Game #1564
Aston Villa
16-8-6, 40 PTS
Wednesday, 18 February 1931
Won
2nd=
Last 5: 🟩 🟨 🟩 🟩 🟩
Division One
Sunderland
9-8-12, 26 PTS
Villa Park
Attendance: 10,875
🟩 18 Feb 1931, Villa 4-2 Sunderland, Villa Park
Aston Villa
4-2
Sunderland
Assist(s) | Jack Mandley | 5' | Eric Houghton | 36' |
🟩 18 Feb 1931, Villa 4-2 Sunderland, Villa Park
MATCH TIMELINE
Wednesday, 18 February 1931
⚽ | 5’ Goal, 1-0, Pongo Waring, Assist by Jack Mandley
⚽ | 13’ Goal, 2-0, Pongo Waring
🥅 | Goal, 2-1, (Sunderland), Leonard
⚽ | 36’ Goal, 3-0, Pongo Waring, Assist by Eric Houghton
⚽ | Goal, 4-0, Pongo Waring
🕒 | HT Aston Villa 4-1 Sunderland
🥅 | 48' Goal, 2-4, (Sunderland), Leonard
🕒 | FT Aston Villa 4-2 Sunderland
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
🟩 18 Feb 1931, Villa 4-2 Sunderland, Villa Park
ON THIS DAY
Wednesday, 18 February 1931
Pongo Waring scored his THIRTY EIGHTH goal in twenty eight games as Villa extend their unbeaten run to five, winning four, to make it sixteen wins, eight draws and six defeats in their thirty division one games having scored NINETY FOUR goals.
Jack Mandley contributes his fourth assist in four games.
Villa score four or more for the thirteenth time in 32 games this season, having scored five twice, six three times, seven once and eight once.
Villa climb to joint second level on points with former leaders Wednesday having scored more than any other team in the division including leaders Arsenal.
🟩 18 Feb 1931, Villa 4-2 Sunderland, Villa Park
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
Sunderland
League Champions: 🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆
FA Cup Winners: ❌
Last Trophy: 1912-13
🟩 18 Feb 1931, Villa 4-2 Sunderland, Villa Park
FIXTURE DETAILS
Season | 1930-31 |
Matchday | #32 |
League Match | #30 |
Manager Game | #214 |
Wednesday, 18 February 1931
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🟩 18 Feb 1931, Villa 4-2 Sunderland, Villa Park
MATCH SUMMARY
Manager: Billy Smith | 🏴 | 1926-1934 led Management Committee
Referee: John Rickwood | 🏴 | Sheffield
HT Score:
FT Result: 🟩 Won
FT Score: 🟩 4-2
Last 5: 🟩 🟨 🟩 🟩 🟩
MANAGERIAL RECORD
Billy Smith | 🏴 | 1926-1934
🕒 213 | 🟩 | 105 🟨 36 🟥 72 | 1.65
Villa Career Form:
Top 6
Games 🕒, Won 🟩, Drew 🟨, Lost 🟥, Points per Game
🟩 18 Feb 1931, Villa 4-2 Sunderland, Villa Park
MATCH OFFICIALS
Referee: John Rickwood | 🏴 | Sheffield, 1930-
VAR PROFILE (from 2021)
CARDS
None
CARDS
None
Won 🟩, Drew 🟨, Lost 🟥, Notably poor performance 🆘, Cards 🟨 Booking, Cards 🟥 Sending off, Disallowed ❌ Goal disallowed, ⚽ Penalty for, 🥅 Penalty against, ❌ Penalty Disallowed
🟩 18 Feb 1931, Villa 4-2 Sunderland, Villa Park
TEAM NEWS
TEAM STATS
Billy Smith names an unchanged line up.
🟩 18 Feb 1931, Villa 4-2 Sunderland, Villa Park
MANAGER
Billy Smith | 🏴 | 1926-1934
Aston Villa
GK Reg Miles | 🏴 |
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 Billy Walker | 🏴 |
CF Pongo Waring | 🏴 | ⚽ | ⚽ | ⚽ | ⚽ |
MANAGER
Johnny Cochrane | 🏴 |
Sunderland
Middleton
Murray
Shaw
Morris
McDougall
Hastings
Eden
Devine
Gurney
Leonard
Connor
🟩 18 Feb 1931, Villa 4-2 Sunderland, Villa Park
SUBSTITUTES
No Substitutions permitted in period
SUBSTITUTES
No Substitutions Permitted in Period
🟩 18 Feb 1931, Villa 4-2 Sunderland, Villa Park
UNUSED SUBSTITUTES
No Substitutions permitted in period
UNUSED SUBSTITUTES
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
🟩 18 Feb 1931, Villa 4-2 Sunderland, Villa Park
MATCHDAY SQUAD BIOGRAPHIES
STARTING XI
🕒 | ✅ | ⚽ | 🔥 | 🟩 | 🟨 | 🟥 | 🥅 | ⛔ | Yellow | Red | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
GK Reg Miles | 🏴 | |
SUBSTITUTES
Player | 🕒 | 🔁 | ⚽ | 🔥 | 🟩 | 🟨 | 🟥 | 🥅 | ⛔ | Yellow | Red |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
UNUSED
Player | 🇺 |
|---|---|
Games 🕒, Starts ✅, Substitute 🔁, Goals ⚽, Assists 🔥, Won 🟩, Drew 🟨, Lost 🟥, Conceded 🥅, Clean Sheets ⛔, Unused Substitute 🇺
🟩 18 Feb 1931, Villa 4-2 Sunderland, Villa Park
SQUAD STATS
SQUAD STATS
🟩 18 Feb 1931, Villa 4-2 Sunderland, Villa Park
MATCHDAY SQUAD
MATCHDAY SQUAD
🟩 18 Feb 1931, Villa 4-2 Sunderland, Villa Park
UNAVAILABLE
Injury | 1 |
GK Fred Biddlestone | 🏴 |
UNAVAILABLE
Not Recorded
LEAGUE TABLE
MATCHDAY PROGRAMME
🟩 18 Feb 1931, Villa 4-2 Sunderland, Villa Park
MATCH QUOTES
🟩 18 Feb 1931, Villa 4-2 Sunderland, Villa Park
MATCH REPORTS
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🟩 18 Feb 1931, Villa 4-2 Sunderland, Villa Park