Aston Villa
16-8-6, 40 PTS
Wednesday, 18 February 1931
1930-31
2nd=
Won
4-2
Sunderland
9-8-12, 26 PTS
Division One
Villa Park
Attendance: 10,875
๐ฉ 18 Feb 1931, Villa 4-2 Sunderland, Villa Park
Scorer(s) | Pongo Waring | 5' | 13' | 36' | 4-1 |
Assist(s) | Jack Mandley | 5' | Eric Houghton | 36' |
Fixture List
On This Day
Wednesday, 18 February 1931
Pongo Waring scored his THIRTY EIGHTH goal in twenty eight games as Villa extend their unbeaten run to five, winning four, to make it sixteen wins, eight draws and six defeats in their thirty division one games having scored NINETY FOUR goals.
Jack Mandley contributes his fourth assist in four games.
Villa score four or more for the thirteenth time in 32 games this season, having scored five twice, six three times, seven once and eight once.
Villa climb to joint second level on points with former leaders Wednesday having scored more than any other team in the division including leaders Arsenal.
Last 5: ๐ฉ ๐จ ๐ฉ ๐ฉ ๐ฉ
Billy Smith | ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ | 1926-1934
๐ 214 ๐ฉ 104 ๐จ 35 ๐ฅ 75 | 1.62
Villa Career Form:
Top 6
Game #1564
Match Record
Season | 1930-31 |
Matchday | #32 |
League Match | #30 |
Manager Game | #214 |
Wednesday, 18 February 1931
Game Record
Manager: Billy Smith | ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ | 1926-1934 led Management Committee
Referee: John Rickwood | ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ | Sheffield, 1928-1931
HT Score: ๐ฉ 4-1
FT Result: ๐ฉ Won
FT Score: ๐ฉ 4-2
Last 5: ๐ฉ ๐จ ๐ฉ ๐ฉ ๐ฉ
Head to Head
Previous 5 vs. Sunderland: ๐ฉ ๐ฉ ๐ฉ ๐ฅ ๐จ
Total ๐ 81 | ๐ฉ W34 (42% ) | ๐จ D15 | ๐บ(60% ) | ๐ฅ L32 (40% ) | โฝ 136 | ๐ฅ 150 | GD -14
Trophy Cabinet
Aston Villa
League Champions: ๐๐๐๐๐ ๐
FA Cup Winners: ๐๐๐๐๐ ๐
Last Trophy: 1919โ20
Sunderland
League Champions: ๐๐๐๐๐
FA Cup Winners: โ
Last Trophy: 1912-13
Squad News
Debut Appearances
None
Final Appearances
None
Match Timeline
โฝ | 5โ Goal, 1-0, Pongo Waring, Assist by Jack Mandley
โฝ | 13โ Goal, 2-0, Pongo Waring
๐ฅ
| Goal, 2-1, (Sunderland), Leonard
โฝ | 36โ Goal, 3-0, Pongo Waring, Assist by Eric Houghton
โฝ | Goal, 4-0, Pongo Waring
๐ | HT Aston Villa 4-1 Sunderland
๐ฅ
| 48' Goal, 2-4, (Sunderland), Leonard
๐ | FT Aston Villa 4-2 Sunderland
Officials
Referee: John Rickwood | ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ | Sheffield, 1928-1931
Officials
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Match Stats
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Line Up & Subs
Aston Villa
Billy Smith | ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ | 1926-1934
GK Reg Miles | 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 | ๐ฅ |
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 |
CF Pongo Waring | ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ | โฝ | โฝ | โฝ | โฝ |
Substitutes
No Substitutions permitted in period
Unused Substitutes
No Substitutions permitted in period
Sunderland
Johnny Cochrane | ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ณ๓ ฃ๓ ด๓ ฟ |
Middleton
Murray
Shaw
Morris
McDougall
Hastings
Eden
Devine
Gurney
Leonard
Connor
Substitutes
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No Substitutions Permitted in Period
Team News
Aston Villa
Injury | 1 |
GK Fred Biddlestone | ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ |
Billy Smith names an unchanged line up.
Sunderland
Not Recorded
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