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Game #1771

Aston Villa

3-2-9, 8 PTS

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Saturday, 9 November 1935

22nd

Last 5: 🟥 🟥 🟥 🟥 🟥

GK Harry Morton | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
FB Norman Young | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
FB Danny Blair | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
M Tommy Gardner | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Jimmy McLuckie | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
M Tom Griffiths | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 | 🟢 |
W Arthur Cunliffe | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
W Eric Houghton | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | ⚽ |
F Dai Astley | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 |
F Ronnie Dix | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CF Frank Broome | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | ⚽ |

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

None

Team News

Norman Young, Frank Broome, Tommy Gardner and Tom Griffiths (debut) replace George Beeson, Jimmy Allen, Jimmy Gibson and Billy Kingdon.

Team Stats

Debut Appearances

🟢 M Tom Griffiths | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 | #361 | £5,000 signing from Middlesbrough

Final Appearances

🔴 W Arthur Cunliffe | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 1933-35 🕒 75 | ✅ 75 | 🔁 (-) | ⚽ 13 | 🔥 20 | 🇺 - | #352 |

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Lost

2-3

🟥 9 Nov 1935, Villa 2-3 Liverpool, Anfield
Scorer(s) | Eric Houghton | 37' | Frank Broome | 87' |

Assist(s) | None

Match Timeline

🟢 | 1' Debut, Tom Griffiths
🥅 | 30' Goal, 0-1, (Liverpool), Hodgson
⚽ | 37' Goal, 1-1, Eric Houghton
🥅 | Goal, 1-2, (Liverpool, pen), Carr
🕒 | HT Liverpool 2-1 Aston Villa
🥅 | 54' Goal, 1-3, (Liverpool), McDougall
⚽ | 87' Goal, 2-3, Frank Broome
🕒 | FT Liverpool 3-2 Aston Villa

Season | 1935-36 |
Matchday | #14 |
League Match | #14 |
Manager Game | #2 |
Saturday, 9 November 1935

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Match Record
Game Record

Manager: Management Committee 1935-1936
Referee: William Walden | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Derby, 1927-1936
HT Score: 🟥 1-2
FT Result: 🟥 Lost
FT Score: 🟥 2-3
Last 5: 🟥 🟥 🟥 🟥 🟥

Officials

Referee: William Walden | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Derby, 1927-1936

Previous 5 vs. Liverpool: 🟩 🟩 🟩 🟥 🟩

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Head to Head

Total 🕒 73 | 🟩 W28 (38% ) | 🟨 D12 | 🇺(55% ) | 🟥 L33 (45% ) | ⚽ 134 | 🥅 128 | GD 6

Match Stats

Not recorded

Management Committee 1935-1936

Villa Career Form:

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Division One

Liverpool

6-3-5, 15 PTS

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Anfield

Attendance: 31,898

Riley
Cooper
Blenkinsopp
Savage
Bradshaw
McDougall
Nieuwenhuys
Balmer
Howe
Hodgson
Carr

George Patterson | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
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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: 1922-23

Opposition Matchday Squad

Opposition Unavailable

Not Recorded

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

179

179

🔥

0

0

🟩

70

🟨

44

🟥

65

34

🥅

338

FB Danny Blair | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
🕒

135

135

🔥

0

0

🟩

53

🟨

37

🟥

45

FB Norman Young | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
🕒

5

5

🔥

0

0

🟩

2

🟨

1

🟥

2

M Tom Griffiths | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 |
🕒

1

1

🔥

0

0

🟩

0

🟨

0

🟥

1

M Jimmy McLuckie | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
🕒

12

12

🔥

1

2

🟩

2

🟨

1

🟥

9

M Tommy Gardner | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
🕒

43

43

🔥

0

4

🟩

14

🟨

17

🟥

12

W Arthur Cunliffe | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
🕒

75

75

🔥

13

20

🟩

28

🟨

18

🟥

29

W Eric Houghton | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
🕒

251

251

🔥

121

77

🟩

113

🟨

55

🟥

83

F Dai Astley | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 |
🕒

132

132

🔥

78

19

🟩

51

🟨

32

🟥

49

F Ronnie Dix | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
🕒

68

68

🔥

14

8

🟩

23

🟨

18

🟥

27

CF Frank Broome | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
🕒

14

14

🔥

6

2

🟩

3

🟨

4

🟥

7

Substitutes
🕒

🔁

🔥

GK Sub

🟩

🟨

🟥

🥅

🕒

🔁

🔥

Sub 1

🟩

🟨

🟥

🕒

🔁

🔥

Sub 2

🟩

🟨

🟥

🕒

🔁

🔥

Sub 3

🟩

🟨

🟥

🕒

🔁

🔥

Sub 4

🟩

🟨

🟥

🕒

🔁

🔥

Sub 5

🟩

🟨

🟥

Match Media
On This Day
  • Villa lose a fifth consecutive League game for the first time since September 1919.

  • Villa lose for the 6th time in 7 games.

  • Villa are without a win in 7 games.

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

  • Villa are now without a clean sheet in 20 games.

  • Villa have now conceded 51 goals in their last 16 games.

  • Villa remain rooted to the bottom of the table, two points behind Preston and three behind Portsmouth, Everton and Brentford.

  • Up next is mid-table Chelsea, six points better off than Villa.

  • Villa make it three wins, two draws and nine defeats in fourteen games.

  • Midfielder Tom Griffiths made his Villa debut aged 29 after joining from Middlesbrough earlier this month.

  • Winger Arthur Cunliffe made the last of his 75 appearances for Villa aged 26 during which time he scored 13 goals before moving the other way in December.

What they Said

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