CF Billy Dinsdale | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #315 |

1925-26 🕒 8 | ⚽ 0 | 🔥 - | #315 |

Centre Forward

Previous Player	Next Player
M Tom Jones \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \| #314 \|	F Reg Chester \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \| #316 \|

CF Billy Dinsdale | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #315 |

William Arthur Dinsdale

Personal Profile

Birth Date	Birthplace	Birth Country	Citizenship	Height	Foot
12 July 1903	Darlington, County Durham	England 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿	England 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿	(5 ft 10 in) 1.80 m

Personal

CF Billy Dinsdale | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #315 |

Villa Youth Record

Youth Record

n/a

CF Billy Dinsdale | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #315 |

Previous Clubs

Previous Clubs

St. Phillip’s School
Rise Carr Juniors
Darlington
Darlington Railway Athletic
Crook Town

Transfer In

CF Billy Dinsdale | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #315 |

Transfer In

Season	Joined Date	Aged	Fee	From	From	Signed Under
1924-25	March 1925	21	Free	Crook Town 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿		George Ramsay

Career

CF Billy Dinsdale | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #315 |

Villa Career

CF Billy Dinsdale | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
Aston Villa 1925-26 |
Football League First Division |
🕒 8 | ⚽ 0 | 🔥 - | #315 |

CF Billy Dinsdale | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #315 |

Played Under

Managers

George Ramsay 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿

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

CF Billy Dinsdale | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #315 |

Career Summary

🗓️	🕒	✅	🔁	🇺	PPG	🟩	🟨	🟥	🟩 %	🟨 %	🟥 %	⚽	🔥	Yellow	Red	GI	GPG	GPGi
2	8	8	0	0								0	0	0	-	0	0.00

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

CF Billy Dinsdale | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #315 |

Competition Record

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

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

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

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

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

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

Seasons

CF Billy Dinsdale | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #315 |

Season by Season Record

🗓️	🎂	〽️	🏆	🕒	✅	🔁	🇺	PPG	🟩	🟩 %	🟨	🟨 %	🟥	🟥 %	⚽	🔥	Yellow	Red	GI	GPG	GPGi
1924-25	21	D1		5	5	0	0								0	-	-	-	0

1925-26

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

CF Billy Dinsdale | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #315 |

Goalkeeping Record

GK #	🕒	🥅	CPG	⛔	⛔ %

Season	🕒	🥅	CPG	⛔	⛔ %

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

CF Billy Dinsdale | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #315 |

Honours

Villa Honours

Played for the Villa

CF Billy Dinsdale | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #315 |

Debuts & Dates

Season	First Squad	Manager
1924-25	1 April 1925	George Ramsay 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿

Season	Debut	Manager	Aged
1924-25	1 April 1925	George Ramsay 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿	21

Game #	First Goal	Scorer(s)

Game #	First Assist

Game #	First Clean Sheet

Season	Final Game	Aged	Manager
1925-26	13 March 1926	22	George Ramsay 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿

Season	Final Squad	Manager
1925-26	13 March 1926	George Ramsay 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿

Debut

Loans

CF Billy Dinsdale | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #315 |

Loans Out

Loans

None

Transfer Out

CF Billy Dinsdale | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #315 |

Transfer Out

Season	Date	Aged	Fee	To	To	Left Under
1925-26	1926	23	Free	Lincoln City 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿		Billy Smith 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿

CF Billy Dinsdale | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #315 |

Subsequent Clubs

1926-29 Lincoln City
1929-30 Bradford Park Avenue
1930-31 Lincoln City
1931-32 Darlington FC
Retired

Quotes

CF Billy Dinsdale | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #315 |

Quotes

Biography

CF Billy Dinsdale | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #315 |

Biography

Player #315 for Aston Villa, William Arthur Dinsdale, known as Billy Dinsdale, played as a centre forward for the club.

Billy played for Villa in 1924-25 and 1925-26 making 8 appearances.

Billy was born in Darlington on 12 July 1903 and he made his debut appearance for Villa on 1 April 1925 aged 21.

Villa had signed Billy from Crook Town just a month earlier in March 1925.

Billy was used as a back up to the first team squad and made all his 8 appearances in the league with the majority - 5 - coming in his first season.

