Aston Villa
18-8-6, 44 PTS
Saturday, 28 February 1931
1930-31
2nd
Won
4-2
Leicester City
13-3-14, 29 PTS
Division One
Villa Park
Attendance: 23,531
๐ฉ 28 Feb 1931, Villa 4-2 Leicester, Villa Park
Scorer(s) | Pongo Waring | 31' | Joe Beresford | 44' | 81' | 88' |
Assist(s) | Eric Houghton | 31' | Jack Mandley | 44' | 81' |
Fixture List
On This Day
Saturday, 28 February 1931
Joe Beresford scores a hat-trick as Villa make it five consecutive wins.
Pongo Waring scored his THIRTY NINTH goal in thirty games as Villa record five consecutive victories to make it eighteen wins, eight draws and six defeats in their thirty two division one games having scored ONE HUNDRED AND TWO goals and remain the leading scorers in the division.
Jack Mandley contributes his seventh assist in six games.
Villa score four or more for the fifteenth time in 34 games this season, and for the fifth successive game, having scored five twice, six three times, seven once and eight once.
Villa remain second but are now 4 points clear of third placed Wednesday but three points behind Arsenal who have two games in hand.
Last 5: ๐ฉ ๐ฉ ๐ฉ ๐ฉ ๐ฉ
Billy Smith | ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ | 1926-1934
๐ 216 ๐ฉ 106 ๐จ 35 ๐ฅ 75 | 1.63
Villa Career Form:
Top 6
Game #1566
Match Record
Season | 1930-31 |
Matchday | #34 |
League Match | #33 |
Manager Game | #216 |
Saturday, 28 February 1931
Game Record
Manager: Billy Smith | ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ | 1926-1934 led Management Committee
Referee: George Stephenson | ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ | Liverpool, 1929-1934
HT Score: ๐ฉ 2-1
FT Result: ๐ฉ Won
FT Score: ๐ฉ 4-2
Last 5: ๐ฉ ๐ฉ ๐ฉ ๐ฉ ๐ฉ
Head to Head
Previous 5 vs. Leicester: ๐ฅ ๐ฉ ๐ฉ ๐ฅ ๐ฅ
Total ๐ 15 | ๐ฉ W6 (40% ) | ๐จ D2 | ๐บ(53% ) | ๐ฅ L7 (47% ) | โฝ 31 | ๐ฅ 36 | GD -5
Trophy Cabinet
Aston Villa
League Champions: ๐๐๐๐๐ ๐
FA Cup Winners: ๐๐๐๐๐ ๐
Last Trophy: 1919โ20
Leicester City
League Champions: โ
FA Cup Winners: โ
Last Trophy: โ
Squad News
Debut Appearances
None
Final Appearances
None
Match Timeline
๐ฅ
| 9' Goal, 0-1, (Leicester City), Smith
โฝ | 31' Goal, 1-1, Pongo Waring, Assist by Eric Houghton
โฝ | 44' Goal, 2-1, Joe Beresford, Assist by Jack Mandley
๐ | HT Aston Villa 2-1 Leicester City
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| Goal, 2-2, (Leicester City), Richards
โฝ | 81' Goal, 3-2, Joe Beresford, Assist by Jack Mandley
โฝ | 88' Goal, 4-2, Joe Beresford
๐ | FT Aston Villa 4-2 Leicester City
Officials
Referee: George Stephenson | ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ | Liverpool, 1929-1934
Officials
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Villa Bookings
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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 | ๐ฅ |
F Joe Beresford | ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ | โฝ | โฝ | โฝ |
CF Billy Walker | ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ |
CF Pongo Waring | ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ | โฝ |
Substitutes
No Substitutions permitted in period
Unused Substitutes
No Substitutions permitted in period
Leicester City
Willie Orr | ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ณ๓ ฃ๓ ด๓ ฟ |
McLaren
Black
Osborne
Watson
Heywood
Ritchie
Adcock
Smith
Hine
Lockhead
Richards
Substitutes
No Substitutions Permitted in Period
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Team News
Aston Villa
Injury | 1 |
GK Fred Biddlestone | ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ |
Billy Smith names the same line up for a fourth consecutive game.
Leicester City
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