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Game #1758

Aston Villa

0-0-1, 0 PTS

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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
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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

Injury | 1 |
CF Frank Broome | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

Team News

Team Stats

Debut Appearances

None

Final Appearances

None

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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

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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

Previous 5 vs. Wednesday: 🟩 🟩 🟩 🟩 🟥

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Head to Head

Total 🕒 67 | 🟩 W33 (49% ) | 🟨 D6 | 🇺(58% ) | 🟥 L28 (42% ) | ⚽ 146 | 🥅 116 | GD 30

Match Stats

Not recorded

Jimmy McMullan | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | 1934-1935

🕒 44 | 🟩 | 14 🟨 13 🟥 17 | 1.25

Villa Career Form:

Mid Table

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Division One

Sheffield Wednesday

1-0-0, 2 PTS

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Villa Park

Attendance: 48,637

Brown
Nibloe
Catlin
Sharp
Millership
Burrows
Hooper
Surtees
Palethorpe
Starling
Rimmer

Billy Walker | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | (ex)
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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: 1934–35

Opposition Matchday Squad

Opposition Unavailable

Not Recorded

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

167

167

🔥

0

0

🟩

67

🟨

42

🟥

58

34

🥅

304

FB George Beeson | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
🕒

42

42

🔥

0

0

🟩

12

🟨

13

🟥

17

CB Jimmy Allen | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
🕒

35

35

🔥

0

1

🟩

10

🟨

10

🟥

15

FB Danny Blair | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
🕒

127

127

🔥

0

0

🟩

52

🟨

36

🟥

39

M Billy Kingdon | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
🕒

222

222

🔥

4

10

🟩

97

🟨

45

🟥

80

M Jimmy McLuckie | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
🕒

2

2

🔥

0

0

🟩

0

🟨

0

🟥

2

W Arthur Cunliffe | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
🕒

67

67

🔥

13

19

🟩

27

🟨

18

🟥

22

W Eric Houghton | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
🕒

240

240

🔥

116

76

🟩

110

🟨

53

🟥

77

F Ronnie Dix | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
🕒

58

58

🔥

11

7

🟩

20

🟨

17

🟥

21

F Dai Astley | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 |
🕒

121

121

🔥

74

17

🟩

48

🟨

30

🟥

43

CF Pongo Waring | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
🕒

216

216

🔥

161

52

🟩

103

🟨

39

🟥

74

Substitutes
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🔁

🔥

GK Sub

🟩

🟨

🟥

🥅

🕒

🔁

🔥

Sub 1

🟩

🟨

🟥

🕒

🔁

🔥

Sub 2

🟩

🟨

🟥

🕒

🔁

🔥

Sub 3

🟩

🟨

🟥

🕒

🔁

🔥

Sub 4

🟩

🟨

🟥

🕒

🔁

🔥

Sub 5

🟩

🟨

🟥

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

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