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Game #1644

Aston Villa

10-6-4, 26 PTS

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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
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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 |
FB Danny Blair | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
M Jimmy Gibson | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |

Team News

Billy Kingdon replaces Jimmy Gibson.

Team Stats

Debut Appearances

None

Final Appearances

None

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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

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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

Previous 5 vs. Boro: 🟥 🟩 🟩 🟨 🟩

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Head to Head

Total 🕒 46 | 🟩 W26 (57% ) | 🟨 D8 | 🇺(74% ) | 🟥 L12 (26% ) | ⚽ 116 | 🥅 64 | GD 52

Match Stats

Not recorded

Billy Smith | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 1926-1934

🕒 293 | 🟩 | 147 🟨 52 🟥 94 | 1.68

Villa Career Form:

Top 6

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Division One

Middlesbrough

4-3-14, 11 PTS

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Villa Park

Attendance: 22,309

Gibson
Jennings
Stuart
Brown
Elkes
Forrest
Camsell
Bruce
Blackmore
Baxter
Williams

Peter McWilliam | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
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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 | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
🕒

54

54

🔥

0

0

🟩

25

🟨

13

🟥

16

13

🥅

89

FB Joe Nibloe | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
🕒

2

2

🔥

0

0

🟩

2

🟨

0

🟥

0

CB Alec Talbot | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
🕒

220

220

🔥

5

6

🟩

113

🟨

41

🟥

66

LB Tommy Mort | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
🕒

333

333

🔥

2

2

🟩

145

🟨

75

🟥

113

M Billy Kingdon | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
🕒

134

134

🔥

2

8

🟩

64

🟨

21

🟥

49

M Joe Tate | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
🕒

185

185

🔥

3

11

🟩

99

🟨

31

🟥

55

W Jack Mandley | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
🕒

93

93

🔥

20

49

🟩

49

🟨

21

🟥

23

W Eric Houghton | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
🕒

128

128

🔥

79

39

🟩

68

🟨

24

🟥

36

F Joe Beresford | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
🕒

189

189

🔥

63

24

🟩

100

🟨

29

🟥

60

CF George Brown | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
🕒

101

101

🔥

74

16

🟩

51

🟨

20

🟥

30

CF Billy Walker | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
🕒

515

515

🔥

245

76

🟩

242

🟨

106

🟥

167

Substitutes
🕒

🔁

🔥

GK Sub

🟩

🟨

🟥

🥅

🕒

🔁

🔥

Sub 1

🟩

🟨

🟥

🕒

🔁

🔥

Sub 2

🟩

🟨

🟥

🕒

🔁

🔥

Sub 3

🟩

🟨

🟥

🕒

🔁

🔥

Sub 4

🟩

🟨

🟥

🕒

🔁

🔥

Sub 5

🟩

🟨

🟥

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.

What they Said

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