Game #1457
Aston Villa
10-2-7, 22 PTS
Saturday, 22 December 1928


Lost
5th=
Last 5: 🟩 🟩 🟥 🟩 🟥
Division One
Sheffield Wednesday
13-3-4, 28 PTS
Hillsborough
Attendance: 24,822
🟥 22 Dec 1928, Villa 1-4 Wednesday, Hillsborough
Wednesday
4-1

Aston Villa

Assist(s) | Arthur Dorrell | 46' |
🟥 22 Dec 1928, Villa 1-4 Wednesday, Hillsborough


MATCH TIMELINE
Saturday, 22 December 1928
🥅 | 2' Goal, 0-1, (Sheffield Wednesday), Hooper
🥅 | 17' Goal, 0-2, (Sheffield Wednesday), Seed
🥅 | 33' Goal, 0-3, (Sheffield Wednesday), Allen
🕒 | HT Sheffield Wednesday 3-0 Aston Villa
⚽ | 46' Goal, 1-3, Jimmy Gibson, Assist by Arthur Dorrell
🚑 | 50' Player retires from field of play with injury, Jimmy Gibson
🚑 | 55' Player returns to field of play incapacitated, Jimmy Gibson
🚑 | 70' Player retires from field of play with injury, Jimmy Gibson
🥅 | 90' Goal, 1-4, (Sheffield Wednesday), Reed
🕒 | FT Sheffield Wednesday 4-1 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
🟥 22 Dec 1928, Villa 1-4 Wednesday, Hillsborough

ON THIS DAY
Saturday, 22 December 1928
Jimmy Gibson scores for the second successive game but is immediately incapacitated with injury before completely leaving the field of play on 70'.
Villa's contrasting sides are seen once again as they are beaten by top of the table Wednesday & ship four at Hillsborough to lose for the second time in three.
Villa make it ten wins, two draws and seven defeats in their nineteen division one games
Villa fall back to joint 5th
🟥 22 Dec 1928, Villa 1-4 Wednesday, Hillsborough

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
Sheffield Wednesday


League Champions: 🏆🏆
FA Cup Winners: 🏆🏆
Last Trophy: 1906–07
🟥 22 Dec 1928, Villa 1-4 Wednesday, Hillsborough
FIXTURE DETAILS


Season | 1928-29 |
Matchday | #19 |
League Match | #19 |
Manager Game | #107 |
Saturday, 22 December 1928
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🟥 22 Dec 1928, Villa 1-4 Wednesday, Hillsborough
MATCH SUMMARY


Manager: Billy Smith | 🏴 | 1926-1934 led Management Committee
Referee: J. Tate | 🏴 | Halifax
HT Score: 🟥 0-3
FT Result: 🟥 Lost
FT Score: 🟥 1-4
Last 5: 🟩 🟩 🟥 🟩 🟥
MANAGERIAL RECORD

Billy Smith | 🏴 | 1926-1934
🕒 107 | 🟩 | 49 🟨 19 🟥 39 | 1.55
Villa Career Form:
Top 8
Games 🕒, Won 🟩, Drew 🟨, Lost 🟥, Points per Game
🟥 22 Dec 1928, Villa 1-4 Wednesday, Hillsborough

MATCH OFFICIALS
Referee: J. Tate | 🏴 | Halifax, 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
🟥 22 Dec 1928, Villa 1-4 Wednesday, Hillsborough

TEAM NEWS
TEAM STATS
Vilc Milne replaces Alec Talbot.
Not recorded
🟥 22 Dec 1928, Villa 1-4 Wednesday, Hillsborough
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 | 🏴 |
M Jimmy Gibson | 🏴 | ⚽ | 🚑 | ❌ |
W Dicky York | 🏴 |
W Arthur Dorrell | 🏴 | 🔥 |
CF Billy Walker | 🏴 |
F Joe Beresford | 🏴 |
MANAGER
Robert Brown | 🏴 |

Sheffield Wednesday
Brown
Walker
Blenkinsop
Strange
Leach
Marsden
Hooper
Seed
Allen
Gregg
Rimmer
🟥 22 Dec 1928, Villa 1-4 Wednesday, Hillsborough
SUBSTITUTES

No Substitutions permitted in period
SUBSTITUTES
No Substitutions Permitted in Period

🟥 22 Dec 1928, Villa 1-4 Wednesday, Hillsborough
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

🟥 22 Dec 1928, Villa 1-4 Wednesday, Hillsborough
MATCHDAY SQUAD BIOGRAPHIES
STARTING XI
🕒 | ✅ | ⚽ | 🔥 | 🟩 | 🟨 | 🟥 | 🥅 | ⛔ | Yellow | Red | |
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GK Ben Olney | 🏴 | |
SUBSTITUTES
Player | 🕒 | 🔁 | ⚽ | 🔥 | 🟩 | 🟨 | 🟥 | 🥅 | ⛔ | Yellow | Red |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
UNUSED
Player | 🇺 |
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Games 🕒, Starts ✅, Substitute 🔁, Goals ⚽, Assists 🔥, Won 🟩, Drew 🟨, Lost 🟥, Conceded 🥅, Clean Sheets ⛔, Unused Substitute 🇺
🟥 22 Dec 1928, Villa 1-4 Wednesday, Hillsborough
SQUAD STATS

SQUAD STATS

🟥 22 Dec 1928, Villa 1-4 Wednesday, Hillsborough
MATCHDAY SQUAD

MATCHDAY SQUAD

🟥 22 Dec 1928, Villa 1-4 Wednesday, Hillsborough
UNAVAILABLE

None
UNAVAILABLE

Not Recorded
LEAGUE TABLE



MATCHDAY PROGRAMME


🟥 22 Dec 1928, Villa 1-4 Wednesday, Hillsborough


MATCH QUOTES
🟥 22 Dec 1928, Villa 1-4 Wednesday, Hillsborough


MATCH REPORTS









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