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Game #1556

Aston Villa

12-6-6, 30 PTS

Thursday, 1 January 1931

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Lost

3rd

Last 5: 🟥 🟩 🟨 🟩 🟥

Division One

Newcastle United

9-3-11, 21 PTS

St James' Park

Attendance: 45,045

🟥 1 Jan 1931, Villa 0-2 Newcastle, St James'

Newcastle United

2-0

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Aston Villa

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Assist(s) | None

🟥 1 Jan 1931, Villa 0-2 Newcastle, St James'

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MATCH TIMELINE
Thursday, 1 January 1931

🕒 | HT Newcastle United 0-0 Aston Villa
🥅 | 80' Goal, 0-1, (Newcastle United), Wilkinson
🥅 | 81' Goal, 0-2, (Newcastle United), Starling
🕒 | FT Newcastle United 2-0 Aston Villa

Match Statistics

Not recorded

Goal ⚽, Assist 🔥, Goal Conceded 🥅, Injury 🚑, Booking 🟨, Sending off 🟥, Comment 🗒️, ❗ Villa Chance,❗❗Huge Villa Chance, 💥 Opposition action, 🎥 VAR, 🆘 Referee error, ❌ Missed pen, disallowed goal, player retires from field of play, 🟢 Debut, 🔴 Final appearance, 🕒 Half time, Full time, 🔁 Substitution

🟥 1 Jan 1931, Villa 0-2 Newcastle, St James'

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ON THIS DAY
Thursday, 1 January 1931
  • Villa are selected to play away from home on New Years Day for the 15th time in the 16 fixtures they have played on 1st January.

  • Villa had played their first New Years Day fixture in January 1891 and have now played just one home game on 1st January in 40 years.

  • Villa lose for the 12th time in 16 New Years Day fixtures

  • Villa fail to score for the first time this season.

  • Villa open 1931 with a shock result as a team that had scored SIXTY SEVEN goals in their previous twenty three games drew a blank as they lose at St James' Park to make it twelve wins, six draws and six defeats in their twenty four division one games.

  • Villa's loss leaves them fifth in the table.

🟥 1 Jan 1931, Villa 0-2 Newcastle, St James'

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DEBUT APPEARANCES

None

FINAL APPEARANCES

None

Seasons | 🕒 Games | ✅ Starts (🔁 Subs) | ⚽ Goals | 🔥 Assists | 🇺 Unused | Player Number |

Aston Villa

League Champions: 🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆 🏆
FA Cup Winners: 🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆 🏆
Last Trophy: 1919–20

Newcastle United

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League Champions: 🏆🏆🏆🏆
FA Cup Winners: 🏆🏆
Last Trophy: 1926-27

FIXTURE HISTORY
Newcastle United
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Previous 5 vs. Newcastle: 🟥 🟨 🟥 🟨 🟩

League 🕒 57 | 🟩 19 | 🟨 15 | 🟥 23 | ⚽ 94 | 🥅 93 |
FA Cup 🕒 4 | 🟩 3 | 🟨 0 | 🟥 1 | ⚽ 14 | 🥅 3 |
Away 🕒 29 | 🟩 4 | 🟨 6 | 🟥 19 | ⚽ 37 | 🥅 67 |

Games 🕒, Won 🟩, Drew 🟨, Lost 🟥, Goals Scored ⚽, Goals Conceded 🥅

🟥 1 Jan 1931, Villa 0-2 Newcastle, St James'

FIXTURE DETAILS
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Season | 1930-31 |
Matchday | #24 |
League Match | #24 |
Manager Game | #206 |
Thursday, 1 January 1931

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🟥 1 Jan 1931, Villa 0-2 Newcastle, St James'

MATCH SUMMARY
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Manager: Billy Smith | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 1926-1934 led Management Committee
Referee: John Rickwood | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Sheffield
HT Score: 🟨 0-0
FT Result: 🟥 Lost
FT Score: 🟥 0-2
Last 5: 🟥 🟩 🟨 🟩 🟥

Scorers
Timeline
On This Day
Trophies
Fixture
Manager
MANAGERIAL RECORD
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Billy Smith | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 1926-1934

🕒 205 | 🟩 | 101 🟨 33 🟥 71 | 1.64

Villa Career Form:

Top 6

Billy Smith | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 1926-1934

Games 🕒, Won 🟩, Drew 🟨, Lost 🟥, Points per Game

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MATCH OFFICIALS

Referee: John Rickwood | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Sheffield, 1928-

VAR PROFILE (from 2021)

CARDS
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None

CARDS
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None

Won 🟩, Drew 🟨, Lost 🟥, Notably poor performance 🆘, Cards 🟨 Booking, Cards 🟥 Sending off, Disallowed ❌ Goal disallowed, ⚽ Penalty for, 🥅 Penalty against, ❌ Penalty Disallowed

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TEAM NEWS
TEAM STATS

Billy Smith names an unchanged line up.

Referee

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MANAGER

Billy Smith | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 1926-1934

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Aston Villa

GK Percy Maggs | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CB Alec Talbot | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
LB Tommy Mort | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
FB Tommy Smart | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Jimmy Gibson | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
M Joe Tate | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
W Eric Houghton | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
W Jack Mandley | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
F Joe Beresford | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CF George Brown | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CF Billy Walker | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

MANAGER

Andy Cunningham | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |

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Newcastle United

McInroy
Nelson
Fairhurst
Naylor
Davidson
Weaver
Boyd
Bedford
Hutchinson
Starling
Wilkinson

Line Ups

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SUBSTITUTES
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No Substitutions permitted in period

SUBSTITUTES

No Substitutions Permitted in Period

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Substitutes

🟥 1 Jan 1931, Villa 0-2 Newcastle, St James'

UNUSED SUBSTITUTES
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No Substitutions permitted in period

UNUSED SUBSTITUTES
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No Substitutions Permitted in Period

Player Positions:

GK : Goalkeeper
CB, D, B : Centre Back, Defender, Back
FB, LB, RB, WH : Full Back, Left Back, Right Back, Wing Back, Wing Half


M, CH, LH, RH : Midfielder, Centre Half, Left Half, Right Half
W, OL, OR : Winger, Outside Left, Outside Right
F, IF, IL, IR : Forward, Inside Forward, Inside Left, Inside Right, Second Striker, False 9
CF : Centre Forward

Match Symbols:

⚽ | Goal
🔥 | Assist
🔁 | Substitution

🟨 | Booking

🟥 | Sending off

🆘 | Poor refereeing performance
🟢 : Debut 🔴 : Final Game

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🟥 1 Jan 1931, Villa 0-2 Newcastle, St James'

MATCHDAY SQUAD BIOGRAPHIES
STARTING XI
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🟨
🟥
🥅
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Red
GK Percy Maggs | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
SUBSTITUTES
Player
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Red
UNUSED
Player
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Games 🕒, Starts ✅, Substitute 🔁, Goals ⚽, Assists 🔥, Won 🟩, Drew 🟨, Lost 🟥, Conceded 🥅, Clean Sheets ⛔, Unused Substitute 🇺

Squad Bios

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SQUAD STATS
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SQUAD STATS
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MATCHDAY SQUAD
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MATCHDAY SQUAD
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UNAVAILABLE
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Injury | 1 |
GK Fred Biddlestone | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

UNAVAILABLE
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Not Recorded

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LEAGUE TABLE
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Tables & Programmes
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MATCHDAY PROGRAMME
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MATCH QUOTES
Quotes

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MATCH REPORTS

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Reports

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MATCH VIDEO
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