | 🥅 | ⛔ | Yellow | Red | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
GK Tommy Jackson | 🏴 | |
SUBSTITUTES
Player | 🕒 | 🔁 | ⚽ | 🔥 | 🟩 | 🟨 | 🟥 | 🥅 | ⛔ | Yellow | Red |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
UNUSED
Player | 🇺 |
|---|---|
Games 🕒, Starts ✅, Substitute 🔁, Goals ⚽, Assists 🔥, Won 🟩, Drew 🟨, Lost 🟥, Conceded 🥅, Clean Sheets ⛔, Unused Substitute 🇺
🟥 31 Aug 1927, Villa 1-3 Portsmouth, Fratton
SQUAD STATS
SQUAD STATS
🟥 31 Aug 1927, Villa 1-3 Portsmouth, Fratton
MATCHDAY SQUAD
MATCHDAY SQUAD
🟥 31 Aug 1927, Villa 1-3 Portsmouth, Fratton
UNAVAILABLE
Injury | 1 |
CB Vic Milne | 🏴 |
Bereavement | 1 |
CB Frank Moss | 🏴 |
UNAVAILABLE
Not Recorded
LEAGUE TABLE
MATCHDAY PROGRAMME
🟥 31 Aug 1927, Villa 1-3 Portsmouth, Fratton
MATCH QUOTES
🟥 31 Aug 1927, Villa 1-3 Portsmouth, Fratton
MATCH REPORTS
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🟥 31 Aug 1927, Villa 1-3 Portsmouth, Fratton