Game #1559
Aston Villa

Wednesday, 14 January 1931
3rd Round
Last 5: ๐ฉ ๐ฅ ๐จ ๐จ ๐ฅ
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 Tommy Smart | 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 |
W Jack Mandley | ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ |
F Joe Beresford | ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ |
CF Billy Walker | ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ |
CF Pongo Waring | ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ | 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
Pongo Waring replaces George Brown.
Team Stats
Debut Appearances
None
Final Appearances
None

Lost
1-3
๐ฅ 14 Jan 1931, Villa 1-3 Arsenal, Villa Park
Scorer(s) | Pongo Waring | 82' |
Assist(s) | None
Match Timeline
๐ฅ
| 12โ Goal, 0-1, (Arsenal), Hulme
๐ฅ | Referee Walden denies Villa a clear penalty
๐ | HT Aston Villa 0-1 Arsenal
๐ฅ
| 65โ Goal, 0-2, (Arsenal), Hulme
๐ฅ
| 66โ Goal, 0-3, (Arsenal), Hulme
โฝ | 82' Goal, 1-3, Pongo Waring
๐ | FT Aston Villa 1-3 Arsenal
Season | 1930-31 |
Matchday | #27 |
Manager Game | #209 |
Wednesday, 14 January 1931
Match Record
Game Record
Manager: Billy Smith | ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ | 1926-1934 led Management Committee
Referee: William Walden | ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ | Derby, 1927-1936
HT Score: ๐ฅ 0-1
FT Result: ๐ฅ Lost
FT Score: ๐ฅ 1-3
Last 5: ๐ฉ ๐ฅ ๐จ ๐จ ๐ฅ
Officials
Referee: William Walden | ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ | Derby, 1927-1936
Match Stats
Not recorded
Billy Smith | ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ | 1926-1934
๐ 208 | ๐ฉ | 101 ๐จ 35 ๐ฅ 72 | 1.63
Villa Career Form:
Top 6
FA Cup
Arsenal
Villa Park
Attendance: 73,668
Harper
Parker
Hapgood
Seddon
Roberts
John
Hulme
Brain
Jack
James
Bastin
Herbert Chapman | 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: โ
FA Cup Winners: ๐
Last Trophy: 1929-30
Opposition Matchday Squad
Opposition Unavailable
Not Recorded
Starting XI
Match Media
On This Day
Two goals up in the original fixture until the last knockings of the game and with 75% of the attacking play in the replay at Villa Park but Villa still lose to an 'efficient' Arsenal side and are out the Cup.
A record mid-week attendance was set of 73,668 on 14 January 1931 for the FA Cup 3rd round replay with Arsenal. The receipts were ยฃ5,137 4s. 3d.
Pongo Waring scores his TWENTY NINTH goal in twenty three games after a four match absence but Villa are beaten in the third round of the FA Cup at Villa Park.
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