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Game #1577

Aston Villa

1-0-0, 2 PTS

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Saturday, 29 August 1931

Last 5: 🟩 🟩 🟩 🟥 🟩

GK Fred Biddlestone | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
FB Tommy Smart | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
LB Tommy Mort | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CB Alec Talbot | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Joe Tate | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Jimmy Gibson | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
W Eric Houghton | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | ⚽ |
W Jack Mandley | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 🔥 |
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

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

None

Team News

Team Stats

Debut Appearances

None

Final Appearances

None

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Won

3-2

🟩 29 Aug 1931, Villa 3-2 Leicester, Villa Park
Scorer(s) | Eric Houghton | 54' | Pongo Waring | 71' | 83' |

Assist(s) | Jack Mandley | 71' | Billy Walker | 83' |

Match Timeline

🥅 | 44' Goal, 0-1, (Leicester City), Smith
🕒 | HT Aston Villa 0-1 Leicester City
⚽ | 54' Goal, 1-1, Eric Houghton
⚽ | 71' Goal, 2-1, Pongo Waring, Assist by Jack Mandley
⚽ | 83' Goal, 3-1, Pongo Waring, Assist by Billy Walker
🥅 | 89' Goal, 3-2, (Leicester City), Smith
🕒 | FT Aston Villa 3-2 Leicester City

Season | 1931-32 |
Matchday | #1 |
League Match | #1 |
Manager Game | #227 |
Saturday, 29 August 1931

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Match Record
Game Record

Manager: Billy Smith | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 1926-1934 led Management Committee
Referee: Robert Warburton | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Bolton, 1930-1937
HT Score: 🟥 0-1
FT Result: 🟩 Won
FT Score: 🟩 3-2
Last 5: 🟩 🟩 🟩 🟥 🟩

Officials

Referee: Robert Warburton | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Bolton, 1930-1937

Previous 5 vs. Leicester: 🟩 🟩 🟥 🟥 🟩

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Head to Head

Total 🕒 16 | 🟩 W7 (44% ) | 🟨 D2 | 🇺(56% ) | 🟥 L7 (44% ) | ⚽ 34 | 🥅 38 | GD -4

Match Stats

Not recorded

Billy Smith | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 1926-1934

🕒 226 | 🟩 | 115 🟨 37 🟥 74 | 1.69

Villa Career Form:

Top 6

🟩 12 Apr 2025, Villa 3-0 Southampton, St Mary's TBL.png

Division One

Leicester City

0-0-1, 0 PTS

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Villa Park

Attendance: 41,606

McLaren
Black
Osborne
Bulling
Heywood
Ritchie
Adcock
Hine
Smith
Lochhead
Barry

Willie Orr | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
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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: ❌

Opposition Matchday Squad

Opposition Unavailable

Not Recorded

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On This Day

Pongo Waring's brace helps Villa to and opening day win having finished League runners up the previous season.

Starting XI
GK Fred Biddlestone | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
🕒

29

29

🔥

0

0

🟩

16

🟨

4

🟥

9

2

🥅

60

LB Tommy Mort | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
🕒

276

276

🔥

1

2

🟩

117

🟨

62

🟥

97

CB Alec Talbot | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
🕒

157

157

🔥

4

2

🟩

82

🟨

27

🟥

48

FB Tommy Smart | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
🕒

410

410

🔥

7

4

🟩

195

🟨

79

🟥

136

M Jimmy Gibson | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
🕒

101

101

🔥

6

7

🟩

52

🟨

21

🟥

28

M Joe Tate | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
🕒

127

127

🔥

3

9

🟩

71

🟨

18

🟥

38

W Jack Mandley | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
🕒

46

46

🔥

9

30

🟩

25

🟨

10

🟥

11

W Eric Houghton | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
🕒

67

67

🔥

45

19

🟩

38

🟨

10

🟥

19

F Joe Beresford | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
🕒

146

146

🔥

49

15

🟩

78

🟨

20

🟥

48

CF Pongo Waring | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
🕒

119

119

🔥

102

32

🟩

67

🟨

20

🟥

32

CF Billy Walker | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
🕒

462

462

🔥

231

68

🟩

215

🟨

95

🟥

152

Substitutes
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GK Sub

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Sub 1

🟩

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Sub 2

🟩

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Sub 3

🟩

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🕒

🔁

🔥

Sub 4

🟩

🟨

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🕒

🔁

🔥

Sub 5

🟩

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🟥

Match Media
What they Said

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