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
🟩 26 Dec 1929, Villa 2-1 Manchester City, Maine Road
ON THIS DAY
Thursday, 26 December 1929
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 recover from successive defeats to beat Manchester City at Maine Road and make it twelve wins, three draws and seven defeats in twenty two division one games.
🟩 26 Dec 1929, Villa 2-1 Manchester City, Maine Road
DEBUT APPEARANCES
None
FINAL APPEARANCES
None
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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
GAMES | WINS | DRAWS | LOSSES | POINTS PER GAME
🕒 158 | 🟩 | 78 🟨 25 🟥 55 | 1.64
Villa Career Form:
Top 6
🟩 26 Dec 1929, Villa 2-1 Manchester City, Maine Road
MATCH OFFICIALS
Referee: Unknown
ALL THE MATCHES REFEREED BY:
CARDS
🟩 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 | 🏴 | 🔥 |
F Billy Walker | 🏴 |
F 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
* This Game
Game | Start | Goal | Assist | Win | Draw | Loss | Goal Conceded | Clean Sheet | Yellow | Red | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
GK Ben Olney | 🏴 | |
SUBSTITUTES
Game | Sub | Goal | Assist | Win | Draw | Loss | Goal Conceded | Clean Sheet | Yellow | Red | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
UNUSED
Unused | |
|---|---|
🟩 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
Not recorded
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