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Game #1565

Aston Villa

17-8-6, 42 PTS

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Saturday, 21 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
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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 the same line up for a third consecutive game.

Team Stats

Debut Appearances

None

Final Appearances

None

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Won

4-0

🟩 21 Feb 1931, Villa 4-0 Birmingham, St Andrew's
Scorer(s) | Joe Tate | 26' | Jack Mandley | 58' | Eric Houghton | 72' | Joe Beresford | 80' |

Assist(s) | Jack Mandley | 72' | Pongo Waring | 80' |

Match Timeline

⚽ | 26' Goal, 1-0, Joe Tate
🕒 | HT Birmingham 0-1 Aston Villa
⚽ | 58' Goal, 2-0, Jack Mandley
⚽ | 72' Goal, 3-0, Eric Houghton, Assist by Jack Mandley
⚽ | 80' Goal, 4-0, Joe Beresford, Assist by Pongo Waring
🕒 | FT Birmingham 0-4 Aston Villa

Season | 1930-31 |
Matchday | #33 |
League Match | #31 |
Manager Game | #215 |
Saturday, 21 February 1931

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Match Record
Game Record

Manager: Billy Smith | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 1926-1934 led Management Committee
Referee: Herbert Mee | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Mansfield, 1927-1939
HT Score: 🟩 1-0
FT Result: 🟩 Won
FT Score: 🟩 4-0
Last 5: 🟨 🟩 🟩 🟩 🟩

Officials

Referee: Herbert Mee | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Mansfield, 1927-1939

Previous 5 vs. Birmingham: 🟩 🟥 🟩 🟨 🟨

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Head to Head

Total 🕒 39 | 🟩 18 | 🟨 11 | 🟥 10 | ⚽ 73 | 🥅 49 |
League 🕒 36 | 🟩 16 | 🟨 10 | 🟥 10 | ⚽ 68 | 🥅 49 |
FA Cup 🕒 3 | 🟩 2 | 🟨 1 | 🟥 0 | ⚽ 5 | 🥅 0 |
Home 🕒 19 | 🟩 10 | 🟨 6 | 🟥 3 | ⚽ 38 | 🥅 24 |
Away 🕒 20 | 🟩 8 | 🟨 5 | 🟥 7 | ⚽ 35 | 🥅 25 |

Match Stats

Not recorded

Billy Smith | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 1926-1934

🕒 214 | 🟩 | 106 🟨 36 🟥 72 | 1.65

Villa Career Form:

Top 6

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

Division One

Birmingham City

9-8-13, 26 PTS

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St Andrew's

Attendance: 49,609

Hibbs
Liddell
Randle
Craigan
Fillingham
Firth
Horsman
Briggs
Bradford
Gregg
Curtis

Leslie Knighton | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
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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
  • Eric Houghton scored his TWENTY THIRD goal of the season as Villa hammer the team with three names to make it six games unbeaten and five wins and seventeen wins, eight draws and six defeats in their thirty one division one games having scored NINETY EIGHT goals.

  • Jack Mandley contributes his fifth assist in five games.

  • Villa score four or more for the fourteenth time in 33 games this season, having scored five twice, six three times, seven once and eight once.

  • Villa now sit outright second, two points ahead of Wednesday and three behind Arsenal who have two games in hand.

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

5

5

🔥

0

0

🟩

4

🟨

1

🟥

0

1

🥅

5

LB Tommy Mort | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
🕒

268

268

🔥

1

2

🟩

111

🟨

61

🟥

96

CB Alec Talbot | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
🕒

145

145

🔥

4

2

🟩

73

🟨

26

🟥

46

FB Tommy Smart | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
🕒

398

398

🔥

7

3

🟩

186

🟨

78

🟥

134

M Jimmy Gibson | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
🕒

90

90

🔥

6

6

🟩

43

🟨

20

🟥

27

M Joe Tate | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
🕒

115

115

🔥

3

9

🟩

62

🟨

17

🟥

36

W Jack Mandley | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
🕒

40

40

🔥

9

23

🟩

20

🟨

9

🟥

11

W Eric Houghton | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
🕒

55

55

🔥

37

13

🟩

29

🟨

9

🟥

17

F Joe Beresford | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
🕒

134

134

🔥

44

13

🟩

69

🟨

19

🟥

46

CF Pongo Waring | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
🕒

107

107

🔥

88

31

🟩

58

🟨

19

🟥

30

CF Billy Walker | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
🕒

450

450

🔥

227

65

🟩

206

🟨

94

🟥

150

Substitutes
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🔁

🔥

GK Sub

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🟥

🥅

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🔁

🔥

Sub 1

🟩

🟨

🟥

🕒

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🔥

Sub 2

🟩

🟨

🟥

🕒

🔁

🔥

Sub 3

🟩

🟨

🟥

🕒

🔁

🔥

Sub 4

🟩

🟨

🟥

🕒

🔁

🔥

Sub 5

🟩

🟨

🟥

Match Media
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