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Game #1562

Aston Villa

14-8-8, 36 PTS

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Saturday, 31 January 1931

3rd

Last 5: 🟨 🟥 🟩 🟨 🟩

GK Reg Miles | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CB Alec Talbot | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 🔥 |
FB Teddy Bowen | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
FB Tommy Smart | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Jimmy Gibson | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
M Joe Tate | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
W Eric Houghton | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | ⚽ | ⚽ |
W Jack Mandley | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 🔥 | ⚽ |
F Joe Beresford | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | ⚽ |
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

Billy Smith names an unchanged line up.

Team Stats

Debut Appearances

None

Final Appearances

None

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Won

8-1

🟩 31 Jan 1931, Villa 8-1 Boro, Villa Park
Scorer(s) | Joe Beresford | 6' | Pongo Waring | 25' | 66' | Billy Walker | 40' | Eric Houghton | 42' | 84' | Jack Mandley | 72' |

Assist(s) | Alec Talbot 6' | Jack Mandley | 66' | Pongo Waring | 72' |

Match Timeline

⚽ | 6' Goal, 1-0, Joe Beresford, Assist by Alec Talbot
⚽ | 25' Goal, 2-0, Pongo Waring
⚽ | 40' Goal, 3-0, Billy Walker
⚽ | 42' Goal, 4-0, Eric Houghton
⚽ | 50' Goal, 5-0, Billy Walker
🕒 | HT Aston Villa 5-0 Middlesbrough
⚽ | 66' Goal, 6-0, Pongo Waring, Assist by Jack Mandley
⚽ | 72' Goal, 7-0, Jack Mandley, Assist by Pongo Waring
🥅 | 83' Goal, 7-1, (Middlesbrough), Camsell
⚽ | 84' Goal, 8-1, Eric Houghton, pen
🕒 | FT Aston Villa 8-1 Middlesbrough

Season | 1930-31 |
Matchday | #30 |
League Match | #28 |
Manager Game | #212 |
Saturday, 31 January 1931

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Match Record
Game Record

Manager: Billy Smith | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 1926-1934 led Management Committee
Referee: W. E. Rycroft | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Nelson, 1929-1931
HT Score: 🟩 5-0
FT Result: 🟩 Won
FT Score: 🟩 8-1
Last 5: 🟨 🟥 🟩 🟨 🟩

Officials

Referee: W. E. Rycroft | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Nelson, 1929-1931

Previous 5 vs. Boro: 🟩 🟨 🟩 🟩 🟥

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Head to Head

Total 🕒 42 | 🟩 W23 (55% ) | 🟨 D7 | 🇺(71% ) | 🟥 L12 (29% ) | ⚽ 103 | 🥅 61 | GD 42

Match Stats

Not recorded

Billy Smith | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 1926-1934

🕒 211 | 🟩 | 103 🟨 36 🟥 72 | 1.64

Villa Career Form:

Top 6

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

Division One

Middlesbrough

12-4-12, 28 PTS

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Villa Park

Attendance: 15,947

Mathieson
J. Jennings
Freeman
Webster
Elkes
Forrest
Muttitt
McKay
Camsell
Bruce
Cameron

Peter McWilliam | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
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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: ❌

Opposition Matchday Squad

Opposition Unavailable

Not Recorded

🟩 12 Apr 2025, Villa 3-0 Southampton, St Mary's TBL.png
On This Day
  • In revenge for their first defeat of the season in September, Villa simply destroy Boro at Villa Park as Pongo Waring scores his THIRTY SECOND goal in twenty six games. 

  • Villa record their biggest League victory to date, eclipsing the 7-0 win over Manchester United in December

  • Villa make it fourteen wins, eight draws and six defeats in their twenty eight division one games having scored EIGHTY FOUR goals.

  • Villa's goal haul is the highest of any team in the division including the two teams above them, Wednesday and Arsenal.

  • Villa score four or more for the eleventh time in 30 games this season, having scored five twice, six twice, seven once and eight once.

Starting XI
GK Reg Miles | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
🕒

2

2

🔥

0

0

🟩

1

🟨

1

🟥

0

0

🥅

2

FB Tommy Smart | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
🕒

395

395

🔥

7

3

🟩

183

🟨

78

🟥

134

CB Alec Talbot | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
🕒

142

142

🔥

4

2

🟩

70

🟨

26

🟥

46

FB Teddy Bowen | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
🕒

191

191

🔥

0

2

🟩

96

🟨

29

🟥

66

M Jimmy Gibson | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
🕒

87

87

🔥

5

6

🟩

40

🟨

20

🟥

27

M Joe Tate | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
🕒

112

112

🔥

2

9

🟩

59

🟨

17

🟥

36

W Jack Mandley | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
🕒

37

37

🔥

8

20

🟩

17

🟨

9

🟥

11

W Eric Houghton | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
🕒

52

52

🔥

34

11

🟩

26

🟨

9

🟥

17

F Joe Beresford | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
🕒

131

131

🔥

42

12

🟩

66

🟨

19

🟥

46

CF Pongo Waring | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
🕒

104

104

🔥

82

29

🟩

55

🟨

19

🟥

30

CF Billy Walker | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
🕒

447

447

🔥

227

64

🟩

203

🟨

94

🟥

150

Substitutes
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GK Sub

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Sub 1

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Sub 2

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Sub 3

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🔁

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Sub 4

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🕒

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Sub 5

🟩

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Match Media
What they Said

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