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Game #1468

Aston Villa

15-3-9, 33 PTS

Saturday, 9 February 1929

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Won

3rd=

Last 5: 🟩 🟨 🟩 🟩 🟩

Division One

Cardiff City

7-8-14, 22 PTS

Ninian Park

Attendance: 15,978

🟩 9 Feb 1929, Villa 2-0 Cardiff, Ninian

Cardiff City

0-2

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Aston Villa

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🟩 9 Feb 1929, Villa 2-0 Cardiff, Ninian

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MATCH TIMELINE
Saturday, 9 February 1929

🚑 | Player retires from field of play with injury, Ben Olney
💥 | Left back Tommy Mort takes over goalkeeping duties
⚽ | 22’ Goal, 1-0, Joe Beresford, Assist by Arthur Dorrell
🚑 | Player returns to field of play with injury, Ben Olney
⚽ | 26' Goal, 2-0, Billy Cook
🕒 | HT Cardiff City 0-2 Aston Villa
🚑 | Player retires from field of play with injury, Billy Cook
🚑 | Player returns to field of play with injury, Billy Cook
🕒 | FT Cardiff City 0-2 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

🟩 9 Feb 1929, Villa 2-0 Cardiff, Ninian

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ON THIS DAY
Saturday, 9 February 1929
  • Villa win at Ninian despite 'keeper Ben Olney being incapacitated after a heavy challenge in the first half.

  • Billy Cook scores for the second time in three games as Villa extend their unbeaten run to six winning five scoring twenty five goals.

  • Villa make it fifteen wins, three draws and nine defeats in their twenty seven division one games.

  • Villa climb to joint 3rd - their highest position of the season.

🟩 9 Feb 1929, Villa 2-0 Cardiff, Ninian

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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

Cardiff City

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League Champions: ❌
FA Cup Winners: 🏆
Last Trophy: 1926-27

FIXTURE HISTORY
Cardiff City
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Previous 5 vs. Cardiff: 🟨 🟥 🟩 🟩 🟩

League 🕒 16 | 🟩 8 | 🟨 1 | 🟥 7 | ⚽ 23 | 🥅 21 |
FA Cup 🕒 2 | 🟩 1 | 🟨 0 | 🟥 1 | ⚽ 7 | 🥅 3 |

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

🟩 9 Feb 1929, Villa 2-0 Cardiff, Ninian

FIXTURE DETAILS
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Season | 1928-29 |
Matchday | #30 |
League Match | #27 |
Manager Game | #118 |
Saturday, 9 February 1929

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🟩 9 Feb 1929, Villa 2-0 Cardiff, Ninian

MATCH SUMMARY
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Manager: Billy Smith | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 1926-1934 led Management Committee
Referee: H. E. Gray | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | London
HT Score: 🟩 2-0
FT Result: 🟩 Won
FT Score: 🟩 2-0
Last 5: 🟩 🟨 🟩 🟩 🟩

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

🕒 118 | 🟩 | 56 🟨 21 🟥 41 | 1.60

Villa Career Form:

Top 6

Billy Smith | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 1926-1934

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

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MATCH OFFICIALS

Referee: H. E. Gray | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | London, 1926-

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

🟩 9 Feb 1929, Villa 2-0 Cardiff, Ninian

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TEAM NEWS
TEAM STATS

Tommy Mort and Joe Tate replace Teddy Bowen and Norman Swales.

Not recorded

Referee

🟩 9 Feb 1929, Villa 2-0 Cardiff, Ninian

MANAGER

Billy Smith | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 1926-1934

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Aston Villa

GK Ben Olney | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 🚑 |
FB Tommy Smart | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
LB Tommy Mort | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CB Alec Talbot | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Joe Tate | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Billy Kingdon | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
W Dicky York | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
W Arthur Dorrell | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 🔥 |
F Billy Cook | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | ⚽ | 🚑 |
F Joe Beresford | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | ⚽ |
CF Pongo Waring | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

MANAGER

Fred Stewart | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

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Cardiff City

Farquharson
Jennings
Roberts
Wake
Sloan
Moss (ex)
Thirlaway
L. Davies
Ferguson
Robbins
McLachlan

Line Ups

🟩 9 Feb 1929, Villa 2-0 Cardiff, Ninian

SUBSTITUTES
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No Substitutions permitted in period

SUBSTITUTES

No Substitutions Permitted in Period

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Substitutes

🟩 9 Feb 1929, Villa 2-0 Cardiff, Ninian

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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🟩 9 Feb 1929, Villa 2-0 Cardiff, Ninian

MATCHDAY SQUAD BIOGRAPHIES
STARTING XI
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🔥
🟩
🟨
🟥
🥅
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Red
GK Ben Olney | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
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

🟩 9 Feb 1929, Villa 2-0 Cardiff, Ninian

SQUAD STATS
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SQUAD STATS
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🟩 9 Feb 1929, Villa 2-0 Cardiff, Ninian

MATCHDAY SQUAD
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MATCHDAY SQUAD
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🟩 9 Feb 1929, Villa 2-0 Cardiff, Ninian

UNAVAILABLE
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Injury | 1 |
CF Billy Walker | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

UNAVAILABLE
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Not Recorded

Unavailable
LEAGUE TABLE
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Tables & Programmes
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MATCHDAY PROGRAMME
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🟩 9 Feb 1929, Villa 2-0 Cardiff, Ninian

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MATCH QUOTES
Quotes

🟩 9 Feb 1929, Villa 2-0 Cardiff, Ninian

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MATCH REPORTS

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Reports

🟩 9 Feb 1929, Villa 2-0 Cardiff, Ninian

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MATCH VIDEO
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