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Game #1575

Aston Villa

Saturday, 25 April 1931

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Won

LWWWW

Division One

Manchester City

Villa Park

Attendance: 13,272

🟩 25 Apr 1931, Villa 4-2 Manchester City, Villa Park

Aston Villa

4-2

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Manchester City

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🟩 25 Apr 1931, Villa 4-2 Manchester City, Villa Park

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MATCH TIMELINE

Saturday, 25 April 1931

Match Statistics

Not recorded

🟩 25 Apr 1931, Villa 4-2 Manchester City, Villa Park

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ON THIS DAY

Saturday, 25 April 1931

Pongo Waring scored his FIFTIETH goal in forty games as Villa record a thirteenth victory in sixteen to make it twenty five wins, nine draws and seven defeats in their forty one division one games having scored ONE HUNDRED AND TWENTY EIGHT goals.

🟩 25 Apr 1931, Villa 4-2 Manchester City, Villa Park

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DEBUT APPEARANCES

FINAL APPEARANCES

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Aston Villa

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

Manchester City

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League Champions: ❌
FA Cup Winners: 🏆
Last Trophy: 1903-04

Aston Villa

Manchester City

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FIXTURE HISTORY

Villa v

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Manchester City

Previous 5 vs. Manchester City: | 🟩 | 🟥 | 🟥 | 🟩 | 🟥 |

🟩 25 Apr 1931, Villa 4-2 Manchester City, Villa Park

FIXTURE DETAILS

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Season | 1930-31 |
Matchday | #43 |
League Match | #41 |
Manager Game | #225 |
Saturday, 25 April 1931

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🟩 25 Apr 1931, Villa 4-2 Manchester City, Villa Park

MATCH SUMMARY

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Manager | Billy Smith led Management Committee |
FT Score | 4-2 |
FT Result | Won |
Last 5 Games | LWWWW |

Scorers
Timeline
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MANAGERIAL RECORD

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Billy Smith | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 1926-1934

GAMES | WINS | DRAWS | LOSSES | POINTS PER GAME

🕒 224 | 🟩 | 114 🟨 37 🟥 73 | 1.69

Villa Career Form:

Top 6

ALL THE MATCHES LED BY:

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Billy Smith | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 1926-1934

🟩 25 Apr 1931, Villa 4-2 Manchester City, Villa Park

MATCH OFFICIALS

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ALL THE MATCHES REFEREED BY:

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CARDS

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🟩 25 Apr 1931, Villa 4-2 Manchester City, Villa Park

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TEAM NEWS

TEAM STATS

Billy Smith names the same line up for a third consecutive game.

Referee
Manager

🟩 25 Apr 1931, Villa 4-2 Manchester City, Villa Park

MANAGER

Billy Smith | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 1926-1934

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Aston Villa

GK Reg Miles |
CB Alec Talbot |
FB Teddy Bowen |
FB Tommy Smart |
M Jimmy Gibson |
M Joe Tate |
W Eric Houghton |
W Reg Chester |
F Joe Beresford |
F Billy Walker |
CF Pongo Waring |

MANAGER

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Manchester City

Line Ups

🟩 25 Apr 1931, Villa 4-2 Manchester City, Villa Park

SUBSTITUTES

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SUBSTITUTES

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No Substitutions Permitted in Period

Substitutes

🟩 25 Apr 1931, Villa 4-2 Manchester City, Villa Park

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

🟩 25 Apr 1931, Villa 4-2 Manchester City, Villa Park

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MATCHDAY SQUAD BIOGRAPHIES

STARTING XI

* This Game

Game
Start
Goal
Assist
Win
Draw
Loss
Goal Conceded
Clean Sheet
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Red
GK Reg Miles | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

SUBSTITUTES

Game
Sub
Goal
Assist
Win
Draw
Loss
Goal Conceded
Clean Sheet
Yellow
Red

UNUSED

Unused
Squad Bios

🟩 25 Apr 1931, Villa 4-2 Manchester City, Villa Park

SQUAD STATS

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SQUAD STATS

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🟩 25 Apr 1931, Villa 4-2 Manchester City, Villa Park

MATCHDAY SQUAD

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MATCHDAY SQUAD

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🟩 25 Apr 1931, Villa 4-2 Manchester City, Villa Park

UNAVAILABLE

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Not recorded

UNAVAILABLE

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Not Recorded

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LEAGUE TABLE

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MATCHDAY PROGRAMME

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Tables & Programmes

🟩 25 Apr 1931, Villa 4-2 Manchester City, Villa Park

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MATCH QUOTES

Quotes

🟩 25 Apr 1931, Villa 4-2 Manchester City, Villa Park

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MATCH REPORTS

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Reports

🟩 25 Apr 1931, Villa 4-2 Manchester City, Villa Park

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MATCH VIDEO

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