Game #1564
Aston Villa
16-8-6, 40 PTS

Wednesday, 18 February 1931
2nd=
Last 5: 🟩 🟨 🟩 🟩 🟩
GK Reg Miles | 🏴 |
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 | 🏴 | ⚽ | ⚽ | ⚽ | ⚽ |
Billy Smith | 🏴 | 1926-1934

Substitutes
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Unused Substitutes
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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
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Final Appearances
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Won
4-2
🟩 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' |
Match Timeline
⚽ | 5’ Goal, 1-0, Pongo Waring, Assist by Jack Mandley
⚽ | 13’ Goal, 2-0, Pongo Waring
🥅 | Goal, 2-1, (Sunderland), Leonard
⚽ | 36’ Goal, 3-0, Pongo Waring, Assist by Eric Houghton
⚽ | Goal, 4-0, Pongo Waring
🕒 | HT Aston Villa 4-1 Sunderland
🥅 | 48' Goal, 2-4, (Sunderland), Leonard
🕒 | FT Aston Villa 4-2 Sunderland
Season | 1930-31 |
Matchday | #32 |
League Match | #30 |
Manager Game | #214 |
Wednesday, 18 February 1931

Match Record
Game Record
Manager: Billy Smith | 🏴 | 1926-1934 led Management Committee
Referee: John Rickwood | 🏴 | Sheffield, 1928-1931
HT Score: 🟩 4-1
FT Result: 🟩 Won
FT Score: 🟩 4-2
Last 5: 🟩 🟨 🟩 🟩 🟩
Officials
Referee: John Rickwood | 🏴 | Sheffield, 1928-1931
Match Stats
Not recorded
Billy Smith | 🏴 | 1926-1934
🕒 213 | 🟩 | 105 🟨 36 🟥 72 | 1.65
Villa Career Form:
Top 6

Division One
Sunderland
9-8-12, 26 PTS

Villa Park
Attendance: 10,875
Middleton
Murray
Shaw
Morris
McDougall
Hastings
Eden
Devine
Gurney
Leonard
Connor
Johnny Cochrane | 🏴 |

Substitutes
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Unused Substitutes
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Yellow Cards (Warnings, Cautions, Bookings)
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Red Cards (Ordered from Field of Play, Dismissals, Sendings Off)
None
Opposition Trophy Record
League Champions: 🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆
FA Cup Winners: ❌
Last Trophy: 1912-13
Opposition Matchday Squad
Opposition Unavailable
Not Recorded
On This Day
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.
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