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Game #1781

Wednesday, 1 January 1936

Attendance: 34,476

Won

Division One

Sunderland

LWLLW

Roker Park

Villa secure a second win in four as they open 1936 with a shock win over eventual champions Sunderland as Ronnie Dix scores a brace to make it three in as many games.

Sunderland

1-3

Aston Villa

Assist(s) | Not recorded

KEY MAN

Villa secure a second win in four as they open 1936 with a shock win over eventual champions Sunderland as Ronnie Dix scores a brace to make it three in as many games.

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MATCH TIMELINE

ON THIS DAY

Villa open 1936 with a second win in four games as they beat eventual Champions Sunderland on New Years' Day to make it six wins, four draws and fourteen defeats in twenty four games under Jimmy McMullan. Meanwhile, forward Jack Palethorpe, 26, made the last of his six appearances for Villa before moving on to Crystal Palace in October 1936.

Aston Villa

Sunderland

FIXTURE HISTORY

Sunderland

Previous 5 vs. Sunderland: | 🟩 | 🟥 | 🟨 | 🟨 | 🟨 |

FIXTURE DETAILS

Season | 1935-36 |
Matchday | #24 |
League Match | #24 |
Manager Game | #67 |
Wednesday, 1 January 1936

MATCH SUMMARY

Manager | Jimmy McMullan |
FT Score | 3-1 |
FT Result | Won |
Last 5 Games | LWLLW |

MATCH OFFICIALS

CARDS

Villa

Sunderland

All the matches refereed by:

TEAM NEWS

Harry Morton, Billy Kingdon and Jack Palethorpe replace Fred Biddlestone, Dai Astley and Bob Brocklebank.

TEAM STATS

MANAGER

MANAGER

Jimmy McMullan

Aston Villa

GK Harry Morton |
CB Jimmy Allen |
FB George Cummings |
M Tommy Wood |
M Alex Massie |
M Tom Griffiths |
M Billy Kingdon |
W Jackie Williams |
W Eric Houghton |
F Ronnie Dix |
F Jack Palethorpe |

Sunderland

SUBSTITUTES

No Substitutions permitted in period

SUBSTITUTES

UNUSED SUBSTITUTES

No Substitutions permitted in period

UNUSED SUBSTITUTES

SQUAD STATS

MATCHDAY SQUAD

SQUAD STATS

MATCHDAY SQUAD

UNAVAILABLE

Not recorded

UNAVAILABLE

Not Recorded

Player Abbreviations:

GK : Goalkeeper

LB, RB, FB : Left Back, Right Back, Full Back

CB, D : Centre Back, Defender

M, W : Midfielder. Winger

F, CF : Forward, Centre Forward

🟢 : Debut 🔴 : Final Game

Symbols:

⚽ | Goal
🔥 | Assist
🔁 | Substitution

🟨 | Booking

🟥 | Sending off

🆘 | Poor refereeing performance

DEBUT APPEARANCES

FINAL APPEARANCES

MATCH STATS

Not recorded

TABLE

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PROGRAMME

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