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Game #1707

Aston Villa

12-7-16, 30 PTS

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Saturday, 31 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

Goalkeepers
GK Harry Morton | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

Defenders
CB Alec Talbot | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

Full Backs
FB Danny Blair | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
FB Joe Nibloe | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |

Midfielders
M Billy Kingdon | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Tommy Gardner | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

Wingers
W Eric Houghton | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
W Arthur Cunliffe | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

Forwards
F Ronnie Dix | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
F Joe Beresford | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
F Dai Astley | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 |

Unavailable

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

Team News

Billy Smith names an unchanged line up.

Team Stats

Debut Appearances

None

Final Appearances

None

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Drew

1-1

🟨 31 Mar 1934, Villa 1-1 Blackburn, Villa Park
Scorer(s) | Alec Talbot | 70' |

Assist(s) | Eric Houghton | 70' |

Match Timeline

🕒 | HT Aston Villa 0-0 Blackburn Rovers
🥅 | 50' Goal, 0-1, (Blackburn Rovers), Ted Harper
🚑 | Referee injured on field of play
⚽ | 70’ Goal, 1-1, Alec Talbot, Assist by Eric Houghton
🕒 | FT Aston Villa 1-1 Blackburn Rovers

Season | 1933-34 |
Matchday | #41 |
League Match | #35 |
Manager Game | #357 |
Saturday, 31 March 1934

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Match Record
Game Record

Manager: Billy Smith | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 1926-1934 led Management Committee
Referee: Robert Bowie | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Newcastle upon Tyne, 1926-1934
HT Score: 🟨 0-0
FT Result: 🟨 Drew
FT Score: 🟨 1-1
Last 5: 🟨 🟥 🟥 🟩 🟨

Officials

Referee: Robert Bowie | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Newcastle upon Tyne, 1926-1934
Linesmen: A. Roberts (Wolverhampton); J. E. Fowler (Hereford)

Previous 5 vs. Blackburn: 🟥 🟥 🟩 🟩 🟥

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Head to Head

Total 🕒 87 | 🟩 W40 (46% ) | 🟨 D18 | 🇺(67% ) | 🟥 L29 (33% ) | ⚽ 177 | 🥅 149 | GD 28

Match Stats

Not recorded

Billy Smith | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 1926-1934

🕒 356 | 🟩 | 174 🟨 62 🟥 120 | 1.64

Villa Career Form:

Top 6

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Division One

Blackburn Rovers

16-6-15, 38 PTS

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Villa Park

Attendance: 30,966

GK Cliff Binns | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
D Ernie Lanceley | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
D Crawford Whyte | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
D Jesse Carver | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Arnold Whiteside | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Bob Pryde | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
M Jack Bruton | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
F Leslie Talbot | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
F Ted Harper | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Jock McLean | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
F Jackie Milne | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |

Arthur Barritt | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
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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: 1927–28

Opposition Matchday Squad

Goalkeepers
GK Cliff Binns | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

Defenders
D Ernie Lanceley | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
D Crawford Whyte | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
D Jesse Carver | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

Midfielders
M Arnold Whiteside | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Bob Pryde | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
M Jack Bruton | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Jock McLean | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |

Forwards
F Leslie Talbot | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
F Ted Harper | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
F Jackie Milne | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |

Opposition Unavailable

Not Recorded

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

116

116

🔥

0

0

🟩

51

🟨

24

🟥

41

26

🥅

202

FB Danny Blair | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
🕒

81

81

🔥

0

0

🟩

39

🟨

18

🟥

24

FB Joe Nibloe | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
🕒

45

45

🔥

0

0

🟩

23

🟨

5

🟥

17

CB Alec Talbot | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
🕒

253

253

🔥

7

6

🟩

127

🟨

47

🟥

79

M Billy Kingdon | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
🕒

177

177

🔥

2

8

🟩

84

🟨

28

🟥

65

M Tommy Gardner | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
🕒

5

5

🔥

0

0

🟩

1

🟨

2

🟥

2

W Arthur Cunliffe | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
🕒

33

33

🔥

8

6

🟩

15

🟨

5

🟥

13

W Eric Houghton | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
🕒

190

190

🔥

99

66

🟩

95

🟨

35

🟥

60

F Ronnie Dix | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
🕒

27

27

🔥

4

4

🟩

10

🟨

6

🟥

11

F Joe Beresford | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
🕒

222

222

🔥

68

29

🟩

116

🟨

35

🟥

71

F Dai Astley | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 |
🕒

80

80

🔥

46

10

🟩

35

🟨

15

🟥

30

Substitutes
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🔁

🔥

GK Sub

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🟨

🟥

🥅

🕒

🔁

🔥

Sub 1

🟩

🟨

🟥

🕒

🔁

🔥

Sub 2

🟩

🟨

🟥

🕒

🔁

🔥

Sub 3

🟩

🟨

🟥

🕒

🔁

🔥

Sub 4

🟩

🟨

🟥

🕒

🔁

🔥

Sub 5

🟩

🟨

🟥

Match Media
On This Day


Villa avoid defeat in consecutive League games for the first time since February

Villa make it twelve wins, seven draws and sixteen defeats in thirty five division one games.

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