Billy Armfield, Aston Villa

W Billy Armfield | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #304 |

Winger

1924-28 🕒 12 | ⚽ 2 | 🔥 - | #304 |

W Billy Armfield | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
Aston Villa 1924-28 |
Football League First Division |
🕒 12 | ⚽ 2 | 🔥 - | #304 |

Previous Player	Next Player
CB Archie Campbell \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \| #303 \|	F Albert Surtees \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \| #305 \|

W Billy Armfield | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #304 |

William Charles Wassell Armfield

Personal Profile

Birth Date	Birthplace	Birth Country	Citizenship	Height	Foot
7 July 1903	Handsworth, Birmingham	England 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿	England 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿

Personal

W Billy Armfield | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #304 |

Villa Youth Record

Youth Record

Aston Villa Youth

W Billy Armfield | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #304 |

Previous Clubs

Previous Clubs

Ellison's FC

Transfer In

W Billy Armfield | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #304 |

Transfer In

Season	Joined Date	Aged	Fee	From	From	Signed Under
1921-22	August 1921	18	Free	Ellison's FC 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿		George Ramsay

Career

W Billy Armfield | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #304 |

Played Under

Managers

George Ramsay 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿
Billy Smith 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿

Games 🕒, Starts ✅, Substitute 🔁, Won 🟩, Drew 🟨, Lost 🟥, Goals ⚽, Assists 🔥

W Billy Armfield | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #304 |

Career Summary

🗓️	🕒	✅	🔁	🇺	PPG	🟩	🟨	🟥	🟩 %	🟨 %	🟥 %	⚽	🔥	Yellow	Red	GI	GPG	GPGi
6	12	12	0	0								2		0	-	2	6.00

Seasons 🗓️, Games 🕒, Starts ✅, Substitute 🔁, Won 🟩, Drew 🟨, Lost 🟥, Unused 🇺, Goals ⚽, Assists 🔥, Goals per Game GPG, Points per Game PPG, Goal Involvements GI, Games per Goal GPG, Games per Goal Involvement GPGi

W Billy Armfield | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #304 |

Competition Record

🕒 League	🕒 FA Cup	🕒 League Cup	🕒 Europe	🕒 European Cup
		0	0	0

⚽ League	⚽ FA Cup	⚽ League Cup	⚽ Europe	⚽ European Cup
		0	0	0

🔥 League	🔥 FA Cup	🔥 League Cup	🔥 Europe	🔥 European Cup
		0	0	0

League Gi	FA Cup Gi	League Cup Gi	Europe Gi	European Cup Gi
		0	0	0

League GPG	FA Cup GPG	League Cup GPG	Europe GPG	European Cup GPG
		0.00	0.00	0.00

League GPGi	FA Cup GPGi	League Cup GPGi	Europe GPGi	European Cup GPGi
		0.00	0.00	0.00

Games 🕒, Goals ⚽, Assists 🔥, Goals per Game GPG, Goal Involvements GI, Games per Goal GPG, Games per Goal Involvement GPGi

Seasons

W Billy Armfield | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #304 |

Season by Season Record

Seasons 🗓️, Age 🎂, League 〽️, Position 🏆, Games 🕒, Starts ✅, Substitute 🔁, Won 🟩, Drew 🟨, Lost 🟥, Unused 🇺, Goals Scored ⚽, Goals Conceded 🥅, Goals per Game GPG, Conceded per Game CPG, Goal Difference GD, Clean Sheets ⛔, Points per Game PPG, Goal Involvements GI, Games per Goal GPG, Games per Goal Involvement GPGi

🗓️	🎂	〽️	🏆	🕒	✅	🔁	🇺	PPG	🟩	🟩 %	🟨	🟨 %	🟥	🟥 %	⚽	🔥	Yellow	Red	GI	GPG	GPGi
1923-24	19	D1		3	3	0	0								0	-	-	-	0

1924-25

1925-26

1926-27

1927-28

W Billy Armfield | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #304 |

Goalkeeping Record

GK #	🕒	🥅	CPG	⛔	⛔ %

Season	🕒	🥅	CPG	⛔	⛔ %

Seasons 🗓️, Games 🕒, Goals Conceded 🥅, Goals per Game GPG, Conceded per Game CPG, Clean Sheets ⛔

