Game #1758
Aston Villa
0-0-1, 0 PTS

Saturday, 31 August 1935
Last 5: 🟨 🟨 🟥 🟥 🟥
GK Harry Morton | 🏴 |
FB George Beeson | 🏴 |
FB Danny Blair | 🏴 |
CB Jimmy Allen | 🏴 |
M Jimmy McLuckie | 🏴 |
M Billy Kingdon | 🏴 |
W Eric Houghton | 🏴 | 🔥 |
W Arthur Cunliffe | 🏴 | ⚽ |
F Dai Astley | 🏴 |
F Ronnie Dix | 🏴 |
CF Pongo Waring | 🏴 |
Jimmy McMullan | 🏴 | 1934-1935

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
Injury | 1 |
CF Frank Broome | 🏴 |
Team News
Team Stats
Debut Appearances
None
Final Appearances
None

Lost
1-2
🟥 31 Aug 1935, Villa 1-2 Wednesday, Villa Park
Scorer(s) | Arthur Cunliffe | 72' |
Assist(s) | Eric Houghton | 72' |
Match Timeline
🕒 | HT Aston Villa 0-0 Sheffield Wednesday
🥅 | 58' Goal, 0-1, (Sheffield Wednesday), Palethorpe
⚽ | 72' Goal, 1-1, Arthur Cunliffe, Assist by Eric Houghton
🥅 | 85' Goal, 1-2, (Sheffield Wednesday), Hooper
🕒 | FT Aston Villa 1-2 Sheffield Wednesday
Season | 1935-36 |
Matchday | #1 |
League Match | #1 |
Manager Game | #44 |
Saturday, 31 August 1935

Match Record
Game Record
Manager: Jimmy McMullan | 🏴 | Falkirk, 1934-1935
Referee: Albert Fogg | 🏴 | Bolton, 1923-1935
HT Score: 🟨 0-0
FT Result: 🟥 Lost
FT Score: 🟥 1-2
Last 5: 🟨 🟨 🟥 🟥 🟥
Officials
Referee: Albert Fogg | 🏴 | Bolton, 1923-1935
Match Stats
Not recorded
Jimmy McMullan | 🏴 | 1934-1935
🕒 44 | 🟩 | 14 🟨 13 🟥 17 | 1.25
Villa Career Form:
Mid Table
Division One
Sheffield Wednesday
1-0-0, 2 PTS

Villa Park
Attendance: 48,637
Brown
Nibloe
Catlin
Sharp
Millership
Burrows
Hooper
Surtees
Palethorpe
Starling
Rimmer
Billy Walker | 🏴 | (ex)

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: 1934–35
Opposition Matchday Squad
Opposition Unavailable
Not Recorded
Starting XI
Match Media
On This Day
Arthur Cunliffe scores but Villa lose on the opening day for the second successive season under Jimmy McMullan.
Villa now have three consecutive defeats conceding ten and scoring one.
Villa are now without a clean sheet in 7 games under Jimmy McMullan
What they Said