Billy would play his final game for Villa on 13 March 1926 aged 22 before moving on to Lincoln City.

Billy had played under the George Ramsay led Management Committee.

Although Billy’s career didn’t hit heights in the top flight his move to the Third Division North side Lincoln City saw him hit 69 goals in 92 league games over 3 seasons.

Billy passed away in his home town of Darlington on 21st April 1984 aged 80.

Died

21 April 1984, Aged 80

Appearances

CF Billy Dinsdale | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #315 |

Appearances

8

Game	Matchday Summary	Match Squad
Game #1296	🟩 1 Apr 1925, Villa 4-0 Arsenal, Villa Park	GK Cyril Spiers \| CB Alec Talbot \| FB Tommy Smart \| LB Tommy Mort \| M Tom Jones \| W Arthur Dorrell \| W Dicky York \| F Albert Surtees \| F Billy Dinsdale \| F Billy Walker \| F Jock Johnstone \|
Game #1297	🟥 4 Apr 1925, Villa 1-4 Sunderland, Villa Park	GK Cyril Spiers \| CB Vic Milne \| FB Tommy Smart \| LB Tommy Mort \| M Tommy Muldoon \| W Arthur Dorrell \| W Dicky York \| F Albert Surtees \| F Billy Dinsdale \| F George Stephenson \| F Jock Johnstone \|
Game #1298	🟩 10 Apr 1925, Villa 2-1 Manchester City, Villa Park	GK Cyril Spiers \| CB Vic Milne \| FB Tommy Smart \| LB Tommy Mort \| M Tommy Muldoon \| W Arthur Dorrell \| W Dicky York \| F Billy Walker \| F Billy Dinsdale \| F George Stephenson \| F Jock Johnstone \|
Game #1299	🟥 11 Apr 1925, Villa 1-2 Cardiff, Ninian	GK Cyril Spiers \| D George Jakeman \| CB Alec Talbot \| FB Tommy Smart \| LB Tommy Mort \| M Tommy Muldoon \| W Arthur Dorrell \| W Dicky York \| F Billy Walker \| F Billy Dinsdale \| F George Stephenson \|
Game #1300	🟥 13 Apr 1925, Villa 0-1 Manchester City, Maine Road	GK Cyril Spiers \| D George Jakeman \| CB Alec Talbot \| FB Tommy Smart \| LB Tommy Mort \| M Tommy Muldoon \| W Arthur Dorrell \| W Joe Eccles \| F Len Capewell \| F Billy Dinsdale \| F George Stephenson \|
Game #1316	🟩 24 Oct 1925, Villa 3-2 Bury, Gigg Lane	GK Cyril Spiers \| FB Teddy Bowen \| LB Tommy Mort \| CB Alec Talbot \| M Frank J Moss \| W Dicky York \| F Billy Dinsdale \| F Billy Kirton \| F Len Capewell \| F Jock Johnstone \| F George Stephenson \|
Game #1339	🟨 10 Mar 1926, Villa 2-2 Leicester, Villa Park	GK Tommy Jackson \| FB Teddy Bowen \| LB Tommy Mort \| CB Vic Milne \| M Tommy Muldoon \| W Dicky York \| W Arthur Dorrell \| F Billy Kirton \| F Billy Walker \| F Billy Dinsdale \| F Jock Johnstone \|
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 \|

