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Game #1453

Aston Villa

8-2-5, 18 PTS

Saturday, 24 November 1928

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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

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Aston Villa

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Assist(s) | Arthur Dorrell | 12' | Dicky York | 17' | Joe Beresford | 23' | Joe Tate | 86' |

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

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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

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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

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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

Arsenal

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

FIXTURE HISTORY
Arsenal
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Previous 5 vs. Arsenal: 🟥 🟥 🟨 🟩 🟥

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

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

FIXTURE DETAILS
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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
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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: 🟩 🟥 🟩 🟩 🟩

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

🕒 103 | 🟩 | 47 🟨 19 🟥 37 | 1.55

Villa Career Form:

Top 8

Billy Smith | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 1926-1934

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

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

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MATCH OFFICIALS

Referee: J. V. Pennington | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Bury, 1925-

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

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

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TEAM NEWS
TEAM STATS

Billy Smith names an unchanged line up.

Not recorded

Referee

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

MANAGER

Billy Smith | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 1926-1934

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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 | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

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Arsenal

Lewis
Parker
Cope
Blyth
Butler
John
Hulme
Jack
Lambert
Thompson
Jones

Line Ups

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

SUBSTITUTES
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No Substitutions permitted in period

SUBSTITUTES

No Substitutions permitted in period

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Substitutes

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

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

MATCHDAY SQUAD BIOGRAPHIES
STARTING XI
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🔥
🟩
🟨
🟥
🥅
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Red
GK Ben Olney | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
35
35
0
0
17
6
12
61
11
0
0
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

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

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

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

UNAVAILABLE
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Injury | 2 |
M Jimmy Gibson | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
CB Vic Milne | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |

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

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MATCH QUOTES
Quotes

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

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MATCH REPORTS

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Reports

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

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