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Game #1722

Aston Villa

4-1-3, 9 PTS

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Saturday, 29 September 1934

7th=

Last 5: 🟥 🟥 🟨 🟩 🟩

GK Harry Morton | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
LB Fred Butcher | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 🔴 |
FB Danny Blair | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
CB Jimmy Allen | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Jimmy Gibson | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
M Billy Simpson | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
W Archie Watkins | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
W Eric Houghton | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
F Joe Beresford | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
F Dai Astley | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 | ⚽ | ⚽ | ⚽ |
CF Pongo Waring | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 🔥 | ⚽ |

Jimmy McMullan | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | 1934-1935
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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 |
FB George Beeson | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

International Duty | 1 |
M Tommy Gardner | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

Team News

Jimmy Gibson replaces Tommy Gardner.

Team Stats

Debut Appearances

None

Final Appearances

🔴 LB Fred Butcher | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 1934 🕒 2 | ✅ 2 | 🔁 (-) | ⚽ 0 | 🔥 0 | 🇺 - | #357 |

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Won

4-2

🟩 29 Sep 1934, Villa 4-2 Preston, Villa Park
Scorer(s) | Dai Astley | 25' | 46' | 81' | Pongo Waring | 87' |

Assist(s) | Pongo Waring | 81' |

Match Timeline

⚽ | 25' Goal, 1-0, Dai Astley
🥅 | Goal, 1-1, (Preston North End), Frank Beresford
🕒 | HT Aston Villa 1-1 Preston North End
⚽ | 46' Goal, 2-1, Dai Astley
🥅 | Goal, 2-2, (Preston North End), Maxwell
⚽ | 81' Goal, 3-2, Dai Astley, Assist by Pongo Waring
⚽ | 87' Goal, 4-2, Pongo Waring
🕒 | FT Aston Villa 4-2 Preston North End

Season | 1934-35 |
Matchday | #8 |
League Match | #8 |
Manager Game | #8 |
Saturday, 29 September 1934

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Match Record
Game Record

Manager: Jimmy McMullan | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | Falkirk, 1934-1935
Referee: Herbert Mee | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Mansfield, 1927-1939
HT Score: 🟨 1-1
FT Result: 🟩 Won
FT Score: 🟩 4-2
Last 5: 🟥 🟥 🟨 🟩 🟩

Officials

Referee: Herbert Mee | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Mansfield, 1927-1939

Previous 5 vs. Preston: 🟥 🟨 🟩 🟥 🟩

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Head to Head

Total 🕒 61 | 🟩 W31 (51% ) | 🟨 D4 | 🇺(57% ) | 🟥 L26 (43% ) | ⚽ 113 | 🥅 96 | GD 17

Match Stats

Not recorded

Jimmy McMullan | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | 1934-1935

🕒 8 | 🟩 | 4 🟨 1 🟥 3 | 1.63

Villa Career Form:

Top 6

🟩 12 Apr 2025, Villa 3-0 Southampton, St Mary's TBL.png

Division One

Preston North End

5-1-2, 11 PTS

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Villa Park

Attendance: 28,781

Holdcroft
Hough
?
Shankly
Tremelling
Milne
Critchley
?
Maxwell
Kelly
Pears

Management Committee
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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: 1889–90

Opposition Matchday Squad

Opposition Unavailable

Not Recorded

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

131

131

🔥

0

0

🟩

57

🟨

30

🟥

44

29

🥅

229

LB Fred Butcher | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
🕒

2

2

🔥

0

0

🟩

2

🟨

0

🟥

0

CB Jimmy Allen | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
🕒

8

8

🔥

0

0

🟩

4

🟨

1

🟥

3

FB Danny Blair | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
🕒

92

92

🔥

0

0

🟩

43

🟨

24

🟥

25

M Billy Simpson | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
🕒

28

28

🔥

1

0

🟩

12

🟨

5

🟥

11

M Jimmy Gibson | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
🕒

211

211

🔥

10

15

🟩

102

🟨

45

🟥

64

🕒

🔥

🟩

🟨

🟥

W Eric Houghton | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
🕒

205

205

🔥

107

69

🟩

101

🟨

41

🟥

63

F Dai Astley | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 |
🕒

92

92

🔥

58

12

🟩

40

🟨

21

🟥

31

F Joe Beresford | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
🕒

233

233

🔥

70

33

🟩

121

🟨

39

🟥

73

CF Pongo Waring | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
🕒

198

198

🔥

152

49

🟩

99

🟨

33

🟥

66

Substitutes
🕒

🔁

🔥

GK Sub

🟩

🟨

🟥

🥅

🕒

🔁

🔥

Sub 1

🟩

🟨

🟥

🕒

🔁

🔥

Sub 2

🟩

🟨

🟥

🕒

🔁

🔥

Sub 3

🟩

🟨

🟥

🕒

🔁

🔥

Sub 4

🟩

🟨

🟥

🕒

🔁

🔥

Sub 5

🟩

🟨

🟥

Match Media
On This Day
  • Dai Astley hits a hat-trick as Villa record successive wins for the second time this season.

  • Villa make it four wins, a draw and three defeats in sp far in 1934-35.

  • Villa score four for the first time under Jimmy McMullan but now have just one clean sheet in eight games, conceding 18.

  • Villa's upturn in form sees them climb to joint 7th with Grimsby, one point behind, up next.

  • Left back Fred Butcher made his second and final appearance for Villa, seven days after his debut aged 24, before moving on to Blackpool in August 1936.

What they Said

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