1928–29 Aston Villa F.C. season

Aston Villa 1928–29 football season

Aston Villa
1928–29 season
Manager	Billy Smith
Stadium	Villa Park
First Division	5th
FA Cup	Fourth round
← 1927–28 1929-30 →

Second City Derby Football team season

Second City Derby
16--10--9
← 1927–28 1929-30 →

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 was the only player to debut this season. He would make eight club appearances.^[7]

Table

Pos	Team v t e	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

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
^ "Aston Villa's Seasons". AVFC History.

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