W Billy Armfield | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #304 |

Honours

Villa Honours

Played for the Villa

W Billy Armfield | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #304 |

Debuts & Dates

Season	First Squad	Manager
1923-24	15 March 1924	George Ramsay 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿

Season	Debut	Manager	Aged
1923-24	15 March 1924	George Ramsay 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿	20

Game #	First Goal	Scorer(s)

Game #	First Assist

Game #	First Clean Sheet

Season	Final Game	Aged	Manager
1927-28	28 April 1928	24	Billy Smith 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿

Season	Final Squad	Manager
1928-29	28 April 1928	Billy Smith 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿

Debut

Loans

W Billy Armfield | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #304 |

Loans Out

Loans

None

Transfer Out

W Billy Armfield | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #304 |

Transfer Out

Season	Date	Aged	Fee	To	To	Left Under
1928-29	June 1929	25	Free	Exeter City 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿		Billy Smith 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿

W Billy Armfield | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #304 |

Subsequent Clubs

Exeter City
Gillingham
Droitwich
Retired

Quotes

W Billy Armfield | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #304 |

Quotes

Biography

W Billy Armfield | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #304 |

Biography

Player #304 for Aston Villa, William Charles Wassell Armfield, known as Billy Armfield, played as a winger for the club.

Billy played for Villa between 1923-24 and 1927-28 making 12 appearances and scoring twice.

Billy was born in Handsworth, less than 3 miles from Villa Park, on 7 July 1903 and he made his debut appearance for Villa on 15 March 1924 aged 20.

Villa had signed Billy from Ellison’s FC in August 1921 and Villa used him as an occasional back up player in the league across his 5 seasons.

Billy played his last game for Villa on 28 April 1928 before moving to Exeter City in June 1929.

Billy scored his 2nd goal for the club in his final game.

Billy had played under both the George Ramsay and Billy Smith led Management Committees.

Billy passed away in 1970 aged 67.

