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Game #1701

Aston Villa

Saturday, 24 February 1934

Lost

WDWLL

Division One

Attendance: 34,950

Stoke

Villa Park

Joe Beresford scores on his return to the side but Villa are beaten for the second successive game to make it fifteen defeats in thirty one.

Aston Villa

1-2

Stoke City

Assist(s) | Not recorded

KEY MAN

Joe Beresford scores on his return to the side but Villa are beaten for the second successive game to make it fifteen defeats in thirty one.

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Saturday, 24 February 1934

ON THIS DAY

Villa lose successive matches to make it eleven wins, five draws and fifteen defeats in thirty one division one games. Meanwhile, midfielder Tommy Gardner made his Villa debut aged 23 after joining from Hull City earlier this month.

Aston Villa

Stoke

League Champions: ❌
FA Cup Winners: ❌
Last Trophy: ❌

FIXTURE HISTORY

Stoke

Previous 5 vs. Stoke: | 🟨 | 🟩 | 🟩 | 🟨 | 🟨 |

FIXTURE DETAILS

Season | 1933-34 |
Matchday | #35 |
League Match | #31 |
Manager Game | #351 |
Saturday, 24 February 1934

MATCH SUMMARY

Manager | Billy Smith led Management Committee |
FT Score | 1-2 |
FT Result | Lost |
Last 5 Games | WDWLL |

MANAGERIAL RECORD

Billy Smith led Management Committee

GAMES | WINS | DRAWS | LOSSES | POINTS PER GAME

🕒 350 | 🟩 | 172 🟨 60 🟥 118 | 1.65

Career Form:

Top 6

Billy Smith led Management Committee

MATCH OFFICIALS

All the matches refereed by:

CARDS

Villa

Stoke

TEAM NEWS

Tommy Gardner (debut), Alec Talbot, Joe Beresford and Dai Astley replace Ernie Callaghan, Billy Kingdon, George Brown and Bob Brocklebank.

TEAM STATS

MANAGER

MANAGER

Billy Smith led Management Committee

Tom Mather | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

Aston Villa

GK Harry Morton |
CB Alec Talbot |
FB Joe Nibloe |
LB Tommy Mort |
M Tommy Wood |
M Tommy Gardner |
W Eric Houghton |
W Arthur Cunliffe |
F Dai Astley |
F Ronnie Dix |
F Joe Beresford |

Stoke

SUBSTITUTES

No Substitutions permitted in period

SUBSTITUTES

No Substitutions Permitted in Period

UNUSED SUBSTITUTES

No Substitutions permitted in period

UNUSED SUBSTITUTES

No Substitutions Permitted in Period

SQUAD STATS

MATCHDAY SQUAD

SQUAD STATS

MATCHDAY SQUAD

UNAVAILABLE

Not recorded

UNAVAILABLE

Not Recorded

Player Positions:

GK : Goalkeeper
CB, D, B : Centre Back, Defender, Back
FB, LB, RB, WH : Full Back, Left Back, Right Back, Wing Back, Wing Half


M, CH, LH, RH : Midfielder, Centre Half, Left Half, Right Half
W, OL, OR : Winger, Outside Left, Outside Right
F, IF, IL, IR : Forward, Inside Forward, Inside Left, Inside Right, Second Striker, False 9
CF : Centre Forward

Match Symbols:

⚽ | Goal
🔥 | Assist
🔁 | Substitution

🟨 | Booking

🟥 | Sending off

🆘 | Poor refereeing performance
🟢 : Debut 🔴 : Final Game

DEBUT APPEARANCES

FINAL APPEARANCES

MATCH STATS

Not recorded

TABLE

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PROGRAMME

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