Game #1580
Aston Villa
2-1-1, 5 PTS

Saturday, 12 September 1931
8th=
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

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)
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Trophy Record
League Champions: 🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆 🏆
FA Cup Winners: 🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆 🏆
Last Trophy: 1919–20
Matchday Squad
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Team News
Billy Smith names the same line up for the fourth consecutive game.
Team Stats
Debut Appearances
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Final Appearances
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Won
7-0
🟩 12 Sep 1931, Villa 7-0 Grimsby, Villa Park
Scorer(s) | Joe Beresford | 4' | Eric Houghton | 10' | 64' | Jack Mandley | 24' | 51' | Pongo Waring | 70' | Billy Walker | 82' |
Assist(s) | Pongo Waring | 51' | Jimmy Gibson | 64' | Jack Mandley | 70' | Joe Beresford | 82' |
Match Timeline
⚽ | 4' Goal, 1-0, Joe Beresford
⚽ | 10' Goal, 2-0, Eric Houghton
⚽ | 24' Goal, 3-0, Jack Mandley
🚑 | 43' Player retires from field of play with injury, (Grimsby Town), Coleman, broken arm
🕒 | HT Aston Villa 3-0 Grimsby Town
⚽ | 51' Goal, 4-0, Jack Mandley, Assist by Pongo Waring
⚽ | 64' Goal, 5-0, Eric Houghton, Assist by Jimmy Gibson
⚽ | 70' Goal, 6-0, Billy Walker, Assist by Jack Mandley
⚽ | 82' Goal, 7-0, Pongo Waring, Assist by Joe Beresford
🕒 | FT Aston Villa 7-0 Grimsby Town
Season | 1931-32 |
Matchday | #4 |
League Match | #4 |
Manager Game | #230 |
Saturday, 12 September 1931

Match Record
Game Record
Manager: Billy Smith | 🏴 | 1926-1934 led Management Committee
Referee: J. R. S. Middlewood | 🏴 | Bishop Auckland, 1931
HT Score: 🟩 3-0
FT Result: 🟩 Won
FT Score: 🟩 7-0
Last 5: 🟥 🟩 🟨 🟥 🟩
Officials
Referee: J. R. S. Middlewood | 🏴 | Bishop Auckland, 1931
Match Stats
Not recorded
Billy Smith | 🏴 | 1926-1934
🕒 229 | 🟩 | 116 🟨 38 🟥 75 | 1.69
Villa Career Form:
Top 6

Division One
Grimsby Town
0-1-4, 1 PTS

Villa Park
Attendance: 18,753
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Marshall
Wilf Gillow | 🏴 |

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
Opposition Trophy Record
League Champions: ❌
FA Cup Winners: ❌
Last Trophy: ❌
Opposition Matchday Squad
Opposition Unavailable
Not Recorded
On This Day
Villa make it successive home wins as they return to winning ways as they keep up their domination of Grimsby with a seven goal victory for their sixth consecutive win against the Yorkshiremen
Villa make it two wins, a draw and a defeat in four division one games so far in 1931-32.
Villa, the top scorers from 1930-31, make it eleven goals in four matches so far this season as they keep their first clean sheet of the campaign.
Villa have now scored three or more goals twice in four games so far this season.
Jack Mandley scores two and creates one as Eric Houghton also hits a brace and Joe Beresford contributes a goal and an assist.
Villa sit joint 8th in the table alongside 6 other clubs with struggling Chelsea up next.
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