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GK Bill Johnson | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #320 |

Goalkeeper

1926-27 🕒 4 | ⚽ 0 | 🔥 - | #320 |

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GK Bill Johnson | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #320 |

Personal Profile

Full Name
Birth Date
Birthplace
Birth Country
Citizenship
Height
Foot
William Walter Francis Johnson
29 August 1902
Bradeley, Smallthorne, Staffordshire
England
🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿
England
🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿
Personal
Transfer In

GK Bill Johnson | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #320 |

Transfer In

Season
Date
Age
Fee
From
From
Signed Under
1925-26
January 1926
23
Free
Buxton FC
George Ramsay
Season
Date
Age
Fee
From
From
Returned Under
Season
Date
Age
Fee
From
From
Returned Under
Career

GK Bill Johnson | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #320 |

Villa Career

Seasons Active | In Fee
Active in League
🕒 Games | Starts (Subs) | ⚽ Goals | 🔥 Assists | 🇺 Unused | Player Number |
🟩 Won | 🟨 Drew | 🟥 Lost |
Cards 🟨 Booking | 🟥 Sending Off |
Goalkeepers Only 🥅 Goals Conceded | ⛔ Clean Sheets |

GK Bill Johnson | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
Aston Villa 1926-27 |
Football League First Division |
🕒 4 | ⚽ 0 | 🔥 - | #320 |

GK Bill Johnson | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #320 |

Played Under

Billy Smith 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿

GK Bill Johnson | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #320 |

Career Summary

Seasons
Appearances 🕒
Starts 🕒
Substitute 🔁
Unused Sub 🇺
Points per Game (PPG)
2
4
4
0
0
🟩 Won
🟩 Win %
🟨 Drew
🟨 Drawn %
🟥 Lost
🟥 Loss %
Goals ⚽
Assists 🔥
Yellow Cards 🟨
Red Cards 🟥
0
-
-
-
Goal Involvements (GI)
Games per Goal (GPG)
Games per Goal Involvement (GiPG)
0
Seasons

GK Bill Johnson | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #320 |

Season by Season Record

Season
Age
Lg
#
🕒
🕒
🔁
🔥
🇺
🟩
🟩
🟨
🟨
🟥
🟥
PPG
GPG
GiPG
1926-27
24
D1
2
2
0
0
-
0
Season
Age
Lg
#
🕒
🕒
🔁
🔥
🇺
🟩
🟩
🟨
🟨
🟥
🟥
PPG
GPG
GiPG
1927-28
25
D1
2
2
0
0
-
0
Season
Age
Lg
#
🕒
🕒
🔁
🔥
🇺
🟩
🟩
🟨
🟨
🟥
🟥
PPG
GPG
GiPG
Season
Age
Lg
#
🕒
🕒
🔁
🔥
🇺
🟩
🟩
🟨
🟨
🟥
🟥
PPG
GPG
GiPG
Season
Age
Lg
#
🕒
🕒
🔁
🇺
🔥
🟩
🟩
🟨
🟨
🟥
🟥
PPG
GPG
GiPG
Season
Age
Lg
#
🕒
🕒
🔁
🔥
🇺
🟩
🟩
🟨
🟨
🟥
🟥
PPG
GPG
GiPG
Season
Age
Lg
#
🕒
🕒
🔁
🔥
🇺
🟩
🟩
🟨
🟨
🟥
🟥
PPG
GPG
GiPG
Season
Age
Lg
#
🕒
🕒
🔁
🔥
🇺
🟩
🟩
🟨
🟨
🟥
🟥
PPG
GPG
GiPG
Season
Age
Lg
#
🕒
🕒
🔁
🔥
🇺
🟩
🟩
🟨
🟨
🟥
🟥
PPG
GPG
GiPG
Season
Age
Lg
#
🕒
🕒
🔁
🔥
🇺
🟩
🟩
🟨
🟨
🟥
🟥
PPG
GPG
GiPG
Season
Age
Lg
#
🕒
🕒
🔁
🔥
🇺
🟩
🟩
🟨
🟨
🟥
🟥
PPG
GPG
GiPG
Season
Age
Lg
#
🕒
🕒
🔁
🔥
🇺
🟩
🟩
🟨
🟨
🟥
🟥
PPG
GPG
GiPG
Season
Age
Lg
#
🕒
🕒
🔁
🔥
🇺
🟩
🟩
🟨
🟨
🟥
🟥
PPG
GPG
GiPG
Season
Age
Lg
#
🕒
🕒
🔁
🔥
🇺
🟩
🟩
🟨
🟨
🟥
🟥
PPG
GPG
GiPG
Season
Age
Lg
#
🕒
🕒
🔁
🔥
🇺
🟩
🟩
🟨
🟨
🟥
🟥
PPG
GPG
GiPG
Season
Age
Lg
#
🕒
🕒
🔁
🔥
🇺
🟩
🟩
🟨
🟨
🟥
🟥
PPG
GPG
GiPG
Season
Age
Lg
#
🕒
🕒
🔁
🔥
🇺
🟩
🟩
🟨
🟨
🟥
🟥
PPG
GPG
GiPG

