Game #1509
Aston Villa
12-4-7, 28 PTS
Saturday, 28 December 1929


Drew
3rd
Last 5: 🟩 🟥 🟥 🟩 🟨
Division One
Birmingham City
7-6-10, 20 PTS
St Andrew's
Attendance: 33,228
🟨 28 Dec 1929, Villa 1-1 Birmingham, St Andrew's
Birmingham
1-1

Aston Villa

Assist(s) | Arthur Dorrell | 73' |
🟨 28 Dec 1929, Villa 1-1 Birmingham, St Andrew's


MATCH TIMELINE
Saturday, 28 December 1929
🕒 | HT Birmingham City 0-0 Aston Villa
⚽ | 73' Goal, 1-0, Billy Walker, Assist by Arthur Dorrell
🥅 | 82’ Goal, 1-1, (Bradford City), Crosbie
🕒 | FT Birmingham City 1-1 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
🟨 28 Dec 1929, Villa 1-1 Birmingham, St Andrew's

ON THIS DAY
Saturday, 28 December 1929
Villa are held by the team with three names despite Billy Walker putting Villa ahead.
Villa are held at St Andrew's to make it twelve wins, four draws and seven defeats in twenty three division one games.
Meanwhile, winger Arthur Dorrell made his final appearance for Villa aged 33 after 389 games and 65 goals before moving on to Port Vale in June 1931.
🟨 28 Dec 1929, Villa 1-1 Birmingham, St Andrew's

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
Birmingham City


League Champions: ❌
FA Cup Winners: ❌
Last Trophy: ❌
🟨 28 Dec 1929, Villa 1-1 Birmingham, St Andrew's
FIXTURE DETAILS


Season | 1929-30 |
Matchday | #23 |
League Match | #23 |
Manager Game | #159 |
Saturday, 28 December 1929
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🟨 28 Dec 1929, Villa 1-1 Birmingham, St Andrew's
MATCH SUMMARY


Manager: Billy Smith | 🏴 | 1926-1934 led Management Committee
Referee: William Forshaw | 🏴 | Liverpool
HT Score: 🟨 0-0
FT Result: 🟨 Drew
FT Score: 🟨 1-1
Last 5: 🟩 🟥 🟥 🟩 🟨
MANAGERIAL RECORD

Billy Smith | 🏴 | 1926-1934
🕒 159 | 🟩 | 78 🟨 26 🟥 55 | 1.64
Villa Career Form:
Top 6
Games 🕒, Won 🟩, Drew 🟨, Lost 🟥, Points per Game
🟨 28 Dec 1929, Villa 1-1 Birmingham, St Andrew's

MATCH OFFICIALS
Referee: William Forshaw | 🏴 | Liverpool
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
🟨 28 Dec 1929, Villa 1-1 Birmingham, St Andrew's

TEAM NEWS
TEAM STATS
Billy Smith names the same line up for the third successive game.
Not recorded
🟨 28 Dec 1929, Villa 1-1 Birmingham, St Andrew's
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
Leslie Knighton | 🏴 |

Birmingham City
Hibbs
Liddell
Barkas
Firth
Morrell
Blyth
Curtis
Crosbie
Haywood
Briggs
Hicks
🟨 28 Dec 1929, Villa 1-1 Birmingham, St Andrew's
SUBSTITUTES

No Substitutions permitted in period
SUBSTITUTES
No Substitutions Permitted in Period

🟨 28 Dec 1929, Villa 1-1 Birmingham, St Andrew's
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
🟨 28 Dec 1929, Villa 1-1 Birmingham, St Andrew's

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 🇺
🟨 28 Dec 1929, Villa 1-1 Birmingham, St Andrew's
SQUAD STATS

SQUAD STATS

🟨 28 Dec 1929, Villa 1-1 Birmingham, St Andrew's
MATCHDAY SQUAD

MATCHDAY SQUAD

🟨 28 Dec 1929, Villa 1-1 Birmingham, St Andrew's
UNAVAILABLE

Tommy Smart
Reg Chester
UNAVAILABLE

Not Recorded
LEAGUE TABLE



MATCHDAY PROGRAMME



🟨 28 Dec 1929, Villa 1-1 Birmingham, St Andrew's


MATCH QUOTES
🟨 28 Dec 1929, Villa 1-1 Birmingham, St Andrew's


MATCH REPORTS









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