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Game #1580

Aston Villa

2-1-1, 5 PTS

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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
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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

Billy Smith names the same line up for the fourth consecutive game.

Team Stats

Debut Appearances

None

Final Appearances

None

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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

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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

Previous 5 vs. Grimsby: 🟩 🟩 🟩 🟩 🟩

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Head to Head

Total 🕒 9 | 🟩 W7 (78% ) | 🟨 D1 | 🇺(89% ) | 🟥 L1 (11% ) | ⚽ 26 | 🥅 9 | GD 17

Match Stats

Not recorded

Billy Smith | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 1926-1934

🕒 229 | 🟩 | 116 🟨 38 🟥 75 | 1.69

Villa Career Form:

Top 6

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

Division One

Grimsby Town

0-1-4, 1 PTS

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Villa Park

Attendance: 18,753

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Wilf Gillow | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
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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

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

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

32

32

🔥

0

0

🟩

17

🟨

5

🟥

10

3

🥅

63

LB Tommy Mort | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
🕒

279

279

🔥

1

2

🟩

118

🟨

63

🟥

98

CB Alec Talbot | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
🕒

160

160

🔥

4

2

🟩

83

🟨

28

🟥

49

FB Tommy Smart | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
🕒

413

413

🔥

7

4

🟩

196

🟨

80

🟥

137

M Jimmy Gibson | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
🕒

104

104

🔥

6

8

🟩

53

🟨

22

🟥

29

M Joe Tate | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
🕒

130

130

🔥

3

9

🟩

72

🟨

19

🟥

39

W Jack Mandley | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
🕒

49

49

🔥

11

31

🟩

26

🟨

11

🟥

12

W Eric Houghton | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
🕒

70

70

🔥

47

19

🟩

39

🟨

11

🟥

20

F Joe Beresford | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
🕒

149

149

🔥

50

16

🟩

79

🟨

21

🟥

49

CF Pongo Waring | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
🕒

122

122

🔥

104

33

🟩

68

🟨

21

🟥

33

CF Billy Walker | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
🕒

465

465

🔥

232

68

🟩

216

🟨

96

🟥

153

Substitutes
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GK Sub

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Sub 1

🟩

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Sub 2

🟩

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🕒

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🔥

Sub 3

🟩

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🟥

🕒

🔁

🔥

Sub 4

🟩

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🕒

🔁

🔥

Sub 5

🟩

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🟥

Match Media
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