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Game #1479

Aston Villa

18-4-13, 40 PTS

Monday, 1 April 1929

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Lost

5th

Last 5: 🟥 🟥 🟩 🟩 🟥

Division One

Leicester City

18-7-10, 43 PTS

Filbert Street

Attendance: 45,744

🟥 1 Apr 1929, Villa 1-4 Leicester, Filbert Street

Leicester City

4-1

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Aston Villa

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🟥 1 Apr 1929, Villa 1-4 Leicester, Filbert Street

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MATCH TIMELINE
Monday, 1 April 1929

🥅 | 35' Goal, 0-1, (Leicester City, pen), Adcock
🕔 | HT Leicester City 1-0 Aston Villa
🥅 | 46' Goal, 0-2, (Leicester City), Lochhead
🥅 | 57' Goal, 0-3, (Leicester City), Duncan
⚽ | 69' Goal, 1-3, Len Capewell
🥅 | 73' Goal, 1-4, (Leicester City), Duncan
🕔 | FT Leicester City 4-1 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

🟥 1 Apr 1929, Villa 1-4 Leicester, Filbert Street

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ON THIS DAY
Monday, 1 April 1929
  • Villa demonstrate life under Billy Smith in miniature as they concede four and lose two days after scoring five and winning. 

  • Villa make it eighteen wins, four draws and thirteen defeats in their thirty five division one games. 

  • Meanwhile, three great servants of Villa made their final appearances: 

  • Forward Len Capewell who had scored 100 goals in his 157 appearances, including the only goal of his final game, made his last appearance for Villa aged 34 before moving on to Walsall in February 1930. 

  • Forward Billy Cook also made the last of his 61 appearances during which time he hit forty goals having only joined the club as a 32 year old before moving on to Tottenham in July aged 34. 

  • Centre back Vic Milne played his last game for Villa aged 31 after 174 appearances and one goal across his 6 seasons with the club before retiring from football.

🟥 1 Apr 1929, Villa 1-4 Leicester, Filbert Street

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DEBUT APPEARANCES

None

FINAL APPEARANCES

🔴 CB Vic Milne | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
🔴 F Billy Cook | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
🔴 F Len Capewell | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

Seasons | 🕒 Games | ✅ Starts (🔁 Subs) | ⚽ Goals | 🔥 Assists | 🇺 Unused | Player Number |

Aston Villa

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

Leicester City

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

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

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

🟥 1 Apr 1929, Villa 1-4 Leicester, Filbert Street

FIXTURE DETAILS
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Season | 1928-29 |
Matchday | #41 |
League Match | #35 |
Manager Game | #129 |
Monday, 1 April 1929

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🟥 1 Apr 1929, Villa 1-4 Leicester, Filbert Street

MATCH SUMMARY
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Manager: Billy Smith | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 1926-1934 led Management Committee
Referee: Albert Fogg | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Bolton
HT Score: 🟥 0-1
FT Result: 🟥 Lost
FT Score: 🟥 1-4
Last 5: 🟥 🟥 🟩 🟩 🟥

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

🕒 129 | 🟩 | 61 🟨 22 🟥 46 | 1.59

Villa Career Form:

Top 8

Billy Smith | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 1926-1934

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

🟥 1 Apr 1929, Villa 1-4 Leicester, Filbert Street

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MATCH OFFICIALS

Referee: Albert Fogg | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Bolton, 1923-

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

🟥 1 Apr 1929, Villa 1-4 Leicester, Filbert Street

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TEAM NEWS
TEAM STATS

Len Capewell replaces Pongo Waring.

Not recorded

Referee

🟥 1 Apr 1929, Villa 1-4 Leicester, Filbert Street

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 | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 🔴 |
F Len Capewell | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | ⚽ | 🔴 |
CF Billy Walker | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

MANAGER

Willie Orr | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |

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Leicester City

McLaren
Black
Brown
Watson
Carr
Ritchie
Adcock
Duncan
Chandler
Lochhead
Barry

Line Ups

🟥 1 Apr 1929, Villa 1-4 Leicester, Filbert Street

SUBSTITUTES
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No Substitutions permitted in period

SUBSTITUTES

No Substitutions Permitted in Period

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Substitutes

🟥 1 Apr 1929, Villa 1-4 Leicester, Filbert Street

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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🟥 1 Apr 1929, Villa 1-4 Leicester, Filbert Street

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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UNUSED
Player
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Games 🕒, Starts ✅, Substitute 🔁, Goals ⚽, Assists 🔥, Won 🟩, Drew 🟨, Lost 🟥, Conceded 🥅, Clean Sheets ⛔, Unused Substitute 🇺

Squad Bios

🟥 1 Apr 1929, Villa 1-4 Leicester, Filbert Street

SQUAD STATS
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SQUAD STATS
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🟥 1 Apr 1929, Villa 1-4 Leicester, Filbert Street

MATCHDAY SQUAD
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MATCHDAY SQUAD
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🟥 1 Apr 1929, Villa 1-4 Leicester, Filbert Street

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

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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MATCH QUOTES
Quotes

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MATCH REPORTS

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Reports

🟥 1 Apr 1929, Villa 1-4 Leicester, Filbert Street

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MATCH VIDEO
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