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Game #1737

Aston Villa

8-6-9, 22 PTS

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Saturday, 29 December 1934

11th=

Last 5: 🟥 🟨 🟥 🟥 🟨

GK Harry Morton | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
FB George Beeson | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
FB Danny Blair | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
CB Alec Talbot | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 🔴 |
M Jimmy Gibson | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
M Billy Kingdon | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 🔥 |
W Eric Houghton | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
W Reg Chester | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CF Pongo Waring | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | ⚽ |
F Bob Brocklebank | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
F Dai Astley | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 | ⚽ |

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

Jimmy Gibson and Reg Chester replace Jimmy Allen and Archie Watkins.

Team Stats

Debut Appearances

None

Final Appearances

🔴 CB Alec Talbot | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 1924-34 🕒 265 | ✅ 265 | 🔁 (-) | ⚽ 7 | 🔥 6 | 🇺 - | #299 |

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Drew

2-2

🟨 29 Dec 1934, Villa 2-2 Birmingham, Villa Park
Scorer(s) | Dai Astley | 35' | Pongo Waring | 60' |

Assist(s) | Billy Kingdon | 60' |

Match Timeline

🥅 | 5’ Goal, 0-1, (Birmingham), Mangnall
🥅 | 33’ Goal, 0-2, (Birmingham), Mangnall
⚽ | 35' Goal, 1-2, Dai Astley
🕒 | HT Aston Villa 1-2 Birmingham
⚽ | 60' Goal, 2-2, Pongo Waring, Assist by Billy Kingdon
🕒 | FT Aston Villa 2-2 Birmingham

Season | 1934-35 |
Matchday | #23 |
League Match | #23 |
Manager Game | #23 |
Saturday, 29 December 1934

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Match Record
Game Record

Manager: Jimmy McMullan | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | Falkirk, 1934-1936
Referee: Lionel Gibbs | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Reading, 1931-1947
HT Score: 🟥 1-2
FT Result: 🟨 Drew
FT Score: 🟨 2-2
Last 5: 🟥 🟨 🟥 🟥 🟨

Officials

Referee: Lionel Gibbs | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Reading, 1931-1947

Previous 5 vs. Birmingham: 🟩 🟥 🟨 🟨 🟥

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Head to Head

Total 🕒 47 | 🟩 20 | 🟨 15 | 🟥 12 | ⚽ 84 | 🥅 60 |
League 🕒 44 | 🟩 18 | 🟨 14 | 🟥 12 | ⚽ 79 | 🥅 60 |
FA Cup 🕒 3 | 🟩 2 | 🟨 1 | 🟥 0 | ⚽ 5 | 🥅 0 |
Home 🕒 23 | 🟩 12 | 🟨 8 | 🟥 3 | ⚽ 45 | 🥅 29 |
Away 🕒 24 | 🟩 8 | 🟨 7 | 🟥 9 | ⚽ 39 | 🥅 31 |

Match Stats

Not recorded

Jimmy McMullan | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | 1934-1935

🕒 23 | 🟩 | 8 🟨 6 🟥 9 | 1.30

Villa Career Form:

Mid Table

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Division One

Birmingham City

8-2-13, 18 PTS

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Villa Park

Attendance: 40,785

Hibbs
Booton
Barkas
Lea
Fillingham
Calladine
White
Harris
Mangnall
Bradford
Guest

George Liddell | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
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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: ❌

Opposition Matchday Squad

Opposition Unavailable

Not Recorded

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

146

146

🔥

0

0

🟩

61

🟨

35

🟥

50

30

🥅

265

FB George Beeson | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
🕒

21

21

🔥

0

0

🟩

6

🟨

6

🟥

9

FB Danny Blair | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
🕒

107

107

🔥

0

0

🟩

47

🟨

29

🟥

31

CB Alec Talbot | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
🕒

265

265

🔥

7

6

🟩

132

🟨

51

🟥

82

M Billy Kingdon | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
🕒

201

201

🔥

2

9

🟩

91

🟨

38

🟥

72

M Jimmy Gibson | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
🕒

214

214

🔥

10

15

🟩

102

🟨

47

🟥

65

W Eric Houghton | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
🕒

219

219

🔥

112

70

🟩

104

🟨

46

🟥

69

F Reg Chester | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
🕒

95

95

🔥

34

23

🟩

42

🟨

18

🟥

35

F Dai Astley | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 |
🕒

107

107

🔥

65

16

🟩

44

🟨

26

🟥

37

F Bob Brocklebank | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
🕒

14

14

🔥

2

2

🟩

4

🟨

5

🟥

5

CF Pongo Waring | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
🕒

213

213

🔥

161

52

🟩

103

🟨

38

🟥

72

Substitutes
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🔁

🔥

GK Sub

🟩

🟨

🟥

🥅

🕒

🔁

🔥

Sub 1

🟩

🟨

🟥

🕒

🔁

🔥

Sub 2

🟩

🟨

🟥

🕒

🔁

🔥

Sub 3

🟩

🟨

🟥

🕒

🔁

🔥

Sub 4

🟩

🟨

🟥

🕒

🔁

🔥

Sub 5

🟩

🟨

🟥

Match Media
On This Day
  • Villa recover from two down as they score for the first time in three and score two for the first time in eight as they are held by the team with three names. 

  • Pongo Waring scores his fourteenth of the campaign but Villa's winless run extends to seven, losing four.

  • As a result Villa make it eight wins, six draws and nine defeats in twenty three under Jimmy McMullan.

  • Villa now have two clean sheets in twenty three games under McMullan, conceding 54.

  • Centre back Alec Talbot made the last of his 264 appearances for Villa aged 32 before moving on to Bradford Park Avenue in June 1935.

What they Said

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