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Game #1509

Aston Villa

12-4-7, 28 PTS

Saturday, 28 December 1929

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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

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Aston Villa

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Assist(s) | Arthur Dorrell | 73' |

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

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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

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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

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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

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: 🟨 🟨 🟩 🟥 🟩

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

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FIXTURE DETAILS

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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

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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: 🟩 🟥 🟥 🟩 🟨

Scorers
Timeline
On This Day
Trophies
Fixture
Manager

MANAGERIAL RECORD

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Billy Smith | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 1926-1934

🕒 159 | 🟩 | 78 🟨 26 🟥 55 | 1.64

Villa Career Form:

Top 6

Billy Smith | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 1926-1934

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

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MATCH OFFICIALS

Referee: William Forshaw | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Liverpool

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

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

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TEAM NEWS

TEAM STATS

Billy Smith names the same line up for the third successive game.

Not recorded

Referee

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

MANAGER

Billy Smith | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 1926-1934

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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 | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

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Birmingham City

Hibbs
Liddell
Barkas
Firth
Morrell
Blyth
Curtis
Crosbie
Haywood
Briggs
Hicks

Line Ups

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

SUBSTITUTES

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No Substitutions permitted in period

SUBSTITUTES

No Substitutions Permitted in Period

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Substitutes

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

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

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

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MATCHDAY SQUAD BIOGRAPHIES

STARTING XI

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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

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SQUAD STATS

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SQUAD STATS

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MATCHDAY SQUAD

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MATCHDAY SQUAD

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UNAVAILABLE

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Tommy Smart
Reg Chester

UNAVAILABLE

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Not Recorded

Unavailable

LEAGUE TABLE

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MATCHDAY PROGRAMME

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Tables & Programmes

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MATCH QUOTES

Quotes

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MATCH REPORTS

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Reports

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MATCH VIDEO

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