Game #1565
Aston Villa
17-8-6, 42 PTS
Saturday, 21 February 1931
2nd
Last 5: ๐จ ๐ฉ ๐ฉ ๐ฉ ๐ฉ
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 | โฝ |
W Eric Houghton | ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ | โฝ |
W Jack Mandley | ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ | ๐ฅ | โฝ |
F Joe Beresford | ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ | โฝ |
CF Billy Walker | ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ |
CF Pongo Waring | ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ | ๐ฅ |
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
Billy Smith names the same line up for a third consecutive game.
Team Stats
Debut Appearances
None
Final Appearances
None
Won
4-0
๐ฉ 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
โฝ | 26' Goal, 1-0, Joe Tate
๐ | HT Birmingham 0-1 Aston Villa
โฝ | 58' Goal, 2-0, Jack Mandley
โฝ | 72' Goal, 3-0, Eric Houghton, Assist by Jack Mandley
โฝ | 80' Goal, 4-0, Joe Beresford, Assist by Pongo Waring
๐ | FT Birmingham 0-4 Aston Villa
Season | 1930-31 |
Matchday | #33 |
League Match | #31 |
Manager Game | #215 |
Saturday, 21 February 1931
Match Record
Game Record
Manager: Billy Smith | ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ | 1926-1934 led Management Committee
Referee: Herbert Mee | ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ | Mansfield, 1927-1939
HT Score: ๐ฉ 1-0
FT Result: ๐ฉ Won
FT Score: ๐ฉ 4-0
Last 5: ๐จ ๐ฉ ๐ฉ ๐ฉ ๐ฉ
Officials
Referee: Herbert Mee | ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ | Mansfield, 1927-1939
Previous 5 vs. Birmingham: ๐ฉ ๐ฅ ๐ฉ ๐จ ๐จ
Head to Head
Total ๐ 39 | ๐ฉ 18 | ๐จ 11 | ๐ฅ 10 | โฝ 73 | ๐ฅ
49 |
League ๐ 36 | ๐ฉ 16 | ๐จ 10 | ๐ฅ 10 | โฝ 68 | ๐ฅ
49 |
FA Cup ๐ 3 | ๐ฉ 2 | ๐จ 1 | ๐ฅ 0 | โฝ 5 | ๐ฅ
0 |
Home ๐ 19 | ๐ฉ 10 | ๐จ 6 | ๐ฅ 3 | โฝ 38 | ๐ฅ
24 |
Away ๐ 20 | ๐ฉ 8 | ๐จ 5 | ๐ฅ 7 | โฝ 35 | ๐ฅ
25 |
Match Stats
Not recorded
Billy Smith | ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ | 1926-1934
๐ 214 | ๐ฉ | 106 ๐จ 36 ๐ฅ 72 | 1.65
Villa Career Form:
Top 6
Division One
Birmingham City
9-8-13, 26 PTS
St Andrew's
Attendance: 49,609
Hibbs
Liddell
Randle
Craigan
Fillingham
Firth
Horsman
Briggs
Bradford
Gregg
Curtis
Leslie Knighton | 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: โ
FA Cup Winners: โ
Last Trophy: โ
Opposition Matchday Squad
Opposition Unavailable
Not Recorded
Starting XI
Match Media
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.
What they Said