Game #1715
Aston Villa
Saturday, 25 August 1934
Lost
DDWDL
Division One
Attendance: 53,930
Birmingham City
St Andrew's
Jimmy McMullan's Villa career gets off the worst possible start as his charges fall to defeat at the team with three names on the opening day despite a strike from Pongo Waring.
Birmingham
2-1
Aston Villa
Assist(s) | Not recorded
KEY MAN
Jimmy McMullan's Villa career gets off the worst possible start as his charges fall to defeat at the team with three names on the opening day despite a strike from Pongo Waring.
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Saturday, 25 August 1934
ON THIS DAY
Jimmy McMullan makes an inauspicious start to life as Villa's first ever full time managerial appointment as his charges fall to defeat at the team with three names.
Meanwhile, centre back Jimmy Allen and full back George Beeson made their Villa debuts aged 24 and 28 after moving from Portsmouth and Sheffield Wednesday in June 1934 and this month respectively.
Aston Villa
Birmingham City
League Champions: ❌
FA Cup Winners: ❌
Last Trophy: ❌
FIXTURE HISTORY
Birmingham City
Previous 5 vs. Birmingham City: | 🟨 | 🟩 | 🟥 | 🟨 | 🟨 |
FIXTURE DETAILS
Season | 1934-35 |
Matchday | #1 |
League Match | #1 |
Manager Game | #1 |
Saturday, 25 August 1934
MATCH SUMMARY
Manager | Jimmy McMullan |
FT Score | 1-2 |
FT Result | Lost |
Last 5 Games | DDWDL |
MANAGERIAL RECORD
Jimmy McMullan | 🏴 |
GAMES | WINS | DRAWS | LOSSES | POINTS PER GAME
🕒 1 | 🟩 | 0 🟨 0 🟥 1 | 0.00
Career Form:
Relegation
Jimmy McMullan | 🏴 |
MATCH OFFICIALS
CARDS
Villa
Birmingham City
TEAM NEWS
New boss Jimmy McMullan selects his first ever Villa a side and hands debuts to George Beeson and Jimmy Allen.
TEAM STATS
MANAGER
MANAGER
Jimmy McMullan | 🏴 |
George Liddell | 🏴 |
Aston Villa
GK Harry Morton |
FB George Beeson |
LB Tommy Mort |
CB Jimmy Allen |
M Tommy Gardner |
M Jimmy Gibson |
W Arthur Cunliffe |
W Eric Houghton |
CF Pongo Waring |
F Dai Astley |
F Ronnie Dix |
Birmingham City
SUBSTITUTES
No Substitutions permitted in period
SUBSTITUTES
No Substitutions Permitted in Period
UNUSED SUBSTITUTES
No Substitutions permitted in period
UNUSED SUBSTITUTES
No Substitutions Permitted in Period
SQUAD STATS
MATCHDAY SQUAD
SQUAD STATS
MATCHDAY SQUAD
UNAVAILABLE
Not recorded
UNAVAILABLE
Not Recorded
Player Positions:
GK : Goalkeeper
CB, D, B : Centre Back, Defender, Back
FB, LB, RB, WH : Full Back, Left Back, Right Back, Wing Back, Wing Half
M, CH, LH, RH : Midfielder, Centre Half, Left Half, Right Half
W, OL, OR : Winger, Outside Left, Outside Right
F, IF, IL, IR : Forward, Inside Forward, Inside Left, Inside Right, Second Striker, False 9
CF : Centre Forward
Match Symbols:
⚽ | Goal
🔥 | Assist
🔁 | Substitution
🟨 | Booking
🟥 | Sending off
🆘 | Poor refereeing performance
🟢 : Debut 🔴 : Final Game
DEBUT APPEARANCES
FINAL APPEARANCES
MATCH STATS
Not recorded
TABLE
PROGRAMME
MATCHDAY QUOTES
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