Game #1508
Aston Villa
12-3-7, 27 PTS
Thursday, 26 December 1929


Won
4th
Last 5: 🟨 🟩 🟥 🟥 🟩
Division One
Manchester City
13-4-4, 30 PTS
Maine Road
Attendance: 68,704
🟩 26 Dec 1929, Villa 2-1 Manchester City, Maine Road
Manchester City
1-2

Aston Villa

Assist(s) | Pongo Waring | 62' |
🟩 26 Dec 1929, Villa 2-1 Manchester City, Maine Road


MATCH TIMELINE
Thursday, 26 December 1929
🥅 | 10' Goal, 0-1, (Manchester City), Cowan
🕒 | HT Manchester City 1-0 Aston Villa
⚽ | 62' Goal, 1-1, George Brown, Assist by Pongo Waring
⚽ | 63' Goal, 2-1, Own Goal
🕒 | FT Manchester City 1-2 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 Dec 1929, Villa 2-1 Manchester City, Maine Road

ON THIS DAY
Thursday, 26 December 1929
Villa gain quick revenge over Manchester City for their Villa Park defeat 24 hours previously
Villa win at Maine Road as George Brown scores his eighteenth of the season
Despite being a goal behind at half time as two goals in two second half minutes do the trick.
Villa make it twelve wins, three draws and seven defeats in twenty two division one games.
Villa remain fourth in the table.
🟩 26 Dec 1929, Villa 2-1 Manchester City, Maine Road

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
Manchester City


League Champions: ❌
FA Cup Winners: 🏆
Last Trophy: 1903-04
🟩 26 Dec 1929, Villa 2-1 Manchester City, Maine Road
FIXTURE DETAILS


Season | 1929-30 |
Matchday | #22 |
League Match | #22 |
Manager Game | #158 |
Thursday, 26 December 1929
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🟩 26 Dec 1929, Villa 2-1 Manchester City, Maine Road
MATCH SUMMARY


Manager: Billy Smith | 🏴 | 1926-1934 led Management Committee
Referee: Unknown
HT Score: 🟥 0-1
FT Result: 🟩 Won
FT Score: 🟩 2-1
Last 5: 🟨 🟩 🟥 🟥 🟩
MANAGERIAL RECORD

Billy Smith | 🏴 | 1926-1934
🕒 158 | 🟩 | 78 🟨 25 🟥 55 | 1.64
Villa Career Form:
Top 6
Games 🕒, Won 🟩, Drew 🟨, Lost 🟥, Points per Game
🟩 26 Dec 1929, Villa 2-1 Manchester City, Maine Road

MATCH OFFICIALS
Referee: Unknown
REFEREE PROFILE
VAR PROFILE (from 2021)
CARDS

CARDS

Won 🟩, Drew 🟨, Lost 🟥, Notably poor performance 🆘, Cards 🟨 Booking, Cards 🟥 Sending off, Disallowed ❌ Goal disallowed, ⚽ Penalty for, 🥅 Penalty against, ❌ Penalty Disallowed
🟩 26 Dec 1929, Villa 2-1 Manchester City, Maine Road

TEAM NEWS
TEAM STATS
Billy Smith names an unchanged line up.
Not recorded
🟩 26 Dec 1929, Villa 2-1 Manchester City, Maine Road
MANAGER
Billy Smith | 🏴 | 1926-1934

Aston Villa
GK Ben Olney | 🏴 |
CB Alec Talbot | 🏴 |
FB Teddy Bowen | 🏴 |
LB Tommy Mort | 🏴 |
M Joe Tate | 🏴 |
M Billy Kingdon | 🏴 |
W Arthur Dorrell | 🏴 |
W Dicky York | 🏴 |
CF Pongo Waring | 🏴 | 🔥 |
CF Billy Walker | 🏴 |
CF George Brown | 🏴 | ⚽ |
MANAGER
Peter Hodge | 🏴 |

Manchester City
Not Recorded
🟩 26 Dec 1929, Villa 2-1 Manchester City, Maine Road
SUBSTITUTES

No Substitutions permitted in period
SUBSTITUTES
No Substitutions Permitted in Period

🟩 26 Dec 1929, Villa 2-1 Manchester City, Maine Road
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

🟩 26 Dec 1929, Villa 2-1 Manchester City, Maine Road
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 🇺
🟩 26 Dec 1929, Villa 2-1 Manchester City, Maine Road
SQUAD STATS

SQUAD STATS

🟩 26 Dec 1929, Villa 2-1 Manchester City, Maine Road
MATCHDAY SQUAD

MATCHDAY SQUAD

🟩 26 Dec 1929, Villa 2-1 Manchester City, Maine Road
UNAVAILABLE

Injury | 3 |
M Jimmy Gibson | 🏴 |
FB Tommy Smart | 🏴 |
W Reg Chester | 🏴 |
UNAVAILABLE

Not Recorded
LEAGUE TABLE



MATCHDAY PROGRAMME


🟩 26 Dec 1929, Villa 2-1 Manchester City, Maine Road


MATCH QUOTES
🟩 26 Dec 1929, Villa 2-1 Manchester City, Maine Road


MATCH REPORTS









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🟩 26 Dec 1929, Villa 2-1 Manchester City, Maine Road

