Game #1570
Aston Villa
21-9-6, 51 PTS
Saturday, 28 March 1931
Won
2nd
Last 5: 🟩 🟩 🟩 🟨 🟩
Division One
Blackpool
10-8-17, 28 PTS
Villa Park
Attendance: 27,245
🟩 28 Mar 1931, Villa 4-1 Blackpool, Villa Park
Aston Villa
4-1
Blackpool
Assist(s) | Eric Houghton | 20' | 81' | 89' | Jack Mandley | 2-0 |
🟩 28 Mar 1931, Villa 4-1 Blackpool, Villa Park
MATCH TIMELINE
Saturday, 28 March 1931
⚽ | 20' Goal, 1-0, Pongo Waring, Assist by Eric Houghton
⚽ | Goal, 2-0, Eric Houghton, Assist by Jack Mandley
🥅 | 35' Goal, 2-1, (Blackpool), Longden
🕒 | HT Aston Villa 2-1 Blackpool
🚑 | 60' Player retires from field of play with injury, Jack Mandley
🚑 | 72' Player returns to field of play, Jack Mandley
⚽ | 81' Goal, 3-1, Pongo Waring, Assist by Eric Houghton
⚽ | 89' Goal, 4-1, Pongo Waring, Assist by Eric Houghton
🕒 | FT Aston Villa 4-1 Blackpool
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
🟩 28 Mar 1931, Villa 4-1 Blackpool, Villa Park
ON THIS DAY
Saturday, 28 March 1931
Pongo Waring scores his FORTY FIFTH goal in thirty four games as Villa record a ninth victory in eleven unbeaten games.
Villa make it twenty one wins, nine draws and six defeats in their thirty five division one games having scored ONE HUNDRED AND FOURTEEN goals - the most in the division and an all time record in English football.
Villa score four or more for the seventeenth time in 38 games this season having scored six three times, seven once and eight once.
Jack Mandley contributes his eleventh assist in ten games.
Villa remain 2nd, three point behind Arsenal who have one game in hand.
🟩 28 Mar 1931, Villa 4-1 Blackpool, 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
Blackpool
League Champions: ❌
FA Cup Winners: ❌
Last Trophy: ❌
🟩 28 Mar 1931, Villa 4-1 Blackpool, Villa Park
FIXTURE DETAILS
Season | 1930-31 |
Matchday | #38 |
League Match | #36 |
Manager Game | #220 |
Saturday, 28 March 1931
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🟩 28 Mar 1931, Villa 4-1 Blackpool, Villa Park
MATCH SUMMARY
Manager: Billy Smith | 🏴 | 1926-1934 led Management Committee
Referee: William Walden | 🏴 | Derby
HT Score: 🟩 2-1
FT Result: 🟩 Won
FT Score: 🟩 4-1
Last 5: 🟩 🟩 🟩 🟨 🟩
MANAGERIAL RECORD
Billy Smith | 🏴 | 1926-1934
🕒 219 | 🟩 | 110 🟨 37 🟥 72 | 1.68
Villa Career Form:
Top 6
Games 🕒, Won 🟩, Drew 🟨, Lost 🟥, Points per Game
🟩 28 Mar 1931, Villa 4-1 Blackpool, Villa Park
MATCH OFFICIALS
Referee: William Walden | 🏴 | Derby, 1929-
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
🟩 28 Mar 1931, Villa 4-1 Blackpool, Villa Park
TEAM NEWS
TEAM STATS
Billy Smith names the same line up for an eighth consecutive game.
🟩 28 Mar 1931, Villa 4-1 Blackpool, Villa Park
MANAGER
Billy Smith | 🏴 | 1926-1934
Aston Villa
GK Reg Miles | 🏴 |
CB Alec Talbot | 🏴 |
FB Tommy Smart | 🏴 |
M Tommy Mort | 🏴 |
M Jimmy Gibson | 🏴 |
M Joe Tate | 🏴 |
W Eric Houghton | 🏴 | 🔥 | ⚽ | 🔥 | 🔥 |
W Jack Mandley | 🏴 | 🚑 |
F Joe Beresford | 🏴 |
CF Billy Walker | 🏴 |
CF Pongo Waring | 🏴 | ⚽ | ⚽ | ⚽ |
MANAGER
Harry Evans | 🏴 |
Blackpool
Pearson
Grant
O'Donnell
Watson
Ramsay
Tufnell
Rattray
Longden
Hampson
McClelland
Hall
🟩 28 Mar 1931, Villa 4-1 Blackpool, Villa Park
SUBSTITUTES
No Substitutions permitted in period
SUBSTITUTES
No Substitutions Permitted in Period
🟩 28 Mar 1931, Villa 4-1 Blackpool, 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
🟩 28 Mar 1931, Villa 4-1 Blackpool, 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 🇺
🟩 28 Mar 1931, Villa 4-1 Blackpool, Villa Park
SQUAD STATS
SQUAD STATS
🟩 28 Mar 1931, Villa 4-1 Blackpool, Villa Park
MATCHDAY SQUAD
MATCHDAY SQUAD
🟩 28 Mar 1931, Villa 4-1 Blackpool, Villa Park
UNAVAILABLE
Injury | 1 |
GK Fred Biddlestone | 🏴 |
UNAVAILABLE
Not Reported
LEAGUE TABLE
MATCHDAY PROGRAMME
🟩 28 Mar 1931, Villa 4-1 Blackpool, Villa Park
MATCH QUOTES
🟩 28 Mar 1931, Villa 4-1 Blackpool, Villa Park
MATCH REPORTS
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