Game #1568
Aston Villa
20-8-6, 48 PTS
Saturday, 14 March 1931
2nd
Last 5: ๐ฉ ๐ฉ ๐ฉ ๐ฉ ๐ฉ
Won
5-1
๐ฉ 14 Mar 1931, Villa 5-1 Arsenal, Villa Park
Division One
Arsenal
21-8-4, 50 PTS
Villa Park
Attendance: 60,997
On This Day
Villa take the lead in the first minutes of the game and equal the record goals in a season set by Sheffield Wednesday of 105 goals.
Villa go on to score plenty more as Arsenal are destroyed at Villa Park.
Pongo Waring scores his FORTY SECOND goal in thirty two games
Jack Mandley contributes his ninth assist in eight games.
Villa record seven consecutive victories.
Villa make it twenty wins, eight draws and six defeats in their thirty four division one games having scored ONE HUNDRED AND NINE goals breaking the League record previously set by Sheffield Wednesday.
Villa score four or more for the sixteenth time in 36 games this season having scored six three times, seven once and eight once.
Villa sit two points behind Arsenal in second place but the Londoners retain a game in hand.
Up next is the disgraceful Derby County who inflicted such damage on Villa in the reverse fixture in November in their typical roughhouse fashion.
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 | โฝ | โฝ |
W Jack Mandley | ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ | ๐ฅ |
F Joe Beresford | ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ | ๐ฅ | ๐ฅ |
CF Billy Walker | ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ | โฝ | ๐ฅ |
CF Pongo Waring | ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ | โฝ | โฝ |
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 sixth consecutive game.
Team Stats
Debut Appearances
None
Final Appearances
None
Starting XI
Scorer(s) | Pongo Waring | 1' | 37' | Billy Walker | 44' | Eric Houghton | 65' | 80' |
Assist(s) | Joe Beresford | 1' | 37' | Jack Mandley | 44' | Billy Walker | 80' |
Match Timeline
โฝ | 1' Goal, 1-0, Pongo Waring, Assist by Joe Beresford
๐ | 13' Player retires from field of play with injury, Pongo Waring
๐ฅ
| 17' Goal, 1-1, (Arsenal), Jack
๐ | 17' Player returns to field of play, Pongo Waring
โฝ | 37' Goal, 2-1, Pongo Waring, Assist by Joe Beresford
โฝ | 44' Goal, 3-1, Billy Walker, Assist by Jack Mandley
๐ | HT Aston Villa 3-1 Blackburn Rovers
โฝ | 65' Goal, 4-1, Eric Houghton
โฝ | 80' Goal, 5-1, Eric Houghton, Assist by Billy Walker
๐ | FT Aston Villa 5-1 Blackburn Rovers
Season | 1930-31 |
Matchday | #36 |
League Match | #34 |
Manager Game | #218 |
Saturday, 14 March 1931
Match Record
Game Record
Manager: Billy Smith | ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ | 1926-1934 led Management Committee
Referee: F. Robinson | ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ | Blackburn, 1930-1935
HT Score: ๐ฉ 3-1
FT Result: ๐ฉ Won
FT Score: ๐ฉ 5-1
Last 5: ๐ฉ ๐ฉ ๐ฉ ๐ฉ ๐ฉ
Officials
Referee: F. Robinson | ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ | Blackburn, 1930-1935
Previous 5 vs. Arsenal: ๐ฉ ๐ฉ ๐ฅ ๐จ ๐ฅ
Head to Head
Total ๐ 48 | ๐ฉ W26 (54% ) | ๐จ D8 | ๐บ(71% ) | ๐ฅ L14 (29% ) | โฝ 97 | ๐ฅ 62 | GD 35
Match Stats
Not recorded
Billy Smith | ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ | 1926-1934
๐ 217 | ๐ฉ | 109 ๐จ 36 ๐ฅ 72 | 1.67
Villa Career Form:
Top 6
What they Said
Preedy
Parker
John
Jones
Roberts
Thompson
Hulme
Brain
Jack
James
Bastin
Herbert Chapman | 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: ๐
Last Trophy: 1929-30
Opposition Matchday Squad
Opposition Unavailable
Not Recorded
League Table
1930-31
Playing Squad
GK Fred Biddlestone | ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ | #335 |
Goalkeeper
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GK Percy Maggs | ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ | #338 |
Goalkeeper
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GK Reg Miles | ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ | #340 |
Goalkeeper
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CB Alec Talbot | ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ | #299 |
Centre Back
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FB Teddy Bowen | ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ | #298 |
Full Back
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LB Tommy Mort | ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ | #292 |
Full Back
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FB Tommy Smart | ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ | #278 |
Full Back
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M Billy Kingdon | ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ | #319 |
Midfielder
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M Jimmy Gibson | ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ณ๓ ฃ๓ ด๓ ฟ | #322 |
Midfielder
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M Joe Tate | ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ | #327 |
Midfielder
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M Tommy Wood | ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ | #339 |
Midfielder
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W Arthur Dorrell | ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ | #263 |
Winger
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W Dicky York | ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ | #260 |
Winger
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W Eric Houghton | ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ | #334 |
Winger
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W Jack Mandley | ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ | #337 |
Winger
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CF Billy Walker | ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ | #276 |
Forward
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F Bob Brocklebank | ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ | #336 |
Forward
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CF George Brown | ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ | #333 |
Forward
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F Joe Beresford | ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ | #323 |
Forward
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CF Pongo Waring | ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ | #331 |
Forward
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F Reg Chester | ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ | #316 |
Forward
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