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Game #1712

Aston Villa

13-11-16, 37 PTS

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Saturday, 28 April 1934

16th=

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

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 | 1 |
CF Pongo Waring | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

Team News

Jimmy Gibson replaces Alec Talbot.

Team Stats

Debut Appearances

None

Final Appearances

None

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Drew

4-4

🟨 28 Apr 1934, Villa 4-4 Albion, Villa Park
Scorer(s) | Dai Astley | 21' | Eric Houghton | 48' | 66' (pen( | Joe Beresford | 62' |

Assist(s) | Eric Houghton | 21' | Joe Beresford | 48' | Arthur Cunliffe | 62' |

Match Timeline

⚽ | 21' Goal, 1-0, Dai Astley, Assist by Eric Houghton
🥅 | 28' Goal, 1-1, (West Bromwich Albion), Glidden
🥅 | 34' Goal, 1-2, (West Bromwich Albion), Glidden
🥅 | 39' Goal, 1-3, (West Bromwich Albion), Richardson W. G.
🕒 | HT Aston Villa 1-3 West Bromwich Albion
⚽ | 48' Goal, 2-3, Eric Houghton, Assist by Joe Beresford
🥅 | 51' Goal, 2-4, (West Bromwich Albion), Green
⚽ | 62' Goal, 3-4, Joe Beresford, Assist by Arthur Cunliffe
⚽ | 66' Goal, 4-4, Eric Houghton, pen
🕒 | FT Aston Villa 4-4 West Bromwich Albion

Season | 1933-34 |
Matchday | #46 |
League Match | #40 |
Manager Game | #362 |
Saturday, 28 April 1934

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Match Record
Game Record

Manager: Billy Smith | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 1926-1934 led Management Committee
Referee: John Whittle | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Worcester, 1930-1934
HT Score: 🟥 1-3
FT Result: 🟨 Drew
FT Score: 🟨 4-4
Last 5: 🟩 🟨 🟨 🟨 🟨

Officials

Referee: John Whittle | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Worcester, 1930-1934

Previous 5 vs. Albion: 🟩 🟩 🟥 🟩 🟥

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Head to Head

Total 🕒 71 | 🟩 W36 (51% ) | 🟨 D10 | 🇺(65% ) | 🟥 L25 (35% ) | ⚽ 122 | 🥅 108 | GD 14

Match Stats

Not recorded

Billy Smith | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 1926-1934

🕒 361 | 🟩 | 175 🟨 66 🟥 120 | 1.64

Villa Career Form:

Top 6

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Division One

West Bromwich Albion

16-10-15, 42 PTS

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Villa Park

Attendance: 16,554

Pearson
Shaw
Trentham
Murphy
Richardson W.
Sankey
Glidden
Green
Richardson W. G.
Sandford
Boyes

Fred Everiss | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
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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: 1930-31

Opposition Matchday Squad

Opposition Unavailable

Not Recorded

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

121

121

🔥

0

0

🟩

52

🟨

28

🟥

41

27

🥅

209

FB Danny Blair | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
🕒

86

86

🔥

0

0

🟩

40

🟨

22

🟥

24

FB Joe Nibloe | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
🕒

50

50

🔥

0

0

🟩

24

🟨

9

🟥

17

M Billy Kingdon | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
🕒

182

182

🔥

2

8

🟩

85

🟨

32

🟥

65

M Tommy Gardner | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
🕒

10

10

🔥

0

0

🟩

2

🟨

6

🟥

2

M Jimmy Gibson | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
🕒

204

204

🔥

10

14

🟩

99

🟨

43

🟥

62

W Arthur Cunliffe | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
🕒

38

38

🔥

8

9

🟩

16

🟨

9

🟥

13

W Eric Houghton | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
🕒

195

195

🔥

103

68

🟩

96

🟨

39

🟥

60

F Ronnie Dix | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
🕒

32

32

🔥

5

4

🟩

11

🟨

10

🟥

11

F Joe Beresford | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
🕒

225

225

🔥

70

30

🟩

117

🟨

37

🟥

71

F Dai Astley | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 |
🕒

85

85

🔥

49

11

🟩

36

🟨

19

🟥

30

Substitutes
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🔁

🔥

GK Sub

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🥅

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🔁

🔥

Sub 1

🟩

🟨

🟥

🕒

🔁

🔥

Sub 2

🟩

🟨

🟥

🕒

🔁

🔥

Sub 3

🟩

🟨

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🕒

🔁

🔥

Sub 4

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🟨

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🕒

🔁

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Sub 5

🟩

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Match Media
On This Day
  • Eric Houghton scores a brace - his twenty second of the season - as Villa extend their best run of their League campaign to seven games unbeaten with two wins and five draws.

  • Villa make it thirteen wins, eleven draws and sixteen defeats in forty division one games under Billy Smith in 1933-34.

  • Villa climb back to joint 16th with two to play.

What they Said

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