Game #1708
Aston Villa
13-7-16, 33 PTS
Monday, 2 April 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
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
Billy Smith names the same line up for the third successive game.
Team Stats
Debut Appearances
None
Final Appearances
None
Won
3-0
🟩 2 Apr 1934, Villa 3-0 Sheffield United, Villa Park
Scorer(s) | Dai Astley | 47' | Eric Houghton | 55' | Joe Beresford | 80' |
Assist(s) | Eric Houghton | 47' |
Match Timeline
🕒 | HT Aston Villa 0-0 Sheffield United
⚽ | 47' Goal, 1-0, Dai Astley, Assist by Eric Houghton
⚽ | 55' Goal, 2-0, Eric Houghton
⚽ | 80' Goal, 3-0, Joe Beresford
🕒 | FT Aston Villa 3-0 Sheffield United
Season | 1933-34 |
Matchday | #42 |
League Match | #36 |
Manager Game | #358 |
Monday, 2 April 1934
Match Record
Game Record
Manager: Billy Smith | 🏴 | 1926-1934 led Management Committee
Referee: William Bristow | 🏴 | Stafford, 1928-1936
HT Score: 🟨 0-0
FT Result: 🟩 Won
FT Score: 🟩 3-0
Last 5: 🟥 🟥 🟩 🟨 🟩
Officials
Referee: William Bristow | 🏴 | Stafford, 1928-1936
Previous 5 vs. Sheffield United: 🟥 🟩 🟩 🟥 🟨
Head to Head
Total 🕒 76 | 🟩 W37 (49% ) | 🟨 D19 | 🇺(74% ) | 🟥 L20 (26% ) | ⚽ 161 | 🥅 104 | GD 57
Match Stats
Not recorded
Billy Smith | 🏴 | 1926-1934
🕒 357 | 🟩 | 175 🟨 62 🟥 120 | 1.64
Villa Career Form:
Top 6
Division One
Sheffield United
11-6-20, 28 PTS
Villa Park
Attendance: 25,052
Smith
Hooper
Wilkinson
Stacey
Holmes
Gooney
Williams
Barclay
Boyd
Pickering
Oswold
Teddy Davison | 🏴 |
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: 1924–25
Opposition Matchday Squad
Opposition Unavailable
Not Recorded
Starting XI
Match Media
On This Day
Dai Astley scores his twenty seventh of the season as Villa record their best League run of the season with two wins and a draw in three games.
But the game itself sees bottom side Sheffield United dominate the first half with Harry Morton Villa's saviour before Villa hit three withour reply in the second 45' as the visitors suffer injuries that weaken their resilience.
Villa avoid defeat in three consecutive League games for the first time this season to make it thirteen wins, seven draws and sixteen defeats in thirty six division one games.
Villa keep their 7th clean sheet in 42 games.
Villa remain 17th in the table.
What they Said