Game #1448
Aston Villa
4-2-4, 10 PTS
Saturday, 20 October 1928


Lost
12th=
Last 5: 🟥 🟩 🟩 🟩 🟥
Division One
Bolton Wanderers
3-2-6, 8 PTS
Villa Park
Attendance: 29,827
🟥 20 Oct 1928, Villa 3-5 Bolton, Villa Park
Aston Villa
3-5

Bolton Wanderers

Assist(s) | Dicky York | 36' | Billy Walker | 40' |
🟥 20 Oct 1928, Villa 3-5 Bolton, Villa Park


MATCH TIMELINE
Saturday, 20 October 1928
🥅 | 2' Goal, 0-1, (Bolton Wanderers), Butler
🥅 | 12' Goal, 0-2, (Bolton Wanderers), Blackmore
⚽ | 27' Goal, 1-2, Billy Walker
⚽ | 36' Goal, 2-2, Billy Walker, Assist by Dicky York
⚽ | 40' Goal, 3-2, Arthur Dorrell, Assist by Billy Walker
🕒 | HT Aston Villa 3-2 Bolton Wanderers
🥅 | 70' Goal, 3-3, (Bolton Wanderers), Blackmore
🥅 | 73' Goal, 3-4, (Bolton Wanderers), Blackmore
🥅 | 74' Goal, 3-5, (Bolton Wanderers), Gibson
🕒 | FT Aston Villa 3-5 Bolton Wanderers
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
🟥 20 Oct 1928, Villa 3-5 Bolton, Villa Park

ON THIS DAY
Saturday, 20 October 1928
Villa fall two behind before going in at the interval 3-2 ahead. Bolton then score three in four second half minutes to put five past Villa at Villa Park in their first home defeat f the season.
Billy Walker scores his third in two and Arthur Dorrell his third in three as Dicky York makes it 12 goal involvements for the season with another assist.
Villa make it four wins, two draws and four defeats in their ten division one games.
Villa drop back to joint 12th in the table.
🟥 20 Oct 1928, Villa 3-5 Bolton, Villa Park

DEBUT APPEARANCES
None
FINAL APPEARANCES
None
Seasons | 🕒 Games | ✅ Starts (🔁 Subs) | ⚽ Goals | 🔥 Assists | 🇺 Unused | Player Number |
Aston Villa
League Champions: 🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆 🏆
FA Cup Winners: 🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆 🏆
Last Trophy: 1919–20
Bolton Wanderers


League Champions: ❌
FA Cup Winners: 🏆🏆
Last Trophy: 1925-26
🟥 20 Oct 1928, Villa 3-5 Bolton, Villa Park
FIXTURE DETAILS


Season | 1928-29 |
Matchday | #10 |
League Match | #10 |
Manager Game | #98 |
Saturday, 20 October 1928
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🟥 20 Oct 1928, Villa 3-5 Bolton, Villa Park
MATCH SUMMARY


Manager: Billy Smith | 🏴 | 1926-1934 led Management Committee
Referee: John Rickwood | 🏴 | Sheffield
HT Score: 🟩 3-2
FT Result: 🟥 Lost
FT Score: 🟥 3-5
Last 5: 🟥 🟩 🟩 🟩 🟥
MANAGERIAL RECORD

Billy Smith | 🏴 | 1926-1934
🕒 98 | 🟩 | 43 🟨 19 🟥 36 | 1.51
Villa Career Form:
Top 8
Games 🕒, Won 🟩, Drew 🟨, Lost 🟥, Points per Game
🟥 20 Oct 1928, Villa 3-5 Bolton, Villa Park

MATCH OFFICIALS
Referee: John Rickwood | 🏴 | Sheffield, 1928-
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
🟥 20 Oct 1928, Villa 3-5 Bolton, Villa Park

TEAM NEWS
TEAM STATS
Billy Smith names the same line up for a third successive game for the first time this season.
Not recorded
🟥 20 Oct 1928, Villa 3-5 Bolton, Villa Park
MANAGER
Billy Smith | 🏴 | 1926-1934

Aston Villa
GK Ben Olney | 🏴 |
FB Tommy Smart | 🏴 |
FB Teddy Bowen | 🏴 |
CB Vic Milne | 🏴 |
M Billy Kingdon | 🏴 |
M Joe Tate | 🏴 |
W Dicky York | 🏴 | 🔥 |
W Arthur Dorrell | 🏴 | ⚽ |
F Joe Beresford | 🏴 |
CF Pongo Waring | 🏴 |
CF Billy Walker | 🏴 | ⚽ | ⚽ | 🔥 |
MANAGER
Charles Foweraker | 🏴 |

Bolton Wanderers
Pym
Haworth
Finney
Kean
Seddon
Nuttall
Butler
McClelland
Blackmore
Gibson
Murphy
🟥 20 Oct 1928, Villa 3-5 Bolton, Villa Park
SUBSTITUTES

No Substitutions permitted in period
SUBSTITUTES
No Substitutions Permitted in Period

🟥 20 Oct 1928, Villa 3-5 Bolton, 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

🟥 20 Oct 1928, Villa 3-5 Bolton, Villa Park
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 🇺
🟥 20 Oct 1928, Villa 3-5 Bolton, Villa Park
SQUAD STATS

SQUAD STATS

🟥 20 Oct 1928, Villa 3-5 Bolton, Villa Park
MATCHDAY SQUAD

MATCHDAY SQUAD

🟥 20 Oct 1928, Villa 3-5 Bolton, Villa Park
UNAVAILABLE

Injury | 3 |
M Jimmy Gibson | 🏴 |
CB Alec Talbot | 🏴 |
LB Tommy Mort | 🏴 |
UNAVAILABLE

Not Recorded
LEAGUE TABLE



MATCHDAY PROGRAMME


🟥 20 Oct 1928, Villa 3-5 Bolton, Villa Park


MATCH QUOTES
🟥 20 Oct 1928, Villa 3-5 Bolton, Villa Park


MATCH REPORTS









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