Game #1453
Aston Villa
8-2-5, 18 PTS
Saturday, 24 November 1928


Won
6th
Last 5: 🟩 🟥 🟩 🟩 🟩
Division One
Arsenal
4-4-8, 12 PTS
Highbury
Attendance: 30,491
🟩 24 Nov 1928, Villa 5-2 Arsenal, Highbury
Arsenal
2-5

Aston Villa

Assist(s) | Arthur Dorrell | 12' | Dicky York | 17' | Joe Beresford | 23' | Joe Tate | 86' |
🟩 24 Nov 1928, Villa 5-2 Arsenal, Highbury


MATCH TIMELINE
Saturday, 24 November 1928
⚽ | 12' Goal, 1-0, Pongo Waring, Assist by Arthur Dorrell
⚽ | 17' Goal, 2-0, Pongo Waring, Assist by Dicky York
⚽ | 23' Goal, 3-0, Dicky York, Assist by Joe Beresford
⚽ | 40' Goal, 4-0, Alec Talbot
🕒 | HT Arsenal 0-4 Aston Villa
🥅 | 67' Goal, 4-1, (Arsenal), Jack
⚽ | 86' Goal, 5-1, Pongo Waring, Assist by Joe Tate
🥅 | 87' Goal, 5-2, (Arsenal), Jack
🕒 | FT Arsenal 2-5 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
🟩 24 Nov 1928, Villa 5-2 Arsenal, Highbury

ON THIS DAY
Saturday, 24 November 1928
Pongo Waring hits a hat-trick as Villa hit five at Highbury.
Villa, four goals up at half time, secure their third successive away win and third consecutive league win.
Villa have now racked up twenty eight goals in their last eight matches having scored eight in their first seven.
As a result Villa make it eight wins, two draws and five defeats in their fifteen division one games.
Villa move into outright 6th place.
🟩 24 Nov 1928, Villa 5-2 Arsenal, Highbury

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
Arsenal


League Champions: ❌
FA Cup Winners: ❌
Last Trophy: ❌
🟩 24 Nov 1928, Villa 5-2 Arsenal, Highbury
FIXTURE DETAILS


Season | 1928-29 |
Matchday | #15 |
League Match | #15 |
Manager Game | #103 |
Saturday, 24 November 1928
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🟩 24 Nov 1928, Villa 5-2 Arsenal, Highbury
MATCH SUMMARY


Manager: Billy Smith | 🏴 | 1926-1934 led Management Committee
Referee: J. V. Pennington | 🏴 | Bury
HT Score: 🟩 4-0
FT Result: 🟩 Won
FT Score: 🟩 5-2
Last 5: 🟩 🟥 🟩 🟩 🟩
MANAGERIAL RECORD

Billy Smith | 🏴 | 1926-1934
🕒 103 | 🟩 | 47 🟨 19 🟥 37 | 1.55
Villa Career Form:
Top 8
Games 🕒, Won 🟩, Drew 🟨, Lost 🟥, Points per Game
🟩 24 Nov 1928, Villa 5-2 Arsenal, Highbury

MATCH OFFICIALS
Referee: J. V. Pennington | 🏴 | Bury, 1925-
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
🟩 24 Nov 1928, Villa 5-2 Arsenal, Highbury

TEAM NEWS
TEAM STATS
Billy Smith names an unchanged line up.
Not recorded
🟩 24 Nov 1928, Villa 5-2 Arsenal, Highbury
MANAGER
Billy Smith | 🏴 | 1926-1934

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

Arsenal
Lewis
Parker
Cope
Blyth
Butler
John
Hulme
Jack
Lambert
Thompson
Jones
🟩 24 Nov 1928, Villa 5-2 Arsenal, Highbury
SUBSTITUTES

No Substitutions permitted in period
SUBSTITUTES
No Substitutions permitted in period

🟩 24 Nov 1928, Villa 5-2 Arsenal, Highbury
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

🟩 24 Nov 1928, Villa 5-2 Arsenal, Highbury
MATCHDAY SQUAD BIOGRAPHIES
STARTING XI
SUBSTITUTES
Player | 🕒 | 🔁 | ⚽ | 🔥 | 🟩 | 🟨 | 🟥 | 🥅 | ⛔ | Yellow | Red |
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UNUSED
Player | 🇺 |
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Games 🕒, Starts ✅, Substitute 🔁, Goals ⚽, Assists 🔥, Won 🟩, Drew 🟨, Lost 🟥, Conceded 🥅, Clean Sheets ⛔, Unused Substitute 🇺
🟩 24 Nov 1928, Villa 5-2 Arsenal, Highbury
SQUAD STATS

SQUAD STATS

🟩 24 Nov 1928, Villa 5-2 Arsenal, Highbury
MATCHDAY SQUAD

MATCHDAY SQUAD

🟩 24 Nov 1928, Villa 5-2 Arsenal, Highbury
UNAVAILABLE

Injury | 2 |
M Jimmy Gibson | 🏴 |
CB Vic Milne | 🏴 |
UNAVAILABLE

Not Recorded
LEAGUE TABLE



MATCHDAY PROGRAMME


🟩 24 Nov 1928, Villa 5-2 Arsenal, Highbury


MATCH QUOTES
🟩 24 Nov 1928, Villa 5-2 Arsenal, Highbury


MATCH REPORTS









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🟩 24 Nov 1928, Villa 5-2 Arsenal, Highbury

