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Game #1536

Aston Villa

4-0-0, 8 PTS

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Tuesday, 9 September 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 Dicky York | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 🔥 |
CF Pongo Waring | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | ⚽ |
CF Billy Walker | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CF George Brown | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

Billy Smith | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 1926-1934
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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:

Injury | 1 |
W Jack Mandley | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

Billy Smith names an unchanged line up.

  • Pongo Waring score his tenth goal in four games as Villa win at Blundell Park.

  • Villa make it four consecutive wins at the start of the campaign with two home wins and two away wins.

  • Villa however now have one clean sheet in four games having scored fourteen.

  • Including the final game of the 1929-30 season it is now five wins in a row for Billy Smith's men.

  • Villa take the outright lead at the top of the table ahead of Arsenal.

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Won

2-1

🟩 9 Sep 1930, Villa 2-1 Grimsby, Blundell Park
Scorer(s) | Pongo Waring | 24' | Eric Houghton | 29' |

Assist(s) | Dicky York | 24' |

Match Timeline:

⚽ | 24' Goal, 1-0, Pongo Waring, Assist by Dicky York
⚽ | 29' Goal, 2-0, Eric Houghton
🥅 | Goal, 2-1, (Grimsby Town), Bestall
🕒 | HT Grimsby Town 1-2 Aston Villa
🕒 | FT Grimsby Town 1-2 Aston Villa

Season | 1930-31 |
Matchday | #4 |
League Matchweek | #4 |
Manager Game | #186 |
Monday, 9 September 1929

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Manager: Billy Smith | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 1926-1934 led Management Committee
Referee: Unknown
HT Score: 🟩 2-1
FT Result: 🟩 Won
FT Score: 🟩 2-1
Last 5: 🟩 🟩 🟩 🟩 🟩

Referee: Unknown

Previous 5 vs. Grimsby: 🟥 🟨 🟩 🟩 🟩

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Not recorded

Debut Appearances:

None

Final Appearances:

None

Billy Smith | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 1926-1934

🕒 185 | 🟩 | 93 🟨 27 🟥 65 | 1.65

Villa Career Form:

Top 6

Referee:

VAR (from 2021)

GK Fred Biddlestone | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
🕒

18

18

🔥

0

0

🟩

12

🟨

1

🟥

5

2

🥅

32

LB Tommy Mort | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
🕒

242

242

🔥

1

2

🟩

100

🟨

53

🟥

89

CB Alec Talbot | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
🕒

116

116

🔥

3

1

🟩

60

🟨

17

🟥

39

FB Teddy Bowen | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
🕒

173

173

🔥

0

2

🟩

88

🟨

23

🟥

62

M Jimmy Gibson | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
🕒

63

63

🔥

4

5

🟩

31

🟨

11

🟥

21

M Joe Tate | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
🕒

86

86

🔥

2

8

🟩

49

🟨

8

🟥

29

W Dicky York | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
🕒

388

388

🔥

87

130

🟩

180

🟨

76

🟥

132

W Eric Houghton | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
🕒

27

27

🔥

16

6

🟩

16

🟨

1

🟥

10

CF Pongo Waring | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
🕒

82

82

🔥

60

21

🟩

46

🟨

12

🟥

24

CF George Brown | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
🕒

49

49

🔥

37

5

🟩

27

🟨

5

🟥

17

CF Billy Walker | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
🕒

421

421

🔥

216

60

🟩

193

🟨

85

🟥

143

🕒

🔁

🔥

GK Sub

🟩

🟨

🟥

🥅

🕒

🔁

🔥

Sub 1

🟩

🟨

🟥

🕒

🔁

🔥

Sub 2

🟩

🟨

🟥

🕒

🔁

🔥

Sub 3

🟩

🟨

🟥

🕒

🔁

🔥

Sub 4

🟩

🟨

🟥

🕒

🔁

🔥

Sub 5

🟩

🟨

🟥

Division One

Grimsby Town

1-1-2, 3 PTS

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Blundell Park

Attendance: 19,224

Not recorded

Wilf Gillow | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
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Substitutes:

Unused Substitutes:

None

League Champions: ❌
FA Cup Winners: ❌
Last Trophy: ❌

Matchday Squad:

Not Recorded

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