Aston Villa's 1933-34 season

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Season 51 | 1933-34

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The Story of 1933-34

26 August 1933, Villa 2-3 Leicester, Villa Park, Scorers: Dai Astley, Pongo Waring.

Villa lose on the opening day despite Pongo Waring - who barely featured in 1932-33 - scoring.

28 August 1933, Villa 2-1 Wednesday, Hillsborough, Scorers: Dai Astley, Eric Houghton.

Villa recover from defeat on the opening day to win at Hillsborough as Dai Astley scores for the second successive game.

2 September 1933, Villa 2-3 Tottenham, White Hart Lane, Scorers: Dai Astley, Pongo Waring.

Villa lose for the second time in three at the start of the season despite Dai Astley scoring for the third successive game.

4 September 1933, Villa 1-0 Wednesday, Villa Park, Scorers: Pongo Waring.

Villa win for the second time in four as Pongo Waring scores his third goal of the season.

9 September 1933, Villa 4-2 Liverpool, Villa Park, Scorers: Dai Astley, Eric Houghton (brace), Alec Talbot.

Villa record successive victories for the first time this season as Eric Houghton hits a brace.

16 September 1933, Villa 0-1 Chelsea, Stamford Bridge, Scorers: None.

Villa suffer their third loss in six as they fail to score for the first time this season.

23 September 1933, Villa 2-1 Sunderland, Villa Park, Scorers: Dai Astley, Eric Houghton.

Villa recover from a third defeat in six to win for the fourth time in seven as Dai Astley scores his fifth of the season.

30 September 1933, Villa 2-3 Portsmouth, Fratton Park, Scorers: Dai Astley, Arthur Cunliffe.

Villa lose for the fourth time in eight games despite Dai Astley scoring for the sixth time this season.

7 October 1933, Villa 4-3 Huddersfield, Villa Park, Scorers: Eric Houghton (brace), Pongo Waring, Dai Astley.

Eric Houghton scores a brace for his sixth of the campaign as Villa record a fifth win in nine.

14 October 1933, Villa 1-1 Stoke City, Victoria Ground, Scorers: Arthur Cunliffe.

Arthur Cunliffe scores his second of the season but Villa are held for the first time in ten games following five wins and four defeats.

21 October 1933, Villa 0-1 Manchester City, Maine Road, Scorers: None.

Villa fail to score for the second time this season as they fall to a fifth loss in eleven games.

28 October 1933, Villa 2-3 Arsenal, Villa Park, Scorers: Pongo Waring (brace).

Pongo Waring scores a brace to make if six for the season - beating his total from 1932-33 - but Villa lose successive games for the first time this season and have now lost six in twelve.

4 November 1933, Villa 4-2 Leeds, Elland Road, Scorers: Eric Houghton, Pongo Waring (brace), Dai Astley.

Pongo Waring scores a second successive brace to make it eight for the season as Villa record victory after consecutive defeats.

11 November 1933, Villa 3-0 Middlesbrough, Villa Park, Scorers: Joe Beresford, Eric Houghton, Arthur Cunliffe.

Eric Houghton scores his eighth of the season to help Villa to a second successive win following a brace of defeats.

18 November 1933, Villa 1-2 Blackburn, Ewood Park, Scorers: Arthur Cunliffe.

Arthur Cunliffe scores for the second successive game and the fourth time this season but Villa lose for the third time in five.

25 November 1933, Villa 2-3 Newcastle, Villa Park, Scorers: Dai Astley, Pongo Waring.

Pongo Waring scores his ninth of the season but Villa fall to successive losses and now have four defeats in their last six.

2 December 1933, Villa 0-0 Birmingham, St Andrew's, Scorers: None.

Villa fail to score for the third time this season as they are held to a goalless draw by the team with three names.

9 December 1933, Villa 0-2 Derby, Villa Park, Scorers: None.

Villa fail to score for the second successive game as they suffer their fifth defeat in eight.

16 December 1933, Villa 1-2 Albion, The Hawthorns, Scorers: Dai Astley.

Dai Astley scores Villa's first goal in three games but Villa record successive losses to make it six defeats in their last eight.

23 December 1933, Villa 2-1 Everton, Villa Park, Scorers: Eric Houghton, Dai Astley.

Dai Astley scores for the second successive game as Villa win for the first time in six after six defeats in the previous eight.

25 December 1933, Villa 6-2 Wolves, Villa Park, Scorers: Jack Mandley (brace), Ronnie Dix, Dai Astley, Pongo Waring (brace).

Jack Mandley hits a brace to help Villa to a second successive victory after a run of six losses in eight games.

26 December 1933, Villa 3-4 Wolves, Molineux, Scorers: Reg Chester (brace), Ronnie Dix.

Reg Chester hits a brace on his first appearance of the season but Villa lose to Wolves a day after beating them to record their eleventh defeat in twenty two.

30 December 1933, Villa 1-1 Leicester, Filbert Street, Scorers: Dai Astley.

Dai Astley scores his thirteenth of the season but Villa are held at Filbert Street to end 1933 with just nine wins in their twenty three games.

1 January 1934, Villa 3-4 Sheffield United, Bramall Lane, Scorers: Eric Houghton (brace), Pongo Waring.

Eric Houghton hits a brace to make it eleven for the season but Villa are held to a second successive draw in three winless games.

6 January 1934, Villa 1-5 Tottenham, Villa Park, Scorers: Dai Astley.

Dai Astley scores his fourteenth of the season but Villa are hit for five at home and have now lost twelve of their twenty five division one games.

