Game #1690
Aston Villa
9-4-11, 22 PTS

Monday, 1 January 1934
12th=
Last 5: 🟩 🟩 🟥 🟨 🟨
GK Harry Morton | 🏴 |
FB Danny Blair | 🏴 |
LB Tommy Mort | 🏴 |
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
None
League Champions: 🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆 🏆
FA Cup Winners: 🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆 🏆
Last Trophy: 1919–20
Matchday Squad:
None
Billy Smith names an unchanged line up.
Villa are selected to play away from home on New Years Day for the 17th time in the 18 fixtures they have played on 1st January.
Villa had played their first New Years Day fixture in January 1891 and have now played just one home game on 1st January in 43 years.
Villa earn a point on New Years Day for only the fifth time in 18 games.
Eric Houghton hits a brace to make it eleven for the season but Villa are held to a second successive draw in three winless games.
Villa open 1934 with a second successive draw to make it nine wins, four draws and eleven defeats in twenty four division one games.

Drew
3-3
🟨 1 Jan 1934, Villa 3-3 Sheffield United, Bramall Lane
Scorer(s) | Eric Houghton | 7' | 2-2 | Pongo Waring | 87' |
Assist(s) | None
Match Timeline:
⚽ | 7' Goal, 1-0, Eric Houghton
🥅 | 10' Goal, 1-1, (Sheffield United), Oxley
🥅 | 32' Goal, 1-2, (Sheffield United), Boyd
🕒 | HT Sheffield United 2-1 Aston Villa
⚽ | Goal, 2-2, Eric Houghton, pen
🥅 | 57' Goal, 2-3, (Sheffield United), Oswald
⚽ | 87' Goal, 3-3, Pongo Waring
🕒 | FT Sheffield United 3-3 Aston Villax
Season | 1933-34 |
Matchday | #24 |
League Match | #24 |
Manager Game | #340 |
Monday, 1 January 1934

Manager: Billy Smith | 🏴 | 1926-1934 led Management Committee
Referee: William Bristow | 🏴 | Stafford, 1928-1936
HT Score: 🟥 1-2
FT Result: 🟨 Drew
FT Score: 🟨 3-3
Last 5: 🟩 🟩 🟥 🟨 🟨
Referee: William Bristow | 🏴 | Stafford, 1928-1936
Not recorded
Debut Appearances:
None
Final Appearances:
None
Billy Smith | 🏴 | 1926-1934
🕒 339 | 🟩 | 167 🟨 58 🟥 114 | 1.65
Villa Career Form:
Top 6
Referee:
VAR (from 2021)
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Division One
Sheffield United
6-4-14, 16 PTS

Bramall Lane
Attendance: 23,841
Smith
Green
Wilkinson
Stacey
Holmes
Gooney
Williams
Barclay
Boyd
Oxley
Oswald
Teddy Davison | 🏴 |

Substitutes:
No Substitutions Permitted in Period
Unused Substitutes:
No Substitutions Permitted in Period
None
League Champions: 🏆
FA Cup Winners: 🏆🏆🏆🏆
Last Trophy: 1924–25
Matchday Squad:
Not Recorded
