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Game #1788

Aston Villa

8-6-16, 22 PTS

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Saturday, 15 February 1936

21st

Last 5: 🟥 🟨 🟩 🟨 🟥

GK Fred Biddlestone | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
LB George Cummings | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
RB Ernie Callaghan | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Tommy Wood | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Alex Massie | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
M Tom Griffiths | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 |
W Charlie Phillips | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 |
W Eric Houghton | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 🔥 | ⚽ |
F Dai Astley | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 | ⚽ |
F Gordon Hodgson | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | ⚽ |
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 | 2 |
M Billy Kingdon | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
W Jackie Williams | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 |

Team News

Tom Griffiths and Ronnie Dix replace George Beeson and Jackie Williams.

Team Stats

Debut Appearances

None

Final Appearances

None

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Lost

3-4

🟥 15 Feb 1936, Villa 3-4 Bolton, Burnden
Scorer(s) | Gordon Hodgson | 6' | Dai Astley | 68' | Eric Houghton | 88' |

Assist(s) | Eric Houghton | 6' |

Match Timeline

⚽ | 6’ Goal, 1-0, George Hodgson, Assist by Eric Houghton
🥅 | Goal, 1-1, (Bolton Wanderers), Westwood
🥅 | 33' Goal, 1-2, (Bolton Wanderers), Currier
🥅 | 40' Goal, 1-3, (Bolton Wanderers), Currier
🕒 | HT Bolton Wanderers 3-1 Aston Villa
⚽ | 68’ Goal, 2-3, Dai Astley
🥅 | 80' Goal, 2-4, (Bolton Wanderers), Rimmer
⚽ | 88’ Goal, 3-4, Eric Houghton, pen
🕒 | FT Bolton Wanderers 4-3 Aston Villa

Season | 1935-36 |
Matchday | #31 |
League Match | #30 |
Manager Game | #19 |
Saturday, 15 February 1936

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Match Record
Game Record

Manager: Management Committee 1935-1936
Referee: Unknown
HT Score: 🟥 1-3
FT Result: 🟥 Lost
FT Score: 🟥 3-4
Last 5: 🟥 🟨 🟩 🟨 🟥

Officials

Referee: Unknown

Previous 5 vs. Bolton: 🟩 🟥 🟩 🟩 🟥

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Head to Head

Total 🕒 75 | 🟩 W32 (43% ) | 🟨 D11 | 🇺(57% ) | 🟥 L32 (43% ) | ⚽ 125 | 🥅 138 | GD -13

Match Stats

Not recorded

Management Committee 1935-1936

Villa Career Form:

Division One

Bolton Wanderers

10-8-10, 28 PTS

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Burnden Park

Attendance: 30,834

Swift
Tennant
Finney
Goslin
Atkinson
Hurst
G. T. Taylor
Eastham
Currier
Westwood
Rimmer

Charles Foweraker | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
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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: 1928-29

Opposition Matchday Squad

Opposition Unavailable

Not Recorded

🟩 12 Apr 2025, Villa 3-0 Southampton, St Mary's TBL.png
Starting XI
GK Fred Biddlestone | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
🕒

51

51

🔥

0

0

🟩

25

🟨

8

🟥

18

4

🥅

108

LB George Cummings | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
🕒

17

17

🔥

0

0

🟩

5

🟨

4

🟥

8

RB Ernie Callaghan | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
🕒

11

11

🔥

0

0

🟩

4

🟨

2

🟥

5

M Tom Griffiths | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 |
🕒

16

16

🔥

0

0

🟩

4

🟨

3

🟥

9

M Tommy Wood | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
🕒

63

63

🔥

2

3

🟩

24

🟨

15

🟥

24

M Alex Massie | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
🕒

14

14

🔥

1

2

🟩

4

🟨

2

🟥

8

W Charlie Phillips | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 |
🕒

3

3

🔥

1

0

🟩

1

🟨

1

🟥

1

W Eric Houghton | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
🕒

268

268

🔥

127

80

🟩

118

🟨

59

🟥

91

F Ronnie Dix | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
🕒

83

83

🔥

18

8

🟩

27

🟨

21

🟥

35

F Dai Astley | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 |
🕒

147

147

🔥

88

24

🟩

55

🟨

36

🟥

56

F Gordon Hodgson | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
🕒

5

5

🔥

2

0

🟩

1

🟨

2

🟥

2

Substitutes
🕒

🔁

🔥

GK Sub

🟩

🟨

🟥

🥅

🕒

🔁

🔥

Sub 1

🟩

🟨

🟥

🕒

🔁

🔥

Sub 2

🟩

🟨

🟥

🕒

🔁

🔥

Sub 3

🟩

🟨

🟥

🕒

🔁

🔥

Sub 4

🟩

🟨

🟥

🕒

🔁

🔥

Sub 5

🟩

🟨

🟥

Match Media
On This Day
  • Dai Astley scores for the fourth successive game to make it fifteen for the season but Villa are always chasing the game at Burnden and lose for the second time in their last seven League matches.

  • Villa make it eight wins, six draws and sixteen defeats in thirty games.

  • Villa now have a single clean sheet in 37 games.

What they Said

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