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Game #1559

Aston Villa

Wednesday, 14 January 1931

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Lost

3rd Round

Last 5: 🟩 🟥 🟨 🟨 🟥

FA Cup

Arsenal

Villa Park

Attendance: 73,668

🟥 14 Jan 1931, Villa 1-3 Arsenal, Villa Park

Aston Villa

1-3

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Arsenal

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🟥 14 Jan 1931, Villa 1-3 Arsenal, Villa Park

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MATCH TIMELINE
Wednesday, 14 January 1931

🥅 | 12’ Goal, 0-1, (Arsenal), Hulme
💥 | Referee Walden denies Villa a clear penalty
🕒 | HT Aston Villa 0-1 Arsenal
🥅 | 65’ Goal, 0-2, (Arsenal), Hulme
🥅 | 66’ Goal, 0-3, (Arsenal), Hulme
⚽ | 82' Goal, 1-3, Pongo Waring
🕒 | FT Aston Villa 1-3 Arsenal

Match Statistics

Not recorded

Goal ⚽, Assist 🔥, Goal Conceded 🥅, Injury 🚑, Booking 🟨, Sending off 🟥, Comment 🗒️, ❗ Villa Chance,❗❗Huge Villa Chance, 💥 Opposition action, 🎥 VAR, 🆘 Referee error, ❌ Missed pen, disallowed goal, player retires from field of play, 🟢 Debut, 🔴 Final appearance, 🕒 Half time, Full time, 🔁 Substitution

🟥 14 Jan 1931, Villa 1-3 Arsenal, Villa Park

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ON THIS DAY
Wednesday, 14 January 1931
  • 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 £5,137 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.

🟥 14 Jan 1931, Villa 1-3 Arsenal, Villa Park

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DEBUT APPEARANCES

None

FINAL APPEARANCES

None

Seasons | 🕒 Games | ✅ Starts (🔁 Subs) | ⚽ Goals | 🔥 Assists | 🇺 Unused | Player Number |

Aston Villa

League Champions: 🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆 🏆
FA Cup Winners: 🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆 🏆
Last Trophy: 1919–20

Arsenal

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League Champions: ❌
FA Cup Winners: 🏆
Last Trophy: 1929-30

FIXTURE HISTORY
Arsenal
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Previous 5 vs. Arsenal: 🟩 🟩 🟩 🟥 🟨

Games 🕒, Won 🟩, Drew 🟨, Lost 🟥, Goals Scored ⚽, Goals Conceded 🥅

🟥 14 Jan 1931, Villa 1-3 Arsenal, Villa Park

FIXTURE DETAILS
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Season | 1930-31 |
Matchday | #27 |
Manager Game | #209 |
Wednesday, 14 January 1931

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🟥 14 Jan 1931, Villa 1-3 Arsenal, Villa Park

MATCH SUMMARY
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Manager: Billy Smith | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 1926-1934 led Management Committee
Referee: William Walden | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Derby, 1927-1936
HT Score: 🟥 0-1
FT Result: 🟥 Lost
FT Score: 🟥 1-3
Last 5: 🟩 🟥 🟨 🟨 🟥

Scorers
Timeline
On This Day
Trophies
Fixture
Manager
MANAGERIAL RECORD
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Billy Smith | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 1926-1934

🕒 208 | 🟩 | 101 🟨 35 🟥 72 | 1.63

Villa Career Form:

Top 6

Billy Smith | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 1926-1934

Games 🕒, Won 🟩, Drew 🟨, Lost 🟥, Points per Game

🟥 14 Jan 1931, Villa 1-3 Arsenal, Villa Park

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MATCH OFFICIALS

Referee: William Walden | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Derby, 1927-1936

VAR PROFILE (from 2021)

CARDS
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None

CARDS
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None

Won 🟩, Drew 🟨, Lost 🟥, Notably poor performance 🆘, Cards 🟨 Booking, Cards 🟥 Sending off, Disallowed ❌ Goal disallowed, ⚽ Penalty for, 🥅 Penalty against, ❌ Penalty Disallowed

🟥 14 Jan 1931, Villa 1-3 Arsenal, Villa Park

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TEAM NEWS
TEAM STATS

Pongo Waring replaces George Brown.

Referee

🟥 14 Jan 1931, Villa 1-3 Arsenal, Villa Park

MANAGER

Billy Smith | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 1926-1934

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Aston Villa

GK Percy Maggs | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CB Alec Talbot | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
LB Tommy Mort | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
FB Tommy Smart | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Jimmy Gibson | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
M Joe Tate | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
W Eric Houghton | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
W Jack Mandley | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
F Joe Beresford | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CF Billy Walker | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CF Pongo Waring | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | ⚽ |

MANAGER

Herbert Chapman | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

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Arsenal

Harper
Parker
Hapgood
Seddon
Roberts
John
Hulme
Brain
Jack
James
Bastin

Line Ups

🟥 14 Jan 1931, Villa 1-3 Arsenal, Villa Park

SUBSTITUTES
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No Substitutions permitted in period

SUBSTITUTES

No Substitutions permitted in period

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Substitutes

🟥 14 Jan 1931, Villa 1-3 Arsenal, Villa Park

UNUSED SUBSTITUTES
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No Substitutions permitted in period

UNUSED SUBSTITUTES
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No Substitutions permitted in period

Player Positions:

GK : Goalkeeper
CB, D, B : Centre Back, Defender, Back
FB, LB, RB, WH : Full Back, Left Back, Right Back, Wing Back, Wing Half


M, CH, LH, RH : Midfielder, Centre Half, Left Half, Right Half
W, OL, OR : Winger, Outside Left, Outside Right
F, IF, IL, IR : Forward, Inside Forward, Inside Left, Inside Right, Second Striker, False 9
CF : Centre Forward

Match Symbols:

⚽ | Goal
🔥 | Assist
🔁 | Substitution

🟨 | Booking

🟥 | Sending off

🆘 | Poor refereeing performance
🟢 : Debut 🔴 : Final Game

Squad Bios

🟥 14 Jan 1931, Villa 1-3 Arsenal, Villa Park

SQUAD STATS
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SQUAD STATS
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🟥 14 Jan 1931, Villa 1-3 Arsenal, Villa Park

MATCHDAY SQUAD
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MATCHDAY SQUAD
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🟥 14 Jan 1931, Villa 1-3 Arsenal, Villa Park

UNAVAILABLE
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Injury | 1 |
GK Fred Biddlestone | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

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Not Recorded

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LEAGUE TABLE
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MATCHDAY PROGRAMME
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🟥 14 Jan 1931, Villa 1-3 Arsenal, Villa Park

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MATCH QUOTES
Quotes

🟥 14 Jan 1931, Villa 1-3 Arsenal, Villa Park

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MATCH REPORTS

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Reports

🟥 14 Jan 1931, Villa 1-3 Arsenal, Villa Park

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MATCH VIDEO
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