Died

1980, Aged 76

Appearances

W Billy Armfield | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #304 |

Appearances

12

Game	Matchday Summary	Match Squad
Game #1249	🟨 15 Mar 1924, Villa 0-0 Spurs, Villa Park	GK Bert Singleton \| CB Archie Campbell \| FB Tommy Smart \| LB Tommy Mort \| M George Blackburn \| W Billy Armfield \| W Arthur Dorrell \| F Billy Kirton \| F Billy Walker \| F Len Capewell \| F Jock Johnstone \|
Game #1250	🟩 22 Mar 1924, Villa 3-2 Spurs, White Hart Lane	GK Tommy Jackson \| CB Vic Milne \| FB Tommy Smart \| LB Tommy Mort \| M George Blackburn \| M Frank J Moss \| W Billy Armfield \| W Arthur Dorrell \| F Billy Kirton \| F Billy Walker \| F Len Capewell \|
Game #1254	🟨 12 Apr 1924, Villa 0-0 Forest, City Ground	GK Tommy Jackson \| CB Vic Milne \| LB Tommy Mort \| FB Cecil Harris \| M Joe Corbett \| W Dicky York \| W Billy Armfield \| F George Stephenson \| F Len Capewell \| F Jock Johnstone \| F Albert Surtees \|
Game #1265	🟨 27 Sep 1924, Villa 1-1 Blackburn, Ewood	GK Cyril Spiers \| CB Alec Talbot \| LB Tommy Mort \| FB Tommy Smart \| M Frank J Moss \| M George Blackburn \| W Billy Armfield \| W Arthur Dorrell \| F Billy Walker \| F Billy Kirton \| CF Percy Varco \|
Game #1266	🟩 2 Oct 1924, Villa 2-0 Forest, City Ground	GK Cyril Spiers \| CB Alec Talbot \| LB Tommy Mort \| FB Tommy Smart \| M Frank J Moss \| M George Blackburn \| W Billy Armfield \| W Arthur Dorrell \| F Billy Walker \| F Billy Kirton \| CF Percy Varco \|
Game #1340	🟥 13 Mar 1926, Villa 0-2 Cardiff, Ninian	GK Tommy Jackson \| FB Teddy Bowen \| LB Tommy Mort \| CB Vic Milne \| M Tommy Muldoon \| W Billy Armfield \| W Arthur Dorrell \| F Billy Kirton \| F Len Capewell \| F Billy Dinsdale \| F Jock Johnstone \|
Game #1342	🟥 27 Mar 1926, Villa 1-5 Huddersfield, Villa Park	GK Tommy Jackson \| FB Tommy Smart \| LB Tommy Mort \| CB Alec Talbot \| M Frank J Moss \| W Dicky York \| W Billy Armfield \| W Reg Chester \| F Billy Kirton \| F Billy Walker \| F Jock Johnstone \|
Game #1348	🟩 17 Apr 1926, Villa 3-0 Spurs, Villa Park	GK Tommy Jackson \| FB Teddy Bowen \| FB Tommy Smart \| CB Vic Milne \| M Frank J Moss \| W Billy Armfield \| W Arthur Dorrell \| F George Stephenson \| F Len Capewell \| F Fred Norris \| F Jock Johnstone \|
Game #1377	🟩 29 Jan 1927, Villa 4-3 Blackburn, Villa Park	GK Tommy Jackson \| CB Vic Milne \| FB Teddy Bowen \| FB Tommy Smart \| M Billy Kingdon \| W Arthur Dorrell \| W Dicky York \| W Billy Armfield \| F George Stephenson \| F Billy Walker \| F Len Capewell \|
Game #1432	🟩 7 Apr 1928, Villa 1-0 Blackburn, Ewood	GK Ben Olney \| CB Vic Milne \| FB Tommy Smart \| FB Teddy Bowen \| M Jack Yates \| M Jimmy Gibson \| W Arthur Dorrell \| W Billy Armfield \| F Billy Walker \| F Joe Beresford \| CF Pongo Waring \|
Game #1433	🟩 9 Apr 1928, Villa 1-0 West Ham, Villa Park	GK Ben Olney \| CB Vic Milne \| FB Tommy Smart \| LB Tommy Mort \| M Jack Yates \| M Jimmy Gibson \| W Arthur Dorrell \| W Billy Armfield \| F Billy Walker \| F Joe Beresford \| CF Pongo Waring \|
Game #1436	🟨 28 Apr 1928, Villa 2-2 Bolton, Villa Park	GK Ben Olney \| CB Vic Milne \| FB Tommy Smart \| FB Teddy Bowen \| M Jack Yates \| M Jimmy Gibson \| W Fred Tully \| W Billy Armfield \| F Billy Walker \| F Joe Beresford \| CF Pongo Waring \|

