Game #1550
Aston Villa
9-5-4, 23 PTS

Saturday, 6 December 1930
5th=
Last 5: ๐ฅ ๐ฅ ๐จ ๐จ ๐ฉ
GK Percy Maggs | ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ |
CB Alec Talbot | ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ |
LB Tommy Mort | ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ |
FB Teddy Bowen | ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ |
M Jimmy Gibson | ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ณ๓ ฃ๓ ด๓ ฟ |
M Joe Tate | ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ |
W Eric Houghton | ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ | โฝ |
W Jack Mandley | ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ | ๐ฅ | ๐ฅ |
F Joe Beresford | ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ |
CF Pongo Waring | ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ | โฝ | โฝ |
CF Billy Walker | ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ | ๐ฅ | โฝ |
Billy Smith | ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ | 1926-1934

Substitutes
No Substitutions permitted in period
Unused Substitutes
No Substitutions permitted in period
Yellow Cards (Warnings, Cautions, Bookings)
None
Red Cards (Ordered from Field of Play, Dismissals, Sendings Off)
None
Trophy Record
League Champions: ๐๐๐๐๐ ๐
FA Cup Winners: ๐๐๐๐๐ ๐
Last Trophy: 1919โ20
Matchday Squad
Unavailable
Injury | 1 |
GK Fred Biddlestone | ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ |
Team News
Billy Smith names an unchanged line up.
Team Stats
Debut Appearances
None
Final Appearances
None
On This Day
Villa win for the first time in five as Pongo Waring scores his TWENTY THIRD goal in eighteen games
Overall Villa make it nine wins, five draws and four defeats in their eighteen division one games having scored FIFTY goals second only to leaders Arsenal.
Villa score four or more for the seventh time in 18 games this season, having scored five once and six twice.
Villa win away from home for the first time in six.
Villa remain fifth in the table but close the gap on leaders Arsenal to five points.
Starting XI

Won
4-3
๐ฉ 6 Dec 1930, Villa 4-3 Sheffield United, Bramall Lane
Scorer(s) | Pongo Waring | 6' | 11' | Eric Houghton | 3-1 | Billy Walker | 82' |
Assist(s) | Jack Mandley | 6' | 3-1 | Billy Walker | 11' |
Match Timeline
๐ฅ
| 5โ Goal, 0-1, (Sheffield United), Dunne
โฝ | 6' Goal, 1-1, Pongo Waring, Assist by Jack Mandley
โฝ | 11' Goal, 2-1, Pongo Waring, Assist by Billy Walker
๐ | HT Shefiield United 1-2 Aston Villa
โฝ | Goal, 3-1, Eric Houghton, Assist by Jack Mandley
๐ฅ
| Goal, 3-2, (Sheffield United), Gillespie
โฝ | 82' Goal, 4-2, Billy Walker
๐ฅ
| 88' Goal, 4-3, (Sheffield United), Dunne
๐ | FT Shefiield United 3-4 Aston Villa
Season | 1930-31 |
Matchday | #18 |
League Match | #18 |
Manager Game | #200 |
Saturday, 6 December 1930
Match Record
Game Record
Manager: Billy Smith | ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ | 1926-1934 led Management Committee
Referee: James Williams | ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ | Bolton, 1929-1938
HT Score: ๐ฉ 2-1
FT Result: ๐ฉ Won
FT Score: ๐ฉ 4-3
Last 5: ๐ฅ ๐ฅ ๐จ ๐จ ๐ฉ
Officials
Referee: James Williams | ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ | Bolton, 1929-1938
Match Stats
Not recorded
Billy Smith | ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ | 1926-1934
๐ 199 | ๐ฉ | 98 ๐จ 32 ๐ฅ 69 | 1.64
Villa Career Form:
Top 6
What they Said
Division One
Sheffield United
5-7-6, 17 PTS
Bramall Park
Attendance: 17,540
Kendall
J. R. Gibson
Birks
Sampey
Matthews
Green
S. Gibson
Spice
Dunne
Gillespie
Tunstall
John Nicholson | ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ |
Substitutes
No Substitutions Permitted in Period
Unused Substitutes
No Substitutions Permitted in Period
Yellow Cards (Warnings, Cautions, Bookings)
None
Red Cards (Ordered from Field of Play, Dismissals, Sendings Off)
None
Opposition Trophy Record
League Champions: ๐
FA Cup Winners: ๐๐๐๐
Last Trophy: 1924โ25
Opposition Matchday Squad
Opposition Unavailable
Not Recorded
League Table

1930-31
Playing Squad





























