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Game #1459

Aston Villa

Wednesday, 26 December 1928

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Won

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Division One

Portsmouth

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

Match Statistics

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

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ON THIS DAY

Wednesday, 26 December 1928

Villa win for the first time in three to make it eleven wins, two draws and eight defeats in their twenty one division one games

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

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DEBUT APPEARANCES

FINAL APPEARANCES

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Aston Villa

League Champions: 🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆 🏆
FA Cup Winners: 🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆 🏆
Last Trophy: 1919–20

Portsmouth

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Aston Villa

Portsmouth

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FIXTURE HISTORY

Villa v

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Portsmouth

Previous 5 vs. Portsmouth: | - | 🟩 | 🟥 | 🟩 | 🟥 |

🟩 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 led Management Committee |
FT Score | 3-2 |
FT Result | Won |
Last 5 Games | LWLLW |

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MANAGERIAL RECORD

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Billy Smith | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 1926-1934

GAMES | WINS | DRAWS | LOSSES | POINTS PER GAME

🕒 109 | 🟩 | 50 🟨 19 🟥 40 | 1.55

Villa Career Form:

Top 8

ALL THE MATCHES LED BY:

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Billy Smith | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 1926-1934

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

MATCH OFFICIALS

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ALL THE MATCHES REFEREED BY:

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CARDS

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

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TEAM NEWS

TEAM STATS

Billy Smith names an unchanged line up.

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Referee
Manager

🟩 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 Billy Walker |
F Joe Beresford |
CF Pongo Waring |

MANAGER

Jack Tinn | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

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Portsmouth

Line Ups

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

SUBSTITUTES

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No Substitutions permitted in period

SUBSTITUTES

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No Substitutions Permitted in Period

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

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

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MATCHDAY SQUAD BIOGRAPHIES

STARTING XI

* This Game

Game
Start
Goal
Assist
Win
Draw
Loss
Goal Conceded
Clean Sheet
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Red
GK Ben Olney | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

SUBSTITUTES

Game
Sub
Goal
Assist
Win
Draw
Loss
Goal Conceded
Clean Sheet
Yellow
Red

UNUSED

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

UNAVAILABLE

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Not recorded

UNAVAILABLE

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Not Recorded

Unavailable

LEAGUE TABLE

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MATCHDAY PROGRAMME

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Tables & Programmes

🟩 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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