W Billy Armfield | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #304 |

Starts

12

Game	Matchday Summary	Line Up
Game #1249	🟨 15 Mar 1924, Villa 0-0 Spurs, Villa Park	GK Bert Singleton \| CB Archie Campbell \| FB Tommy Smart \| LB Tommy Mort \| M George Blackburn \| W Billy Armfield \| W Arthur Dorrell \| F Billy Kirton \| F Billy Walker \| F Len Capewell \| F Jock Johnstone \|
Game #1250	🟩 22 Mar 1924, Villa 3-2 Spurs, White Hart Lane	GK Tommy Jackson \| CB Vic Milne \| FB Tommy Smart \| LB Tommy Mort \| M George Blackburn \| M Frank Moss \| W Billy Armfield \| W Arthur Dorrell \| F Billy Kirton \| F Billy Walker \| F Len Capewell \|
Game #1254	🟨 12 Apr 1924, Villa 0-0 Forest, City Ground	GK Tommy Jackson \| CB Vic Milne \| LB Tommy Mort \| FB Cecil Harris \| M Joe Corbett \| W Dicky York \| W Billy Armfield \| F George Stephenson \| F Len Capewell \| F Jock Johnstone \| F Albert Surtees \|
Game #1265	🟨 27 Sep 1924, Villa 1-1 Blackburn, Ewood	GK Cyril Spiers \| CB Alec Talbot \| LB Tommy Mort \| FB Tommy Smart \| M Frank Moss \| M George Blackburn \| W Billy Armfield \| W Arthur Dorrell \| F Billy Walker \| F Billy Kirton \| CF Percy Varco \|
Game #1266	🟩 2 Oct 1924, Villa 2-0 Forest, City Ground	GK Cyril Spiers \| CB Alec Talbot \| LB Tommy Mort \| FB Tommy Smart \| M Frank Moss \| M George Blackburn \| W Billy Armfield \| W Arthur Dorrell \| F Billy Walker \| F Billy Kirton \| CF Percy Varco \|
Game #1340	🟥 13 Mar 1926, Villa 0-2 Cardiff, Ninian	GK Tommy Jackson \| FB Teddy Bowen \| LB Tommy Mort \| CB Vic Milne \| M Tommy Muldoon \| W Billy Armfield \| W Arthur Dorrell \| F Billy Kirton \| F Len Capewell \| F Billy Dinsdale \| F Jock Johnstone \|
Game #1342	🟥 27 Mar 1926, Villa 1-5 Huddersfield, Villa Park	GK Tommy Jackson \| FB Tommy Smart \| LB Tommy Mort \| CB Alec Talbot \| M Frank Moss \| W Dicky York \| W Billy Armfield \| W Reg Chester \| F Billy Kirton \| F Billy Walker \| F Jock Johnstone \|
Game #1348	🟩 17 Apr 1926, Villa 3-0 Spurs, Villa Park	GK Tommy Jackson \| FB Teddy Bowen \| FB Tommy Smart \| CB Vic Milne \| M Frank Moss \| W Billy Armfield \| W Arthur Dorrell \| F George Stephenson \| F Len Capewell \| F Fred Norris \| F Jock Johnstone \|
Game #1377	🟩 29 Jan 1927, Villa 4-3 Blackburn, Villa Park	GK Tommy Jackson \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \| CB Vic Milne \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 \| FB Teddy Bowen \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \| FB Tommy Smart \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \| M Billy Kingdon \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \| W Arthur Dorrell \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \| 🔥 \| 🔥 \| W Dicky York \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \| W Billy Armfield \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \| 🔥 \| 🔥 \| F George Stephenson \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \| F Billy Walker \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \| ⚽ \| ⚽ \| F Len Capewell \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \| ⚽ \| ⚽ \|
Game #1432	🟩 7 Apr 1928, Villa 1-0 Blackburn, Ewood	GK Ben Olney \| CB Vic Milne \| FB Tommy Smart \| FB Teddy Bowen \| M Jack Yates \| M Jimmy Gibson \| W Arthur Dorrell \| W Billy Armfield \| F Billy Walker \| F Joe Beresford \| CF Pongo Waring \|
Game #1433	🟩 9 Apr 1928, Villa 1-0 West Ham, Villa Park	GK Ben Olney \| CB Vic Milne \| FB Tommy Smart \| LB Tommy Mort \| M Jack Yates \| M Jimmy Gibson \| W Arthur Dorrell \| W Billy Armfield \| F Billy Walker \| F Joe Beresford \| CF Pongo Waring \|
Game #1436	🟨 28 Apr 1928, Villa 2-2 Bolton, Villa Park	GK Ben Olney \| CB Vic Milne \| FB Tommy Smart \| FB Teddy Bowen \| M Jack Yates \| M Jimmy Gibson \| W Fred Tully \| W Billy Armfield \| F Billy Walker \| F Joe Beresford \| CF Pongo Waring \|

Starts

Subs

W Billy Armfield | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #304 |

Substitute Appearances

0

Game	Matchday Summary	Substitutes

Unused

W Billy Armfield | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #304 |

Unused Substitute Appearances

0

Game	Matchday Summary	Unused Substitutes

Goals

W Billy Armfield | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #304 |

Goals Scored

2

Game	Matchday Summary	Scorer(s)
Game #1432	🟩 7 Apr 1928, Villa 1-0 Blackburn, Ewood	Scorer(s) \| Billy Armfield \|
Game #1436	🟨 28 Apr 1928, Villa 2-2 Bolton, Villa Park	Scorer(s) \| Billy Armfield \| Billy Walker \|

Assists

W Billy Armfield | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #304 |

Assists Made

Game	Matchday Summary	Assist(s)
Game #1377	🟩 29 Jan 1927, Villa 4-3 Blackburn, Villa Park	Assist(s) \| Billy Armfield \| 3' \| 88' \| Arthur Dorrell \| 4' \| 46' \|

