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Game #1572

Aston Villa

22-9-7, 53 PTS

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Tuesday, 7 April 1931

2nd

Last 5: 🟩 🟨 🟩 🟥 🟩

GK Reg Miles | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CB Alec Talbot | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
LB Tommy Mort | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
FB Tommy Smart | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 🔥 |
M Jimmy Gibson | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | 🔥 |
M Joe Tate | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
W Eric Houghton | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | ⚽ |
W Reg Chester | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
F Joe Beresford | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CF Billy Walker | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | ⚽ | ⚽ |
CF Pongo Waring | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | ⚽ |

Billy Smith | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 1926-1934
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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: 🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆 🏆
FA Cup Winners: 🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆 🏆
Last Trophy: 1919–20

Matchday Squad

Unavailable

Injury | 2 |
GK Fred Biddlestone | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
W Jack Mandley | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

Team News

Reg Chester replaces George Brown.

Team Stats

Debut Appearances

None

Final Appearances

None

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Won

4-3

🟩 7 Apr 1931, Villa 4-3 Newcastle, Villa Park
Scorer(s) | Billy Walker | 33' | 40' | Eric Houghton | 52' (pen) | Pongo Waring | 85' |

Assist(s) | Jimmy Gibson | 33' | Tommy Smart | 40' |

Match Timeline

🥅 | 8' Goal, 0-1, (Newcastle United), Boyd
🥅 | 12' Goal, 0-2, (Newcastle United), Hutchison
🥅 | 14' Goal, 0-3, (Newcastle United, pen), Bedford
⚽ | 33' Goal, 1-3, Billy Walker, Assist by Jimmy Gibson
⚽ | 40' Goal, 2-3, Billy Walker, Assist by Tommy Smart
🕒 | HT Aston Villa 2-3 Newcastle United
⚽ | 52' Goal, 3-3, Eric Houghton, pen
⚽ | 85' Goal, 4-3, Pongo Waring
🕒 | FT Aston Villa 4-3 Newcastle United

Season | 1930-31 |
Matchday | #40 |
League Match | #38 |
Manager Game | #222 |
Tuesday, 7 April 1931

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Match Record
Game Record

Manager: Billy Smith | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 1926-1934 led Management Committee
Referee: John Rickwood | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Sheffield, 1928-1931
HT Score: 🟥 2-3
FT Result: 🟩 Won
FT Score: 🟩 4-3
Last 5: 🟩 🟨 🟩 🟥 🟩

Officials

Referee: John Rickwood | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Sheffield, 1928-1931

Previous 5 vs. Newcastle: 🟨 🟥 🟨 🟩 🟥

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Head to Head

Total 🕒 62 | 🟩 W23 (37% ) | 🟨 D15 | 🇺(61% ) | 🟥 L24 (39% ) | ⚽ 112 | 🥅 99 | GD 13

Match Stats

Not recorded

Billy Smith | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 1926-1934

🕒 221 | 🟩 | 111 🟨 37 🟥 73 | 1.67

Villa Career Form:

Top 6

🟩 12 Apr 2025, Villa 3-0 Southampton, St Mary's TBL.png

Division One

Newcastle United

15-5-8, 35 PTS

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Villa Park

Attendance: 29,975

Burns
Nelson
Fairhurst
McKenzie
Davidson
Weaver
Boyd
Bedford
Hutchison
Starling
Lang

Andy Cunningham | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
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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: 🏆🏆🏆🏆
FA Cup Winners: 🏆🏆
Last Trophy: 1926-27

Opposition Matchday Squad

Opposition Unavailable

Not Recorded

🟩 12 Apr 2025, Villa 3-0 Southampton, St Mary's TBL.png
On This Day
  • Billy Walker hits a brace to help Villa to a tenth win in thirteen.

  • Pongo Waring scores his FORTY SIXTH goal in thirty six games.

  • But Villa find themselves 0-3 down in 14' before an incessant attacking performance wins the game.

  • Villa make it twenty two wins, nine draws and seven defeats in their thirty eight division one games having scored ONE HUNDRED AND EIGHTEEN goals - the most in the division and an all time record in English football.

  • Villa score four or more for the eighteenth time in 40 games this season having scored six three times, seven once and eight once.

  • Villa remain second but close the gap to leaders Arsenal to 4 points

Starting XI
GK Reg Miles | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
🕒

12

12

🔥

0

0

🟩

9

🟨

2

🟥

1

2

🥅

18

LB Tommy Mort | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
🕒

275

275

🔥

1

2

🟩

116

🟨

62

🟥

97

CB Alec Talbot | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
🕒

152

152

🔥

4

2

🟩

78

🟨

27

🟥

47

FB Tommy Smart | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
🕒

405

405

🔥

7

4

🟩

191

🟨

79

🟥

135

M Jimmy Gibson | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
🕒

97

97

🔥

6

7

🟩

48

🟨

21

🟥

28

M Joe Tate | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
🕒

122

122

🔥

3

9

🟩

67

🟨

18

🟥

37

W Eric Houghton | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
🕒

62

62

🔥

42

17

🟩

34

🟨

10

🟥

18

F Reg Chester | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
🕒

62

62

🔥

23

13

🟩

28

🟨

11

🟥

23

F Joe Beresford | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
🕒

141

141

🔥

48

15

🟩

74

🟨

20

🟥

47

CF Pongo Waring | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
🕒

114

114

🔥

96

32

🟩

63

🟨

20

🟥

31

CF Billy Walker | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
🕒

457

457

🔥

230

66

🟩

211

🟨

95

🟥

151

Substitutes
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🔥

GK Sub

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🥅

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🔁

🔥

Sub 1

🟩

🟨

🟥

🕒

🔁

🔥

Sub 2

🟩

🟨

🟥

🕒

🔁

🔥

Sub 3

🟩

🟨

🟥

🕒

🔁

🔥

Sub 4

🟩

🟨

🟥

🕒

🔁

🔥

Sub 5

🟩

🟨

🟥

Match Media
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