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Game #1709

Aston Villa

13-8-16, 34 PTS

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Saturday, 7 April 1934

17th=

Last 5: 🟥 🟩 🟨 🟩 🟨

GK Harry Morton | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
FB Danny Blair | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
FB Joe Nibloe | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
M Jimmy Gibson | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
M Billy Kingdon | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Tommy Gardner | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
W Eric Houghton | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | ⚽ |
W Arthur Cunliffe | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 🔥 |
F Ronnie Dix | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
F Dai Astley | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 |
F Bob Brocklebank | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

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 |
CF Pongo Waring | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
F Joe Beresford | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

Team News

Jimmy Gibson and Bob Brocklebank replace Alec Talbot and Joe Beresford.

Team Stats

Debut Appearances

None

Final Appearances

None

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Drew

1-1

🟨 7 Apr 1934, Villa 1-1 Newcastle, St James'
Scorer(s) | Eric Houghton | 87' |

Assist(s) | Arthur Cunliffe | 87' |

Match Timeline

🥅 | 30' Goal, 0-1, (Newcastle United), Dennison
🕒 | HT Newcastle United 1-0 Aston Villa
⚽ | 87' Goal, 1-1, Eric Houghton, Assist by Arthur Cunliffe
🕒 | FT Newcastle United 1-1 Aston Villa

Season | 1933-34 |
Matchday | #43 |
League Match | #37 |
Manager Game | #359 |
Saturday, 7 April 1934

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Match Record
Game Record

Manager: Billy Smith | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 1926-1934 led Management Committee
Referee: W. J. Lewington | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Croydon, 1934-1939
HT Score: 🟥 0-1
FT Result: 🟨 Drew
FT Score: 🟨 1-1
Last 5: 🟥 🟩 🟨 🟩 🟨

Officials

Referee: W. J. Lewington | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Croydon, 1934-1939

Previous 5 vs. Newcastle: 🟩 🟥 🟥 🟩 🟥

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Head to Head

Total 🕒 68 | 🟩 W25 (37% ) | 🟨 D16 | 🇺(60% ) | 🟥 L27 (40% ) | ⚽ 123 | 🥅 109 | GD 14

Match Stats

Not recorded

Billy Smith | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 1926-1934

🕒 358 | 🟩 | 175 🟨 63 🟥 120 | 1.64

Villa Career Form:

Top 6

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Division One

Newcastle United

9-14-16, 32 PTS

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St James' Park

Attendance: 30,344

Burns
Nelson
Fairhurst
Imrie
Betton
Hughes
Boyd
Richardson L. R.
Allen
Dennison
Lang

Andy Cunningham | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
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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: 1931-32

Opposition Matchday Squad

Opposition Unavailable

Not Recorded

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

118

118

🔥

0

0

🟩

52

🟨

25

🟥

41

27

🥅

203

FB Danny Blair | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
🕒

83

83

🔥

0

0

🟩

40

🟨

19

🟥

24

FB Joe Nibloe | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
🕒

47

47

🔥

0

0

🟩

24

🟨

6

🟥

17

M Billy Kingdon | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
🕒

179

179

🔥

2

8

🟩

85

🟨

29

🟥

65

M Tommy Gardner | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
🕒

7

7

🔥

0

0

🟩

2

🟨

3

🟥

2

M Jimmy Gibson | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
🕒

202

202

🔥

10

14

🟩

99

🟨

41

🟥

62

W Arthur Cunliffe | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
🕒

35

35

🔥

8

7

🟩

16

🟨

6

🟥

13

W Eric Houghton | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
🕒

192

192

🔥

101

67

🟩

96

🟨

36

🟥

60

F Bob Brocklebank | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
🕒

3

3

🔥

0

0

🟩

0

🟨

1

🟥

2

F Ronnie Dix | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
🕒

29

29

🔥

4

4

🟩

11

🟨

7

🟥

11

F Dai Astley | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 |
🕒

82

82

🔥

47

10

🟩

36

🟨

16

🟥

30

Substitutes
🕒

🔁

🔥

GK Sub

🟩

🟨

🟥

🥅

🕒

🔁

🔥

Sub 1

🟩

🟨

🟥

🕒

🔁

🔥

Sub 2

🟩

🟨

🟥

🕒

🔁

🔥

Sub 3

🟩

🟨

🟥

🕒

🔁

🔥

Sub 4

🟩

🟨

🟥

🕒

🔁

🔥

Sub 5

🟩

🟨

🟥

Match Media
On This Day
  • Eric Houghton leaves it late but scores for the second successive game and for the twentieth time this season as Villa extend their best run of their League campaign to four games unbeaten with two wins and two draws.

  • Villa make it thirteen wins, eight draws and sixteen defeats in thirty seven division one games.

  • Villa remain 17th but are now level on points with Liverpool three points ahead of the relegation places.

What they Said

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