CF Billy Dinsdale | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #315 |

Starts

8

Game	Matchday Summary	Line Up
Game #1296	🟩 1 Apr 1925, Villa 4-0 Arsenal, Villa Park	GK Cyril Spiers \| CB Alec Talbot \| FB Tommy Smart \| LB Tommy Mort \| M Tom Jones \| W Arthur Dorrell \| W Dicky York \| F Albert Surtees \| F Billy Dinsdale \| F Billy Walker \| F Jock Johnstone \|
Game #1297	🟥 4 Apr 1925, Villa 1-4 Sunderland, Villa Park	GK Cyril Spiers \| CB Vic Milne \| FB Tommy Smart \| LB Tommy Mort \| M Tommy Muldoon \| W Arthur Dorrell \| W Dicky York \| F Albert Surtees \| F Billy Dinsdale \| F George Stephenson \| F Jock Johnstone \|
Game #1298	🟩 10 Apr 1925, Villa 2-1 Manchester City, Villa Park	GK Cyril Spiers \| CB Vic Milne \| FB Tommy Smart \| LB Tommy Mort \| M Tommy Muldoon \| W Arthur Dorrell \| W Dicky York \| F Billy Walker \| F Billy Dinsdale \| F George Stephenson \| F Jock Johnstone \|
Game #1299	🟥 11 Apr 1925, Villa 1-2 Cardiff, Ninian	GK Cyril Spiers \| D George Jakeman \| CB Alec Talbot \| FB Tommy Smart \| LB Tommy Mort \| M Tommy Muldoon \| W Arthur Dorrell \| W Dicky York \| F Billy Walker \| F Billy Dinsdale \| F George Stephenson \|
Game #1300	🟥 13 Apr 1925, Villa 0-1 Manchester City, Maine Road	GK Cyril Spiers \| D George Jakeman \| CB Alec Talbot \| FB Tommy Smart \| LB Tommy Mort \| M Tommy Muldoon \| W Arthur Dorrell \| W Joe Eccles \| F Len Capewell \| F Billy Dinsdale \| F George Stephenson \|
Game #1316	🟩 24 Oct 1925, Villa 3-2 Bury, Gigg Lane	GK Cyril Spiers \| FB Teddy Bowen \| LB Tommy Mort \| CB Alec Talbot \| M Frank Moss \| W Dicky York \| F Billy Dinsdale \| F Billy Kirton \| F Len Capewell \| F Jock Johnstone \| F George Stephenson \|
Game #1339	🟨 10 Mar 1926, Villa 2-2 Leicester, Villa Park	GK Tommy Jackson \| FB Teddy Bowen \| LB Tommy Mort \| CB Vic Milne \| M Tommy Muldoon \| W Dicky York \| W Arthur Dorrell \| F Billy Kirton \| F Billy Walker \| F Billy Dinsdale \| F Jock Johnstone \|
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 \|

Starts

Subs

CF Billy Dinsdale | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #315 |

Substitute Appearances

0

Game	Matchday Summary	Substitutes

Unused

CF Billy Dinsdale | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #315 |

Unused Substitute Appearances

0

Game	Matchday Summary	Unused Substitutes

Goals

CF Billy Dinsdale | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #315 |

Goals Scored

0

Game	Matchday Summary	Scorer(s)

Assists

CF Billy Dinsdale | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #315 |

Assists Made

0

Game	Matchday Summary	Assist(s)

Cards

CF Billy Dinsdale | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #315 |

Cards Received

🟨

0 🟥

-

Game	Matchday Summary	Villa Cards

International

CF Billy Dinsdale | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #315 |

International Record

International Career	Caps with Villa

Matches

CF Billy Dinsdale | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #315 |

Matches

CF Billy Dinsdale | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #315 |

🟩 1 Apr 1925, Villa 4-0 Arsenal, Villa Park

Game #1296

Season | 1924-25 |
Matchday | #38 |
League Match | #34 |
Manager Game | #1270 |
Wednesday, 1 April 1925

Full Match Report

Division One

Scorer(s) | Arthur Dorrell | Billy Walker | Dicky York | Dicky York |

Assist(s) | Not recorded

Teams

Starting XI

Substitutes

No Substitutions permitted in period

Unused Substitutes

No Substitutions permitted in period

Starting XI

Substitutes

No Substitutions permitted in period

Unused Substitutes

No Substitutions permitted in period

Match Timeline

On This Day

From nowhere a Villa side who had failed to score in four, lost nine of their last thirteen League games and who had won just once in 1925 hit four goals - as many as they had managed in their last eight League and Cup games - to beat Arsenal and make it nine wins, twelve draws and thirteen defeats in thirty four division one games. Meanwhile, forward Billy Dinsdale and midfielder Tom Jones made their Villa debuts aged 21 and 19 after joining from from Crook Town and Oakengates in March 1925 and July 1922 respectively.

CF Billy Dinsdale | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #315 |

🟥 4 Apr 1925, Villa 1-4 Sunderland, Villa Park

Game #1297

Season | 1924-25 |
Matchday | #39 |
League Match | #35 |
Manager Game | #1271 |
Saturday, 4 April 1925

Full Match Report

Division One