Game #1478
Aston Villa
18-4-12, 40 PTS
Saturday, 30 March 1929


Won
5th
Last 5: 🟥 🟥 🟥 🟩 🟩
Division One
Blackburn Rovers
15-8-12, 38 PTS
Ewood Park
Attendance: 15,690
🟩 30 Mar 1929, Villa 5-2 Blackburn, Ewood
Blackburn Rovers
2-5

Aston Villa

Scorer(s) | Billy Walker | 5' | 68' | Arthur Dorrell | 74' | Pongo Waring | 84' | Billy Cook | 89' |
Assist(s) | Billy Cook | 5' | 84' | Arthur Dorrell | 68' | Billy Kingdon | 74' | Dicky York | 89' |
🟩 30 Mar 1929, Villa 5-2 Blackburn, Ewood


MATCH TIMELINE
Saturday, 30 March 1929
⚽ | 5' Goal, 1-0, Billy Walker, Assist by Billy Cook
🥅 | 13' Goal, 1-1, (Blackburn Rovers), Rigby
🚑 | Player injured on field of play, Pongo Waring
🕔 | HT Aston Villa 1-1 Blackburn Rovers
🥅 | 50' Goal, 1-2, (Blackburn Rovers), Healless
⚽ | 68' Goal, 2-2, Billy Walker, Assist by Arthur Dorrell
⚽ | 74' Goal, 3-2, Arthur Dorrell, Assist by Billy Kingdon
⚽ | 84' Goal, 4-2, Pongo Waring, Assist by Billy Cook
⚽ | 89' Goal, 5-2, Billy Cook, Assist by Dicky York
🕔 | FT Aston Villa 5-2 Blackburn Rovers
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
🟩 30 Mar 1929, Villa 5-2 Blackburn, Ewood

ON THIS DAY
Saturday, 30 March 1929
Billy Cook scores for the second successive gameas Villa record consecutive wins following a four match losing run
Villa make it eighteen wins, four draws and twelve defeats in their thirty four division one games.
Villa go joint 15th.
🟩 30 Mar 1929, Villa 5-2 Blackburn, Ewood

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
Blackburn Rovers


League Champions: 🏆🏆
FA Cup Winners: 🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆 🏆
Last Trophy: 1927–28
🟩 30 Mar 1929, Villa 5-2 Blackburn, Ewood
FIXTURE DETAILS


Season | 1928-29 |
Matchday | #40 |
League Match | #34 |
Manager Game | #128 |
Saturday, 30 March 1929
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🟩 30 Mar 1929, Villa 5-2 Blackburn, Ewood
MATCH SUMMARY


Manager: Billy Smith | 🏴 | 1926-1934 led Management Committee
Referee: R. Brown | 🏴 | Newcastle upon Tyne
HT Score: 🟨 1-1
FT Result: 🟩 Won
FT Score: 🟩 5-2
Last 5: 🟥 🟥 🟥 🟩 🟩
MANAGERIAL RECORD

Billy Smith | 🏴 | 1926-1934
🕒 128 | 🟩 | 61 🟨 22 🟥 45 | 1.60
Villa Career Form:
Top 6
Games 🕒, Won 🟩, Drew 🟨, Lost 🟥, Points per Game
🟩 30 Mar 1929, Villa 5-2 Blackburn, Ewood

MATCH OFFICIALS
Referee: R. Brown | 🏴 | Newcastle upon Tyne, 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
🟩 30 Mar 1929, Villa 5-2 Blackburn, Ewood

TEAM NEWS
TEAM STATS
John Brittleton and Norman Swales replace Tommy Mort and Joe Tate.
Not recorded
🟩 30 Mar 1929, Villa 5-2 Blackburn, Ewood
MANAGER
Billy Smith | 🏴 | 1926-1934

Aston Villa
GK Ben Olney | 🏴 |
FB Teddy Bowen | 🏴 |
FB John Brittleton | 🏴 |
CB Vic Milne | 🏴 |
M Billy Kingdon | 🏴 | 🔥 |
M Norman Swales | 🏴 |
W Dicky York | 🏴 | 🔥 |
W Arthur Dorrell | 🏴 | 🔥 | ⚽ |
F Billy Cook | 🏴 | 🔥 | 🔥 | ⚽ |
CF Billy Walker | 🏴 | ⚽ | ⚽ |
CF Pongo Waring | 🏴 | ⚽ |
MANAGER
Bob Crompton | 🏴 |

Blackburn Rovers
Crawford
Hutton
Roxburgh
Healless
Rankin
O'Dowd
Roscamp
Puddefoot
Bourton
Keating
Rigby
🟩 30 Mar 1929, Villa 5-2 Blackburn, Ewood
SUBSTITUTES

No Substitutions permitted in period
SUBSTITUTES
No Substitutions Permitted in Period

🟩 30 Mar 1929, Villa 5-2 Blackburn, Ewood
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

🟩 30 Mar 1929, Villa 5-2 Blackburn, Ewood
MATCHDAY SQUAD BIOGRAPHIES
STARTING XI
🕒 | ✅ | ⚽ | 🔥 | 🟩 | 🟨 | 🟥 | 🥅 | ⛔ | Yellow | Red | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
GK Ben Olney | 🏴 | |
SUBSTITUTES
Player | 🕒 | 🔁 | ⚽ | 🔥 | 🟩 | 🟨 | 🟥 | 🥅 | ⛔ | Yellow | Red |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
UNUSED
Player | 🇺 |
---|---|
Games 🕒, Starts ✅, Substitute 🔁, Goals ⚽, Assists 🔥, Won 🟩, Drew 🟨, Lost 🟥, Conceded 🥅, Clean Sheets ⛔, Unused Substitute 🇺
🟩 30 Mar 1929, Villa 5-2 Blackburn, Ewood
SQUAD STATS

SQUAD STATS

🟩 30 Mar 1929, Villa 5-2 Blackburn, Ewood
MATCHDAY SQUAD

MATCHDAY SQUAD

🟩 30 Mar 1929, Villa 5-2 Blackburn, Ewood
UNAVAILABLE

Injury | 3 |
FB Tommy Smart | 🏴 |
CB Alec Talbot | 🏴 |
F Joe Beresford | 🏴 |
UNAVAILABLE

Not Recorded
LEAGUE TABLE



MATCHDAY PROGRAMME


🟩 30 Mar 1929, Villa 5-2 Blackburn, Ewood


MATCH QUOTES
🟩 30 Mar 1929, Villa 5-2 Blackburn, Ewood


MATCH REPORTS









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🟩 30 Mar 1929, Villa 5-2 Blackburn, Ewood

