Game #1481
Aston Villa
20-4-13, 44 PTS
Saturday, 6 April 1929


Won
3rd=
Last 5: 🟩 🟩 🟥 🟩 🟩
Division One
Arsenal
14-11-12, 39 PTS
Villa Park
Attendance: 26,664
🟩 6 Apr 1929, Villa 4-2 Arsenal, Villa Park
Aston Villa
4-2

Arsenal

Assist(s) | Reg Chester | 6' | 39' | Dicky York | 52' |
🟩 6 Apr 1929, Villa 4-2 Arsenal, Villa Park


MATCH TIMELINE
Saturday, 6 April 1929
⚽ | 6' Goal, 1-0, Joe Beresford, Assist by Reg Chester
🥅 | 26' Goal, 1-1, (Arsenal), Brain
⚽ | 34' Goal, 2-1, Dicky York
⚽ | 39' Goal, 3-1, Billy Walker, Assist by Reg Chester
🕔 | HT Aston Villa 3-1 Arsenal
🥅 | 48' Goal, 3-2, (Arsenal), Jack
⚽ | 52' Goal, 4-2, Pongo Waring, Assist by Dicky York
🕔 | FT Aston Villa 4-2 Arsenal
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
🟩 6 Apr 1929, Villa 4-2 Arsenal, Villa Park

ON THIS DAY
Saturday, 6 April 1929
Billy Walker scored for the third time in two games as Villa record back to back 4-2 victories.
Villa make it twenty wins, four draws and thirteen defeats in their thirty seven division one games.
Villa climb to joint third in the table - their highest position of the season.
🟩 6 Apr 1929, Villa 4-2 Arsenal, 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
Arsenal


League Champions: ❌
FA Cup Winners: ❌
Last Trophy: ❌
🟩 6 Apr 1929, Villa 4-2 Arsenal, Villa Park
FIXTURE DETAILS


Season | 1928-29 |
Matchday | #43 |
League Match | #37 |
Manager Game | #131 |
Saturday, 6 April 1929
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🟩 6 Apr 1929, Villa 4-2 Arsenal, Villa Park
MATCH SUMMARY


Manager: Billy Smith | 🏴 | 1926-1934 led Management Committee
Referee: E. B. Gooch | 🏴 | Middlesbrough
HT Score: 🟩 3-1
FT Result: 🟩 Won
FT Score: 🟩 4-2
Last 5: 🟩 🟩 🟥 🟩 🟩
MANAGERIAL RECORD

Billy Smith | 🏴 | 1926-1934
🕒 131 | 🟩 | 63 🟨 22 🟥 46 | 1.61
Villa Career Form:
Top 6
Games 🕒, Won 🟩, Drew 🟨, Lost 🟥, Points per Game
🟩 6 Apr 1929, Villa 4-2 Arsenal, Villa Park

MATCH OFFICIALS
Referee: E. B. Gooch | 🏴 | Middlesbrough, 1929-
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
🟩 6 Apr 1929, Villa 4-2 Arsenal, Villa Park

TEAM NEWS
TEAM STATS
Tommy Mort and Billy Kingdon replace John Brittleton and Norman Swales.
Not recorded
🟩 6 Apr 1929, Villa 4-2 Arsenal, Villa Park
MANAGER
Billy Smith | 🏴 | 1926-1934

Aston Villa
GK Ben Olney | 🏴 |
FB Teddy Bowen | 🏴 |
LB Tommy Mort | 🏴 |
CB Alec Talbot | 🏴 |
M Joe Tate | 🏴 |
M Billy Kingdon | 🏴 |
W Dicky York | 🏴 | ⚽ | 🔥 |
W Reg Chester | 🏴 | 🔥 | 🔥 |
F Joe Beresford | 🏴 | ⚽ |
CF Billy Walker | 🏴 | ⚽ |
CF Pongo Waring | 🏴 | ⚽ |
MANAGER
Herbert Chapman | 🏴 |

Arsenal
Lewis
Parker
Hapgood
Baker
Roberts
Blyth
Hulme
Brain
Jack
Peel
Jones
🟩 6 Apr 1929, Villa 4-2 Arsenal, Villa Park
SUBSTITUTES

No Substitutions permitted in period
SUBSTITUTES
No Substitutions permitted in period

🟩 6 Apr 1929, Villa 4-2 Arsenal, 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

🟩 6 Apr 1929, Villa 4-2 Arsenal, Villa Park
MATCHDAY SQUAD BIOGRAPHIES
STARTING XI
SUBSTITUTES
Player | 🕒 | 🔁 | ⚽ | 🔥 | 🟩 | 🟨 | 🟥 | 🥅 | ⛔ | Yellow | Red |
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UNUSED
Player | 🇺 |
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Games 🕒, Starts ✅, Substitute 🔁, Goals ⚽, Assists 🔥, Won 🟩, Drew 🟨, Lost 🟥, Conceded 🥅, Clean Sheets ⛔, Unused Substitute 🇺
🟩 6 Apr 1929, Villa 4-2 Arsenal, Villa Park
SQUAD STATS

SQUAD STATS

🟩 6 Apr 1929, Villa 4-2 Arsenal, Villa Park
MATCHDAY SQUAD

MATCHDAY SQUAD

🟩 6 Apr 1929, Villa 4-2 Arsenal, Villa Park
UNAVAILABLE

Injury | 1 |
W Arthur Dorrell | 🏴 |
UNAVAILABLE

Not Recorded
LEAGUE TABLE



MATCHDAY PROGRAMME


🟩 6 Apr 1929, Villa 4-2 Arsenal, Villa Park


MATCH QUOTES
🟩 6 Apr 1929, Villa 4-2 Arsenal, Villa Park


MATCH REPORTS









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🟩 6 Apr 1929, Villa 4-2 Arsenal, Villa Park

