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Game #1706

Aston Villa

12-6-16, 30 PTS

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Saturday, 24 March 1934

17th

Last 5: 🟩 🟨 🟥 🟥 🟩

GK Harry Morton | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
FB Danny Blair | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
FB Joe Nibloe | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
CB Alec Talbot | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Billy Kingdon | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Tommy Gardner | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
W Eric Houghton | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | ⚽ |
W Arthur Cunliffe | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 🔥 |
F Ronnie Dix | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
F Joe Beresford | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 🔥 |
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

Injury | 2 |
M Jimmy Gibson | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
CF Pongo Waring | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

Team News

Tommy Gardner replaces Tommy Wood.

Team Stats

Debut Appearances

None

Final Appearances

None

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Won

2-1

🟩 24 Mar 1934, Villa 2-1 Boro, Ayresome
Scorer(s) | Eric Houghton | 18' | Dai Astley | 50' |

Assist(s) | Arthur Cunliffe | 18' | Joe Beresford | 50' |

Match Timeline

⚽ | 18’ Goal, 1-0, Eric Houghton, Assist by Arthur Cunliffe
🥅 | 34' Goal, 1-1, (Middlesbrough), Yorston
🕒 | HT Middlesbrough 1-1 Aston Villa
⚽ | 50’ Goal, 2-1, Dai Astley, Assist by Joe Beresford
🕒 | FT Middlesbrough 1-2 Aston Villa

Season | 1933-34 |
Matchday | #40 |
League Match | #34 |
Manager Game | #356 |
Saturday, 24 March 1934

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Match Record
Game Record

Manager: Billy Smith | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 1926-1934 led Management Committee
Referee: H. E. Hull | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Burnley, 1931-1937
HT Score: 🟨 1-1
FT Result: 🟩 Won
FT Score: 🟩 2-1
Last 5: 🟩 🟨 🟥 🟥 🟩

Officials

Referee: H. E. Hull | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Burnley, 1931-1937

Previous 5 vs. Boro: 🟩 🟨 🟩 🟩 🟩

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Head to Head

Total 🕒 48 | 🟩 W28 (58% ) | 🟨 D8 | 🇺(75% ) | 🟥 L12 (25% ) | ⚽ 121 | 🥅 65 | GD 56

Match Stats

Not recorded

Billy Smith | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 1926-1934

🕒 355 | 🟩 | 174 🟨 61 🟥 120 | 1.64

Villa Career Form:

Top 6

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Division One

Middlesbrough

13-5-15, 31 PTS

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Ayresome Park

Attendance: 13,156

Gibson
Jennings
Stuart
Martin
Griffiths
Forrest
Williams
Bruce
Yorston
Baxter
Warren

Wilf Gillow | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
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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

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Starting XI
GK Harry Morton | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
🕒

115

115

🔥

0

0

🟩

51

🟨

23

🟥

41

26

🥅

201

FB Danny Blair | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
🕒

80

80

🔥

0

0

🟩

39

🟨

17

🟥

24

FB Joe Nibloe | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
🕒

44

44

🔥

0

0

🟩

23

🟨

4

🟥

17

CB Alec Talbot | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
🕒

252

252

🔥

6

6

🟩

127

🟨

46

🟥

79

M Billy Kingdon | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
🕒

176

176

🔥

2

8

🟩

84

🟨

27

🟥

65

M Tommy Gardner | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
🕒

4

4

🔥

0

0

🟩

1

🟨

1

🟥

2

W Arthur Cunliffe | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
🕒

32

32

🔥

8

6

🟩

15

🟨

4

🟥

13

W Eric Houghton | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
🕒

189

189

🔥

99

65

🟩

95

🟨

34

🟥

60

F Ronnie Dix | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
🕒

26

26

🔥

4

4

🟩

10

🟨

5

🟥

11

F Joe Beresford | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
🕒

221

221

🔥

68

29

🟩

116

🟨

34

🟥

71

F Dai Astley | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 |
🕒

79

79

🔥

46

10

🟩

35

🟨

14

🟥

30

Substitutes
🕒

🔁

🔥

GK Sub

🟩

🟨

🟥

🥅

🕒

🔁

🔥

Sub 1

🟩

🟨

🟥

🕒

🔁

🔥

Sub 2

🟩

🟨

🟥

🕒

🔁

🔥

Sub 3

🟩

🟨

🟥

🕒

🔁

🔥

Sub 4

🟩

🟨

🟥

🕒

🔁

🔥

Sub 5

🟩

🟨

🟥

Match Media
On This Day
  • Dai Astley scores his twenty sixth of the season as Villa win for the first time in six League games.

  • Villa make it twelve wins, six draws and sixteen defeats in thirty four division one games.

  • Villa climb one place to 17th but their first division future still looks fragile.

What they Said

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