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Game #1478

Aston Villa

18-4-12, 40 PTS

Saturday, 30 March 1929

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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

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Aston Villa

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Assist(s) | Billy Cook | 5' | 84' | Arthur Dorrell | 68' | Billy Kingdon | 74' | Dicky York | 89' |

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

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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

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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

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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

Blackburn Rovers

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League Champions: 🏆🏆
FA Cup Winners: 🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆 🏆
Last Trophy: 1927–28

FIXTURE HISTORY
Blackburn Rovers
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Previous 5 vs. Blackburn: 🟩 🟩 🟩 🟩 🟩

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

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

FIXTURE DETAILS
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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
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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: 🟥 🟥 🟥 🟩 🟩

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

🕒 128 | 🟩 | 61 🟨 22 🟥 45 | 1.60

Villa Career Form:

Top 6

Billy Smith | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 1926-1934

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

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

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MATCH OFFICIALS

Referee: R. Brown | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Newcastle upon Tyne, 1928-

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

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

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TEAM NEWS
TEAM STATS

John Brittleton and Norman Swales replace Tommy Mort and Joe Tate.

Not recorded

Referee

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

MANAGER

Billy Smith | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 1926-1934

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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 | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

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Blackburn Rovers

Crawford
Hutton
Roxburgh
Healless
Rankin
O'Dowd
Roscamp
Puddefoot
Bourton
Keating
Rigby

Line Ups

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

SUBSTITUTES
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No Substitutions permitted in period

SUBSTITUTES

No Substitutions Permitted in Period

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Substitutes

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

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

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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🟨
🟥
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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

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

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

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

UNAVAILABLE
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Injury | 3 |
FB Tommy Smart | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CB Alec Talbot | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
F Joe Beresford | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

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

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MATCH QUOTES
Quotes

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

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MATCH REPORTS

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Reports

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

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MATCH VIDEO
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