Game #1730
Aston Villa
8-3-5, 19 PTS
Monday, 26 November 1934


Won
4th=
Last 5: 🟩 🟨 🟩 🟩 🟩
Division One
Portsmouth
6-3-7, 15 PTS
Villa Park
Attendance: 17,309
🟩 26 Nov 1934, Villa 5-4 Portsmouth, Villa Park
Aston Villa
5-4

Portsmouth

Assist(s) | Tommy Gardner | 2' | Pongo Waring | 64' | 5-1 |
🟩 26 Nov 1934, Villa 5-4 Portsmouth, Villa Park


MATCH TIMELINE
Monday, 26 November 1934
24 November
⚽ | 20' Goal, 1-0, Eric Houghton, Assist by Dai Astley
⚽ | 26' Goal, 2-0, Bob Brocklebank
🥅 | 28' Goal, 2-1, (Portsmouth, pen), Anderson
⚽ | 31' Goal, 3-1, Dai Astley, Assist by Eric Houghton
🕒 | HT Aston Villa 3-1 Portsmouth
🥅 | 51' Goal, 3-2, (Portsmouth), Danny Blair og
🚑 | Player retires from field of play with injury, George Beeson
❌ | 80' Play Abandoned due to fog by referee Wiltshire
26 November
⚽ | 2' Goal, 1-0, Reg Chester, Assist by Tommy Gardner
🥅 | Goal, 1-1, (Portsmouth), Easson
⚽ | Goal, 2-1, Eric Houghton, pen
🕒 | HT Aston Villa 2-1 Portsmouth
⚽ | Goal, 3-1, Bob Brocklebank
⚽ | 64' Goal, 4-1, Reg Chester, Assist by Pongo Waring
⚽ | Goal, 5-1, Eric Houghton, Assist by Pongo Waring
🥅 | 70' Goal, 5-2, (Portsmouth), Weddle
🥅 | Goal, 5-3, (Portsmouth), Anderson
🥅 | Goal, 5-4, (Portsmouth), Weddle
🚑 | Player injured on field of play, Alec Talbot
🕒 | FT Aston Villa 5-4 Portsmouth
Match Statistics
Not recorded
Goal ⚽, Assist 🔥, Goal Conceded 🥅, Injury 🚑, Booking 🟨, Sending off 🟥, Comment 🗒️, ❗ Villa Chance,❗❗Huge Villa Chance, 💥 Opposition action, 🎥 VAR, 🆘 Referee error, ❌ Missed pen, disallowed goal, player retires from field of play, 🟢 Debut, 🔴 Final appearance, 🕒 Half time, Full time, 🔁 Substitution
🟩 26 Nov 1934, Villa 5-4 Portsmouth, Villa Park

ON THIS DAY
Monday, 26 November 1934
A game played in two parts, 80' on Saturday 24 November, with Villa leading 3-1 as fog forces play to be abandoned.
Rather than play the remaining 10' of the game on Monday 26th, Villa are required to replay the entire match.
Eric Houghton and Reg Chester score a brace apiece as for Chester it's his 6th goal involvement in three games whilst Pongo Waring contributes a pair of assists to make it eight for the season as Villa extend their best run of the campaign to four wins and a draw in five unbeaten games under Jimmy McMullan.
Despite a late scare Villa win the second game to extend their best run of the season with four wins in five unbeaten games
Villa make it eight wins, three draws and five defeats in sixteen under Jimmy McMullan.
Villa now have two clean sheets in sixteen games under McMullan, conceding 38.
Villa remain joint 4th in the table.
Up next are Liverpool at Anfield sitting a point behind Villa.
🟩 26 Nov 1934, Villa 5-4 Portsmouth, Villa Park

DEBUT APPEARANCES
None
FINAL APPEARANCES
None
Seasons | 🕒 Games | ✅ Starts (🔁 Subs) | ⚽ Goals | 🔥 Assists | 🇺 Unused | Player Number |
Aston Villa
League Champions: 🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆 🏆
FA Cup Winners: 🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆 🏆
Last Trophy: 1919–20
Portsmouth


League Champions: ❌
FA Cup Winners: ❌
Last Trophy: ❌
🟩 26 Nov 1934, Villa 5-4 Portsmouth, Villa Park
FIXTURE DETAILS


