Game #1644
Aston Villa
10-6-4, 26 PTS

Saturday, 31 December 1932
2nd
Last 5: 🟩 🟨 🟥 🟩 🟩
GK Harry Morton | 🏴 |
LB Tommy Mort | 🏴 |
FB Joe Nibloe | 🏴 |
CB Alec Talbot | 🏴 |
M Billy Kingdon | 🏴 |
M Joe Tate | 🏴 |
W Eric Houghton | 🏴 | ⚽ | 🔥 |
W Jack Mandley | 🏴 | ⚽ |
F Joe Beresford | 🏴 | ⚽ |
CF George Brown | 🏴 |
CF Billy Walker | 🏴 |
Billy Smith | 🏴 | 1926-1934

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 |
FB Danny Blair | 🏴 |
M Jimmy Gibson | 🏴 |
Team News
Billy Kingdon replaces Jimmy Gibson.
Team Stats
Debut Appearances
None
Final Appearances
None

Won
3-1
🟩 31 Dec 1932, Villa 3-1 Boro, Villa Park
Scorer(s) | Eric Houghton | 43' (pen) | Jack Mandley | 81' | Joe Beresford | 84' |
Assist(s) | Eric Houghton | 81' |
Match Timeline
⚽ | 43' Goal, 1-0, Eric Houghton, pen
🕒 | HT Aston Villa 1-0 Middlesbrough
⚽ | 81' Goal, 2-0, Jack Mandley, Assist by Eric Houghton
⚽ | 84' Goal, 3-0, Joe Beresford
🥅 | 89' Goal, 3-1, (Middlesbrough), Baxter
🕒 | FT Aston Villa 3-1 Middlesbrough
Season | 1932-33 |
Matchday | #23 |
League Match | #23 |
Manager Game | #294 |
Saturday, 31 December 1932

Match Record
Game Record
Manager: Billy Smith | 🏴 | 1926-1934 led Management Committee
Referee: William Bunnell | 🏴 | Preston, 1921-1932
HT Score: 🟩 1-0
FT Result: 🟩 Won
FT Score: 🟩 3-1
Last 5: 🟩 🟨 🟥 🟩 🟩
Officials
Referee: William Bunnell | 🏴 | Preston, 1921-1932
Match Stats
Not recorded
Billy Smith | 🏴 | 1926-1934
🕒 293 | 🟩 | 147 🟨 52 🟥 94 | 1.68
Villa Career Form:
Top 6
Division One
Middlesbrough
4-3-14, 11 PTS

Villa Park
Attendance: 22,309
Gibson
Jennings
Stuart
Brown
Elkes
Forrest
Camsell
Bruce
Blackmore
Baxter
Williams
Peter McWilliam | 🏴 |

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

Starting XI
Match Media
On This Day
Villa end 1932 with successive victories as Eric Houghton scores from the spot.
Villa make it thirteen wins, six draws and four defeats in their twenty three division one games so far this season.
Villa score three or more goals for the 12th time in 23 games this season.
In total Villa have now scored 58 goals in 23 games so far in 1932-33 conceding 36.
Villa's win keeps them second but now level with only Wednesday as leaders Arsenal drop a point to sit five ahead.
Villa remain second, five points off leaders Arsenal.
Mid-table Bolton are up next in the first fixture of 1933.
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