• Pongo Waring scored one and made one on debut as Villa record a fourth win in five League games to make it twelve wins, five draws and twelve defeats in their twenty nine division one games.

• Centre forward Pongo Waring and full back John Brittleton made their Villa debuts aged 21 and 27 after moving from Tranmere Rovers and Chester City respectively earlier this month.

• Billy Cook scores for the second successive gameas Villa record consecutive wins following a four match losing run 

• Villa make it eighteen wins, four draws and twelve defeats in their thirty four division one games.

• Villa go joint 15th.

• Villa demonstrate life under Billy Smith in miniature as they concede four and lose two days after scoring five and winning. 

• Villa make it eighteen wins, four draws and thirteen defeats in their thirty five division one games. 

• Meanwhile, three great servants of Villa made their final appearances: 

• Forward Len Capewell who had scored 100 goals in his 157 appearances, including the only goal of his final game, made his last appearance for Villa aged 34 before moving on to Walsall in February 1930. 

• Forward Billy Cook also made the last of his 61 appearances during which time he hit forty goals having only joined the club as a 32 year old before moving on to Tottenham in July aged 34. 

• Centre back Vic Milne played his last game for Villa aged 31 after 174 appearances and one goal across his 6 seasons with the club before retiring from football.

• Villa bounce back from defeat at Filbert Street to beat Leicester at Villa Park as Billy Walker scores a brace. 

• Villa make it nineteen wins, four draws and thirteen defeats in their thirty six division one games.

• Villa remain 5th in the table.

• Pongo Waring scores for the third time in as many games to secure Villa a third successive win.

• Villa make it twenty one wins, four draws and thirteen defeats in their thirty eight division one games.

• Villa climb to joint 2nd in the table alongside Leicester - their highest position of the season.

Villa end a run of three wins with defeat at Burnden to make it twenty one wins, four draws and fourteen defeats in their thirty nine division one games.

• Villa's surprise defeat at Manchester City means there is no chance of the title challenge entering the final day.

• Sheffield Wednesday lift the title courtesy of their draw with Burnley.

• Villa face Wednesday in the final game of 1928-29 hoping to secure second place but Billy Smith's side need Leicester to lose.

• Villa make it twenty two wins, four draws and fifteen defeats in their forty one division one games.

• Villa remain joint 2nd.

• Reg Chester scores for the fourth time in three games as Villa end the season in 3rd place with 115 goals in all competitions. 

• Villa missed out on their seventh League title by two points.

• Villa blitzed the 100 goals in a season barrier for the fourth time registering their highest ever total of 115 league and cup goals at a rate of 2.40 goals per game. 

• That eclipsed Villa’s previous 100+ seasons of 1912-13 (106) 1891-92 (102) & 1893-94 (100). 

• 1928-29 started poorly before a run of 28 games in which Villa recorded 19 wins hitting 8, 7, 6 and 5 goals (on 3 occasions), 4 goals twice and 3 goals on 5 occasions. Villa would however concede three or more goals on twelve occasions throughout the season. 

• As exciting as life was, further trophies were unlikely to be earned until life became just one or two games more consistent under Smith.

• Villa lose successive home games despite a thirty fifth goal of the season from George Brown. 

• Villa make it twenty wins, five draws and sixteen losses in their forty one division one games.

• Villa fall back to joint fourth with one game left to play.