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Game #1761
1935-36
Position:
Division One
Middlesbrough
Villa Park
Attendance: 19,109
Monday, 9 September 1935
Ronnie Dix scores a brace but Villa are hammered for the fifth time in six League games and have now conceded twenty goals to five scored under Jimmy McMullan.
Aston Villa
2-7
Middlesbrough
Scorer(s) | Ronnie Dix | Ronnie Dix |
Assist(s) | Not recorded
AT A GLANCE
Game #1761
Season | 1935-36 |
Matchday | #4 |
League Match | #4 |
Manager Game | #47 |
Monday, 9 September 1935
MATCH SUMMARY
Manager | Jimmy McMullan |
FT Score | 2-7 |
FT Result | Lost |
Last 5 Games | DLWLL |
MATCH OFFICIALS
MATCH INCIDENTS
Villa
Middlesbrough
🟨 | Booking
🟥 | Sending off
💥+ | Incidents e.g. penalty awarded
💥- | Incidents e.g. penalty conceded, goal disallowed
💥 | Incidents e.g. refused clear pen
🆘 | Notably poor refereeing performance
TEAM STATS
TEAM NEWS
Tommy Gardner replaces Danny Blair.
UNAVAILABLE
Not recorded
MATCH STATS
Not recorded
MANAGER
Jimmy McMullan
STAFF
STARTING LINE UP
GK Harry Morton |
FB George Beeson |
CB Jimmy Allen |
M Tommy Gardner |
M Jimmy McLuckie |
M Billy Kingdon |
W Eric Houghton |
W Arthur Cunliffe |
F Joe Beresford |
F Ronnie Dix |
CF Pongo Waring |
SUBSTITUTES
No Substitutions permitted in period
UNUSED SUBSTITUTES
No Substitutions permitted in period
THE OPPOSITION
ex: Also played for the Villa
g: Scored
s/o: Sent off
s-: Sub off; s+: Sub on
ON THIS DAY
Villa's poor start to the season continues as they lose for the third time in four games and now have five defeats in their previous six including 1934-35 that has seen Jimmy McMullan's side concede twenty two whilst scoring just five.
Meanwhile, forward Joe Beresford made the last of his 250 appearances for Villa aged 29 during which time he scored 73 goals before moving on to Burnley in October.
Ronnie Dix scores a brace but Villa are hammered for the fifth time in six League games and have now conceded twenty goals to five scored under Jimmy McMullan.
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