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Game #1686

Aston Villa

8-2-10, 18 PTS

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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
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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
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

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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

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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)

Previous 5 vs. Everton: 🟩 🟥 🟥 🟨 🟩

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Head to Head

Total 🕒 84 | 🟩 W37 (44% ) | 🟨 D17 | 🇺(64% ) | 🟥 L30 (36% ) | ⚽ 149 | 🥅 145 | GD 4

Match Stats

Not recorded

Billy Smith | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 1926-1934

🕒 335 | 🟩 | 166 🟨 57 🟥 112 | 1.66

Villa Career Form:

Top 6

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Division One

Everton

6-6-7, 18 PTS

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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 | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
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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: 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

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

95

95

🔥

0

0

🟩

43

🟨

18

🟥

34

22

🥅

159

FB Danny Blair | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
🕒

65

65

🔥

0

0

🟩

32

🟨

13

🟥

20

FB Joe Nibloe | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
🕒

29

29

🔥

0

0

🟩

16

🟨

2

🟥

11

M Billy Kingdon | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
🕒

159

159

🔥

2

8

🟩

76

🟨

24

🟥

59

M Jimmy Gibson | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
🕒

193

193

🔥

10

14

🟩

97

🟨

37

🟥

59

M Tommy Wood | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
🕒

29

29

🔥

2

1

🟩

12

🟨

6

🟥

11

W Jack Mandley | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
🕒

107

107

🔥

24

51

🟩

55

🟨

24

🟥

28

W Eric Houghton | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
🕒

170

170

🔥

90

60

🟩

87

🟨

29

🟥

54

F Ronnie Dix | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
🕒

7

7

🔥

0

0

🟩

3

🟨

0

🟥

4

F Dai Astley | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 |
🕒

63

63

🔥

31

6

🟩

28

🟨

10

🟥

25

CF Pongo Waring | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
🕒

182

182

🔥

143

45

🟩

92

🟨

30

🟥

60

Substitutes
🕒

🔁

🔥

GK Sub

🟩

🟨

🟥

🥅

🕒

🔁

🔥

Sub 1

🟩

🟨

🟥

🕒

🔁

🔥

Sub 2

🟩

🟨

🟥

🕒

🔁

🔥

Sub 3

🟩

🟨

🟥

🕒

🔁

🔥

Sub 4

🟩

🟨

🟥

🕒

🔁

🔥

Sub 5

🟩

🟨

🟥

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

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