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Game #1697

Aston Villa

11-4-13, 26 PTS

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Wednesday, 7 February 1934

15th

Last 5: 🟩 🟩 🟩 🟥 🟩

GK Harry Morton | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
FB Danny Blair | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
FB Joe Nibloe | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
M Jimmy Gibson | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
M Tommy Wood | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Billy Kingdon | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
W Eric Houghton | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | ⚽ |
W Arthur Cunliffe | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 🔥 |
F George Brown | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
F Ronnie Dix | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
F Dai Astley | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 | ⚽ |

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

None

Team News

Danny Blair, Jimmy Gibson and George Brown replace Tommy Mort, Alec Talbot and Joe Beresford.

Team Stats

Debut Appearances

None

Final Appearances

None

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Won

2-0

🟩 7 Feb 1934, Villa 2-0 Chelsea, Villa Park
Scorer(s) | Dai Astley | 40' | Eric Houghton | 60' |

Assist(s) | Arthur Cunliffe | 40' |

Match Timeline

⚽ | 40' Goal, 1-0, Dai Astley, Assist by Arthur Cunliffe
🕒 | HT Aston Villa 1-0 Chelsea
⚽ | 60' Goal, 2-0, Eric Houghton
🕒 | FT Aston Villa 2-0 Chelsea

Season | 1933-34 |
Matchday | #31 |
League Match | #28 |
Manager Game | #347 |
Wednesday, 7 February 1934

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Match Record
Game Record

Manager: Billy Smith | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 1926-1934 led Management Committee
Referee: Arthur H Adams | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Nottingham, 1932-1934
HT Score: 🟩 1-0
FT Result: 🟩 Won
FT Score: 🟩 2-0
Last 5: 🟩 🟩 🟩 🟥 🟩

Officials

Referee: Arthur H Adams | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Nottingham, 1932-1934

Previous 5 vs. Chelsea: 🟩 🟥 🟩 🟩 🟥

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Head to Head

Total 🕒 31 | 🟩 W16 (52% ) | 🟨 D7 | 🇺(74% ) | 🟥 L8 (26% ) | ⚽ 53 | 🥅 36 | GD 17

Match Stats

Not recorded

Billy Smith | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 1926-1934

🕒 346 | 🟩 | 171 🟨 59 🟥 116 | 1.65

Villa Career Form:

Top 6

🟩 12 Apr 2025, Villa 3-0 Southampton, St Mary's TBL.png

Division One

Chelsea

6-5-15, 17 PTS

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Villa Park

Attendance: 15,688

Woodley
Harper
McAulay
Allum
Craig
Miller
Oakton
Priestley
Gallacher
Gibson
Horton

Leslie Knighton | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
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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: ❌

Opposition Matchday Squad

Opposition Unavailable

Not Recorded

🟩 12 Apr 2025, Villa 3-0 Southampton, St Mary's TBL.png
Starting XI
GK Harry Morton | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
🕒

106

106

🔥

0

0

🟩

48

🟨

21

🟥

37

24

🥅

185

FB Danny Blair | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
🕒

74

74

🔥

0

0

🟩

36

🟨

16

🟥

22

FB Joe Nibloe | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
🕒

35

35

🔥

0

0

🟩

20

🟨

2

🟥

13

M Billy Kingdon | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
🕒

169

169

🔥

2

8

🟩

81

🟨

26

🟥

62

M Jimmy Gibson | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
🕒

200

200

🔥

10

14

🟩

99

🟨

40

🟥

61

M Tommy Wood | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
🕒

40

40

🔥

2

2

🟩

17

🟨

9

🟥

14

W Arthur Cunliffe | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
🕒

24

24

🔥

7

5

🟩

12

🟨

3

🟥

9

W Eric Houghton | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
🕒

180

180

🔥

96

64

🟩

92

🟨

32

🟥

56

F Ronnie Dix | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
🕒

17

17

🔥

3

2

🟩

7

🟨

3

🟥

7

F Dai Astley | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 |
🕒

73

73

🔥

41

8

🟩

32

🟨

13

🟥

28

CF George Brown | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
🕒

122

122

🔥

89

17

🟩

61

🟨

23

🟥

38

Substitutes
🕒

🔁

🔥

GK Sub

🟩

🟨

🟥

🥅

🕒

🔁

🔥

Sub 1

🟩

🟨

🟥

🕒

🔁

🔥

Sub 2

🟩

🟨

🟥

🕒

🔁

🔥

Sub 3

🟩

🟨

🟥

🕒

🔁

🔥

Sub 4

🟩

🟨

🟥

🕒

🔁

🔥

Sub 5

🟩

🟨

🟥

Match Media
On This Day
  • Dai Astley scores his twentieth first of the season as Villa win for the fourth time in five in all competitions.

  • Villa recover from their Roker Park reverse to record a fourth win in five in all competitions to make it eleven wins, four draws and thirteen defeats in twenty eight division one games.

What they Said

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