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Game #1576

Aston Villa

25-9-8, 59 PTS

Saturday, 2 May 1931

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Lost

2nd

Last 5: 🟩 🟩 🟩 🟩 🟥

Division One

Sheffield Wednesday

22-8-12, 52 PTS

Hillsborough

Attendance: 12,419

🟥 2 May 1931, Villa 0-3 Wednesday, Hillsborough

Sheffield Wednesday

3-0

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Aston Villa

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Assist(s) | None

🟥 2 May 1931, Villa 0-3 Wednesday, Hillsborough

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MATCH TIMELINE
Saturday, 2 May 1931

🥅 | 6' Goal, 0-1, (Sheffield Wednesday), Stephenson
🥅 | Goal, 0-2, (Sheffield Wednesday), Stephenson
🕒 | HT Sheffield Wednesday 0-2 Aston Villa
🥅 | 56' Goal, 0-3, (Sheffield Wednesday), Rimmer
🕒 | FT Sheffield Wednesday 0-3 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

🟥 2 May 1931, Villa 0-3 Wednesday, Hillsborough

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ON THIS DAY
Saturday, 2 May 1931
  • Villa end a remarkable season as runners up having scored ONE HUNDRED AND TWENTY EIGHT GOALS - more than any other League team in the history if English Football.

  • Villa’s outstanding form throughout the season was the first time under Billy Smith that everything came together as each of his previous seasons had featured deep fallow periods sandwich between excellence. 

  • Although Pongo Waring’s fifty goal haul, forty nine in the League, took the headlines there were heroes throughout the team as Eric Houghton hit thirty and there was a remarkable consistency in team selection that had rarely been seen in recent decades.

  • But for an unlucky brace of November defeats to Champions Arsenal and a robust Derby, Villa would have been title winners.

  • The greatest team, and season to not end up as Champions? Undoubtedly.

🟥 2 May 1931, Villa 0-3 Wednesday, Hillsborough

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DEBUT APPEARANCES

None

FINAL APPEARANCES

🔴 GK Reg Miles | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

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

Aston Villa

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

Sheffield Wednesday

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League Champions: 🏆🏆🏆🏆
FA Cup Winners: 🏆🏆
Last Trophy: 1929–30

FIXTURE HISTORY
Sheffield Wednesday
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Previous 5 vs. Wednesday: 🟥 🟩 🟥 🟥 🟩

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

Sheffield Wednesday

PREVIOUS MATCH
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Sheffield Wednesday

SUBSEQUENT MATCH

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FIXTURE DETAILS
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Season | 1930-31 |
Matchday | #44 |
League Match | #42 |
Manager Game | #226 |
Saturday, 2 May 1931

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MATCH SUMMARY
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Manager: Billy Smith | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 1926-1934 led Management Committee
Referee: Albert Fogg | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Bolton
HT Score: 🟥 0-2
FT Result: 🟥 Lost
FT Score: 🟥 0-3
Last 5: 🟩 🟩 🟩 🟩 🟥

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

🕒 225 | 🟩 | 114 🟨 37 🟥 74 | 1.68

Villa Career Form:

Top 6

Billy Smith | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 1926-1934

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

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MATCH OFFICIALS

Referee: Albert Fogg | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Bolton, 1923-

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 Kingdon replaces Jimmy Gibson.

Referee

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MANAGER

Billy Smith | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 1926-1934

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Aston Villa

GK Reg Miles | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CB Alec Talbot | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
FB Teddy Bowen | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
FB Tommy Smart | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Billy Kingdon | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Joe Tate | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
W Eric Houghton | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
W Reg Chester | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
F Joe Beresford | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CF Billy Walker | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CF Pongo Waring | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

MANAGER

Robert Brown | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

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Sheffield Wednesday

Breedon
Walker
Blenkinsop
Strange
Leach
Smith W.
Hooper
Burgess
Ball
Stephenson
Rimmer

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

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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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MATCHDAY SQUAD BIOGRAPHIES
STARTING XI
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🔥
🟩
🟨
🟥
🥅
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Red
GK Reg Miles | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
SUBSTITUTES
Player
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🔥
🟩
🟨
🟥
🥅
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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 | 4 |
GK Fred Biddlestone | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
W Jack Mandley | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
LB Tommy Mort | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Jimmy Gibson | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |

UNAVAILABLE
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Not Recorded

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LEAGUE TABLE
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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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