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Game #1604

Aston Villa

13-4-8, 30 PTS

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Saturday, 30 January 1932

5th=

Last 5: 🟩 🟩 🟨 🟥 🟥

GK Harry Morton | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
FB Tommy Smart | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
FB Teddy Bowen | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CB Alec Talbot | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Billy Simpson | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | 🟢 |
M Tommy Wood | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
W Eric Houghton | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | ⚽ |
W George Stephenson | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 🔴 |
CF Pongo Waring | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
F George Brown | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
F Billy Walker | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

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

Injury | 2 |
LB Tommy Mort | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Jimmy Gibson | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |

Team News

Teddy Bowen, Billy Simpson (debut) and Pongo Waring replace Tommy Mort, Jimmy Gibson and Joe Beresford.

Team Stats

Debut Appearances

🟢 M Billy Simpson | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | #345 | £1,000 signing from Clyde

Final Appearances

🔴 W George Stephenson | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 1932 🕒 4 | ✅ 4 | 🔁 (-) | ⚽ 1 | 🔥 2 | 🇺 - | #344 |

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Lost

1-3

🟥 30 Jan 1932, Villa 1-3 Chelsea, Villa Park
Scorer(s) | Eric Houghton | 84' |

Assist(s) | None

Match Timeline

🟢 | 1' Debut, Billy Simpson
🥅 | 18' Goal, 0-1, (Chelsea), Mills
🥅 | 23' Goal, 0-2, (Chelsea), Mills
🕒 | HT Aston Villa 0-2 Chelsea
🥅 | 69' Goal, 0-3, (Chelsea), Jackson
⚽ | 84' Goal, 1-3, Eric Houghton
🕒 | FT Aston Villa 1-3 Chelsea

Season | 1931-32 |
Matchday | #28 |
League Match | #25 |
Manager Game | #254 |
Saturday, 30 January 1932

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Match Record
Game Record

Manager: Billy Smith | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 1926-1934 led Management Committee
Referee: G. C. Wenton | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Northampton, 1932
HT Score: 🟥 0-2
FT Result: 🟥 Lost
FT Score: 🟥 1-3
Last 5: 🟩 🟩 🟨 🟥 🟥

Officials

Referee: G. C. Wenton | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Northampton, 1932

Previous 5 vs. Chelsea: 🟨 🟨 🟩 🟨 🟩

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Head to Head

Total 🕒 27 | 🟩 W13 (48% ) | 🟨 D7 | 🇺(74% ) | 🟥 L7 (26% ) | ⚽ 47 | 🥅 34 | GD 13

Match Stats

Not recorded

Billy Smith | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 1926-1934

🕒 253 | 🟩 | 128 🟨 42 🟥 83 | 1.68

Villa Career Form:

Top 6

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

Division One

Chelsea

11-1-14, 23 PTS

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Villa Park

Attendance: 35,993

Millington
Barber
Law
Russell
O'Dowd
Ferguson
Jackson
Cheyne
Mills
Miller
Pearson

David Calderhead | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
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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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Starting XI
GK Harry Morton | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
🕒

14

14

🔥

0

0

🟩

6

🟨

3

🟥

5

2

🥅

28

FB Tommy Smart | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
🕒

435

435

🔥

8

5

🟩

207

🟨

84

🟥

144

CB Alec Talbot | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
🕒

184

184

🔥

4

3

🟩

95

🟨

32

🟥

57

FB Teddy Bowen | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
🕒

200

200

🔥

0

2

🟩

101

🟨

30

🟥

69

M Tommy Wood | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
🕒

9

9

🔥

0

1

🟩

5

🟨

2

🟥

2

M Billy Simpson | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
🕒

1

1

🔥

0

0

🟩

0

🟨

0

🟥

1

W George Stephenson | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
🕒

4

4

🔥

1

2

🟩

2

🟨

0

🟥

2

W Eric Houghton | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
🕒

93

93

🔥

63

28

🟩

50

🟨

15

🟥

28

CF Pongo Waring | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
🕒

140

140

🔥

122

34

🟩

76

🟨

24

🟥

40

CF George Brown | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
🕒

68

68

🔥

52

7

🟩

35

🟨

11

🟥

22

CF Billy Walker | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
🕒

489

489

🔥

239

74

🟩

228

🟨

100

🟥

161

Substitutes
🕒

🔁

🔥

GK Sub

🟩

🟨

🟥

🥅

🕒

🔁

🔥

Sub 1

🟩

🟨

🟥

🕒

🔁

🔥

Sub 2

🟩

🟨

🟥

🕒

🔁

🔥

Sub 3

🟩

🟨

🟥

🕒

🔁

🔥

Sub 4

🟩

🟨

🟥

🕒

🔁

🔥

Sub 5

🟩

🟨

🟥

Match Media
On This Day
  • Eric Houghton scores a consolation but Villa are beaten at home for only the third time this season

  • Villa make it thirteen wins, four draws and eight defeats in twenty five division one games this season.

  • Villa now have four clean sheets in 28 games so far in 1931-32

  • Midfielder Billy Simpson makes his Villa debut aged 24 after joining from Clyde in November 1931.

  • Winger George Stephenson makes his fourth and final appearance before moving on to Luton Town in July 1934.

What they Said

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