Game #1686
Aston Villa
8-2-10, 18 PTS

Saturday, 23 December 1933
13th=
Last 5: 🟥 🟨 🟥 🟥 🟩
GK Harry Morton | 🏴 |
FB Danny Blair | 🏴 |
FB Joe Nibloe | 🏴 |
M Tommy Wood | 🏴 |
M Billy Kingdon | 🏴 |
M Jimmy Gibson | 🏴 |
W Eric Houghton | 🏴 | ⚽ |
W Jack Mandley | 🏴 | 🔥 |
CF Pongo Waring | 🏴 | 🔥 |
F Dai Astley | 🏴 | ⚽ |
F Ronnie Dix | 🏴 |
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
Goalkeepers
GK Harry Morton | 🏴 |
Full Backs
FB Danny Blair | 🏴 |
FB Joe Nibloe | 🏴 |
Midfielders
M Tommy Wood | 🏴 |
M Billy Kingdon | 🏴 |
M Jimmy Gibson | 🏴 |
Wingers
W Eric Houghton | 🏴 |
W Jack Mandley | 🏴 |
Forwards
CF Pongo Waring | 🏴 |
F Dai Astley | 🏴 |
F Ronnie Dix | 🏴 |
Unavailable
Tommy Mort
Team News
Billy Kingdon, Joe Nibloe and Jack Mandley replace Tommy Mort, Alec Talbot and George Brown.
Team Stats
Debut Appearances
None
Final Appearances
None

Won
2-1
🟩 23 Dec 1933, Villa 2-1 Everton, Villa Park
Scorer(s) | Dai Astley | 65' | Eric Houghton | 80' |
Assist(s) | Jack Mandley | 65' | Pongo Waring | 80' |
Match Timeline
🕒 | HT Aston Villa 0-0 Everton
⚽ | 65' Goal, 1-0, Dai Astley, Assist by Jack Mandley
🥅 | 67' Goal, 1-1, (Everton), Thomas White
⚽ | 80' Goal, 2-1, Eric Houghton, Assist by Pongo Waring
🕒 | FT Aston Villa 2-1 Everton
Season | 1933-34 |
Matchday | #20 |
League Match | #20 |
Manager Game | #336 |
Saturday, 23 December 1933

Match Record
Game Record
Manager: Billy Smith | 🏴 | 1926-1934 led Management Committee
Referee: Tom Thompson | 🏴 | Northumberland, 1933-1938
HT Score: 🟨 0-0
FT Result: 🟩 Won
FT Score: 🟩 2-1
Last 5: 🟥 🟨 🟥 🟥 🟩
Officials
Referee: Tom Thompson | 🏴 | Northumberland, 1933-1938
Linesmen: W. H. Grainier (Wolverhampton); T. Smith (Atherstone)
Match Stats
Not recorded
Billy Smith | 🏴 | 1926-1934
🕒 335 | 🟩 | 166 🟨 57 🟥 112 | 1.66
Villa Career Form:
Top 6

Division One
Everton
6-6-7, 18 PTS

Villa Park
Attendance: 24,438
GK Ted Sagar | 🏴 |
RB Billy Cook | 🇮🇪 |
RB Warney Cresswell | 🏴 |
M Cliff Britton | 🏴 |
CB Charles Gee | 🏴 |
M John Archer | 🏴 |
W Edward Critchley | 🏴 |
F James Dunn | 🏴 |
F Thomas White | 🏴 | ⚽ |
F Jim Cunliffe | 🏴 |
W Jimmy Stein | 🏴 |
Thomas McIntosh | 🏴 |

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: 1932-33
Opposition Matchday Squad
Goalkeepers
GK Ted Sagar | 🏴 |
Defenders
CB Charles Gee | 🏴 |
Full Backs
RB Billy Cook | 🇮🇪 |
RB Warney Cresswell | 🏴 |
Midfielders
M Cliff Britton | 🏴 |
M John Archer | 🏴 |
Wingers
W Edward Critchley | 🏴 |
W Jimmy Stein | 🏴 |
Forwards
F James Dunn | 🏴 |
F Thomas White | 🏴 |
F Jim Cunliffe | 🏴 |
Opposition Unavailable
Not Recorded

Starting XI
Match Media
On This Day
Dai Astley scores for the second successive game as Villa win for the first time in six after six defeats in the previous eight.
Villa taste victory for the first time in six to make it eight wins, two draws and ten defeats in twenty division one games.
What they Said