Game #1565
Aston Villa
17-8-6, 42 PTS
Saturday, 21 February 1931
Won
2nd
Last 5: 🟨 🟩 🟩 🟩 🟩
Division One
Birmingham City
9-8-13, 26 PTS
St Andrew's
Attendance: 49,609
🟩 21 Feb 1931, Villa 4-0 Birmingham, St Andrew's
Birmingham
0-4
Aston Villa
Assist(s) | Jack Mandley | 72' | Pongo Waring | 80' |
🟩 21 Feb 1931, Villa 4-0 Birmingham, St Andrew's
MATCH TIMELINE
Saturday, 21 February 1931
⚽ | 26' Goal, 1-0, Joe Tate
🕒 | HT Birmingham 0-1 Aston Villa
⚽ | 58' Goal, 2-0, Jack Mandley
⚽ | 72' Goal, 3-0, Eric Houghton, Assist by Jack Mandley
⚽ | 80' Goal, 4-0, Joe Beresford, Assist by Pongo Waring
🕒 | FT Birmingham 0-4 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
🟩 21 Feb 1931, Villa 4-0 Birmingham, St Andrew's
ON THIS DAY
Saturday, 21 February 1931
Eric Houghton scored his TWENTY THIRD goal of the season as Villa hammer the team with three names to make it six games unbeaten and five wins and seventeen wins, eight draws and six defeats in their thirty one division one games having scored NINETY EIGHT goals.
Jack Mandley contributes his fifth assist in five games.
Villa score four or more for the fourteenth time in 33 games this season, having scored five twice, six three times, seven once and eight once.
Villa now sit outright second, two points ahead of Wednesday and three behind Arsenal who have two games in hand.
🟩 21 Feb 1931, Villa 4-0 Birmingham, St Andrew's
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
Birmingham City
League Champions: ❌
FA Cup Winners: ❌
Last Trophy: ❌
🟩 21 Feb 1931, Villa 4-0 Birmingham, St Andrew's
FIXTURE DETAILS
Season | 1930-31 |
Matchday | #33 |
League Match | #31 |
Manager Game | #215 |
Saturday, 21 February 1931
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🟩 21 Feb 1931, Villa 4-0 Birmingham, St Andrew's
MATCH SUMMARY
Manager: Billy Smith | 🏴 | 1926-1934 led Management Committee
Referee: Herbert Mee | 🏴 | Mansfield
HT Score:
FT Result: 🟩 Won
FT Score: 🟩 4-0
Last 5: 🟨 🟩 🟩 🟩 🟩
MANAGERIAL RECORD
Billy Smith | 🏴 | 1926-1934
🕒 214 | 🟩 | 106 🟨 36 🟥 72 | 1.65
Villa Career Form:
Top 6
Games 🕒, Won 🟩, Drew 🟨, Lost 🟥, Points per Game
🟩 21 Feb 1931, Villa 4-0 Birmingham, St Andrew's
MATCH OFFICIALS
Referee: Herbert Mee | 🏴 | Mansfield, 1928-
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
🟩 21 Feb 1931, Villa 4-0 Birmingham, St Andrew's
TEAM NEWS
TEAM STATS
Billy Smith names the same line up for a third consecutive game.
🟩 21 Feb 1931, Villa 4-0 Birmingham, St Andrew's
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
Leslie Knighton | 🏴 |
Birmingham City
Hibbs
Liddell
Randle
Craigan
Fillingham
Firth
Horsman
Briggs
Bradford
Gregg
Curtis
🟩 21 Feb 1931, Villa 4-0 Birmingham, St Andrew's
SUBSTITUTES
No Substitutions permitted in period
SUBSTITUTES
No Substitutions Permitted in Period
🟩 21 Feb 1931, Villa 4-0 Birmingham, St Andrew's
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
🟩 21 Feb 1931, Villa 4-0 Birmingham, St Andrew's
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 🇺
🟩 21 Feb 1931, Villa 4-0 Birmingham, St Andrew's
SQUAD STATS
SQUAD STATS
🟩 21 Feb 1931, Villa 4-0 Birmingham, St Andrew's
MATCHDAY SQUAD
MATCHDAY SQUAD
🟩 21 Feb 1931, Villa 4-0 Birmingham, St Andrew's
UNAVAILABLE
Injury | 1 |
GK Fred Biddlestone | 🏴 |
UNAVAILABLE
Not Recorded
LEAGUE TABLE
MATCHDAY PROGRAMME
🟩 21 Feb 1931, Villa 4-0 Birmingham, St Andrew's
MATCH QUOTES
🟩 21 Feb 1931, Villa 4-0 Birmingham, St Andrew's
MATCH REPORTS
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🟩 21 Feb 1931, Villa 4-0 Birmingham, St Andrew's