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Game #1448

Aston Villa

4-2-4, 10 PTS

Saturday, 20 October 1928

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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

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Bolton Wanderers

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Assist(s) | Dicky York | 36' | Billy Walker | 40' |

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

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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

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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

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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

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League Champions: ❌
FA Cup Winners: 🏆🏆
Last Trophy: 1925-26

FIXTURE HISTORY
Bolton Wanderers
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Previous 5 vs. Bolton: 🟨 🟥 🟩 🟥 🟨

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

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

FIXTURE DETAILS
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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
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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: 🟥 🟩 🟩 🟩 🟥

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

🕒 98 | 🟩 | 43 🟨 19 🟥 36 | 1.51

Villa Career Form:

Top 8

Billy Smith | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 1926-1934

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

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

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MATCH OFFICIALS

Referee: John Rickwood | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Sheffield, 1928-

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

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

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TEAM NEWS
TEAM STATS

Billy Smith names the same line up for a third successive game for the first time this season.

Not recorded

Referee

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

MANAGER

Billy Smith | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 1926-1934

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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 | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

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Bolton Wanderers

Pym
Haworth
Finney
Kean
Seddon
Nuttall
Butler
McClelland
Blackmore
Gibson
Murphy

Line Ups

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

SUBSTITUTES
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No Substitutions permitted in period

SUBSTITUTES

No Substitutions Permitted in Period

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Substitutes

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

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

MATCHDAY SQUAD BIOGRAPHIES
STARTING XI
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🔥
🟩
🟨
🟥
🥅
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Red
GK Ben Olney | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
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

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

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

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

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Injury | 3 |
M Jimmy Gibson | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
CB Alec Talbot | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
LB Tommy Mort | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

UNAVAILABLE
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Not Recorded

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LEAGUE TABLE
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Tables & Programmes
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MATCHDAY PROGRAMME
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🟥 20 Oct 1928, Villa 3-5 Bolton, Villa Park

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MATCH QUOTES
Quotes

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

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MATCH REPORTS

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

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