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Game #1577

Aston Villa

1-0-0, 2 PTS

Saturday, 29 August 1931

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Won

Last 5: 🟩 🟩 🟩 🟥 🟩

Division One

Leicester City

0-0-1, 0 PTS

Villa Park

Attendance: 41,606

🟩 29 Aug 1931, Villa 3-2 Leicester, Villa Park

Aston Villa

3-2

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Leicester City

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Assist(s) | Jack Mandley | 71' | Billy Walker | 83' |

🟩 29 Aug 1931, Villa 3-2 Leicester, Villa Park

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MATCH TIMELINE
Saturday, 29 August 1931

🥅 | 44' Goal, 0-1, (Leicester City), Smith
🕒 | HT Aston Villa 0-1 Leicester City
⚽ | 54' Goal, 1-1, Eric Houghton
⚽ | 71' Goal, 2-1, Pongo Waring, Assist by Jack Mandley
⚽ | 83' Goal, 3-1, Pongo Waring, Assist by Billy Walker
🥅 | 89' Goal, 3-2, (Leicester City), Smith
🕒 | FT Aston Villa 3-2 Leicester City

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

🟩 29 Aug 1931, Villa 3-2 Leicester, Villa Park

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ON THIS DAY
Saturday, 29 August 1931

Pongo Waring's brace helps Villa to and opening day win having finished League runners up the previous season.

🟩 29 Aug 1931, Villa 3-2 Leicester, Villa Park

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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

Leicester City

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League Champions: ❌
FA Cup Winners: ❌
Last Trophy: ❌

FIXTURE HISTORY
Leicester City
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Previous 5 vs. Leicester: 🟩 🟩 🟥 🟥 🟩

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

🟩 29 Aug 1931, Villa 3-2 Leicester, Villa Park

FIXTURE DETAILS
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Season | 1931-32 |
Matchday | #1 |
League Match | #1 |
Manager Game | #227 |
Saturday, 29 August 1931

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🟩 29 Aug 1931, Villa 3-2 Leicester, Villa Park

MATCH SUMMARY
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Manager: Billy Smith | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 1926-1934 led Management Committee
Referee: Robert Warburton | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Bolton
HT Score: 🟥 0-1
FT Result: 🟩 Won
FT Score: 🟩 3-2
Last 5: 🟩 🟩 🟩 🟥 🟩

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

🕒 226 | 🟩 | 115 🟨 37 🟥 74 | 1.69

Villa Career Form:

Top 6

Billy Smith | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 1926-1934

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

🟩 29 Aug 1931, Villa 3-2 Leicester, Villa Park

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MATCH OFFICIALS

Referee: Robert Warburton | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Bolton, 1930-

VAR PROFILE (from 2021)

CARDS
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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

🟩 29 Aug 1931, Villa 3-2 Leicester, Villa Park

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TEAM NEWS
TEAM STATS

Referee

🟩 29 Aug 1931, Villa 3-2 Leicester, Villa Park

MANAGER

Billy Smith | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 1926-1934

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Aston Villa

GK Fred Biddlestone | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
FB Tommy Smart | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
LB Tommy Mort | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CB Alec Talbot | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Joe Tate | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Jimmy Gibson | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
W Eric Houghton | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | ⚽ |
W Jack Mandley | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 🔥 |
F Joe Beresford | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CF Billy Walker | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 🔥 |
CF Pongo Waring | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | ⚽ | ⚽ |

MANAGER

Willie Orr | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |

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Leicester City

McLaren
Black
Osborne
Bulling
Heywood
Ritchie
Adcock
Hine
Smith
Lochhead
Barry

Line Ups

🟩 29 Aug 1931, Villa 3-2 Leicester, Villa Park

SUBSTITUTES
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No Substitutions permitted in period

SUBSTITUTES

No Substitutions Permitted in Period

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Substitutes

🟩 29 Aug 1931, Villa 3-2 Leicester, 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

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🟩 29 Aug 1931, Villa 3-2 Leicester, Villa Park

MATCHDAY SQUAD BIOGRAPHIES
STARTING XI
SUBSTITUTES
Player
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🥅
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Red
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Player
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Games 🕒, Starts ✅, Substitute 🔁, Goals ⚽, Assists 🔥, Won 🟩, Drew 🟨, Lost 🟥, Conceded 🥅, Clean Sheets ⛔, Unused Substitute 🇺

Squad Bios

🟩 29 Aug 1931, Villa 3-2 Leicester, Villa Park

SQUAD STATS
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SQUAD STATS
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🟩 29 Aug 1931, Villa 3-2 Leicester, Villa Park

MATCHDAY SQUAD
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MATCHDAY SQUAD
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UNAVAILABLE
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Not Recorded

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LEAGUE TABLE
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Tables & Programmes
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MATCHDAY PROGRAMME
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🟩 29 Aug 1931, Villa 3-2 Leicester, Villa Park

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MATCH QUOTES
Quotes

🟩 29 Aug 1931, Villa 3-2 Leicester, Villa Park

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MATCH REPORTS

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Reports

🟩 29 Aug 1931, Villa 3-2 Leicester, Villa Park

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MATCH VIDEO
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