1928–29 Aston Villa F.C. season

Aston Villa
1928–29 season
Manager	Billy Smith
Stadium	Villa Park
First Division	5th
FA Cup	Fourth round

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.^[1]

In June 1928 Ben Olney kept the goal in England's 3–2 victory over the South African XI.^[2]

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.^[3]

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.^[4] Joe Beresford, Pongo Waring and Billy Walker (2) scored in the 4–2 victory at St Andrews.^[5]

In December Villa beat Everton to go 4th in the Championship.^[6] Norman Swales ^[7] was the only player to debut this season. He would make eight club appearances.^[8]

Table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GAv	Pts
1	The Wednesday (C)	42	21	10	11	86	62	1.387	52
2	Leicester City	42	21	9	12	96	67	1.433	51
3	Aston Villa	42	23	4	15	98	81	1.210	50
4	Sunderland	42	20	7	15	93	75	1.240	47
5	Liverpool	42	17	12	13	90	64	1.406	46

Source: World Football
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal average; 3) Goals scored
(C) Champions

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

References

^ The Football League. 5 June 1928, The Times
^ Association Football The Times Monday, 17 June 1929
^ Suspension Of F. Moss. 19 September 1928, The Times
^ "Birmingham 1-1 Aston Villa, 1927-28 Division One, 5 Nov 1927". AVFC History.
^ "Birmingham 2-4 Aston Villa, 1928-29 Division One , 27 Oct 1928". AVFC History.
^ League Notes. 3 December 1928, The Times
^ https://www.avfchistory.co.uk/player/norman-swales
^ "Aston Villa's Seasons". AVFC History.

[1] The Football League. 5 June 1928, The Times

[2] Association Football The Times Monday, 17 June 1929

[3] Suspension Of F. Moss. 19 September 1928, The Times

[4] "Birmingham 1-1 Aston Villa, 1927-28 Division One, 5 Nov 1927". AVFC History.

[5] "Birmingham 2-4 Aston Villa, 1928-29 Division One , 27 Oct 1928". AVFC History.

[6] League Notes. 3 December 1928, The Times

[7] ttps://www.avfchistory.co.uk/player/norman-swales

[8] "Aston Villa's Seasons". AVFC History.

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