Game #1480
Aston Villa
19-4-13, 42 PTS
Tuesday, 2 April 1929
Won
5th
Last 5: 🟥 🟩 🟩 🟥 🟩
Division One
Leicester City
18-7-11, 43 PTS
Villa Park
Attendance: 31,901
🟩 2 Apr 1929, Villa 4-2 Leicester, Villa Park
Aston Villa
4-2
Leicester City
Assist(s) | Dicky York | 36' |
🟩 2 Apr 1929, Villa 4-2 Leicester, Villa Park
MATCH TIMELINE
Tuesday, 2 April 1929
⚽ | 1' Goal, 1-0, Billy Walker
⚽ | 6' Goal, 2-0, Reg Chester
🥅 | Goal, 2-1, (Leicester City), Adcock
⚽ | 15' Goal, 3-1, Billy Walker
⚽ | 36' Goal, 4-1, Pongo Waring, Assist by Dicky York
🕔 | HT Aston Villa 4-1 Leicester City
🥅 | 68' Goal, 4-2, (Leicester City), Duncan
🕔 | FT Aston Villa 4-2 Leicester City
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
🟩 2 Apr 1929, Villa 4-2 Leicester, Villa Park
ON THIS DAY
Tuesday, 2 April 1929
Villa bounce back from defeat at Filbert Street to beat Leicester at Villa Park as Billy Walker scores a brace.
Villa make it nineteen wins, four draws and thirteen defeats in their thirty six division one games.
Villa remain 5th in the table.
🟩 2 Apr 1929, Villa 4-2 Leicester, Villa Park
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
Leicester City
League Champions: ❌
FA Cup Winners: ❌
Last Trophy: ❌
🟩 2 Apr 1929, Villa 4-2 Leicester, Villa Park
FIXTURE DETAILS
Season | 1928-29 |
Matchday | #42 |
League Match | #36 |
Manager Game | #130 |
Tuesday, 2 April 1929
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🟩 2 Apr 1929, Villa 4-2 Leicester, Villa Park
MATCH SUMMARY
Manager: Billy Smith | 🏴 | 1926-1934 led Management Committee
Referee: Albert Fogg | 🏴 | Bolton
HT Score: 🟩 4-1
FT Result: 🟩 Won
FT Score: 🟩 4-2
Last 5: 🟥 🟩 🟩 🟥 🟩
MANAGERIAL RECORD
Billy Smith | 🏴 | 1926-1934
🕒 130 | 🟩 | 62 🟨 22 🟥 46 | 1.60
Villa Career Form:
Top 6
Games 🕒, Won 🟩, Drew 🟨, Lost 🟥, Points per Game
🟩 2 Apr 1929, Villa 4-2 Leicester, Villa Park
MATCH OFFICIALS
Referee: Albert Fogg | 🏴 | Bolton, 1923-
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
🟩 2 Apr 1929, Villa 4-2 Leicester, Villa Park
TEAM NEWS
TEAM STATS
Alec Talbot, Joe Tate, Reg Chester, Joe Beresford and Pongo Waring replace Vic Milne, Billy Kingdon, Arthur Dorrell, Billy Cook and Len Capewell.
Not recorded
🟩 2 Apr 1929, Villa 4-2 Leicester, Villa Park
MANAGER
Billy Smith | 🏴 | 1926-1934
Aston Villa
GK Ben Olney | 🏴 |
FB Teddy Bowen | 🏴 |
FB John Brittleton | 🏴 |
CB Alec Talbot | 🏴 |
M Joe Tate | 🏴 |
M Norman Swales | 🏴 |
W Dicky York | 🏴 | 🔥 |
W Reg Chester | 🏴 | ⚽ |
F Joe Beresford | 🏴 |
CF Billy Walker | 🏴 | ⚽ | ⚽ |
CF Pongo Waring | 🏴 | ⚽ |
MANAGER
Willie Orr | 🏴 |
Leicester City
Campbell
Black
Brown
Watson
Carr
Ritchie
Adcock
Duncan
Chandler
Lochhead
Barry
🟩 2 Apr 1929, Villa 4-2 Leicester, Villa Park
SUBSTITUTES
No Substitutions permitted in period
SUBSTITUTES
No Substitutions Permitted in Period
🟩 2 Apr 1929, Villa 4-2 Leicester, Villa Park
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
🟩 2 Apr 1929, Villa 4-2 Leicester, Villa Park
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 🇺
🟩 2 Apr 1929, Villa 4-2 Leicester, Villa Park
SQUAD STATS
SQUAD STATS
🟩 2 Apr 1929, Villa 4-2 Leicester, Villa Park
MATCHDAY SQUAD
MATCHDAY SQUAD
🟩 2 Apr 1929, Villa 4-2 Leicester, Villa Park
UNAVAILABLE
Injury | 2 |
M Billy Kingdon | 🏴 |
W Arthur Dorrell | 🏴 |
UNAVAILABLE
Not Recorded
LEAGUE TABLE
MATCHDAY PROGRAMME
🟩 2 Apr 1929, Villa 4-2 Leicester, Villa Park
MATCH QUOTES
🟩 2 Apr 1929, Villa 4-2 Leicester, Villa Park
MATCH REPORTS
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🟩 2 Apr 1929, Villa 4-2 Leicester, Villa Park