Game #1704
Aston Villa
11-6-16, 28 PTS
Saturday, 10 March 1934
18th
Last 5: 🟥 🟥 🟩 🟨 🟥
GK Harry Morton | 🏴 |
FB Danny Blair | 🏴 |
FB Joe Nibloe | 🏴 |
M Billy Kingdon | 🏴 |
M Jimmy Gibson | 🏴 |
M Tommy Gardner | 🏴 |
W Eric Houghton | 🏴 | ⚽ |
W Arthur Cunliffe | 🏴 |
F Ronnie Dix | 🏴 | ⚽ | 🔥 |
F Joe Beresford | 🏴 |
CF Pongo Waring | 🏴 |
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 Billy Kingdon | 🏴 |
M Jimmy Gibson | 🏴 |
M Tommy Gardner | 🏴 |
Wingers
W Eric Houghton | 🏴 |
W Arthur Cunliffe | 🏴 |
Forwards
F Ronnie Dix | 🏴 |
F Joe Beresford | 🏴 |
CF Pongo Waring | 🏴 |
Unavailable
Injury | 2 |
M Tommy Wood | 🏴 |
F Dai Astley | 🏴 |
Team News
Danny Blair, Billy Kingdon, Jimmy Gibson and Pongo Waring replace Alec Talbot, Tommy Mort, Tommy Wood and George Brown.
Team Stats
Debut Appearances
None
Final Appearances
None
Lost
2-3
🟥 10 Mar 1934, Villa 2-3 Arsenal, Highbury
Scorer(s) | Ronnie Dix | 10' | Eric Houghton | 25' |
Assist(s) | Ronnie Dix | 25' |
Match Timeline
🥅 | 2' Goal, 0-1, (Arsenal), David Jack
⚽ | 10' Goal, 1-1, Ronnie Dix
⚽ | 25' Goal, 2-1, Eric Houghton, Assist by Ronnie Dix
🕒 | HT Arsenal 1-2 Aston Villa
🥅 | 47' Goal, 2-2, (Arsenal), Herbie Roberts
🥅 | 62' Goal, 2-3, (Arsenal), Joe Hulme
🕒 | FT Arsenal 2-3 Aston Villa
Season | 1933-34 |
Matchday | #38 |
League Match | #33 |
Manager Game | #354 |
Saturday, 10 March 1934
Match Record
Game Record
Manager: Billy Smith | 🏴 | 1926-1934 led Management Committee
Referee: F. Robinson | 🏴 | Blackburn
HT Score: 🟩 1-2
FT Result: 🟥 Lost
FT Score: 🟥 2-3
Last 5: 🟥 🟥 🟩 🟨 🟥
Officials
Referee: F. Robinson | 🏴 | Blackburn
Linesmen: A. G. Hicks (Southend-on-Sea); W. J. Gypps (Sevenoaks)
Previous 5 vs. Arsenal: 🟨 🟩 🟥 🟥 🟩
Head to Head
Total 🕒 55 | 🟩 W28 (51% ) | 🟨 D10 | 🇺(69% ) | 🟥 L17 (31% ) | ⚽ 110 | 🥅 79 | GD 31
Match Stats
Not recorded
Billy Smith | 🏴 | 1926-1934
🕒 353 | 🟩 | 173 🟨 61 🟥 119 | 1.64
Villa Career Form:
Top 6
Division One
Arsenal
18-7-7, 43 PTS
Highbury
Attendance: 41,169
GK Alex Wilson | 🏴 |
D George Male | 🏴 |
D Eddie Hapgood | 🏴 |
M Herbie Roberts | 🏴 | ⚽ |
M Bob John | 🏴 |
M Pat Beasley | 🏴 |
F Joe Hulme | 🏴 | ⚽ |
M David Jack | 🏴 | ⚽ |
F George Cox | 🏴 |
F Alex James | 🏴 |
F Ray Parkin | 🏴 |
Joe Shaw | 🏴 |
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 Alex Wilson | 🏴 |
Defenders
D George Male | 🏴 |
D Eddie Hapgood | 🏴 |
Midfielders
M Herbie Roberts | 🏴 |
M Bob John | 🏴 |
M Pat Beasley | 🏴 |
M David Jack | 🏴 |
Forwards
F Joe Hulme | 🏴 |
F George Cox | 🏴 |
F Alex James | 🏴 |
F Ray Parkin | 🏴 |
Opposition Unavailable
Not Recorded
Starting XI
Match Media
On This Day
Eric Houghton scores his seventeenth of the season but Villa are winless in five League games, losing three.
Villa can't repeat their FA Cup result at Highbury of a week earlier and extend their winless League run to five and three losses as they make it eleven wins, six draws and sixteen defeats in thirty three division one games.
What they Said
