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Game #1487

Aston Villa

Saturday, 31 August 1929

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Won

LWLWW

Division One

Birmingham City

Villa Park

Attendance: 36,834

🟩 31 Aug 1929, Villa 2-1 Birmingham, Villa Park

Aston Villa

2-1

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Birmingham

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🟩 31 Aug 1929, Villa 2-1 Birmingham, Villa Park

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MATCH TIMELINE

Saturday, 31 August 1929

Match Statistics

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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

🟩 31 Aug 1929, Villa 2-1 Birmingham, Villa Park

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ON THIS DAY

Saturday, 31 August 1929

Billy Smith earns his first opening day win in four seasons as Villa beat the team with three names at Villa Park. Meanwhile, forward George Brown made his Villa debut aged 26 after joining from Huddersfield for a fee of £5,000 in August 1929.

🟩 31 Aug 1929, Villa 2-1 Birmingham, Villa Park

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DEBUT APPEARANCES

FINAL APPEARANCES

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

Aston Villa

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

Birmingham City

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

FIXTURE HISTORY

Birmingham City

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Previous 5 vs. Birmingham City: | 🟩 | 🟨 | 🟨 | 🟩 | 🟥 |

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

🟩 31 Aug 1929, Villa 2-1 Birmingham, Villa Park

FIXTURE DETAILS

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Season | 1929-30 |
Matchday | #1 |
League Match | #1 |
Manager Game | #137 |
Saturday, 31 August 1929

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🟩 31 Aug 1929, Villa 2-1 Birmingham, Villa Park

MATCH SUMMARY

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Manager | Billy Smith led Management Committee |
FT Score | 2-1 |
FT Result | Won |
Last 5 Games | LWLWW |

Scorers
Timeline
On This Day
Trophies
Fixture
Manager

MANAGERIAL RECORD

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Billy Smith | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 1926-1934

🕒 137 | 🟩 | 67 🟨 22 🟥 48 | 1.63

Villa Career Form:

Top 6

Billy Smith | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 1926-1934

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

🟩 31 Aug 1929, Villa 2-1 Birmingham, Villa Park

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MATCH OFFICIALS

REFEREE PROFILE

VAR PROFILE (from 2021)

CARDS

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CARDS

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Won 🟩, Drew 🟨, Lost 🟥, Notably poor performance 🆘, Cards 🟨 Booking, Cards 🟥 Sending off, Disallowed ❌ Goal disallowed, ⚽ Penalty for, 🥅 Penalty against, ❌ Penalty Disallowed

🟩 31 Aug 1929, Villa 2-1 Birmingham, Villa Park

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TEAM NEWS

TEAM STATS

George Brown is handed his debut.

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Referee

🟩 31 Aug 1929, Villa 2-1 Birmingham, Villa Park

MANAGER

Billy Smith | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 1926-1934

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Aston Villa

GK Ben Olney |
FB Tommy Smart |
LB Tommy Mort |
M Joe Tate |
M Jimmy Gibson |
M Billy Kingdon |
W Dicky York |
W Reg Chester |
CF Pongo Waring |
F George Brown |
F Billy Walker |

MANAGER

Leslie Knighton | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

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Birmingham City

Line Ups

🟩 31 Aug 1929, Villa 2-1 Birmingham, Villa Park

SUBSTITUTES

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No Substitutions permitted in period

SUBSTITUTES

No Substitutions Permitted in Period

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Substitutes

🟩 31 Aug 1929, Villa 2-1 Birmingham, Villa Park

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

🟩 31 Aug 1929, Villa 2-1 Birmingham, Villa Park

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MATCHDAY SQUAD BIOGRAPHIES

STARTING XI

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GK Ben Olney | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

SUBSTITUTES

Player
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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

🟩 31 Aug 1929, Villa 2-1 Birmingham, Villa Park

SQUAD STATS

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SQUAD STATS

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🟩 31 Aug 1929, Villa 2-1 Birmingham, Villa Park

MATCHDAY SQUAD

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MATCHDAY SQUAD

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🟩 31 Aug 1929, Villa 2-1 Birmingham, Villa Park

UNAVAILABLE

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UNAVAILABLE

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Not Recorded

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LEAGUE TABLE

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MATCHDAY PROGRAMME

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Tables & Programmes

🟩 31 Aug 1929, Villa 2-1 Birmingham, Villa Park

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MATCH QUOTES

Quotes

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MATCH REPORTS

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Reports

🟩 31 Aug 1929, Villa 2-1 Birmingham, Villa Park

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MATCH VIDEO

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