GK Bill Johnson | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #320 |

Goalkeeping Record

Goalkeeper #
Goals Conceded 🥅
Goals Conceded per Game (CPG)
Clean Sheets ⛔
% Clean Sheets ⛔ %
37
7
1.75
0
0%

GK Bill Johnson | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #320 |

Season by Season Goalkeeping Record

Season
Age
Lg
🕒
🥅
CPG
1926-27
24
D1
2
Season
Age
Lg
🕒
🥅
CPG
1927-28
25
D1
2
Season
Age
Lg
🕒
🥅
CPG
Season
Age
Lg
🕒
🥅
CPG
Season
Age
Lg
🕒
🥅
CPG
Season
Age
Lg
🕒
🥅
CPG
Season
Age
Lg
🕒
🥅
CPG
Season
Age
Lg
🕒
🥅
CPG
Season
Age
Lg
🕒
🥅
CPG
Season
Age
Lg
🕒
🥅
CPG
Season
Age
Lg
🕒
🥅
CPG
Season
Age
Lg
🕒
🥅
CPG
Season
Age
Lg
🕒
🥅
CPG
Season
Age
Lg
🕒
🥅
CPG
Season
Age
Lg
🕒
🥅
CPG
Season
Age
Lg
🕒
🥅
CPG
Season
Age
Lg
🕒
🥅
CPG

GK Bill Johnson | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #320 |

Honours

Played for the Villa

GK Bill Johnson | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #320 |

Villa Youth Record

n/a

Previous Clubs

Bradeley Juniors
Bradeley United
Ravensdale Mission
Leek Alexandra
West Bromwich Albion
Buxton FC

GK Bill Johnson | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #320 |

Debut

Squad From Season
First Squad Match
First Squad Under
1926-27
4 December 1926
Billy Smith 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿
Promoted to First Team Under
Promoted to First Team Date
Billy Smith 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿
4 December 1926
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Debut Season
Debut Date
Debut Age
Debut Under
1926-27
4 December 1926
24
Billy Smith 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿
Debut

GK Bill Johnson | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #320 |

First Goal Date

Game #
Match
Scorer(s)

GK Bill Johnson | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #320 |

Loans Out

None

Final

GK Bill Johnson | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #320 |

Final Appearance

Final Season
Final Game
Final Age
Final Game Under
1927-28
27 December 1927
25
Billy Smith 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿
Squad To Season
Final Squad
Final Squad Under
1927-28
27 December 1927
Billy Smith 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿
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GK Bill Johnson | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #320 |

Transfer Out

Out Season
Transfer Out Date
Age
Fee
To
To
Left Under
1928-29
August 1928
25
Free
Charlton Athletic
Billy Smith 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿
Out Season
Transfer Out Date
Age
Fee
To
To
Left Under
Out Season
Transfer Out Date
Age
Fee
To
To
Left Under
Transfer Out

GK Bill Johnson | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #320 |

Subsequent Clubs

Charlton Athletic
Retired

Quotes

GK Bill Johnson | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #320 |

Quotes

Biography

GK Bill Johnson | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #320 |

Biography

Player #320 for Aston Villa, William Walter Francis Johnson, known as Bill Johnson, played as a goalkeeper for the club.

