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Game #1726

Aston Villa

5-2-5, 12 PTS

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Saturday, 27 October 1934

10th=

Last 5: 🟩 🟥 🟨 🟥 🟩

GK Harry Morton | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
FB George Beeson | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
FB Danny Blair | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
CB Alec Talbot | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Tommy Gardner | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Billy Kingdon | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
W Arthur Cunliffe | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
W Eric Houghton | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | ⚽ |
F Bob Brocklebank | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 🔥 |
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

None

Team News

Bob Brocklebank replaces Ronnie Dix.

Team Stats

Debut Appearances

None

Final Appearances

None

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Won

4-2

🟩 27 Oct 1934, Villa 4-2 Manchester City, Villa Park
Scorer(s) | Dai Astley | 26' | Pongo Waring | 30' | 40' | Eric Houghton | 31' |

Assist(s) | Bob Brocklebank | 26' | Dai Astley | 30' |

Match Timeline

⚽ | 26' Goal, 1-0, Dai Astley, Assist by Bob Brocklebank
⚽ | 30' Goal, 2-0, Pongo Waring, Assist by Dai Astley
⚽ | 31' Goal, 3-0, Eric Houghton
🥅 | 38' Goal, 3-1, (Manchester City), Tilson
⚽ | 40' Goal, 4-1, Pongo Waring
🕒 | HT Aston Villa 4-1 Manchester City
🥅 | 85' Goal, 4-2, (Manchester City), Herd
🕒 | FT Aston Villa 4-2 Manchester City

Season | 1934-35 |
Matchday | #12 |
League Match | #12 |
Manager Game | #12 |
Saturday, 27 October 1934

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Match Record
Game Record

Manager: Jimmy McMullan | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | Falkirk, 1934-1935
Referee: Reg Rudd | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Middlesex, 1926-1939
HT Score: 🟩 4-1
FT Result: 🟩 Won
FT Score: 🟩 4-2
Last 5: 🟩 🟥 🟨 🟥 🟩

Officials

Referee: Reg Rudd | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Middlesex, 1926-1939

Previous 5 vs. Manchester City: 🟥 🟨 🟥 🟨 🟥

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Head to Head

Total 🕒 60 | 🟩 26 | 🟨 10 | 🟥 24 | ⚽ 110 | 🥅 95 |
League 🕒 55 | 🟩 25 | 🟨 9 | 🟥 21 | ⚽ 104 | 🥅 85 |
FA Cup 🕒 5 | 🟩 1 | 🟨 1 | 🟥 3 | ⚽ 6 | 🥅 10 |
Home 🕒 31 | 🟩 22 | 🟨 5 | 🟥 4 | ⚽ 74 | 🥅 32 |
Away 🕒 28 | 🟩 4 | 🟨 5 | 🟥 19 | ⚽ 35 | 🥅 44 |
Neutral 🕒 1 | 🟩 0 | 🟨 0 | 🟥 0 | ⚽ 1 | 🥅 6 |

Match Stats

Not recorded

Jimmy McMullan | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | 1934-1935

🕒 12 | 🟩 | 5 🟨 2 🟥 5 | 1.42

Villa Career Form:

Top 8

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Division One

Manchester City

6-2-4, 14 PTS

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Villa Park

Attendance: 38,136

Swift
Dale
Barkas
Busby
Cowan
Bray
Toseland
Herd
Tilson
Heale
Brook

Wilf Wild | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
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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: 1933-34

Opposition Matchday Squad

Opposition Unavailable

Not Recorded

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

135

135

🔥

0

0

🟩

58

🟨

31

🟥

46

29

🥅

242

FB George Beeson | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
🕒

10

10

🔥

0

0

🟩

3

🟨

2

🟥

5

FB Danny Blair | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
🕒

96

96

🔥

0

0

🟩

44

🟨

25

🟥

27

CB Alec Talbot | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
🕒

257

257

🔥

7

6

🟩

129

🟨

48

🟥

80

M Tommy Gardner | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
🕒

21

21

🔥

0

1

🟩

7

🟨

9

🟥

5

M Billy Kingdon | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
🕒

190

190

🔥

2

8

🟩

88

🟨

34

🟥

68

W Arthur Cunliffe | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
🕒

47

47

🔥

8

10

🟩

20

🟨

11

🟥

16

W Eric Houghton | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
🕒

209

209

🔥

108

69

🟩

102

🟨

42

🟥

65

F Dai Astley | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 |
🕒

96

96

🔥

61

15

🟩

41

🟨

22

🟥

33

F Bob Brocklebank | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
🕒

5

5

🔥

0

1

🟩

1

🟨

2

🟥

2

CF Pongo Waring | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
🕒

202

202

🔥

156

49

🟩

100

🟨

34

🟥

68

Substitutes
🕒

🔁

🔥

GK Sub

🟩

🟨

🟥

🥅

🕒

🔁

🔥

Sub 1

🟩

🟨

🟥

🕒

🔁

🔥

Sub 2

🟩

🟨

🟥

🕒

🔁

🔥

Sub 3

🟩

🟨

🟥

🕒

🔁

🔥

Sub 4

🟩

🟨

🟥

🕒

🔁

🔥

Sub 5

🟩

🟨

🟥

Match Media
On This Day
  • Eric Houghton scores his 100th League goal and Pongo Waring hits a brace to make it nine for the season as Villa win for the first time in four under Jimmy McMullan.

  • Villa now have just one clean sheet in twelve games under McMullan, conceding 31.

  • Villa make it five wins, two draws and five defeats in his twelve games in charge.

What they Said

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