Game #1573
Aston Villa
23-9-7, 55 PTS
Saturday, 11 April 1931
Won
2nd
Last 5: 🟨 🟩 🟥 🟩 🟩
Division One
Sheffield United
13-10-16, 33 PTS
Villa Park
Attendance: 26,952
🟩 11 Apr 1931, Villa 4-0 Sheffield United, Villa Park
Aston Villa
4-0
Sheffield United
Assist(s) | Eric Houghton | 35' | Billy Walker | 80' |
🟩 11 Apr 1931, Villa 4-0 Sheffield United, Villa Park
MATCH TIMELINE
Saturday, 11 April 1931
⚽ | 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
Match Statistics
Not recorded
Goal ⚽, Assist 🔥, Goal Conceded 🥅, Injury 🚑, Booking 🟨, Sending off 🟥, Comment 🗒️, ❗ Villa Chance,❗❗Huge Villa Chance, 💥 Opposition action, 🎥 VAR, 🆘 Referee error, ❌ Missed pen, disallowed goal, player retires from field of play, 🟢 Debut, 🔴 Final appearance, 🕒 Half time, Full time, 🔁 Substitution
🟩 11 Apr 1931, Villa 4-0 Sheffield United, Villa Park
ON THIS DAY
Saturday, 11 April 1931
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
🟩 11 Apr 1931, Villa 4-0 Sheffield United, Villa Park
DEBUT APPEARANCES
None
FINAL APPEARANCES
None
Seasons | 🕒 Games | ✅ Starts (🔁 Subs) | ⚽ Goals | 🔥 Assists | 🇺 Unused | Player Number |
Aston Villa
League Champions: 🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆 🏆
FA Cup Winners: 🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆 🏆
Last Trophy: 1919–20
Sheffield United
League Champions: 🏆
FA Cup Winners: 🏆🏆🏆🏆
Last Trophy: 1924–25
🟩 11 Apr 1931, Villa 4-0 Sheffield United, Villa Park
FIXTURE DETAILS
Season | 1930-31 |
Matchday | #41 |
League Match | #39 |
Manager Game | #223 |
Saturday, 11 April 1931
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🟩 11 Apr 1931, Villa 4-0 Sheffield United, Villa Park
MATCH SUMMARY
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: 🟨 🟩 🟥 🟩 🟩
MANAGERIAL RECORD
Billy Smith | 🏴 | 1926-1934
🕒 222 | 🟩 | 112 🟨 37 🟥 73 | 1.68
Villa Career Form:
Top 6
Games 🕒, Won 🟩, Drew 🟨, Lost 🟥, Points per Game
🟩 11 Apr 1931, Villa 4-0 Sheffield United, Villa Park
MATCH OFFICIALS
Referee: James Williams | 🏴 | Bolton, 1929-1938
VAR PROFILE (from 2021)
CARDS
None
CARDS
None
Won 🟩, Drew 🟨, Lost 🟥, Notably poor performance 🆘, Cards 🟨 Booking, Cards 🟥 Sending off, Disallowed ❌ Goal disallowed, ⚽ Penalty for, 🥅 Penalty against, ❌ Penalty Disallowed
🟩 11 Apr 1931, Villa 4-0 Sheffield United, Villa Park
TEAM NEWS
Teddy Bowen replaces Tommy Mort.
TEAM STATS
🟩 11 Apr 1931, Villa 4-0 Sheffield United, Villa Park
MANAGER
Billy Smith | 🏴 | 1926-1934
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 | 🏴 |
CF Billy Walker | 🏴 | ⚽ | 🔥 |
CF Pongo Waring | 🏴 | ⚽ | ⚽ |
MANAGER
John Nicholson | 🏴 |
Sheffield United
Smith
Thorpe
Hooper
Gorney
Carrigan
Green
Gibson
Oxley
Dunne
Pickering
Tunstall
🟩 11 Apr 1931, Villa 4-0 Sheffield United, Villa Park
SUBSTITUTES
No Substitutions permitted in period
SUBSTITUTES
No Substitutions Permitted in Period
🟩 11 Apr 1931, Villa 4-0 Sheffield United, Villa Park
UNUSED SUBSTITUTES
No Substitutions permitted in period
UNUSED SUBSTITUTES
No Substitutions Permitted in Period
Player Positions:
GK : Goalkeeper
CB, D, B : Centre Back, Defender, Back
FB, LB, RB, WH : Full Back, Left Back, Right Back, Wing Back, Wing Half
M, CH, LH, RH : Midfielder, Centre Half, Left Half, Right Half
W, OL, OR : Winger, Outside Left, Outside Right
F, IF, IL, IR : Forward, Inside Forward, Inside Left, Inside Right, Second Striker, False 9
CF : Centre Forward
Match Symbols:
⚽ | Goal
🔥 | Assist
🔁 | Substitution
🟨 | Booking
🟥 | Sending off
🆘 | Poor refereeing performance
🟢 : Debut 🔴 : Final Game
🟩 11 Apr 1931, Villa 4-0 Sheffield United, Villa Park
MATCHDAY SQUAD BIOGRAPHIES
STARTING XI
SUBSTITUTES
Player | 🕒 | 🔁 | ⚽ | 🔥 | 🟩 | 🟨 | 🟥 | 🥅 | ⛔ | Yellow | Red |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
UNUSED
Player | 🇺 |
|---|---|
Games 🕒, Starts ✅, Substitute 🔁, Goals ⚽, Assists 🔥, Won 🟩, Drew 🟨, Lost 🟥, Conceded 🥅, Clean Sheets ⛔, Unused Substitute 🇺
🟩 11 Apr 1931, Villa 4-0 Sheffield United, Villa Park
SQUAD STATS
SQUAD STATS
🟩 11 Apr 1931, Villa 4-0 Sheffield United, Villa Park
MATCHDAY SQUAD
MATCHDAY SQUAD
🟩 11 Apr 1931, Villa 4-0 Sheffield United, Villa Park
UNAVAILABLE
Injury | 3 |
GK Fred Biddlestone | 🏴 |
W Jack Mandley | 🏴 |
LB Tommy Mort | 🏴 |
UNAVAILABLE
Not Recorded
LEAGUE TABLE
MATCHDAY PROGRAMME
🟩 11 Apr 1931, Villa 4-0 Sheffield United, Villa Park
MATCH QUOTES
🟩 11 Apr 1931, Villa 4-0 Sheffield United, Villa Park
MATCH REPORTS
🟩 11 Apr 1931, Villa 4-0 Sheffield United, Villa Park