Bill played for Villa in 1926-27 and 1927-28 making 4 appearances.

Bill was born in Bradeley, Smallthorne, Staffordshire on 29 August 1902 and he made his debut appearance for Villa on the 4 December 1926 aged 24.

Villa had signed Bill from Buxton FC in January 1926 and was the 36th custodian of the Villa goal in League and Cup football.

Across his 4 appearances for Villa he conceded 7 goals at a rate of 1.75 per game.

Bill played his final game for Villa on 27 December 1927, just over a year after his debut and moved on to Charlton Athletic in August 1928.

Bill had played under the Billy Smith led Management Committee.

Bill passed away in 1967 aged 65.

Died

1967, Aged 65

Appearances

GK Bill Johnson | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #320 |

Appearances

4

Game
Matchday Summary
Match Squad
Game #1368
🟩 4 Dec 1926, Villa 5-3 Everton, Villa Park
GK Bill Johnson | CB Vic Milne | FB Teddy Bowen | LB Tommy Mort | M Frank Moss | W Arthur Dorrell | W Dicky York | F George Stephenson | F Billy Walker | F Len Capewell | F Jock Johnstone |
Game #1373
🟩 28 Dec 1926, Villa 5-1 Leeds, Villa Park
GK Bill Johnson | CB Vic Milne | FB Teddy Bowen | LB Tommy Mort | M Frank Moss | W Arthur Dorrell | W Dicky York | F George Stephenson | F Billy Walker | F Len Capewell | F Jock Johnstone |
Game #1397
🟩 5 Sep 1927, Villa 7-2 Portsmouth, Villa Park
GK Bill Johnson | FB Teddy Bowen | LB Tommy Mort | CB Vic Milne | M Billy Kingdon | M Jimmy Gibson | W Arthur Dorrell | W Dicky York | F Joe Beresford | F Billy Walker | F Billy Cook |
Game #1415
🟥 27 Dec 1927, Villa 0-1 Derby, Villa Park
GK Bill Johnson | FB Tommy Smart | LB Tommy Mort | M Frank Moss | M Billy Kingdon | M Joe Tate | W Dicky York | W Fred Tully | W Reg Chester | F Joe Beresford | F Billy Cook |

GK Bill Johnson | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #320 |

Starts

4

Game
Matchday Summary
Line Up
Game #1368
🟩 4 Dec 1926, Villa 5-3 Everton, Villa Park
GK Bill Johnson | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 🟢 | CB Vic Milne | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | FB Teddy Bowen | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | LB Tommy Mort | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | M Frank Moss | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | W Arthur Dorrell | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | ⚽ | W Dicky York | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 🔥 | 🔥 | F George Stephenson | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | ⚽ | F Billy Walker | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | F Len Capewell | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | ⚽ | ⚽ | 🔥 | ⚽ | F Jock Johnstone | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
Game #1373
🟩 28 Dec 1926, Villa 5-1 Leeds, Villa Park
GK Bill Johnson | CB Vic Milne | FB Teddy Bowen | LB Tommy Mort | M Frank Moss | W Arthur Dorrell | W Dicky York | F George Stephenson | F Billy Walker | F Len Capewell | F Jock Johnstone |
Game #1397
🟩 5 Sep 1927, Villa 7-2 Portsmouth, Villa Park
GK Bill Johnson | FB Teddy Bowen | LB Tommy Mort | CB Vic Milne | M Billy Kingdon | M Jimmy Gibson | W Arthur Dorrell | W Dicky York | F Joe Beresford | F Billy Walker | F Billy Cook |
Game #1415
🟥 27 Dec 1927, Villa 0-1 Derby, Villa Park
GK Bill Johnson | FB Tommy Smart | LB Tommy Mort | M Frank Moss | M Billy Kingdon | M Joe Tate | W Dicky York | W Fred Tully | W Reg Chester | F Joe Beresford | F Billy Cook |
Starts
Subs

