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Game #1560

Aston Villa

13-7-6, 33 PTS

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Saturday, 17 January 1931

3rd=

Last 5: 🟥 🟨 🟨 🟥 🟩

GK Percy Maggs | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CB Alec Talbot | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
FB Teddy Bowen | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
FB Tommy Smart | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Jimmy Gibson | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
M Joe Tate | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
W Eric Houghton | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | ⚽ | 🔥 |
W Jack Mandley | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | ⚽ |
CF George Brown | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CF Billy Walker | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CF Pongo Waring | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | ⚽ | 🔥 |

Billy Smith | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 1926-1934
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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: 🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆 🏆
FA Cup Winners: 🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆 🏆
Last Trophy: 1919–20

Matchday Squad

Unavailable

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

Team News

Teddy Bowen and George Brown replace Tommy Mort and Joe Beresford.

Team Stats

Debut Appearances

None

Final Appearances

🔴 GK Percy Maggs | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 1930-31 🕒 14 | ✅ | 14 | 🔁 (-) | 🥅 2.07 | ⛔ 21% | 🇺 - | #338 |

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Won

3-1

🟩 17 Jan 1931, Villa 3-1 Bolton, Villa Park
Scorer(s) | Eric Houghton | 22' | Pongo Waring | 52' | Jack Mandley | 80' |

Assist(s) | Eric Houghton | 52' | Pongo Waring | 80' |

Match Timeline

🚑 | Player injured on field of play, Alec Talbot
⚽ | 22' Goal, 1-0, Eric Houghton
🚑 | 22' Player retires from field of play with injury, (Bolton Wanderers), Jones. Goslin takes on goalkeeping duties
🕒 | HT Aston Villa 1-0 Bolton Wanderers
⚽ | 52' Goal, 2-0, Pongo Waring, Assist by Eric Houghton
⚽ | 80' Goal, 3-0, Jack Mandley, Assist by Pongo Waring
🥅 | 84’ Goal, 3-1, (Bolton Wanderers)
🕒 | FT Aston Villa 3-1 Bolton Wanderers

Season | 1930-31 |
Matchday | #28 |
League Matchweek | #26 |
Manager Game | #210 |
Saturday, 17 January 1931

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Match Record
Game Record

Manager: Billy Smith | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 1926-1934 led Management Committee
Referee: Robert Bowie | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Newcastle upon Tyne, 1926-1934
HT Score: 🟩 1-0
FT Result: 🟩 Won
FT Score: 🟩 3-1
Last 5: 🟥 🟨 🟨 🟥 🟩

Officials

Referee: Robert Bowie | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Newcastle upon Tyne, 1926-1934

Previous 5 vs. Bolton: 🟥 🟥 🟥 🟩 🟨

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Head to Head

Total 🕒 69 | 🟩 W29 (42% ) | 🟨 D11 | 🇺(58% ) | 🟥 L29 (42% ) | ⚽ 111 | 🥅 128 | GD -17

Match Stats

Not recorded

Billy Smith | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 1926-1934

🕒 209 | 🟩 | 102 🟨 35 🟥 72 | 1.63

Villa Career Form:

Top 6

🟩 12 Apr 2025, Villa 3-0 Southampton, St Mary's TBL.png

Division One

Bolton Wanderers

9-4-12, 22 PTS

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Villa Park

Attendance: 21,950

Jones
Haworth
Finney
Goslin
Nuttall
Wright
Butler
McKay
Blackmore
Gibson
Cook

Charles Foweraker | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
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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: ❌
FA Cup Winners: 🏆🏆🏆
Last Trophy: 1928-29

Opposition Matchday Squad

Opposition Unavailable

Not Recorded

🟩 12 Apr 2025, Villa 3-0 Southampton, St Mary's TBL.png
On This Day
  • Villa, already dominating, see Bolton lose their 'keeper to injury half way through the first half and the visitors are forced to play with 10 and outfield player Gosling in goal.

  • Pongo Waring scores his THIRTIETH goal in twenty four games as Villa record a first League victory in three and first in 1931 to make it thirteen wins, seven draws and six defeats in their twenty six division one games having scored SEVENTY FIVE goals more than any other team in the division

  • Villa sit joint third, four points off leaders Wednesday, but second placed Arsenal have three games in hand.

  • Goalkeeper Percy Maggs makes his fourteenth and final appearance for Villa aged 24 before moving on to Blackpool in August 1932.

Starting XI
GK Percy Maggs | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
🕒

14

14

🔥

0

0

🟩

6

🟨

5

🟥

3

3

🥅

29

FB Tommy Smart | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
🕒

393

393

🔥

7

3

🟩

182

🟨

77

🟥

134

CB Alec Talbot | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
🕒

140

140

🔥

4

1

🟩

69

🟨

25

🟥

46

FB Teddy Bowen | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
🕒

189

189

🔥

0

2

🟩

95

🟨

28

🟥

66

M Jimmy Gibson | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
🕒

85

85

🔥

5

6

🟩

39

🟨

19

🟥

27

M Joe Tate | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
🕒

110

110

🔥

2

9

🟩

58

🟨

16

🟥

36

W Jack Mandley | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
🕒

35

35

🔥

7

18

🟩

16

🟨

8

🟥

11

W Eric Houghton | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
🕒

50

50

🔥

32

11

🟩

25

🟨

8

🟥

17

CF Pongo Waring | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
🕒

102

102

🔥

80

28

🟩

54

🟨

18

🟥

30

CF George Brown | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
🕒

61

61

🔥

42

5

🟩

32

🟨

10

🟥

19

CF Billy Walker | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
🕒

445

445

🔥

225

64

🟩

202

🟨

93

🟥

150

Substitutes
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Sub 1

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Sub 2

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Sub 3

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Sub 4

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Sub 5

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Match Media
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