Game #1705
Aston Villa

Saturday, 17 March 1934
Semi Final
Last 5: 🟥 🟩 🟨 🟥 🟥
GK Harry Morton | 🏴 |
FB Danny Blair | 🏴 |
FB Joe Nibloe | 🏴 |
CB Alec Talbot | 🏴 |
M Billy Kingdon | 🏴 |
M Tommy Wood | 🏴 |
W Eric Houghton | 🏴 |
W Arthur Cunliffe | 🏴 |
F Dai Astley | 🏴 | ⚽ |
F Ronnie Dix | 🏴 |
F Joe Beresford | 🏴 |
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
Unavailable
Injury | 3 |
M Jimmy Gibson | 🏴 |
M Tommy Gardner | 🏴 |
CF Pongo Waring | 🏴 |
Team News
Tommy Wood, Alec Talbot and Dai Astley return for the FA Cup Semi Final in place of Jimmy Gibson, Tommy Gardner and Pongo Waring.
Team Stats
Debut Appearances
None
Final Appearances
None
Scorer(s) | Dai Astley | 87' |
Assist(s) | None
Match Timeline
🥅 | 5' Goal, 0-1, (Manchester City), Toseland
🥅 | 35' Goal, 0-2, (Manchester City), Tilson
🥅 | 37' Goal, 0-3, (Manchester City), Herd
🥅 | 40' Goal, 0-4, (Manchester City), Tilson
🕒 | HT Manchester City 4-0 Aston Villa
🥅 | 66' Goal, 0-5, (Manchester City), Tilson
🥅 | Goal, 0-6, (Manchester City), Tilson
⚽ | 87’ Goal, 1-6, Dai Astley
🕒 | FT Manchester City 6-1 Aston Villa
Season | 1933-34 |
Matchday | #39 |
Manager Game | #355 |
Saturday, 17 March 1934

Match Record
Game Record
Manager: Billy Smith | 🏴 | 1926-1934 led Management Committee
Referee: W. R. Jennings | 🏴 | York, 1929-1934
HT Score: 🟥 0-4
FT Result: 🟥 Lost
FT Score: 🟥 1-6
Last 5: 🟥 🟩 🟨 🟥 🟥
Officials
Referee: W. R. Jennings | 🏴 | York, 1929-1934
Previous 5 vs. Manchester City: 🟩 🟥 🟨 🟥 🟨
Head to Head
Total 🕒 59 | 🟩 25 | 🟨 10 | 🟥 24 | ⚽ 106 | 🥅 93 |
League 🕒 54 | 🟩 24 | 🟨 9 | 🟥 21 | ⚽ 100 | 🥅 83 |
FA Cup 🕒 5 | 🟩 1 | 🟨 1 | 🟥 3 | ⚽ 6 | 🥅 10 |
Home 🕒 30 | 🟩 21 | 🟨 5 | 🟥 4 | ⚽ 70 | 🥅 30 |
Away 🕒 28 | 🟩 4 | 🟨 5 | 🟥 19 | ⚽ 35 | 🥅 44 |
Neutral 🕒 1 | 🟩 0 | 🟨 0 | 🟥 0 | ⚽ 1 | 🥅 6 |
Match Stats
Not recorded
Billy Smith | 🏴 | 1926-1934
🕒 354 | 🟩 | 173 🟨 61 🟥 120 | 1.64
Villa Career Form:
Top 6
FA Cup
Manchester City

Leeds Road
Attendance: 45,473
Swift
Barnett
Dale
Busby
Cowan
Bray
Toseland
Marshall
Tilson
Herd
Brook
Wilf Wild | 🏴 |

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: 1903-04
Opposition Matchday Squad
Opposition Unavailable
Not Recorded
Starting XI
Match Media
On This Day
Dai Astley scores his twenty fifth of the season but it's just a last gasp consolation as Villa are hammered in the FA Cup semi final by a team who couldn't score one past them ten days earlier.
Villa are hammered in the FA Cup semi final at Leeds Road against a side that couldn't score past them ten days previously.
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