Cards

W Billy Armfield | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #304 |

Cards Received

🟨

0 🟥

-

Game	Matchday Summary	Villa Cards

International

W Billy Armfield | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #304 |

International Record

International Career	Caps with Villa

Matches

W Billy Armfield | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #304 |

Matches

W Billy Armfield | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #304 |

🟨 15 Mar 1924, Villa 0-0 Spurs, Villa Park

Game #1249

Division One

Season | 1923-24 |
Matchday | #39 |
League Match | #35 |
Manager Game | #1223 |
Saturday, 15 March 1924

Full Match Report

Scorer(s) | None |

Assist(s) | None

Teams

Starting XI

Substitutes

No Substitutions permitted in period

Unused Substitutes

No Substitutions permitted in period

Substitutes

No Substitutions Permitted in Period

Unused Substitutes

No Substitutions Permitted in Period

Match Timeline

On This Day

Villa fail to score for the thirteenth time this season as they are held by mid-table side Tottenham at Villa Park to make it thirteen wins, twelve draws and ten defeats in thirty five division one games. Meanwhile, winger Billy Armfield and centre back Archie Campbell made their Villa debuts aged 19 after moving from Ellisons FC in August 1921 and Spennymoor United in December 1922 respectively, whilst goalkeeper Bert Singleton made his second and final appearances for Villa just one game after his debut.

W Billy Armfield | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #304 |

🟩 22 Mar 1924, Villa 3-2 Spurs, White Hart Lane

Game #1250

Division One

Season | 1923-24 |
Matchday | #40 |
League Match | #36 |
Manager Game | #1224 |
Saturday, 22 March 1924

Full Match Report

Scorer(s) | Len Capewell | Len Capewell | Len Capewell |

Assist(s) | Not recorded

Teams

Starting XI

Substitutes

No Substitutions permitted in period

Unused Substitutes

No Substitutions permitted in period

Substitutes

No Substitutions Permitted in Period

Unused Substitutes

No Substitutions Permitted in Period

Match Timeline

On This Day

Villa extend their unbeaten run to four as they win at White Hart Lane to make it fourteen wins, twelve draws and ten defeats in thirty six division one games.

W Billy Armfield | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #304 |

🟨 12 Apr 1924, Villa 0-0 Forest, City Ground

Game #1254

Division One

Season | 1923-24 |
Matchday | #44 |
League Match | #39 |
Manager Game | #1228 |
Saturday, 12 April 1924

Full Match Report

Scorer(s) | None |

Assist(s) | None

Teams

Starting XI

Substitutes

No Substitutions permitted in period

Unused Substitutes

No Substitutions permitted in period

Substitutes

No Substitutions permitted in period

Unused Substitutes

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Match Timeline

On This Day

Villa fail to score for the fifteenth time this season as they are held by League strugglers Forest at the City Ground to make it fifteen wins, thirteen draws and eleven defeats in thirty nine division one games. Meanwhile, midfielder Joe Corbett made his Villa debut aged 21 after joining from Brierley Hill Alliance in August 1921.

W Billy Armfield | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #304 |

🟨 27 Sep 1924, Villa 1-1 Blackburn, Ewood

Game #1265

Division One

Season | 1924-25 |
Matchday | #7 |
League Match | #7 |
Manager Game | #1239 |
Saturday, 27 September 1924

Full Match Report

Scorer(s) | Billy Walker |

Assist(s) | Not recorded

Teams

Starting XI

Substitutes

No Substitutions permitted in period

Unused Substitutes

No Substitutions permitted in period

Substitutes

No Substitutions Permitted in Period

Unused Substitutes

No Substitutions Permitted in Period

Match Timeline

On This Day

Villa are held for the fifth time in seven games as they begin the season in slow fashion as they did in 1923-24.

W Billy Armfield | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #304 |

🟩 2 Oct 1924, Villa 2-0 Forest, City Ground

Game #1266

Division One

Season | 1924-25 |
Matchday | #8 |
League Match | #8 |
Manager Game | #1240 |
Thursday, 2 October 1924

Full Match Report

Scorer(s) | Billy Walker | Billy Kirton |

Assist(s) | Not recorded

Teams

Starting XI

Substitutes

No Substitutions permitted in period

Unused Substitutes

No Substitutions permitted in period

Substitutes

No Substitutions permitted in period

Unused Substitutes

No Substitutions permitted in period

Match Timeline

On This Day

Villa manage a second win in eight games, losing one and drawing five.