GK Bill Johnson | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #320 |

Substitute Appearances

0

Game
Matchday Summary
Sub Sub
Unused

GK Bill Johnson | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #320 |

Unused Substitute Appearances

0

Game
Matchday Summary
Unused Substitutes

GK Bill Johnson | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #320 |

Goals Scored

0

Game
Matchday Summary
Scorer(s)
Goals
Assists

GK Bill Johnson | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #320 |

Assists Made

-

Game
Matchday Summary
Assist(s)
Cards

GK Bill Johnson | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #320 |

Cards Received

🟨

-

🟥

-

Game
Matchday Summary
Villa Cards
International

International Career

England

FA
National Team
Caps with Villa
England
FA
National Team
Full International Record
England
FA
🕒 Caps
🕒 Starts
🔁 Sub
⚽ Goals
FA
First Cap with Villa
FA
First International Goal with Villa
FA
Last Cap with Villa

International Record

England

Starter

Match

Substitute

Match

Goals

Match
Matches

GK Bill Johnson | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #320 |

Matches

GK Bill Johnson | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #320 |

🟩 4 Dec 1926, Villa 5-3 Everton, Villa Park

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Game #1368

Manager: Billy Smith | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 1926-1934 led Management Committee
Referee: J. W. D. Fowler | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Sunderland
HT Score: 🟥 1-3
FT Result: 🟩 Won
FT Score: 🟩 5-3
Last 5: 🟥 🟥 🟨 🟥 🟩

Season | 1926-27 |
Matchday | #18 |
League Match | #18 |
Manager Game | #18 |
Saturday, 4 December 1926

Scorer(s) | Len Capewell | 17' | 56' | 74' | Arthur Dorrell | 61' | George Stephenson | 65' |

Assist(s) | Dicky York | 17' | 74' | Len Capewell | 61' |

Teams

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Starting XI

GK Bill Johnson | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 🟢 |
CB Vic Milne | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
FB Teddy Bowen | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
LB Tommy Mort | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Frank Moss | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
W Arthur Dorrell | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | ⚽ |
W Dicky York | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 🔥 | 🔥 |
F George Stephenson | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | ⚽ |
F Billy Walker | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
F Len Capewell | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | ⚽ | ⚽ | 🔥 | ⚽ |
F Jock Johnstone | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |

Substitutes

No Substitutions permitted in period

Unused Substitutes

No Substitutions permitted in period

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Starting XI

Hardy
McDonald
O'Donnell
Brown
Hart
Virr
Millington
Irvine | ⚽ |
Dean | ⚽ |
Dominy | ⚽ |
Troup

Substitutes

No Substitutions Permitted in Period

Unused Substitutes

No Substitutions Permitted in Period

Match Timeline

🟢 | 1’ Debut, Bill Johnson
🥅 | Goal, 0-1, (Everton), Dominy
⚽ | 17' Goal, 1-1, Len Capewell, Assist by Dicky York
🥅 | 26' Goal, 1-2, (Everton), Irvine
🥅 | 26' Goal, 1-3, (Everton), Dean
🕒 | HT Aston Villa 1-3 Everton
⚽ | 56' Goal, 2-3, Len Capewell
⚽ | 61' Goal, 3-3, Arthur Dorrell, Assist by Len Capewell
⚽ | 65' Goal, 4-3, George Stevenson
⚽ | 74' Goal, 5-3, Len Capewell, Assist by Dicky York
🕒 | FT Aston Villa 2-3 Everton

On This Day

  • Everton and Villa, both struggling at the bottom of the table, play out an exhilarating game at Villa Park within the first few minutes Villa have a penalty for hands waved away but Everton break the deadlock as they beat goalkeeper Bill Johnson on his Villa debut aged 24 after joining from Buxton in January 1926.

  • Villa soon equalise beefore Everton luck in with two more goals before halftime to lead 1-3 against the run of play at the interval.

  • Villa hit back with 4 goals in 18 second half minutes and add a 6th which the referee disallows deeming it not to have crossed the line.

  • Villa concede a fifteenth goal in four games but hit five to beat Everton at Villa Park and make it five wins, four draws and nine defeats in their first eighteen division one matches.

