Game #1575
Aston Villa
25-9-7, 59 PTS
Saturday, 25 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
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 | 🏴 |
Billy Smith names the same line up for a third consecutive game.
Pongo Waring scores his FIFTIETH goal in forty games as Villa record a thirteenth victory in sixteen.
Villa make it twenty five wins, nine draws and seven defeats in their forty one division one games having scored ONE HUNDRED AND TWENTY EIGHT goals - the most in the division and an all time record in English football.
Villa score four or more for the twentieth time in 43 games this season having scored six three times, seven once and eight once.
Won
4-2
🟩 25 Apr 1931, Villa 4-2 Manchester City, Villa Park
Scorer(s) | Reg Chester | 2' | Joe Beresford | 7' | Pongo Waring | 53' | Eric Houghton | 85' |
Assist(s) | Eric Houghton | 2' | Reg Chester | 7' | 53' |
Match Timeline:
⚽ | 2' Goal, 1-0, Reg Chester, Assist by Eric Houghton
⚽ | 7' Goal, 2-0, Joe Beresford, Assist by Reg Chester
🕒 | HT Aston Villa 2-0 Manchester City
⚽ | 53' Goal, 3-0, Pongo Waring, Assist by Reg Chester
🥅 | 65' Goal, 3-1, (Manchester City), Wrighton
🥅 | 76' Goal, 3-2, (Manchester City), Toseland
⚽ | 85' Goal, 4-2, Eric Houghton
🕒 | FT Aston Villa 4-2 Manchester City
Season | 1930-31 |
Matchday | #43 |
League Match | #41 |
Manager Game | #225 |
Saturday, 25 April 1931
Manager: Billy Smith | 🏴 | 1926-1934 led Management Committee
Referee: Raymond Woodward | 🏴 | Doncaster, 1928-1931
HT Score: 🟩 2-0
FT Result: 🟩 Won
FT Score: 🟩 4-2
Last 5: 🟥 🟩 🟩 🟩 🟩
Referee: Raymond Woodward | 🏴 | Doncaster, 1928-1931
Previous 5 vs. Manchester City: 🟩 🟥 🟥 🟩 🟥
Total 🕒 52 | 🟩 24 | 🟨 7 | 🟥 21 | ⚽ 97 | 🥅 76 |
League 🕒 48 | 🟩 23 | 🟨 6 | 🟥 19 | ⚽ 92 | 🥅 72 |
FA Cup 🕒 4 | 🟩 1 | 🟨 1 | 🟥 2 | ⚽ 5 | 🥅 4 |
Home 🕒 27 | 🟩 20 | 🟨 3 | 🟥 4 | ⚽ 67 | 🥅 28 |
Away 🕒 25 | 🟩 4 | 🟨 4 | 🟥 17 | ⚽ 30 | 🥅 45 |
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Debut Appearances:
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Final Appearances:
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Billy Smith | 🏴 | 1926-1934
🕒 224 | 🟩 | 114 🟨 37 🟥 73 | 1.69
Villa Career Form:
Top 6
Referee:
VAR (from 2021)
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Division One
Manchester City
18-9-14, 45 PTS
Villa Park
Attendance: 13,272
Langford
Ridley
Barnett
Busley
Cowan
McMullan
Toseland
Marshall
Halliday
Wrightson
Brook
Peter Hodge | 🏴 |
Substitutes:
No Substitutions Permitted in Period
Unused Substitutes:
No Substitutions Permitted in Period
None
League Champions: ❌
FA Cup Winners: 🏆
Last Trophy: 1903-04
Matchday Squad:
Not Recorded
