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
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Unused Substitutes
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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 | 3 |
GK Fred Biddlestone | 🏴 |
W Jack Mandley | 🏴 |
LB Tommy Mort | 🏴 |
Team News
Billy Smith names the same line up for a third consecutive game.
Team Stats
Debut Appearances
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Final Appearances
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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
Match Record
Game Record
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: 🟥 🟩 🟩 🟩 🟩
Officials
Referee: Raymond Woodward | 🏴 | Doncaster, 1928-1931
Previous 5 vs. Manchester City: 🟩 🟥 🟥 🟩 🟥
Head to Head
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 |
Match Stats
Not recorded
Billy Smith | 🏴 | 1926-1934
🕒 224 | 🟩 | 114 🟨 37 🟥 73 | 1.69
Villa Career Form:
Top 6
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
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: 1903-04
Opposition Matchday Squad
Opposition Unavailable
Not Recorded
On This Day
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.
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