Season | 1934-35 |
Matchday | #16 |
League Match | #16 |
Manager Game | #16 |
Monday, 26 November 1934
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🟩 26 Nov 1934, Villa 5-4 Portsmouth, Villa Park
MATCH SUMMARY


Manager: Jimmy McMullan | 🏴 | Falkirk, 1934-1935
Referee: George Davies | 🏴 | Bury
HT Score: 🟩 2-1
FT Result: 🟩 Won
FT Score: 🟩 5-4
Last 5: 🟩 🟨 🟩 🟩 🟩
MANAGERIAL RECORD

Jimmy McMullan | 🏴 | 1934-1935
🕒 16 | 🟩 | 8 🟨 3 🟥 5 | 1.69
Villa Career Form:
Top 6
Games 🕒, Won 🟩, Drew 🟨, Lost 🟥, Points per Game
🟩 26 Nov 1934, Villa 5-4 Portsmouth, Villa Park

MATCH OFFICIALS
Referee: George Davies | 🏴 | Bury, 1927-
VAR PROFILE (from 2021)
CARDS

None
CARDS

None
Won 🟩, Drew 🟨, Lost 🟥, Notably poor performance 🆘, Cards 🟨 Booking, Cards 🟥 Sending off, Disallowed ❌ Goal disallowed, ⚽ Penalty for, 🥅 Penalty against, ❌ Penalty Disallowed
🟩 26 Nov 1934, Villa 5-4 Portsmouth, Villa Park

TEAM NEWS
TEAM STATS
Jimmy McMullan names an unchanged line up.
🟩 26 Nov 1934, Villa 5-4 Portsmouth, Villa Park
MANAGER
Jimmy McMullan | 🏴 | 1934-1935

Aston Villa
GK Harry Morton | 🏴 |
FB George Beeson | 🏴 |
FB Danny Blair | 🏴 |
CB Alec Talbot | 🏴 | 🚑 |
M Tommy Gardner | 🏴 | 🔥 |
M Billy Kingdon | 🏴 |
W Eric Houghton | 🏴 | ⚽ | ⚽ |
W Reg Chester | 🏴 | ⚽ | ⚽ |
F Bob Brocklebank | 🏴 | ⚽ |
F Dai Astley | 🏴 |
CF Pongo Waring | 🏴 | 🔥 | 🔥 |
MANAGER
Jack Tinn | 🏴 |

Portsmouth
Gilfilan
Mackie
Smith W.
Nichol
Salmond
Thackerey
Worrall
Anderson
Weddle
Eason
Rutherford
🟩 26 Nov 1934, Villa 5-4 Portsmouth, Villa Park
SUBSTITUTES

No Substitutions permitted in period
SUBSTITUTES
No Substitutions Permitted in Period

🟩 26 Nov 1934, Villa 5-4 Portsmouth, Villa Park
UNUSED SUBSTITUTES

No Substitutions permitted in period
UNUSED SUBSTITUTES

No Substitutions Permitted in Period
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

🟩 26 Nov 1934, Villa 5-4 Portsmouth, Villa Park
MATCHDAY SQUAD BIOGRAPHIES
STARTING XI
SUBSTITUTES
Player | 🕒 | 🔁 | ⚽ | 🔥 | 🟩 | 🟨 | 🟥 | 🥅 | ⛔ | Yellow | Red |
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UNUSED
Player | 🇺 |
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Games 🕒, Starts ✅, Substitute 🔁, Goals ⚽, Assists 🔥, Won 🟩, Drew 🟨, Lost 🟥, Conceded 🥅, Clean Sheets ⛔, Unused Substitute 🇺
🟩 26 Nov 1934, Villa 5-4 Portsmouth, Villa Park
SQUAD STATS

SQUAD STATS

🟩 26 Nov 1934, Villa 5-4 Portsmouth, Villa Park
MATCHDAY SQUAD

MATCHDAY SQUAD

🟩 26 Nov 1934, Villa 5-4 Portsmouth, Villa Park
UNAVAILABLE

None
UNAVAILABLE

Not Recorded
LEAGUE TABLE



MATCHDAY PROGRAMME


🟩 26 Nov 1934, Villa 5-4 Portsmouth, Villa Park


MATCH QUOTES
🟩 26 Nov 1934, Villa 5-4 Portsmouth, Villa Park


MATCH REPORTS









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🟩 26 Nov 1934, Villa 5-4 Portsmouth, Villa Park

