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Game #1414

Aston Villa

8-4-9, 20 PTS

Monday, 26 December 1927

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Lost

13th

Last 5: 🟥 🟥 🟥 🟩 🟥

Division One

Derby County

6-5-9, 17 PTS

Baseball Ground

Attendance: 23,303

🟥 26 Dec 1927, Villa 0-5 Derby, Baseball Ground

Derby County

5-0

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Aston Villa

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Assist(s) | None

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MATCH TIMELINE
Monday, 26 December 1927

🟢 | 1' Debut, Joe Tate
🥅 | 25' Goal, 0-1, (Derby County), Bedford
🥅 | 26' Goal, 0-2, (Derby County), Bedford
🥅 | 38' Goal, 0-3, (Derby County), Whitehouse
🕒 | HT Derby County 3-0 Aston Villa
🥅 | 51' Goal, 0-4, (Derby County), Stephenson
🥅 | 90' Goal, 0-5, (Derby County), Whitehouse
🕒 | FT Derby County 5-0 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

🟥 26 Dec 1927, Villa 0-5 Derby, Baseball Ground

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ON THIS DAY
Monday, 26 December 1927
  • Villa compete in a Boxing Day fixture for the first time without George Ramsay at the helm and for the first time in 38 years.

  • Bizarrely in the game but unable to score Villa suffer a huge Boxing Day defeat at the Baseball Ground to make it eight wins, four draws and nine defeats in their twenty one division one games. 

  • Midfielder Joe Tate made his Villa debut aged 23 after joining from Cradley Heath for £400.

  • Goalkeeper Joe Hickman made his second and final Villa two days after his debut aged 26 having conceded 9 goals in 2 games.

🟥 26 Dec 1927, Villa 0-5 Derby, Baseball Ground

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DEBUT APPEARANCES

🟢 M Joe Tate | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

FINAL APPEARANCES

🔴 GK Joe Hickman | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

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

Aston Villa

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

Derby County

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League Champions: ❌
FA Cup Winners: ❌
Last Trophy: ❌

FIXTURE HISTORY
Derby County
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Previous 5 vs. Derby: 🟩 🟩 🟩 🟩 🟥

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

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FIXTURE DETAILS
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Season | 1927-28 |
Matchday | #21 |
League Match | #21 |
Manager Game | #64 |
Monday, 26 December 1927

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MATCH SUMMARY
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Manager: Billy Smith | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 1926-1934 led Management Committee
Referee: William Russell | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Swindon
HT Score:
FT Result: 🟥 Lost
FT Score: 🟥 0-5
Last 5: 🟥 🟥 🟥 🟩 🟥

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

🕒 64 | 🟩 | 26 🟨 11 🟥 27 | 1.39

Villa Career Form:

Mid Table

Billy Smith | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 1926-1934

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

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MATCH OFFICIALS

Referee: William Russell | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Swindon, 1924-

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

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TEAM NEWS
TEAM STATS

Tommy Mort, Jack Yates and Joe Tate (debut) replace Tommy Smart, Vic Milne and Frank Moss.

Not recorded

Referee

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MANAGER

Billy Smith | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 1926-1934

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Aston Villa

GK Joe Hickman | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 🔴 |
FB Teddy Bowen | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
LB Tommy Mort | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Jack Yates | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Billy Kingdon | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Joe Tate | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 🟢 |
W Dicky York | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
W Reg Chester | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
F Joe Beresford | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
F Billy Walker | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
F Billy Cook | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

MANAGER

George Jobey | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

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Derby County

Wilkes
Carr
Collin
Robinson
Davison
Storer
Crooks
Whitehouse
Bedford
Stephenson
Mee

Line Ups

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SUBSTITUTES
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No Substitutions permitted in period

SUBSTITUTES

No Substitutions Permitted in Period

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Substitutes

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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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🟥 26 Dec 1927, Villa 0-5 Derby, Baseball Ground

MATCHDAY SQUAD BIOGRAPHIES
STARTING XI
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🟨
🟥
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Red
GK Joe Hickman | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
SUBSTITUTES
Player
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🟨
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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

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SQUAD STATS
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SQUAD STATS
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MATCHDAY SQUAD
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MATCHDAY SQUAD
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UNAVAILABLE
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Harry Goddard
Vic Milne
Dicky York
Arthur Dorrell

UNAVAILABLE
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Not Recorded

Unavailable
LEAGUE TABLE
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Tables & Programmes
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MATCHDAY PROGRAMME
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MATCH QUOTES
Quotes

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MATCH REPORTS

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Reports

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MATCH VIDEO
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