Game #1576
Aston Villa
Saturday, 2 May 1931
Lost
WWWWL
Division One
Attendance: 12,419
Sheffield Wednesday
Hillsborough
Sheffield Wednesday
3-0
Aston Villa
Assist(s) | None
MATCH SUMMARY
Villa end a remarkable season having scored ONE HUNDRED AND TWENTY EIGHT goals - more than any team in League history - but finish as runners up.
KEY MAN
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Saturday, 2 May 1931
ON THIS DAY
Villa end a remarkable season as runners up having scored ONE HUNDRED AND TWENTY EIGHT GOALS - more than any other League team in history.
Villa’s outstanding form throughout the season was the first time under Billy Smith that everything came together as each of his previous seasons had featured deep fallow periods sandwich between excellence.
Although Pongo Waring’s fifty goal haul, forty nine in the League, took the headlines there were heroes throughout the team as Eric Houghton hit thirty and there was a remarkable consistency in team selection that had rarely been seen in recent decades.
The greatest team, and season to not end up as Champions? Undoubtedly.
Aston Villa
Sheffield Wednesday
League Champions: 🏆🏆🏆🏆
FA Cup Winners: 🏆🏆
Last Trophy: 1929–30
FIXTURE HISTORY
Sheffield Wednesday
Previous 5 vs. Wednesday: | 🟥 | 🟩 | 🟥 | 🟥 | 🟩 |
FIXTURE DETAILS
Season | 1930-31 |
Matchday | #44 |
League Match | #42 |
Manager Game | #226 |
Saturday, 2 May 1931
MATCH SUMMARY
Manager | Billy Smith led Management Committee |
FT Score | 0-3 |
FT Result | Lost |
Last 5 Games | WWWWL |
MANAGERIAL RECORD
Billy Smith led Management Committee
GAMES | WINS | DRAWS | LOSSES | POINTS PER GAME
🕒 225 | 🟩 | 114 🟨 37 🟥 74 | 1.68
Villa Career Form:
Top 6
Billy Smith led Management Committee
MATCH OFFICIALS
CARDS
Villa
Sheffield Wednesday
TEAM NEWS
Billy Kingdon replaces Jimmy Gibson.
TEAM STATS
MANAGER
Billy Smith led Management Committee
Aston Villa
GK Reg Miles |
CB Alec Talbot |
FB Teddy Bowen |
FB Tommy Smart |
M Billy Kingdon |
M Joe Tate |
W Eric Houghton |
W Reg Chester |
F Joe Beresford |
F Billy Walker |
CF Pongo Waring |
MANAGER
Sheffield Wednesday
SUBSTITUTES
No Substitutions permitted in period
SUBSTITUTES
No Substitutions Permitted in Period
UNUSED SUBSTITUTES
No Substitutions permitted in period
UNUSED SUBSTITUTES
No Substitutions Permitted in Period
SQUAD STATS
MATCHDAY SQUAD
SQUAD STATS
MATCHDAY SQUAD
UNAVAILABLE
Not recorded
UNAVAILABLE
Not Recorded
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
DEBUT APPEARANCES
FINAL APPEARANCES
MATCH STATS
Not recorded
LEAGUE TABLE
MATCHDAY PROGRAMME
MATCHDAY QUOTES
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