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Game #1657

Aston Villa

19-6-8, 44 PTS

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Saturday, 25 March 1933

3rd

Last 5: 🟥 🟥 🟩 🟥 🟩

GK Harry Morton | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
LB Tommy Mort | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
FB Danny Blair | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
M Tommy Wood | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Jimmy Gibson | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
M Billy Simpson | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
W Eric Houghton | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 🔥 |
W Jack Mandley | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
F Joe Beresford | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 🔥 | ⚽ |
F Dai Astley | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 |
CF George Brown | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | ⚽ |

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

Goalkeepers
GK Harry Morton | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

Full Backs
LB Tommy Mort | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
FB Danny Blair | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |

Midfielders
M Tommy Wood | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Jimmy Gibson | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
M Billy Simpson | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |

Wingers
W Eric Houghton | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
W Jack Mandley | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

Forwards
F Joe Beresford | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
F Dai Astley | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 |
CF George Brown | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

Unavailable

Injury | 2 |
CB Alec Talbot | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Joe Tate | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

Team News

Danny Blair, Tommy Wood and Jack Mandley replace Tommy Smart, Billy Kingdon and Reg Chester.

Team Stats

Debut Appearances

None

Final Appearances

None

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Won

2-1

🟩 25 Mar 1933, Villa 2-1 Everton, Villa Park
Scorer(s) | George Brown | 29' | Joe Beresford | 82' |

Assist(s) | Joe Beresford | 29' | Eric Houghton | 82' |

Match Timeline

🥅 | 6' Goal, 0-1, (Everton), Jim Cunliffe
⚽ | 29' Goal, 1-1, George Brown, Assist by Joe Beresford
🕒 | HT Aston Villa 1-1 Everton
⚽ | 54' Goal, 2-1, Eric Houghton, Assist by George Brown
🆘 | 54' Referee Millward disallows Villa's goal despite Everton 'keeper Sagar indicating the ball had crossed the line
⚽ | 82' Goal, 2-1, Joe Beresford, Assist by Eric Houghton
🕒 | FT Aston Villa 2-1 Everton

Season | 1932-33 |
Matchday | #36 |
League Match | #33 |
Manager Game | #307 |
Saturday, 25 March 1933

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Match Record
Game Record

Manager: Billy Smith | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 1926-1934 led Management Committee
Referee: Jack Millward | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Derby, 1932-1935
HT Score: 🟨 1-1
FT Result: 🟩 Won
FT Score: 🟩 2-1
Last 5: 🟥 🟥 🟩 🟥 🟩

Officials

Referee: Jack Millward | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Derby, 1932-1935
Linesmen: S. S. Tatem (Wolverhampton); C. Phipps (Lydney)

Previous 5 vs. Everton: 🟩 🟩 🟥 🟥 🟨

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Head to Head

Total 🕒 83 | 🟩 W36 (43% ) | 🟨 D17 | 🇺(64% ) | 🟥 L30 (36% ) | ⚽ 147 | 🥅 144 | GD 3

Match Stats

Not recorded

Billy Smith | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 1926-1934

🕒 306 | 🟩 | 154 🟨 53 🟥 99 | 1.68

Villa Career Form:

Top 6

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Division One

Everton

13-6-14, 32 PTS

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Villa Park

Attendance: 27,463

GK Ted Sagar | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
RB Billy Cook | 🇮🇪 |
RB Warney Cresswell | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Cliff Britton | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M John Thomson | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
W Jimmy Stein | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
W Albert Geldard | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
F Jim Cunliffe | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | ⚽ |
CF Dixie Dean | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
F Tommy Johnson | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
F Thomas White | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

Thomas McIntosh | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
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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: 1931-32

Opposition Matchday Squad

Goalkeepers
GK Ted Sagar | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

Full Backs
RB Billy Cook | 🇮🇪 |
RB Warney Cresswell | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

Midfielders
M Cliff Britton | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M John Thomson | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |

Wingers
W Jimmy Stein | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
W Albert Geldard | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

Forwards
F Jim Cunliffe | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CF Dixie Dean | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
F Tommy Johnson | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
F Thomas White | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

Opposition Unavailable

Not Recorded

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Starting XI
GK Harry Morton | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
🕒

67

67

🔥

0

0

🟩

32

🟨

14

🟥

21

15

🥅

115

FB Danny Blair | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
🕒

41

41

🔥

0

0

🟩

22

🟨

9

🟥

10

LB Tommy Mort | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
🕒

345

345

🔥

2

3

🟩

151

🟨

76

🟥

118

M Jimmy Gibson | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
🕒

170

170

🔥

10

13

🟩

86

🟨

35

🟥

49

M Tommy Wood | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
🕒

20

20

🔥

0

1

🟩

9

🟨

4

🟥

7

M Billy Simpson | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
🕒

6

6

🔥

1

0

🟩

2

🟨

1

🟥

3

W Jack Mandley | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
🕒

100

100

🔥

24

50

🟩

53

🟨

22

🟥

25

W Eric Houghton | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
🕒

141

141

🔥

80

46

🟩

75

🟨

25

🟥

41

F Joe Beresford | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
🕒

200

200

🔥

65

26

🟩

107

🟨

30

🟥

63

F Dai Astley | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 |
🕒

35

35

🔥

19

3

🟩

16

🟨

7

🟥

12

CF George Brown | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
🕒

110

110

🔥

80

16

🟩

56

🟨

21

🟥

33

Substitutes
🕒

🔁

🔥

GK Sub

🟩

🟨

🟥

🥅

🕒

🔁

🔥

Sub 1

🟩

🟨

🟥

🕒

🔁

🔥

Sub 2

🟩

🟨

🟥

🕒

🔁

🔥

Sub 3

🟩

🟨

🟥

🕒

🔁

🔥

Sub 4

🟩

🟨

🟥

🕒

🔁

🔥

Sub 5

🟩

🟨

🟥

Match Media
On This Day
  • Villa recover from the fourth defeat in six to win for the second time in three 

  • Villa make it nineteen wins, six draws and eight defeats in their thirty three division one games so far this season.

  • Villa concede the first goal for the ninth time in twelve.

  • Villa remain third but are now just three points behind leaders Arsenal with two games in hand after they lose again.

  • Villa face Arsenal at Highbury next knowing victory could move them within a point of the leaders still with two games in hand and having already put 5 past them this season.

What they Said

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