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Game #1498

Aston Villa

7-1-4, 15 PTS

Saturday, 26 October 1929

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Won

3rd

Last 5: 🟩 🟥 🟩 🟩 🟩

Division One

Grimsby Town

4-3-5, 11 PTS

Blundell Park

Attendance: 20,225

🟩 26 Oct 1929, Villa 2-0 Grimsby, Blundell Park

Grimsby Town

0-2

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Aston Villa

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🟩 26 Oct 1929, Villa 2-0 Grimsby, Blundell Park

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MATCH TIMELINE
Saturday, 26 October 1929

⚽ | 42' Goal, 1-0, Reg Chester
🕒 | HT Grimsby Town 0-1 Aston Villa
⚽ | 88' Goal, 2-0, Reg Chester
🕒 | FT Grimsby Town 0-2 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

🟩 26 Oct 1929, Villa 2-0 Grimsby, Blundell Park

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ON THIS DAY
Saturday, 26 October 1929
  • Villa win for the sixth time in seven thanks to a brace from Reg Chester.

  • Villa record a third successive victories to make it six wins in their last seven having one just once in their first five division one games.

  • Villa keep their second successive clean sheet and second in 12 games this season.

  • Villa climb to 3rd in the table with strugglers Manchester United up next.

🟩 26 Oct 1929, Villa 2-0 Grimsby, Blundell Park

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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

Grimsby Town

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

FIXTURE HISTORY
Grimsby Town
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Previous 5 vs. Grimsby: 🟩 🟥 🟨 🟩

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

🟩 26 Oct 1929, Villa 2-0 Grimsby, Blundell Park

FIXTURE DETAILS
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Season | 1929-30 |
Matchday | #12 |
League Match | #12 |
Manager Game | #148 |
Saturday, 26 October 1929

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🟩 26 Oct 1929, Villa 2-0 Grimsby, Blundell Park

MATCH SUMMARY
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Manager: Billy Smith | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 1926-1934 led Management Committee
Referee: John Rickwood | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Sheffield
HT Score: 🟩 1-0
FT Result: 🟩 Won
FT Score: 🟩 2-0
Last 5: 🟩 🟥 🟩 🟩 🟩

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

🕒 148 | 🟩 | 73 🟨 23 🟥 52 | 1.64

Villa Career Form:

Top 6

Billy Smith | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 1926-1934

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

🟩 26 Oct 1929, Villa 2-0 Grimsby, Blundell Park

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MATCH OFFICIALS

Referee: John Rickwood | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Sheffield, 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

🟩 26 Oct 1929, Villa 2-0 Grimsby, Blundell Park

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TEAM NEWS
TEAM STATS

Billy Kingdon replaces Jimmy Gibson.

Not recorded

Referee

🟩 26 Oct 1929, Villa 2-0 Grimsby, Blundell Park

MANAGER

Billy Smith | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 1926-1934

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Aston Villa

GK Ben Olney | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CB Alec Talbot | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
FB Tommy Smart | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
LB Tommy Mort | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Joe Tate | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Billy Kingdon | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
W Reg Chester | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | ⚽ | ⚽ |
W Dicky York | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
F Joe Beresford | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CF George Brown | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CF Billy Walker | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

MANAGER

Wilf Gillow | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

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Grimsby Town

Read
Wilson
Jacobson
Priestley
Wrack
Swaby
Coleman
Bestall
Robson
Coglin
Marshall

Line Ups

🟩 26 Oct 1929, Villa 2-0 Grimsby, Blundell Park

SUBSTITUTES
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No Substitutions permitted in period

SUBSTITUTES

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Substitutes

🟩 26 Oct 1929, Villa 2-0 Grimsby, Blundell Park

UNUSED SUBSTITUTES
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No Substitutions permitted in period

UNUSED SUBSTITUTES
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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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🟩 26 Oct 1929, Villa 2-0 Grimsby, Blundell Park

MATCHDAY SQUAD BIOGRAPHIES
STARTING XI
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🔥
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🟥
🥅
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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

🟩 26 Oct 1929, Villa 2-0 Grimsby, Blundell Park

SQUAD STATS
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SQUAD STATS
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🟩 26 Oct 1929, Villa 2-0 Grimsby, Blundell Park

MATCHDAY SQUAD
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MATCHDAY SQUAD
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🟩 26 Oct 1929, Villa 2-0 Grimsby, Blundell Park

UNAVAILABLE
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International Duty | 1 |
M Jimmy Gibson | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |

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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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🟩 26 Oct 1929, Villa 2-0 Grimsby, Blundell Park

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MATCH QUOTES
Quotes

🟩 26 Oct 1929, Villa 2-0 Grimsby, Blundell Park

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MATCH REPORTS

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Reports

🟩 26 Oct 1929, Villa 2-0 Grimsby, Blundell Park

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MATCH VIDEO
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