Game #1561
Aston Villa
13-8-6, 34 PTS

Saturday, 24 January 1931
3rd
Last 5: ๐จ ๐จ ๐ฅ ๐ฉ ๐จ
GK Reg Miles | ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ | ๐ข |
CB Alec Talbot | ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ |
FB Teddy Bowen | 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 | ๐ฅ |
F Joe Beresford | ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ |
CF Billy Walker | ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ | โฝ |
CF Pongo Waring | ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ |
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
Reg Miles (debut) and Joe Beresford replace Percy Maggs and George Brown.
Team Stats
Debut Appearances
๐ข GK Reg Miles | ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ | #340 | Unattached from the British Army
Final Appearances
None
On This Day
Billy Walker scores, Pongo Waring misses an open goal but Liverpool equalise with 5' remaining and Villa are held at Anfield.
Villa make it thirteen wins, eight draws and six defeats in their twenty seven division one games having scored SEVENTY SIX goals.
Villa go outright third in the table but all the clubs around them now have at least one game in hand.
Goalkeeper Reg Miles makes his Villa debut aged 25 after joining from the British Army in November 1930.
Starting XI

Drew
1-1
๐จ 24 Jan 1931, Villa 1-1 Liverpool, Anfield
Scorer(s) | Billy Walker | 79' |
Assist(s) | Jack Mandley | 79' |
Match Timeline
๐ข | 1' Debut, Reg Miles
๐ | HT Liverpool 0-0 Aston Villa
โฝ | 79' Goal, 1-0, Billy Walker, Assist by Jack Mandley
๐ฅ
| 85โ Goal, 1-1, (Liverpool), Hodgson
๐ | FT Liverpool 1-1 Aston Villa
Season | 1930-31 |
Matchday | #29 |
League Match | #27 |
Manager Game | #211 |
Saturday, 24 January 1931
Match Record
Game Record
Manager: Billy Smith | ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ | 1926-1934 led Management Committee
Referee: Tommy Crew | ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ | Leicester, 1926-1933
HT Score: ๐จ 0-0
FT Result: ๐จ Drew
FT Score: ๐จ 1-1
Last 5: ๐จ ๐จ ๐ฅ ๐ฉ ๐จ
Officials
Referee: Tommy Crew | ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ | Leicester, 1926-1933
Match Stats
Not recorded
Billy Smith | ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ | 1926-1934
๐ 210 | ๐ฉ | 102 ๐จ 36 ๐ฅ 72 | 1.63
Villa Career Form:
Top 6
What they Said
Division One
Liverpool
9-7-10, 25 PTS
Anfield
Attendance: 30,503
Riley
Done
Lucas
Morrison
Bradshaw
McDougall
Barton
Hodgson
Smith
McPherson
Hopkin
George Patterson | 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: ๐๐๐๐
FA Cup Winners: โ
Last Trophy: 1922-23
Opposition Matchday Squad
Opposition Unavailable
Not Recorded
League Table

1930-31
Playing Squad
