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Season Summary

Division	Final League Position	FA Cup Progress	Biggest Win
Division One	13th	Semi Final	7-2 vs. Sunderland (h), FA Cup

Top Scorer		Most Appearances
33 \| Dai Astley		48 \| Harry Morton

Manager Summary

P: Games Played; W: Games Won; D: Games Drawn; L: Games Lost; PPG: Points per Game (3 Points for a win, 1 Point for a draw); CS%: Clean Sheet percentage; W%: Win Rate; L%: Loss Rate; U: Games Unbeaten; U% Unbeaten Rate.

From	To	Manager		P	W	D	L	U	W%	L%	U%	CS%	PPG
Ongoing	5 May 1934	Billy Smith led Management Committee		48	18	13	17	31	38%	35%	65%	19%	1.40

Manager	Chairman		Club Secretary
Billy Smith led Management Committee	J. E. Jones		Billy Smith

Season Statistics

Pos: Final League Position; P: Games Played; W: Games Won; D: Games Drawn; L: Games Lost; F: Goals Scored; A: Goals Conceded; Pts: Final League Points; GD: Goal Difference (A-F); PPG: Points per Game (3 Points for a win, 1 Point for a draw); GR: Goal Ratio (F/A); GPG: Goals Scored per Game; CPG: Goals Conceded per Game; CS: Clean Sheets; CS%: Clean Sheet percentage; W%: Win Rate; L%: Loss Rate; U: Games Unbeaten; U% Unbeaten Rate.

Results - All Competitions

	P	W	D	L	F	A	GD	GR	GPG	CPG	CS	CS%	W%	L%	U	U%	PPG
1933-34	48	18	13	17	93	86	7	1.08	1.94	1.79	9	19%	38%	35%	31	65%	1.40

Results - League

	Pos	P	W	D	L	F	A	Pts	GD	GPG	CPG	GR	CS	CS%	W%	L%	U%	PPG
1933-34	13th	42	14	12	16	78	75	40	3	1.86	1.79	1.04	7	17%	33%	38%	62%	1.29

Sequences

Season	Wins in a Row	League Wins in a Row	Games Unbeaten	Games without a Win	Losing Run
1933-34	3	2	9	5	2

League Table

Pos	Club	P	W	D	L	F	A	GD	Pts
1	Arsenal	42	25	9	8	75	47	28	59
2	Huddersfield Town	42	23	10	9	90	61	29	56
3	Tottenham Hotspur	42	21	7	14	79	56	23	49
4	Derby County	42	17	11	14	68	54	14	45
5	Manchester City	42	17	11	14	65	72	-7	45
6	Sunderland	42	16	12	14	81	56	25	44
7	West Bromwich Albion	42	17	10	15	78	70	8	44
8	Blackburn Rovers	42	18	7	17	74	81	-7	43
9	Leeds United	42	17	8	17	75	66	9	42
10	Portsmouth	42	15	12	15	52	55	-3	42
11	Sheffield Wednesday	42	16	9	17	62	67	-5	41
12	Stoke City	42	15	11	16	58	71	-13	41
13	Aston Villa	42	14	12	16	78	75	3	40
14	Everton	42	12	16	14	62	63	-1	40
15	Wolverhampton Wanderers	42	14	12	16	74	86	-12	40
16	Middlesbrough	42	16	7	19	68	80	-12	39
17	Leicester City	42	14	11	17	59	74	-15	39
18	Liverpool	42	14	10	18	79	87	-8	38
19	Chelsea	42	14	8	20	67	69	-2	36
20	Birmingham	42	12	12	18	54	56	-2	36
21	Newcastle United	42	10	14	18	68	77	-9	34
22	Sheffield United	42	12	7	23	58	101	-43	31

Matches

Select a row for detailed match reports

Competition	Date	Home		Away	W	D	L	Game
Division One	26 Aug 1933	Aston Villa	2-3	Leicester City			L	1667
Division One	28 Aug 1933	Sheffield Wednesday	1-2	Aston Villa	W			1668
Division One	2 Sep 1933	Tottenham Hotspur	3-2	Aston Villa			L	1669
Division One	4 Sep 1933	Aston Villa	1-0	Sheffield Wednesday	W			1670
Division One	9 Sep 1933	Aston Villa	4-2	Liverpool	W			1671
Division One	16 Sep 1933	Chelsea	1-0	Aston Villa			L	1672
Division One	23 Sep 1933	Aston Villa	2-1	Sunderland	W			1673
Division One	30 Sep 1933	Portsmouth	3-2	Aston Villa			L	1674
Division One	7 Oct 1933	Aston Villa	4-3	Huddersfield Town	W			1675
Division One	14 Oct 1933	Stoke City	1-1	Aston Villa		D		1676
Division One	21 Oct 1933	Manchester City	1-0	Aston Villa			L	1677
Division One	28 Oct 1933	Aston Villa	2-3	Arsenal			L	1678
Division One	4 Nov 1933	Leeds United	2-4	Aston Villa	W			1679
Division One	11 Nov 1933	Aston Villa	3-0	Middlesbrough	W			1680
Division One	18 Nov 1933	Blackburn Rovers	2-1	Aston Villa			L	1681
Division One	25 Nov 1933	Aston Villa	2-3	Newcastle United			L	1682
Division One	2 Dec 1933	Birmingham	0-0	Aston Villa

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