Game #1570
Aston Villa
21-9-6, 51 PTS

Saturday, 28 March 1931
2nd
Last 5: ๐ฉ ๐ฉ ๐ฉ ๐จ ๐ฉ
GK Reg Miles | ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ |
CB Alec Talbot | ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ |
FB Tommy Smart | ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ |
M Tommy Mort | 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 | โฝ | ๐ฅ | ๐ฅ |
W Jack Mandley | ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ | ๐ |
F Joe Beresford | ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ |
CF Billy Walker | ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ |
CF Pongo Waring | ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ | โฝ | 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 an eighth consecutive game.
Team Stats
Debut Appearances
None
Final Appearances
None
On This Day
Pongo Waring scores his FORTY FIFTH goal in thirty four games as Villa record a ninth victory in eleven unbeaten games.
Villa make it twenty one wins, nine draws and six defeats in their thirty five division one games having scored ONE HUNDRED AND FOURTEEN goals - the most in the division and an all time record in English football.
Villa score four or more for the seventeenth time in 38 games this season having scored six three times, seven once and eight once.
Jack Mandley contributes his eleventh assist in ten games.
Villa remain 2nd, three point behind Arsenal who have one game in hand.
Starting XI
Scorer(s) | Pongo Waring | 20' | 81' | 89' | Eric Houghton | 2-0 |
Assist(s) | Eric Houghton | 20' | 81' | 89' | Jack Mandley | 2-0 |
Match Timeline
โฝ | 20' Goal, 1-0, Pongo Waring, Assist by Eric Houghton
โฝ | Goal, 2-0, Eric Houghton, Assist by Jack Mandley
๐ฅ
| 35' Goal, 2-1, (Blackpool), Longden
๐ | HT Aston Villa 2-1 Blackpool
๐ | 60' Player retires from field of play with injury, Jack Mandley
๐ | 72' Player returns to field of play, Jack Mandley
โฝ | 81' Goal, 3-1, Pongo Waring, Assist by Eric Houghton
โฝ | 89' Goal, 4-1, Pongo Waring, Assist by Eric Houghton
๐ | FT Aston Villa 4-1 Blackpool
Season | 1930-31 |
Matchday | #38 |
League Match | #36 |
Manager Game | #220 |
Saturday, 28 March 1931
Match Record
Game Record
Manager: Billy Smith | ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ | 1926-1934 led Management Committee
Referee: William Walden | ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ | Derby, 1927-1936
HT Score: ๐ฉ 2-1
FT Result: ๐ฉ Won
FT Score: ๐ฉ 4-1
Last 5: ๐ฉ ๐ฉ ๐ฉ ๐จ ๐ฉ
Officials
Referee: William Walden | ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ | Derby, 1927-1936
Match Stats
Not recorded
Billy Smith | ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ | 1926-1934
๐ 219 | ๐ฉ | 110 ๐จ 37 ๐ฅ 72 | 1.68
Villa Career Form:
Top 6
What they Said
Division One
Blackpool
10-8-17, 28 PTS
Villa Park
Attendance: 27,245
Pearson
Grant
O'Donnell
Watson
Ramsay
Tufnell
Rattray
Longden
Hampson
McClelland
Hall
Harry Evans | 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
League Table

1930-31
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