W Billy Armfield | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #304 |

🟥 13 Mar 1926, Villa 0-2 Cardiff, Ninian

Game #1340

Division One

Season | 1925-26 |
Matchday | #36 |
League Match | #32 |
Manager Game | #1314 |
Saturday, 13 March 1926

Full Match Report

Scorer(s) | None |

Teams

Starting XI

Substitutes

No Substitutions permitted in period

Unused Substitutes

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Substitutes

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Unused Substitutes

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Match Timeline

On This Day

Villa extend their winless run to six as they lose at Ninian Park to make it thirteen wins, ten draws and nine defeats in their thirty two division one matches. Meanwhile, forward Billy Dinsdale made his eight and final appearance for Villa aged 22 before moving on to Lincoln City in August.

W Billy Armfield | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #304 |

🟥 27 Mar 1926, Villa 1-5 Huddersfield, Villa Park

Game #1342

Division One

Season | 1925-26 |
Matchday | #38 |
League Match | #34 |
Manager Game | #1316 |
Saturday, 27 March 1926

Full Match Report

Scorer(s) | Dicky York |

Assist(s) | Not recorded

Teams

Starting XI

Substitutes

No Substitutions permitted in period

Unused Substitutes

No Substitutions permitted in period

Substitutes

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Unused Substitutes

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Match Timeline

On This Day

Villa's winless run reaches eight games as they are taken apart by reigning champions Huddersfield at Leeds Road as they make it thirteen wins, eleven draws and ten defeats in their thirty four division one matches.

W Billy Armfield | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #304 |

🟩 17 Apr 1926, Villa 3-0 Spurs, Villa Park

Game #1348

Division One

Season | 1925-26 |
Matchday | #44 |
League Match | #40 |
Manager Game | #1322 |
Saturday, 17 April 1926

Full Match Report

Scorer(s) | Len Capewell | Len Capewell | George Stephenson |

Assist(s) | Not recorded

Teams

Starting XI

Substitutes

No Substitutions permitted in period

Unused Substitutes

No Substitutions permitted in period

Substitutes

No Substitutions Permitted in Period

Unused Substitutes

No Substitutions Permitted in Period

Match Timeline

On This Day

Villa win for the fourth time in their last six and make it seventeen wins, eleven draws and twelve defeats in their forty division one matches.

W Billy Armfield | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #304 |

🟩 29 Jan 1927, Villa 4-3 Blackburn, Villa Park

Game #1377

Division One

Manager: Billy Smith | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 1926-1934 led Management Committee
Referee: Reg Rudd | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Middlesex
HT Score: 🟩 2-0
FT Result: 🟩 Won
FT Score: 🟩 4-3
Last 5: 🟩 🟥 🟥 🟥 🟩

Season | 1926-27 |
Matchday | #27 |
League Match | #26 |
Manager Game | #27 |
Saturday, 29 January 1927

Full Match Report

Scorer(s) | Billy Walker | 3' | 4' | Len Capewell | 46' | 88' |

Assist(s) | Billy Armfield | 3' | 88' | Arthur Dorrell | 4' | 46' |

Teams

GK Tommy Jackson | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CB Vic Milne | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
FB Teddy Bowen | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
FB Tommy Smart | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Billy Kingdon | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
W Arthur Dorrell | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 🔥 | 🔥 |
W Dicky York | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
W Billy Armfield | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 🔥 | 🔥 |
F George Stephenson | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
F Billy Walker | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | ⚽ | ⚽ |
F Len Capewell | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | ⚽ | ⚽ |

Crawford
Roxburgh
Jones
Campbell
Healless
McIntyre
Puddefoot
Holland
Harper
Shaw
Rigby

Starting XI

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Match Timeline

⚽ | 3' Goal, 1-0, Billy Walker, Assist by Billy Armfield
⚽ | 4' Goal, 2-0, Billy Walker, Assist by Arthur Dorrell
🕒 | HT Aston Villa 2-0 Blackburn Rovers
⚽ | 46' Goal, 3-0, Len Capewell, Assist by Arthur Dorrell
🥅 | Goal, 3-1, (Blackburn Rovers), Holland
🥅 | Goal, 3-2, (Blackburn Rovers, pen), Harper
🥅 | 74' Goal, 3-3, (Blackburn Rovers), Rigby
⚽ | 88' Goal, 4-3, Len Capewell, Assist by Billy Armfield
🕒 | FT Aston Villa 4-3 Blackburn Rovers

On This Day

Villa concede for the ninth time in two games but manage a first win in four thanks to a brace from Len Capewell - his twelfth in ten - and from Billy Walker to make it ten wins, four draws and twelve defeats in their twenty six division one matches.
Villa lead by 3 goals just after the interval but Blackburn score three to equalise by 74' but Len Capewell hits an 88' winner.

