Game #1580
Aston Villa
2-1-1, 5 PTS
Saturday, 12 September 1931
Won
8th=
Last 5: 🟥 🟩 🟨 🟥 🟩
Division One
Grimsby Town
0-1-4, 1 PTS
Villa Park
Attendance: 18,753
🟩 12 Sep 1931, Villa 7-0 Grimsby, Villa Park
Aston Villa
7-0
Grimsby Town
Assist(s) | Pongo Waring | 51' | Jimmy Gibson | 64' | Jack Mandley | 70' | Joe Beresford | 82' |
🟩 12 Sep 1931, Villa 7-0 Grimsby, Villa Park
MATCH TIMELINE
Saturday, 12 September 1931
⚽ | 4' Goal, 1-0, Joe Beresford
⚽ | 10' Goal, 2-0, Eric Houghton
⚽ | 24' Goal, 3-0, Jack Mandley
🚑 | 43' Player retires from field of play with injury, (Grimsby Town), Coleman, broken arm
🕒 | HT Aston Villa 3-0 Grimsby Town
⚽ | 51' Goal, 4-0, Jack Mandley, Assist by Pongo Waring
⚽ | 64' Goal, 5-0, Eric Houghton, Assist by Jimmy Gibson
⚽ | 70' Goal, 6-0, Billy Walker, Assist by Jack Mandley
⚽ | 82' Goal, 7-0, Pongo Waring, Assist by Joe Beresford
🕒 | FT Aston Villa 7-0 Grimsby Town
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
🟩 12 Sep 1931, Villa 7-0 Grimsby, Villa Park
ON THIS DAY
Saturday, 12 September 1931
Villa make it successive home wins as they return to winning ways as they keep up their domination of Grimsby with a seven goal victory for their sixth consecutive win against the Yorkshiremen
Villa make it two wins, a draw and a defeat in four division one games so far in 1931-32.
Villa, the top scorers from 1930-31, make it eleven goals in four matches so far this season as they keep their first clean sheet of the campaign.
Villa have now scored three or more goals twice in four games so far this season.
Jack Mandley scores two and creates one as Eric Houghton also hits a brace and Joe Beresford contributes a goal and an assist.
Villa sit joint 8th in the table alongside 6 other clubs with struggling Chelsea up next.
🟩 12 Sep 1931, Villa 7-0 Grimsby, 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
Grimsby Town
League Champions: ❌
FA Cup Winners: ❌
Last Trophy: ❌
🟩 12 Sep 1931, Villa 7-0 Grimsby, Villa Park
FIXTURE DETAILS
Season | 1931-32 |
Matchday | #4 |
League Match | #4 |
Manager Game | #230 |
Saturday, 12 September 1931
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🟩 12 Sep 1931, Villa 7-0 Grimsby, Villa Park
MATCH SUMMARY
Manager: Billy Smith | 🏴 | 1926-1934 led Management Committee
Referee: J. R. S. Middlewood | 🏴 | Bishop Auckland, 1931
HT Score: 🟩 3-0
FT Result: 🟩 Won
FT Score: 🟩 7-0
Last 5: 🟥 🟩 🟨 🟥 🟩
MANAGERIAL RECORD
Billy Smith | 🏴 | 1926-1934
🕒 229 | 🟩 | 116 🟨 38 🟥 75 | 1.69
Villa Career Form:
Top 6
Games 🕒, Won 🟩, Drew 🟨, Lost 🟥, Points per Game
🟩 12 Sep 1931, Villa 7-0 Grimsby, Villa Park
MATCH OFFICIALS
Referee: J. R. S. Middlewood | 🏴 | Bishop Auckland, 1931
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
🟩 12 Sep 1931, Villa 7-0 Grimsby, Villa Park
TEAM NEWS
TEAM STATS
Billy Smith names the same line up for the fourth consecutive game.
🟩 12 Sep 1931, Villa 7-0 Grimsby, Villa Park
MANAGER
Billy Smith | 🏴 | 1926-1934
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
Wilf Gillow | 🏴 |
Grimsby Town
Read
Wilson
Jacobsen
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>
Buck
Craven
Bestall
Coleman
>
Marshall
🟩 12 Sep 1931, Villa 7-0 Grimsby, Villa Park
SUBSTITUTES
No Substitutions permitted in period
SUBSTITUTES
🟩 12 Sep 1931, Villa 7-0 Grimsby, Villa Park
UNUSED SUBSTITUTES
No Substitutions permitted in period
UNUSED SUBSTITUTES
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
🟩 12 Sep 1931, Villa 7-0 Grimsby, Villa Park
MATCHDAY SQUAD BIOGRAPHIES
STARTING XI
SUBSTITUTES
Player | 🕒 | 🔁 | ⚽ | 🔥 | 🟩 | 🟨 | 🟥 | 🥅 | ⛔ | Yellow | Red |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
UNUSED
Player | 🇺 |
|---|---|
Games 🕒, Starts ✅, Substitute 🔁, Goals ⚽, Assists 🔥, Won 🟩, Drew 🟨, Lost 🟥, Conceded 🥅, Clean Sheets ⛔, Unused Substitute 🇺
🟩 12 Sep 1931, Villa 7-0 Grimsby, Villa Park
SQUAD STATS
SQUAD STATS
🟩 12 Sep 1931, Villa 7-0 Grimsby, Villa Park
MATCHDAY SQUAD
MATCHDAY SQUAD
🟩 12 Sep 1931, Villa 7-0 Grimsby, Villa Park
UNAVAILABLE
None
UNAVAILABLE
Not Recorded
LEAGUE TABLE
MATCHDAY PROGRAMME
🟩 12 Sep 1931, Villa 7-0 Grimsby, Villa Park
MATCH QUOTES
🟩 12 Sep 1931, Villa 7-0 Grimsby, Villa Park
MATCH REPORTS
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🟩 12 Sep 1931, Villa 7-0 Grimsby, Villa Park