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Game #1573

Saturday, 11 April 1931

Attendance: 26,952

Won

Division One

Sheffield United

DWLWW

Villa Park

Pongo Waring scores his FORTY EIGHTH goal of the season as Villa win for the eleventh time in fourteen games.

Aston Villa

4-0

Sheffield United

Assist(s) | Not recorded

KEY MAN

Pongo Waring scored a brace to record his FORTY EIGHTH goal of the season to help Villa to an eleventh win in fourteen with victory over Sheffield United, Saturday, 11 April 1931.

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ON THIS DAY

Pongo Waring scored his FORTY EIGHTH goal in thirty seven games as Villa record an eleventh victory in fourteen to make it twenty three wins, nine draws and seven defeats in their thirty nine division one games having scored ONE HUNDRED AND TWENTY TWO goals.

Aston Villa

Sheffield United

League Champions: 🏆
FA Cup Winners: 🏆🏆🏆🏆
Last Trophy: 1924–25

FIXTURE HISTORY

Sheffield United

Previous 5 vs. Sheffield United: | 🟩 | 🟩 | 🟩 | 🟨 | 🟩 |

FIXTURE DETAILS

Season | 1930-31 |
Matchday | #41 |
League Match | #39 |
Manager Game | #223 |
Saturday, 11 April 1931

MATCH SUMMARY

Manager | Billy Smith led Management Committee |
FT Score | 4-0 |
FT Result | Won |
Last 5 Games | DWLWW |

MATCH OFFICIALS

CARDS

Villa

Sheffield United

All the matches refereed

TEAM NEWS

Teddy Bowen replaces Tommy Mort.

TEAM STATS

MANAGER

MANAGER

Billy Smith led Management Committee

Aston Villa

GK Reg Miles |
CB Alec Talbot |
FB Teddy Bowen |
FB Tommy Smart |
M Jimmy Gibson |
M Joe Tate |
W Eric Houghton |
W Reg Chester |
F Joe Beresford |
F Billy Walker |
CF Pongo Waring |

Sheffield United

SUBSTITUTES

No Substitutions permitted in period

SUBSTITUTES

UNUSED SUBSTITUTES

No Substitutions permitted in period

UNUSED SUBSTITUTES

SQUAD STATS

MATCHDAY SQUAD

SQUAD STATS

MATCHDAY SQUAD

UNAVAILABLE

Not recorded

UNAVAILABLE

Not Recorded

Player Abbreviations:

GK : Goalkeeper

LB, RB, FB : Left Back, Right Back, Full Back

CB, D : Centre Back, Defender

M, W : Midfielder. Winger

F, CF : Forward, Centre Forward

🟢 : Debut 🔴 : Final Game

Symbols:

⚽ | Goal
🔥 | Assist
🔁 | Substitution

🟨 | Booking

🟥 | Sending off

🆘 | Poor refereeing performance

DEBUT APPEARANCES

FINAL APPEARANCES

MATCH STATS

Not recorded

TABLE

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