Game #1712
Aston Villa
13-11-16, 37 PTS

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

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

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

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
Match Stats
Not recorded
Billy Smith | 🏴 | 1926-1934
🕒 361 | 🟩 | 175 🟨 66 🟥 120 | 1.64
Villa Career Form:
Top 6
Division One
West Bromwich Albion
16-10-15, 42 PTS

Villa Park
Attendance: 16,554
Pearson
Shaw
Trentham
Murphy
Richardson W.
Sankey
Glidden
Green
Richardson W. G.
Sandford
Boyes
Fred Everiss | 🏴 |

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

Starting XI
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.
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