1928–29 Aston Villa F.C. season

English football club season Aston Villa 1928–29 Billy Smith President Patrick Hannon Aston Villa Meeting, Birmingham Evening Mail, 5 July 1941, p3 Villa Park First Division 5th FA Cup Fourth round 1927–28 1929-30 Second City Derby 16--10--9 1927–28 1929-30 History of Aston Villa F.C. (1874–1961) The 1928–29 English football season was Aston Villa's 37th season in The Football League. In June 1928, former Villa chairman Fred Rinder was elected to the Management Committee of the Football League.The Football League. 5 June 1928, The Times In June 1928 Ben Olney kept the goal in England's 3–2 victory over the South African XI.Association Football The Times Monday, 17 June 1929 On 27 August captain, Frank Moss, was sent off in the match v Manchester United. The club suspended Moss for a month and placed him on the transfer list.Suspension Of F. Moss. 19 September 1928, The Times Dicky York rediscovered his scoring form with 18 strikes in 48 matches in 1928–29. In the Second City derby both teams won their away fixtures.https://www.avfchistory.co.uk/game/1406 Birmingham 1-1 Aston Villa, 1927-28 Division One, 5 Nov 1927 AVFC History Joe Beresford, Pongo Waring and Billy Walker (2) scored in the 4–2 victory at St Andrews.https://www.avfchistory.co.uk/game/1449 Birmingham 2-4 Aston Villa, 1928-29 Division One, 27 Oct 1928 AVFC History In December Villa beat Everton to go 4th in the Championship.League Notes. 3 December 1928, The Times Norman Swaleshttps://www.avfchistory.co.uk/player/norman-swales was the only player to debut this season. He would make eight club appearances.https://www.avfchistory.co.uk/villa-seasons Aston Villa's Seasons AVFC History Table 1928–29 Football League First Division y AVL Matches Date Opponent Venue Result Notes Scorers 25 Aug 1928 Leeds United Elland Road 1–4 — Dicky York (48') 27 Aug 1928 Manchester United Villa Park 0–0 — — 1 Sep 1928 Liverpool Villa Park 3–1 — Joe Beresford (30'), Dicky York (44'), Len Capewell (81') 8 Sep 1928 West Ham United Upton Park 1–4 — Len Capewell (20') 15 Sep 1928 Newcastle United Villa Park 1–1 — Reg Chester (14') 22 Sep 1928 Burnley Turf Moor 1–4 — Reg Chester (71') 29 Sep 1928 Cardiff City Villa Park 1–0 — Dicky York (14') 6 Oct 1928 Sheffield United Bramall Lane 3–1 — Pongo Waring (38', 57'), Arthur Dorrell (85') 13 Oct 1928 Bury Villa Park 7–1 — Billy Walker (4'), Pongo Waring (6', 65'), Arthur Dorrell (22'), Dicky York (29', 47', 86') 20 Oct 1928 Bolton Wanderers Villa Park 3–5 — Billy Walker (27', 36'), Arthur Dorrell (40') 27 Oct 1928 Birmingham St Andrew’s 4–2 — Pongo Waring (3'), Billy Walker (51', 85'), Joe Beresford (77') 3 Nov 1928 Derby County Villa Park 2–3 — Billy Walker (70'), Arthur Dorrell (80') 10 Nov 1928 Sunderland Roker Park 3–1 — Alec Talbot (2'), Billy Walker (23', 81') 17 Nov 1928 Blackburn Rovers Villa Park 2–1 — Joe Beresford (4', 74') 24 Nov 1928 Arsenal Highbury 5–2 — Pongo Waring (12', 17', 86'), Dicky York (23'), Alec Talbot (40') 1 Dec 1928 Everton Villa Park 2–0 — Pongo Waring (35'), Billy Walker (80') 8 Dec 1928 Huddersfield Town Leeds Road 0–3 — — 19 Dec 1928 Manchester City Villa Park 5–1 — Jimmy Gibson (6'), Joe Beresford (17', 41'), Dicky York (29', 69') 22 Dec 1928 Sheffield Wednesday Hillsborough 1–4 — Jimmy Gibson (46') 25 Dec 1928 Portsmouth Fratton Park 2–3 — Joe Beresford, Arthur Dorrell 26 Dec 1928 Portsmouth Villa Park 3–2 — Pongo Waring (2'), Joe Beresford (15'), Billy Walker (37') 29 Dec 1928 Leeds United Villa Park 1–0 — Pongo Waring (41') 1 Jan 1929 Manchester United Old Trafford 2–2 — Pongo Waring (31', 34') 5 Jan 1929 Liverpool Anfield 0–4 — — 19 Jan 1929 West Ham United Villa Park 5–2 — Joe Beresford (4'), Reg Chester (27', 87'), Billy Walker (52'), Dicky York (72') 2 Feb 1929 Burnley Villa Park 4–2 — Pongo Waring (22', 40', 60'), Dicky York (54') 9 Feb 1929 Cardiff City Ninian Park 2–0 — Joe Beresford (22'), Billy Cook (26') 20 Feb 1929 Sheffield United Villa Park 3–2 — Pongo Waring (58'), Dicky York 23 Feb 1929 Bury Gigg Lane 2–2 — Tommy Smart (38'), Billy Walker (54') 9 Mar 1929 Birmingham Villa Park 1–2 — Pongo Waring (15') 13 Mar 1929 Newcastle United St James’ Park 1–2 — Dicky York (10') 16 Mar 1929 Derby County Baseball Ground 0–1 — — 25 Mar 1929 Sunderland Villa Park 3–1 — Own goal (10'), Billy Cook (23'), Pongo Waring (60') 30 Mar 1929 Blackburn Rovers Ewood Park 5–2 — Billy Walker (5', 68'), Arthur Dorrell (74'), Pongo Waring (84'), Billy Cook (89') 1 Apr 1929 Leicester City Filbert Street 1–4 — Len Capewell (69') 2 Apr 1929 Leicester City Villa Park 4–2 — Billy Walker (1', 15'), Reg Chester (6'), Pongo Waring (36') 6 Apr 1929 Arsenal Villa Park 4–2 — Joe Beresford (6'), Dicky York (34'), Billy Walker (39'), Pongo Waring (52') 13 Apr 1929 Everton Goodison Park 1–0 — Pongo Waring (20') 17 Apr 1929 Bolton Wanderers Burnden Park 1–3 — Pongo Waring (11') 20 Apr 1929 Huddersfield Town Villa Park 4–1 — Reg Chester (4', 21', 70'), Billy Walker (72') 27 Apr 1929 Manchester City Maine Road 0–3 — — 4 May 1929 Sheffield Wednesday Villa Park 4–1 — Reg Chester, Dicky York (40'), Pongo Waring (74'), Billy Walker (78') Source: avfchistory.co.uk FA Cup 1928–29 FA Cup See also List of Aston Villa F.C. records and statistics References Category:1928–29 in English football Category:Aston Villa F.C. seasons