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Game #1665

Aston Villa

22-8-11, 52 PTS

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Saturday, 29 April 1933

2nd

Last 5: 🟥 🟩 🟨 🟥 🟩

GK Harry Morton | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
FB Danny Blair | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
FB Joe Nibloe | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
M Jimmy Gibson | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
M Billy Kingdon | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Billy Simpson | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
W Eric Houghton | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 🔥 | 🔥 | ⚽ |
W Reg Chester | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 🔥 | 🔥 |
F Dai Astley | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 |
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 |
F Joe Beresford | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
LB Tommy Mort | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

Team News

Billy Walker replaces Jack Mandley.

Team Stats

Debut Appearances

None

Final Appearances

None

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Won

5-0

🟩 29 Apr 1933, Villa 5-0 Blackburn, Ewood
Scorer(s) | George Brown | 67' | 68' | 71' | 74' | Eric Houghton | 87' |

Assist(s) | Reg Chester | 67' | 74' | Eric Houghton | 68' | 71' |

Match Timeline

🕒 | HT Blackburn Rovers 0-0 Aston Villa
⚽ | 67' Goal, 1-0, George Brown, Assist by Reg Chester
⚽ | 68' Goal, 2-0, George Brown, Assist by Eric Houghton
⚽ | 71' Goal, 3-0, George Brown, Assist by Eric Houghton
⚽ | 74' Goal, 4-0, George Brown, Assist by Reg Chester
⚽ | 87' Goal, 5-0, Eric Houghton
🕒 | FT Blackburn Rovers 0-5 Aston Villa

Season | 1932-33 |
Matchday | #44 |
League Match | #41 |
Manager Game | #315 |
Saturday, 29 April 1933

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Match Record
Game Record

Manager: Billy Smith | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 1926-1934 led Management Committee
Referee: Stan Boardman | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Hale, 1932-1948
HT Score: 🟨 0-0
FT Result: 🟩 Won
FT Score: 🟩 5-0
Last 5: 🟥 🟩 🟨 🟥 🟩

Officials

Referee: Stan Boardman | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Hale, 1932-1948

Previous 5 vs. Blackburn: 🟩 🟩 🟥 🟥 🟩

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Head to Head

Total 🕒 85 | 🟩 W40 (47% ) | 🟨 D17 | 🇺(67% ) | 🟥 L28 (33% ) | ⚽ 175 | 🥅 146 | GD 29

Match Stats

Not recorded

Billy Smith | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 1926-1934

🕒 314 | 🟩 | 157 🟨 55 🟥 102 | 1.68

Villa Career Form:

Top 6

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Division One

Blackburn Rovers

14-10-17, 38 PTS

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Ewood Park

Attendance: 3,624

Gormlie
Gorman
Whyte
Whiteside
Carver
Melville
Bruton
Ronnie Dix (ft)
Thompson
McLean
Turner

Arthur Barritt | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
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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: 1927–28

Opposition Matchday Squad

Opposition Unavailable

Not Recorded

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

74

74

🔥

0

0

🟩

34

🟨

16

🟥

24

18

🥅

125

FB Danny Blair | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
🕒

49

49

🔥

0

0

🟩

25

🟨

11

🟥

13

FB Joe Nibloe | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
🕒

11

11

🔥

0

0

🟩

7

🟨

1

🟥

3

M Jimmy Gibson | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
🕒

177

177

🔥

10

14

🟩

89

🟨

36

🟥

52

M Billy Simpson | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
🕒

14

14

🔥

1

0

🟩

5

🟨

3

🟥

6

M Billy Kingdon | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
🕒

146

146

🔥

2

8

🟩

70

🟨

23

🟥

53

F Reg Chester | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
🕒

85

85

🔥

30

19

🟩

39

🟨

14

🟥

32

W Eric Houghton | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
🕒

149

149

🔥

81

48

🟩

78

🟨

27

🟥

44

F Dai Astley | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 |
🕒

42

42

🔥

19

3

🟩

19

🟨

8

🟥

15

CF George Brown | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
🕒

118

118

🔥

89

17

🟩

59

🟨

23

🟥

36

CF Billy Walker | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
🕒

525

525

🔥

245

77

🟩

246

🟨

108

🟥

171

Substitutes
🕒

🔁

🔥

GK Sub

🟩

🟨

🟥

🥅

🕒

🔁

🔥

Sub 1

🟩

🟨

🟥

🕒

🔁

🔥

Sub 2

🟩

🟨

🟥

🕒

🔁

🔥

Sub 3

🟩

🟨

🟥

🕒

🔁

🔥

Sub 4

🟩

🟨

🟥

🕒

🔁

🔥

Sub 5

🟩

🟨

🟥

Match Media
On This Day
  • Villa score for the first time in three games.

  • Villa 0-0 at half time score five second half goals, including four in seven minutes - all to George Brown - to make it 9-0 on aggregate this season in the league against Blackburn.

  • Villa have now scored three or more goals 17 times in 41 league games this season and four or more on ten occasions.

  • Villa make it twenty two wins, eight draws and eleven defeats in their forty one division one games so far in 1932-33 with one game remaining.

  • Villa keep their fourth clean sheet in six games and their fourteenth of the season in their 41st game.

  • Winning their penultimate game, Villa remain one point clear of third place Wednesday, the only team who can now beat them to fourth place.

  • If Villa get at least a point at home to Derby next week then runners up is Billy Smith's for the second time in three seasons.

What they Said

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