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Game #1573

Aston Villa

23-9-7, 55 PTS

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Saturday, 11 April 1931

2nd

Last 5: 🟨 🟩 🟥 🟩 🟩

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 | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
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

None

League Champions: 🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆 🏆
FA Cup Winners: 🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆 🏆
Last Trophy: 1919–20

Matchday Squad:

Injury | 3 |
GK Fred Biddlestone | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
W Jack Mandley | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
LB Tommy Mort | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

Teddy Bowen replaces Tommy Mort.

  • Pongo Waring scores his FORTY EIGHTH goal in thirty seven games as Villa record an eleventh victory in fourteen.

  • Villa 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 - the most in the division and an all time record in English football.

  • Villa score four or more for the nineteenth time in 41 games this season having scored six three times, seven once and eight once.

  • Villa remain second behind leaders Arsenal

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Won

4-0

🟩 11 Apr 1931, Villa 4-0 Sheffield United, Villa Park
Scorer(s) | Billy Walker | 35' | Eric Houghton (pen) | 48' | Pongo Waring | 80' | 82' |

Assist(s) | Eric Houghton | 35' | Billy Walker | 80' |

Match Timeline:

⚽ | 35' Goal, 1-0, Billy Walker, Assist by Eric Houghton
🕒 | HT Aston Villa 1-0 Sheffield United
⚽ | 48' Goal, 2-0, Eric Houghton, pen
⚽ | 80' Goal, 3-0, Pongo Waring, Assist by Billy Walker
⚽ | 82' Goal, 4-0, Pongo Waring
🕒 | FT Aston Villa 4-0 Sheffield United

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

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Manager: Billy Smith | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 1926-1934 led Management Committee
Referee: James Williams | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Bolton, 1929-1938
HT Score: 🟩 1-0
FT Result: 🟩 Won
FT Score: 🟩 4-0
Last 5: 🟨 🟩 🟥 🟩 🟩

Referee: James Williams | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Bolton, 1929-1938

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

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Not recorded

Debut Appearances:

None

Final Appearances:

None

Billy Smith | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 1926-1934

🕒 222 | 🟩 | 112 🟨 37 🟥 73 | 1.68

Villa Career Form:

Top 6

Referee:

VAR (from 2021)

GK Reg Miles | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
Games
Results
Cards
🕒
🔥
13
🟩
10
🟨
0
13
🟨
2
🟥
0
0
🟥
1
0
🥅
3
18
FB Tommy Smart | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
Games
Results
Cards
🕒
🔥
406
🟩
192
🟨
0
406
🟨
79
🟥
0
7
🟥
135
4
CB Alec Talbot | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
Games
Results
Cards
🕒
🔥
153
🟩
79
🟨
0
153
🟨
27
🟥
0
4
🟥
47
2
FB Teddy Bowen | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
Games
Results
Cards
🕒
🔥
192
🟩
97
🟨
0
192
🟨
29
🟥
0
0
🟥
66
2
M Jimmy Gibson | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
Games
Results
Cards
🕒
🔥
98
🟩
49
🟨
0
98
🟨
21
🟥
0
6
🟥
28
7
W Eric Houghton | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
Games
Results
Cards
🕒
🔥
63
🟩
35
🟨
0
63
🟨
10
🟥
0
43
🟥
18
18
F Joe Beresford | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
Games
Results
Cards
🕒
🔥
142
🟩
75
🟨
0
142
🟨
20
🟥
0
48
🟥
47
15
CF Billy Walker | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
Games
Results
Cards
🕒
🔥
458
🟩
212
🟨
0
458
🟨
95
🟥
0
231
🟥
151
67
Sub 2
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Player Profile
Sub 4
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Cards
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Player Profile
M Joe Tate | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
Games
Results
Cards
🕒
🔥
123
🟩
68
🟨
0
123
🟨
18
🟥
0
3
🟥
37
9
F Reg Chester | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
Games
Results
Cards
🕒
🔥
63
🟩
29
🟨
0
63
🟨
11
🟥
0
23
🟥
23
13
CF Pongo Waring | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
Games
Results
Cards
🕒
🔥
115
🟩
64
🟨
0
115
🟨
20
🟥
0
98
🟥
31
32
Sub 1
Games
Results
Cards
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🟥
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Player Profile
Sub 3
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Results
Cards
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Player Profile
Sub 5
Games
Results
Cards
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🟩
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Player Profile

Division One

Sheffield United

13-10-16, 33 PTS

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Villa Park

Attendance: 26,952

Smith
Thorpe
Hooper
Gorney
Carrigan
Green
Gibson
Oxley
Dunne
Pickering
Tunstall

John Nicholson | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
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Substitutes:

No Substitutions Permitted in Period

Unused Substitutes:

No Substitutions Permitted in Period

None

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

Matchday Squad:

Not Recorded

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