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:
No Substitutions permitted in period
Unused Substitutes:
No Substitutions permitted in period
None
League Champions: 🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆 🏆
FA Cup Winners: 🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆 🏆
Last Trophy: 1919–20
Matchday Squad:
None
Billy Smith names the same line up for the fourth consecutive game.
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.
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
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: 🟥 🟩 🟨 🟥 🟩
Referee: J. R. S. Middlewood | 🏴 | Bishop Auckland, 1931
Previous 5 vs. Grimsby: 🟩 🟩 🟩 🟩 🟩
Not recorded
Debut Appearances:
None
Final Appearances:
None
Billy Smith | 🏴 | 1926-1934
🕒 229 | 🟩 | 116 🟨 38 🟥 75 | 1.69
Villa Career Form:
Top 6
Referee:
VAR (from 2021)
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Division One
Grimsby Town
0-1-4, 1 PTS
Villa Park
Attendance: 18,753
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Jacobsen
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Buck
Craven
Bestall
Coleman
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Marshall
Wilf Gillow | 🏴 |
Substitutes:
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League Champions: ❌
FA Cup Winners: ❌
Last Trophy: ❌
Matchday Squad:
Not Recorded