  • Len Capewell scores a hat-trick on his first appearance in eight games as Villa concede a fifteenth goal in four games but hit five to beat Everton at Villa Park and make it five wins, four draws and nine defeats in their first eighteen division one matches. 

GK Bill Johnson | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #320 |

🟩 28 Dec 1926, Villa 5-1 Leeds, Villa Park

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Game #1373

Manager | Billy Smith led Management Committee |
FT Score | 5-1 |
FT Result | Won |
Last 5 Games | WWWLW |

Season | 1926-27 |
Matchday | #23 |
League Match | #23 |
Manager Game | #23 |
Tuesday, 28 December 1926

Scorer(s) | Dicky York | Len Capewell | Arthur Dorrell | George Stephenson | Billy Walker |

Assist(s) | Not recorded

Teams

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Starting XI

GK Bill Johnson |
CB Vic Milne |
FB Teddy Bowen |
LB Tommy Mort |
M Frank Moss |
W Arthur Dorrell |
W Dicky York |
F George Stephenson |
F Billy Walker |
F Len Capewell |
F Jock Johnstone |

Substitutes

No Substitutions permitted in period

Unused Substitutes

No Substitutions permitted in period

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Starting XI

Substitutes

No Substitutions Permitted in Period

Unused Substitutes

No Substitutions Permitted in Period

Match Timeline

On This Day

Villa bounce back from the previous day's defeat at Bramall Lane with a fifth win in the last six games to make it nine wins, four draws and ten defeats in their twenty three division one matches.

GK Bill Johnson | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #320 |

🟩 5 Sep 1927, Villa 7-2 Portsmouth, Villa Park

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Game #1397

Manager | Billy Smith led Management Committee |
FT Score | 7-2 |
FT Result | Won |
Last 5 Games | DLLDW |

Season | 1927-28 |
Matchday | #4 |
League Match | #4 |
Manager Game | #47 |
Monday, 5 September 1927

Scorer(s) | Billy Cook | Billy Cook | Joe Beresford | Joe Beresford | Joe Beresford (pen) | Arthur Dorrell | Billy Walker |

Assist(s) | Not recorded

Teams

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Starting XI

GK Bill Johnson |
FB Teddy Bowen |
LB Tommy Mort |
CB Vic Milne |
M Billy Kingdon |
M Jimmy Gibson |
W Arthur Dorrell |
W Dicky York |
F Joe Beresford |
F Billy Walker |
F Billy Cook |

Substitutes

No Substitutions permitted in period

Unused Substitutes

No Substitutions permitted in period

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Starting XI

Substitutes

No Substitutions Permitted in Period

Unused Substitutes

No Substitutions Permitted in Period

Match Timeline

On This Day

Villa win for the first time this season and score more goals in one game than in their previous seven.

GK Bill Johnson | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #320 |

🟥 27 Dec 1927, Villa 0-1 Derby, Villa Park

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Game #1415

Manager | Billy Smith led Management Committee |
FT Score | 0-1 |
FT Result | Lost |
Last 5 Games | LLWLL |

Season | 1927-28 |
Matchday | #22 |
League Match | #22 |
Manager Game | #65 |
Tuesday, 27 December 1927

Scorer(s) | None |

Assist(s) | None

Teams

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Starting XI

GK Bill Johnson |
FB Tommy Smart |
LB Tommy Mort |
M Frank Moss |
M Billy Kingdon |
M Joe Tate |
W Dicky York |
W Fred Tully |
W Reg Chester |
F Joe Beresford |
F Billy Cook |

Substitutes

No Substitutions permitted in period

Unused Substitutes

No Substitutions permitted in period

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Starting XI

Substitutes

No Substitutions Permitted in Period

Unused Substitutes

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On This Day

Villa lose on consecutive days to Derby and now have seven defeats in the last nine games to make it eight wins, four draws and ten defeats in their twenty two division one games. Meanwhile, winger Fred Tully made his Villa debut aged 20 after joining from Preston Colliery in October 1926 and goalkeeper Bill Johnson made his fourth final appearance aged 26 before moving on to Charlton Athletic in August 1928.
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