Game #1571
Aston Villa
21-9-7, 51 PTS

Saturday, 4 April 1931
2nd
Last 5: ๐ฉ ๐ฉ ๐จ ๐ฉ ๐ฅ
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 |
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 |
CF George Brown | ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ |
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 | 2 |
GK Fred Biddlestone | ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ |
W Jack Mandley | ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ |
Team News
George Brown replaces Jack Mandley in Billy Smith's first change in nine matches.
Team Stats
Debut Appearances
None
Final Appearances
None
On This Day
Villa suffer a result as shocking as it is damaging to their title prospects as a team that had scored ONE HUNDRED AND FOURTEEN goals in their previous thirty nine games draw a blank for only the second time this season.
Villa make it twenty one wins, nine draws and seven defeats in their thirty seven division one games.
Villa remain second, six points off leaders Arsenal who have used their game in hand and are level with Villa on 114 goals
Starting XI

Lost
0-5
๐ฅ 4 Apr 1931, Villa 0-5 Portsmouth, Fratton
Scorer(s) | None
Assist(s) | None
Match Timeline
๐ฅ
| 3' Goal, 0-1, (Portsmouth), Easson
๐ฅ
| 31' Goal, 0-2, (Portsmouth), Smith J.
๐ฅ
| 44' Goal, 0-3, (Portsmouth), Thackerey
๐ | HT Portsmouth 3-0 Aston Villa
๐ | Referee Russell refuses penalty for hands
๐ | Player injured on field of play, Pongo Waring
๐ฅ
| 78' Goal, 0-4, (Portsmouth), Easson
๐ฅ
| 82' Goal, 0-5, (Portsmouth), Weddle
๐ | HT Portsmouth 5-0 Aston Villa
Season | 1930-31 |
Matchday | #39 |
League Match | #37 |
Manager Game | #221 |
Saturday, 4 April 1931
Match Record
Game Record
Manager: Billy Smith | ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ | 1926-1934 led Management Committee
Referee: William Russell | ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ | Swindon, 1924-1933
HT Score: ๐ฅ 0-3
FT Result: ๐ฅ Lost
FT Score: ๐ฅ 0-5
Last 5: ๐ฉ ๐ฉ ๐จ ๐ฉ ๐ฅ
Officials
Referee: William Russell | ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ | Swindon, 1924-1933
Match Stats
Not recorded
Billy Smith | ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ | 1926-1934
๐ 220 | ๐ฉ | 110 ๐จ 37 ๐ฅ 73 | 1.67
Villa Career Form:
Top 6
What they Said
Division One
Portsmouth
16-11-10, 43 PTS
Fratton Park
Attendance: 26,677
Gilfillan
Mackie
Smith W.
Nichol
Salmond
Thackerey
Forward
Smith J.
Weddle
Easson
Cook
Jack Tinn | 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
Playing Squad

























