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Game #1770

Aston Villa

3-2-8, 8 PTS

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Saturday, 2 November 1935

22nd

Last 5: 🟨 🟥 🟥 🟥 🟥

GK Harry Morton | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
FB George Beeson | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CB Jimmy Allen | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
FB Danny Blair | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
M Jimmy Gibson | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
M Jimmy McLuckie | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | ⚽ |
M Billy Kingdon | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
W Arthur Cunliffe | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
W Eric Houghton | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | ⚽ |
F Dai Astley | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 | 🔥 |
F Ronnie Dix | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

Management Committee 1935-1936
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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 |
FB Norman Young | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

Team News

Danny Blair and Eric Houghton replace Norman Young and Frank Broome.

Team Stats

Debut Appearances

None

Final Appearances

None

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Lost

2-6

🟥 2 Nov 1935, Villa 2-6 Grimsby, Villa Park
Scorer(s) | Jimmy McLuckie | 54' | Eric Houghton | 76' |

Assist(s) | Dai Astley | 54' |

Match Timeline

🥅 | 2' Goal, 0-1, (Grimsby Town), Craven
🥅 | 7' Goal, 0-2, (Grimsby Town), Glover
🥅 | 23' Goal, 0-3, (Grimsby Town), Glover
🕒 | HT Aston Villa 0-3 Grimsby Town
🥅 | 50' Goal, 0-4, (Grimsby Town), Glover
⚽ | 54' Goal, 1-4, Jimmy McLuckie, Assist by Dai Astley
🥅 | 55' Goal, 1-5, (Grimsby Town), Glover
⚽ | 67' Goal, 2-5, Eric Houghton
🥅 | 73' Goal, 2-6, (Grimsby Town), Dyson
🕒 | FT Aston Villa 2-6 Grimsby Town

Season | 1935-36 |
Matchday | #13 |
League Match | #13 |
Manager Game | #1 |
Saturday, 2 November 1935

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Match Record
Game Record

Manager: Management Committee 1935-1936
Referee: Eddie Wood | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Sheffield, 1925-1938
HT Score: 🟥 0-3
FT Result: 🟥 Lost
FT Score: 🟥 2-6
Last 5: 🟨 🟥 🟥 🟥 🟥

Officials

Referee: Eddie Wood | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Sheffield, 1925-1938

Previous 5 vs. Grimsby: 🟩 🟩 🟨 🟥 🟩

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Head to Head

Total 🕒 13 | 🟩 W8 (62% ) | 🟨 D2 | 🇺(77% ) | 🟥 L3 (23% ) | ⚽ 34 | 🥅 24 | GD 10

Match Stats

Not recorded

Management Committee 1935-1936

Villa Career Form:

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Division One

Grimsby Town

5-0-7, 10 PTS

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VIlla Park

Attendance: 35,311

Tweedy
Vincent
Hodgson
Hall
Betmead
Buck
Dyson
Bestall
Glover
Craven
Jennings

Frank Womack | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
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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: ❌

Opposition Matchday Squad

Opposition Unavailable

Not Recorded

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

178

178

🔥

0

0

🟩

70

🟨

44

🟥

64

34

🥅

335

FB George Beeson | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
🕒

54

54

🔥

0

0

🟩

15

🟨

15

🟥

24

CB Jimmy Allen | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
🕒

47

47

🔥

0

1

🟩

13

🟨

12

🟥

22

FB Danny Blair | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
🕒

134

134

🔥

0

0

🟩

53

🟨

37

🟥

44

M Jimmy Gibson | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
🕒

228

228

🔥

10

18

🟩

104

🟨

50

🟥

74

M Jimmy McLuckie | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
🕒

11

11

🔥

1

2

🟩

2

🟨

1

🟥

8

M Billy Kingdon | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
🕒

233

233

🔥

5

11

🟩

100

🟨

47

🟥

86

W Arthur Cunliffe | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
🕒

74

74

🔥

13

20

🟩

28

🟨

18

🟥

28

W Eric Houghton | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
🕒

250

250

🔥

120

77

🟩

113

🟨

55

🟥

82

F Ronnie Dix | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
🕒

67

67

🔥

14

8

🟩

23

🟨

18

🟥

26

F Dai Astley | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 |
🕒

131

131

🔥

78

19

🟩

51

🟨

32

🟥

48

Substitutes
🕒

🔁

🔥

GK Sub

🟩

🟨

🟥

🥅

🕒

🔁

🔥

Sub 1

🟩

🟨

🟥

🕒

🔁

🔥

Sub 2

🟩

🟨

🟥

🕒

🔁

🔥

Sub 3

🟩

🟨

🟥

🕒

🔁

🔥

Sub 4

🟩

🟨

🟥

🕒

🔁

🔥

Sub 5

🟩

🟨

🟥

Match Media
On This Day
  • Having previously not lost four League games in a row since January 1928, Villa manage to achieve the feat in successive seasons as Villa's form collapses from the concerning to the downright scary. 

  • Villa's latest defeat is against the club who sat bottom of the table at the start of play.

  • Villa lose for the 5th time in 6 games.

  • Villa are without a win in 6 games.

  • Villa concede the first goal for the eleventh successive game.

  • Villa are now without a clean sheet in 19 games.

  • Villa have now conceded 48 goals in their last 15 games.

  • Villa make it three wins, two draws and eight defeats in thirteen games.

  • Villa sit two points adrift at the bottom of the table behind Grimsby and Preston

  • Villa face Liverpool next, their first opponents in six games who occupy a top 10 position in the table.

What they Said

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