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Game #1740

Aston Villa

9-7-9, 25 PTS

Saturday, 19 January 1935

Won

11th

Last 5: 🟥 🟨 🟨 🟥 🟩

Division One

Attendance: 27,608

Leicester City

Villa Park

7-4-14, 18 PTS

Aston Villa

5-0

Leicester City

Assist(s) | Billy Kingdon | 16' | Dai Astley | 36' | Ronnie Dix | 40' | Eric Houghton | 52' |

MATCH SUMMARY

Villa win for the first time in ten games as they put five past Leicester who would end the season relegated as Dai Astley hits a hat-trick for his fifteen of the campaign.

KEY MAN

Villa win for the first time in ten games as they put five past Leicester as Dai Astley hits a hat-trick to make it fifteen for the campaign.

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MATCH TIMELINE

Saturday, 19 January 1935

⚽ | 16' Goal, 1-0, Dai Astley, Assist by Billy Kingdon
⚽ | 36' Goal, 2-0, Arthur Cunliffe, Assist by Dai Astley
⚽ | 40' Goal, 3-0, Joe Beresford, Assist by Ronnie Dix
🕒 | HT Aston Villa 3-0 Leicester City
⚽ | 52' Goal, 4-0, Dai Astley, Assist by Eric Houghton
⚽ | 56' Goal, 5-0, Dai Astley,
🕒 | FT Aston Villa 5-0 Leicester City

ON THIS DAY

Villa record victory for the first time in ten as they score as many as they had managed in the previous six League matches in one game. As a result they make it nine wins, seven draws and nine defeats in twenty five under Jimmy McMullan

Meanwhile, celebrated Villa left back Tommy Mort made the last of his 370 appearances for Villa aged 37 before retiring from football.

Aston Villa

League Champions: 🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆 🏆
FA Cup Winners: 🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆 🏆
Last Trophy: 1919-20

Leicester City

League Champions: ❌
FA Cup Winners: ❌
Last Trophy: ❌

FIXTURE HISTORY

Leicester City

Previous 5 vs. Leicester: 🟩 🟥 🟥 🟨 🟥

FIXTURE DETAILS

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Season | 1934-35 |
Matchday | #26 |
League Match | #25 |
Manager Game | #26 |
Saturday, 19 January 1935

MATCH SUMMARY

Manager: Jimmy McMullan | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | Falkirk, 1934-1936
Referee: G.C. Denton | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Northampton
Kick off: 3.00pm
HT Score: 🟩 3-0
FT Score: 🟩 5-0
FT Result: 🟩 Won
Last 5: 🟥 🟨 🟨 🟥 🟩

MANAGERIAL RECORD

Jimmy McMullan | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |

GAMES | WINS | DRAWS | LOSSES | POINTS PER GAME

🕒 26 | 🟩 | 9 🟨 7 🟥 10 | 1.31

Villa Career Form:

Mid Table

Jimmy McMullan | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |

MATCH OFFICIALS

Referee: G.C. Denton | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Northampton

G.C. Denton

CARDS

Villa

Leicester City

TEAM NEWS

Tommy Mort, Arthur Cunliffe, Ronnie Dix and Joe Beresford replace Danny Blair, Reg Chester, Pongo Waring and Bob Brocklebank.

TEAM STATS

MANAGER

Jimmy McMullan | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |

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Aston Villa

GK Harry Morton | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
FB George Beeson | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CB Jimmy Allen | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
LB Tommy Mort | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Tommy Gardner | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Billy Kingdon | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 🔥 |
W Eric Houghton | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 🔥 |
W Arthur Cunliffe | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | ⚽ |
F Ronnie Dix | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 🔥 |
F Joe Beresford | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | ⚽ |
F Dai Astley | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 | ⚽ | 🔥 | ⚽ | ⚽ |

MANAGER

Arthur Lochhead | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |

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Leicester City

GK Sandy McLaren | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
D Sandy Wood | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
D Dai Jones | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 |
M Sep Smith | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Fred Sharman | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M George Ritchie | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
W Hugh Adcock | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
F Archie Young | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
F Danny Liddle | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
CF Arthur Maw | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CF Arthur Chandler | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

SUBSTITUTES

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No Substitutions permitted in period

SUBSTITUTES

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No Substitutions Permitted in Period

UNUSED SUBSTITUTES

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No Substitutions permitted in period

UNUSED SUBSTITUTES

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No Substitutions Permitted in Period

SQUAD STATS

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XI:
Home Nation 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 🇬🇧 : 11/11

MATCHDAY SQUAD

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SQUAD STATS

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XI:
Home Nation 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 🇬🇧 : 11/11

MATCHDAY SQUAD

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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

LEAGUE TABLE

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MATCHDAY PROGRAMME

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MATCHDAY QUOTES

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