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Game #1459

Aston Villa

11-2-8, 24 PTS

Wednesday, 26 December 1928

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Won

5th

Last 5: 🟥 🟩 🟥 🟥 🟩

Division One

Portsmouth

9-0-13, 18 PTS

Villa Park

Attendance: 54,331

🟩 26 Dec 1928, Villa 3-2 Portsmouth, Villa Park

Aston Villa

3-2

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Portsmouth

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🟩 26 Dec 1928, Villa 3-2 Portsmouth, Villa Park

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MATCH TIMELINE
Wednesday, 26 December 1928

⚽ | 2' Goal, 1-0, Pongo Waring (90 seconds)
⚽ | 15' Goal, 2-0, Joe Beresford
🥅 | 25' Goal, 2-1, (Portsmouth), Jack Smith
⚽ | 37' Goal, 3-1, Billy Walker
🕒 | HT Aston Villa 3-1 Portsmouth
🥅 | Goal, 3-2, (Portsmouth), Johnny McNeil
🕒 | FT Aston Villa 3-2 Portsmouth

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

🟩 26 Dec 1928, Villa 3-2 Portsmouth, Villa Park

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ON THIS DAY
Wednesday, 26 December 1928
  • Pongo Waring scores after 90 seconds & Joe Beresford scores for the fourth time in as many games as Villa destroy Portsmouth in an excellent first half performance by which time they should have been out of sight but they are made to sweat for their narrow victory after their second half showing drops off considerably.

  • Villa make it eleven wins, two draws and eight defeats in their twenty one division one games 

  • Villa sit outright fifth in the table.

🟩 26 Dec 1928, Villa 3-2 Portsmouth, 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

Portsmouth

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

FIXTURE HISTORY
Portsmouth
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Previous 5 vs. Portsmouth: 🟩 🟥 🟩 🟥

Total 🕒 5 | 🟩 3 | 🟨 0 | 🟥 2 | ⚽ 17 | 🥅 11 |
League 🕒 4 | 🟩 2 | 🟨 0 | 🟥 2 | ⚽ 13 | 🥅 10 |
FA Cup 🕒 1 | 🟩 1 | 🟨 0 | 🟥 0 | ⚽ 4 | 🥅 1 |
Home 🕒 2 | 🟩 2 | 🟨 0 | 🟥 0 | ⚽ 10 | 🥅 4 |

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

🟩 26 Dec 1928, Villa 3-2 Portsmouth, Villa Park

FIXTURE DETAILS
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Season | 1928-29 |
Matchday | #21 |
League Match | #21 |
Manager Game | #109 |
Wednesday, 26 December 1928

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🟩 26 Dec 1928, Villa 3-2 Portsmouth, Villa Park

MATCH SUMMARY
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Manager: Billy Smith | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 1926-1934 led Management Committee
Referee: A. H. Price | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | London
HT Score: 🟩 3-1
FT Result: 🟩 Won
FT Score: 🟩 3-2
Last 5: 🟥 🟩 🟥 🟥 🟩

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

🕒 109 | 🟩 | 50 🟨 19 🟥 40 | 1.55

Villa Career Form:

Top 8

Billy Smith | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 1926-1934

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

🟩 26 Dec 1928, Villa 3-2 Portsmouth, Villa Park

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MATCH OFFICIALS

Referee: A. H. Price | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | London, 1928-

REFEREE PROFILE

Referee: A. H. Price | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | London, 1928-
🕒 1 | 🟩 1 | 🟨 0 | 🟥 0 | 🆘 : 0
🕒 1 | 🟩 100% | 🟨 0% | 🟥 0% | 🆘 : 0
Cards 🟨 0 | 🟥 0 | 0.00 |
Penalty ⚽ 0 | 🥅 0 |
Last 5: 🟩

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

🟩 26 Dec 1928, Villa 3-2 Portsmouth, Villa Park

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TEAM NEWS
TEAM STATS

Billy Smith names an unchanged line up.

Not recorded

Referee

🟩 26 Dec 1928, Villa 3-2 Portsmouth, Villa Park

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

Jack Tinn | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

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Portsmouth

GK John Gilfillan | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
RB Alec Mackie | 🇮🇪 |
LB Tommy Bell | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Billy Moffatt | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
M John McIlwaine | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
M David Thackerey | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
M Johnny McNeil | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | ⚽ |
F Bob Irvine | 🇬🇧 |
F Fred Cook | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 |
F Fred Forward | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
F Jack Smith | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | ⚽ |

Line Ups

🟩 26 Dec 1928, Villa 3-2 Portsmouth, Villa Park

SUBSTITUTES
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No Substitutions permitted in period

SUBSTITUTES

No Substitutions Permitted in Period

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Substitutes

🟩 26 Dec 1928, Villa 3-2 Portsmouth, 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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🟩 26 Dec 1928, Villa 3-2 Portsmouth, Villa Park

MATCHDAY SQUAD BIOGRAPHIES
STARTING XI
🕒
🔥
🟩
🟨
🟥
🥅
Yellow
Red
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 🇺

Squad Bios

🟩 26 Dec 1928, Villa 3-2 Portsmouth, Villa Park

SQUAD STATS
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SQUAD STATS
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🟩 26 Dec 1928, Villa 3-2 Portsmouth, Villa Park

MATCHDAY SQUAD
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MATCHDAY SQUAD
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Goalkeepers
GK John Gilfillan | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |

Full Backs
RB Alec Mackie | 🇮🇪 |
LB Tommy Bell | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

Midfielders
M Billy Moffatt | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
M John McIlwaine | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
M David Thackerey | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
M Johnny McNeil | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |

Forwards
F Bob Irvine | 🇬🇧 |
F Fred Cook | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 |
F Fred Forward | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
F Jack Smith | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

🟩 26 Dec 1928, Villa 3-2 Portsmouth, Villa Park

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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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🟩 26 Dec 1928, Villa 3-2 Portsmouth, Villa Park

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MATCH QUOTES
Quotes

🟩 26 Dec 1928, Villa 3-2 Portsmouth, Villa Park

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MATCH REPORTS

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Reports

🟩 26 Dec 1928, Villa 3-2 Portsmouth, Villa Park

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MATCH VIDEO
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