Game #1757
Saturday, 4 May 1935
Attendance: 5,921
Lost
Division One
Blackburn Rovers
DDDLL
Ewood Park
Jimmy McMullan's Villa end the campaign in torrid fashion as they concede eight without scoring in their final two games of a season that had proved one of the poorest ever seen at Villa Park.
Blackburn Rovers
5-0
Aston Villa
Assist(s) | None
KEY MAN
Jimmy McMullan's Villa end the campaign in torrid fashion as they concede eight without scoring in their final two games of a season that had proved one of the poorest ever seen at Villa Park.
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Villa lose for the second successive game to end the season with eight goals conceded and none scored. In consequence Villa had recorded fourteen wins, thirteen draws and fifteen defeats in forty two division one games under Jimmy McMullan in his first season in charge as Villa finished 13th.
Although that was the same finishing position as the previous year under Secretary Manager Billy Smith, McMullan’s season had been significantly worse, conceding four or more goals on no less than eight occasions, losing four consecutive games for the first time since 1927 and generally overseeing inconsistent and at times hapless performances.
That this was done with largely the same squad as had served under Smith simply underlined the concerns that either McMullan wasn’t the right choice for Villa’s first manager or that the structure itself wasn’t the right one.
Aston Villa
Blackburn Rovers
European Cup / Champions League: ❌
League Champions: 🏆🏆
FA Cup Winners: 🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆 🏆
League Cup Winners: ❌
Last Trophy: 1927–28
FIXTURE HISTORY
Blackburn Rovers
Previous 5 vs. Blackburn: | 🟩 | 🟩 | 🟥 | 🟨 | 🟨 |
FIXTURE DETAILS
Season | 1934-35 |
Matchday | #43 |
League Match | #42 |
Manager Game | #43 |
Saturday, 4 May 1935
MATCH SUMMARY
Manager | Jimmy McMullan |
FT Score | 0-5 |
FT Result | Lost |
Last 5 Games | WDDLL |
MATCH OFFICIALS
CARDS
Villa
Blackburn Rovers
TEAM NEWS
Dai Astley replaces Arthur Cunliffe.
TEAM STATS
MANAGER
MANAGER
Jimmy McMullan
Aston Villa
GK Harry Morton |
FB George Beeson |
FB Danny Blair |
CB Jimmy Allen |
M Tommy Gardner |
M Billy Kingdon |
W Eric Houghton |
F Dai Astley |
F Ronnie Dix |
F Joe Beresford |
CF Frank Broome |
Blackburn Rovers
SUBSTITUTES
No Substitutions permitted in period
SUBSTITUTES
UNUSED SUBSTITUTES
No Substitutions permitted in period
UNUSED SUBSTITUTES
SQUAD STATS
MATCHDAY SQUAD
SQUAD STATS
MATCHDAY SQUAD
UNAVAILABLE
Not recorded
UNAVAILABLE
Not Recorded
Player Abbreviations:
GK : Goalkeeper
LB, RB, FB : Left Back, Right Back, Full Back
CB, D : Centre Back, Defender
M, W : Midfielder. Winger
F, CF : Forward, Centre Forward
🟢 : Debut 🔴 : Final Game
Symbols:
⚽ | Goal
🔥 | Assist
🔁 | Substitution
🟨 | Booking
🟥 | Sending off
🆘 | Poor refereeing performance
DEBUT APPEARANCES
FINAL APPEARANCES
MATCH STATS
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