Game #1533
Aston Villa
1-0-0, 2 PTS

Saturday, 30 August 1930
1st=
Last 5: 🟨 🟥 🟥 🟩 🟩
GK Fred Biddlestone | 🏴 |
CB Alec Talbot | 🏴 |
LB Tommy Mort | 🏴 |
FB Teddy Bowen | 🏴 |
M Jimmy Gibson | 🏴 |
M Joe Tate | 🏴 |
W Eric Houghton | 🏴 |
W Jack Mandley | 🏴 | 🔥 | 🔥 |
CF Pongo Waring | 🏴 | ⚽ | ⚽ | ⚽ | ⚽ |
CF Billy Walker | 🏴 |
CF George Brown | 🏴 |
Billy Smith | 🏴 | 1926-1934

Substitutes:
No Substitutions permitted in period
Unused Substitutes:
No Substitutions permitted in period
None
League Champions: 🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆 🏆
FA Cup Winners: 🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆 🏆
Last Trophy: 1919–20
Matchday Squad:
None
Billy Smith names the same line up that ended the 1929-30 campaign.
Pongo Waring scores all four goals as Jack Mandley contributes a brace of assists as Villa open the season with a win at Old Trafford to keep up their excellent record against the Mancunians.

Won
4-3
🟩 30 Aug 1930, Villa 4-3 United, Old Trafford
Scorer(s) | Pongo Waring | 27' | 47' | 48' | 89' |
Assist(s) | Jack Mandley | 27' | 47' |
Match Timeline:
🥅 | 2' Goal, 0-1, (Manchester United), Warburton
⚽ | 27' Goal, 1-1, Pongo Waring, Assist by Jack Mandley
🥅 | 28' Goal, 1-2, (Manchester United), Reid
🕒 | HT Manchester United 2-1 Aston Villa
⚽ | 47' Goal, 2-2, Pongo Waring, Assist by Jack Mandley
⚽ | 48' Goal, 3-2, Pongo Waring
🥅 | 52' Goal, 3-3, (Manchester United), Rowley
⚽ | 89' Goal, 4-3, Pongo Waring
🕒 | FT Manchester United 3-4 Aston Villa
Season | 1930-31 |
Matchday | #1 |
League Match | #1 |
Manager Game | #183 |
Saturday, 30 August 1930

Manager: Billy Smith | 🏴 | 1926-1934 led Management Committee
Referee: George Nunnerley | 🏴 | Ellesmere, 1924-1930
HT Score: 🟥 1-2
FT Result: 🟩 Won
FT Score: 🟩 4-3
Last 5: 🟨 🟥 🟥 🟩 🟩
Referee: George Nunnerley | 🏴 | Ellesmere, 1924-1930
Not recorded
Debut Appearances:
None
Final Appearances:
None
Billy Smith | 🏴 | 1926-1934
🕒 182 | 🟩 | 90 🟨 27 🟥 65 | 1.63
Villa Career Form:
Top 6
Referee:
VAR (from 2021)
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Division One
Manchester United
0-0-1, 0 PTS

Old Trafford
Attendance: 18,004
Steward
Jones
Silcock
Bennion
McLenshan
Wilson
Spence
Warburton
Reid
Rowley
McLachlan
Herbert Bamlett | 🏴 |

Substitutes:
No Substitutions permitted in period
Unused Substitutes:
No Substitutions permitted in period
None
League Champions: 🏆🏆
FA Cup Winners: 🏆
Last Trophy: 1910-11
Matchday Squad:
Not Recorded