Game #1416
Aston Villa
8-4-11, 20 PTS
Saturday, 31 December 1927
Lost
16th=
Last 5: 🟥 🟩 🟥 🟥 🟥
Division One
Leicester City
11-6-7, 28 PTS
Filbert Street
Attendance: 25,333
🟥 31 Dec 1927, Villa 0-3 Leicester, Filbert Street
Leicester City
3-0
Aston Villa
Assist(s) | None
🟥 31 Dec 1927, Villa 0-3 Leicester, Filbert Street
MATCH TIMELINE
Saturday, 31 December 1927
🟢 | 1' Debut, Ben Olney
🥅 | 39' Goal, 0-1, (Leicester City), Hine
🕒 | HT Leicester City 1-0 Aston Villa
🥅 | 49' Goal, 0-2, (Leicester City), Chandler
🥅 | 60' Goal, 0-3, (Leicester City), Hine
🕒 | FT Leicester City 3-0 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
🟥 31 Dec 1927, Villa 0-3 Leicester, Filbert Street
ON THIS DAY
Saturday, 31 December 1927
Villa's terrible run to the end of 1927 continues as they lose for the eighth time in ten games, failing to score for the third game in succession and make it eight wins, four draws and eleven defeats in their twenty three division one games.
Meanwhile, goalkeeper Ben Olney made his Villa debut aged 28 after joining from Derby County earlier this month.
🟥 31 Dec 1927, Villa 0-3 Leicester, Filbert Street
DEBUT APPEARANCES
🟢 GK Ben Olney | 🏴 |
FINAL APPEARANCES
None
Seasons | 🕒 Games | ✅ Starts (🔁 Subs) | ⚽ Goals | 🔥 Assists | 🇺 Unused | Player Number |
Aston Villa
League Champions: 🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆 🏆
FA Cup Winners: 🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆 🏆
Last Trophy: 1919–20
Leicester City
League Champions: ❌
FA Cup Winners: ❌
Last Trophy: ❌
🟥 31 Dec 1927, Villa 0-3 Leicester, Filbert Street
FIXTURE DETAILS
Season | 1927-28 |
Matchday | #23 |
League Match | #23 |
Manager Game | #66 |
Saturday, 31 December 1927
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🟥 31 Dec 1927, Villa 0-3 Leicester, Filbert Street
MATCH SUMMARY
Manager: Billy Smith | 🏴 | 1926-1934 led Management Committee
Referee: Arthur H Kingscott | 🏴 | Derby
HT Score: 🟥 0-1
FT Result: 🟥 Lost
FT Score: 🟥 0-3
Last 5: 🟥 🟩 🟥 🟥 🟥
MANAGERIAL RECORD
Billy Smith | 🏴 | 1926-1934
🕒 66 | 🟩 | 26 🟨 11 🟥 29 | 1.35
Villa Career Form:
Mid Table
Games 🕒, Won 🟩, Drew 🟨, Lost 🟥, Points per Game
🟥 31 Dec 1927, Villa 0-3 Leicester, Filbert Street
MATCH OFFICIALS
Referee: Arthur H Kingscott | 🏴 | Derby
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 Dec 1927, Villa 0-3 Leicester, Filbert Street
TEAM NEWS
TEAM STATS
Ben Olney (debut), Arthur Dorrell and Billy Walker replace Bill Johnson, Dicky York and Fred Tully.
Not recorded
🟥 31 Dec 1927, Villa 0-3 Leicester, Filbert Street
MANAGER
Billy Smith | 🏴 | 1926-1934
Aston Villa
GK Ben Olney | 🏴 |
FB Tommy Smart | 🏴 |
LB Tommy Mort | 🏴 |
M Frank Moss | 🏴 |
M Billy Kingdon | 🏴 |
M Joe Tate | 🏴 |
W Arthur Dorrell | 🏴 |
W Reg Chester | 🏴 |
F Joe Beresford | 🏴 |
F Billy Cook | 🏴 |
F Billy Walker | 🏴 |
MANAGER
Willie Orr | 🏴 |
Leicester City
McLaren
Black
Osborne
Findlay
Carr
Bishop
Adcock
Hine
Chandler
Lochhead
Barry
🟥 31 Dec 1927, Villa 0-3 Leicester, Filbert Street
SUBSTITUTES
No Substitutions permitted in period
SUBSTITUTES
No Substitutions Permitted in Period
🟥 31 Dec 1927, Villa 0-3 Leicester, Filbert Street
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 Dec 1927, Villa 0-3 Leicester, Filbert Street
MATCHDAY SQUAD BIOGRAPHIES
STARTING XI
🕒 | ✅ | ⚽ | 🔥 | 🟩 | 🟨 | 🟥 | 🥅 | ⛔ | Yellow | Red | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
GK Ben Olney | 🏴 | |
SUBSTITUTES
Player | 🕒 | 🔁 | ⚽ | 🔥 | 🟩 | 🟨 | 🟥 | 🥅 | ⛔ | Yellow | Red |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
UNUSED
Player | 🇺 |
|---|---|
Games 🕒, Starts ✅, Substitute 🔁, Goals ⚽, Assists 🔥, Won 🟩, Drew 🟨, Lost 🟥, Conceded 🥅, Clean Sheets ⛔, Unused Substitute 🇺
🟥 31 Dec 1927, Villa 0-3 Leicester, Filbert Street
SQUAD STATS
SQUAD STATS
🟥 31 Dec 1927, Villa 0-3 Leicester, Filbert Street
MATCHDAY SQUAD
MATCHDAY SQUAD
🟥 31 Dec 1927, Villa 0-3 Leicester, Filbert Street
UNAVAILABLE
CB Vic Milne | 🏴 |
UNAVAILABLE
Not Recorded
LEAGUE TABLE
MATCHDAY PROGRAMME
🟥 31 Dec 1927, Villa 0-3 Leicester, Filbert Street
MATCH QUOTES
🟥 31 Dec 1927, Villa 0-3 Leicester, Filbert Street
MATCH REPORTS
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🟥 31 Dec 1927, Villa 0-3 Leicester, Filbert Street