W Billy Armfield | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #304 |

🟩 7 Apr 1928, Villa 1-0 Blackburn, Ewood

Game #1432

Division One

Season | 1927-28 |
Matchday | #39 |
League Match | #36 |
Manager Game | #82 |
Saturday, 7 April 1928

Full Match Report

Scorer(s) | Billy Armfield |

Assist(s) | Not recorded

Teams

Starting XI

Substitutes

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Match Timeline

On This Day

Villa extend their unbeaten run to three, winning two to make it fourteen wins, eight draws and fourteen defeats in their thirty six division one games.

W Billy Armfield | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #304 |

🟩 9 Apr 1928, Villa 1-0 West Ham, Villa Park

Game #1433

Division One

Season | 1927-28 |
Matchday | #40 |
League Match | #37 |
Manager Game | #83 |
Monday, 9 April 1928

Full Match Report

Scorer(s) | Arthur Dorrell |

Assist(s) | Not recorded

Teams

Starting XI

Substitutes

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Match Timeline

On This Day

Villa extend their unbeaten run to four, winning three to beat West Ham in their third game in four days to make it fifteen wins, eight draws and fourteen defeats in their thirty seven division one games.

W Billy Armfield | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #304 |

🟨 28 Apr 1928, Villa 2-2 Bolton, Villa Park

Game #1436

Division One

Season | 1927-28 |
Matchday | #43 |
League Match | #40 |
Manager Game | #86 |
Saturday, 28 April 1928

Full Match Report

Scorer(s) | Billy Armfield | Billy Walker |

Assist(s) | Not recorded

Teams

Starting XI

Substitutes

No Substitutions permitted in period

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Match Timeline

On This Day

Villa are held at home by Bolton to make it sixteen wins, nine draws and fifteen defeats in their forty division one games. Meanwhile, winger Billy Armfield made his twelfth and final appearance for Villa during which he scored twice before moving on to Exeter City in June 1929.

W Billy Armfield | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #304 |

Winger

1924-28 🕒 12 | ⚽ 2 | 🔥 - | #304 |

W Billy Armfield | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #304 |

William Charles Wassell Armfield

Personal Profile

W Billy Armfield | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #304 |

Villa Youth Record

Youth Record

W Billy Armfield | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #304 |

Previous Clubs

Previous Clubs

W Billy Armfield | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #304 |

Transfer In

W Billy Armfield | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #304 |

Played Under

Managers

W Billy Armfield | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #304 |

Career Summary

W Billy Armfield | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #304 |

Competition Record

W Billy Armfield | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #304 |

Season by Season Record

W Billy Armfield | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #304 |

Goalkeeping Record

W Billy Armfield | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #304 |

Honours

Villa Honours

W Billy Armfield | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #304 |

Debuts & Dates

W Billy Armfield | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #304 |

Loans Out

Loans

W Billy Armfield | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #304 |

Transfer Out

W Billy Armfield | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #304 |

Subsequent Clubs

Subsequent Clubs

W Billy Armfield | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #304 |

Quotes

W Billy Armfield | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #304 |

Biography

Died

W Billy Armfield | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #304 |

Appearances

12

W Billy Armfield | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #304 |

Starts

12

W Billy Armfield | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #304 |

Substitute Appearances

0

W Billy Armfield | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #304 |

Unused Substitute Appearances

0

W Billy Armfield | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #304 |

Goals Scored

2

W Billy Armfield | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #304 |

Assists Made

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W Billy Armfield | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #304 |

Cards Received

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0

🟥

-

W Billy Armfield | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #304 |

International Record

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W Billy Armfield | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #304 |

Matches

W Billy Armfield | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #304 |

🟨 15 Mar 1924, Villa 0-0 Spurs, Villa Park

Game #1249

Scorer(s) | None |

Teams

Starting XI

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