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Game #1583

Aston Villa

4-1-2, 9 PTS

Saturday, 3 October 1931

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Lost

9th=

Last 5: 🟥 🟩 🟩 🟩 🟥

Division One

Sheffield Wednesday

6-1-2, 13 PTS

Hillsborough

Attendance: 28,798

🟥 3 Oct 1931, Villa 0-1 Wednesday, Hillsborough

Sheffield Wednesday

1-0

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Aston Villa

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Assist(s) | None

🟥 3 Oct 1931, Villa 0-1 Wednesday, Hillsborough

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MATCH TIMELINE
Saturday, 3 October 1931

🥅 | 10' Goal, 0-1, (Sheffield Wednesday), Burgess
🕒 | HT Sheffield Wednesday 1-0 Aston Villa
🕒 | FT Sheffield Wednesday 1-0 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

🟥 3 Oct 1931, Villa 0-1 Wednesday, Hillsborough

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ON THIS DAY
Saturday, 3 October 1931
  • For the two highest scorers in the first division to meet and put on a bore of a match is a surprise but that is exactly what they did as the Wednesday defence snuffed out Villa.

  • Villa end a run of three victories, during which they scored eighteen goals as they fail to score for the second time in five games in their loss at Hillsborough.

  • Villa now have one clean sheet in seven games this season

  • Villa make it four wins, a draw and two defeats in seven division one games so far in 1931-32.

  • The strange league table continues to confound as three successive high scoring wins see Villa stranded, unmoved in 7th, yet a single narrow defeat sees them tumble to 9th. The reason is Villa have two, in some cases three games in hand on the rest of the table but how and why so early in the season having played every week isn't clear. 

  • Up next are Bolton, one of the three sides level on points with Villa and against whom a win would surely mean some movement up the table.

🟥 3 Oct 1931, Villa 0-1 Wednesday, Hillsborough

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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

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

🟥 3 Oct 1931, Villa 0-1 Wednesday, Hillsborough

FIXTURE DETAILS
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Season | 1931-32 |
Matchday | #7 |
League Match | #7 |
Manager Game | #233 |
Saturday, 3 October 1931

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🟥 3 Oct 1931, Villa 0-1 Wednesday, Hillsborough

MATCH SUMMARY
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Manager: Billy Smith | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 1926-1934 led Management Committee
Referee: Herbert Mee | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Mansfield
HT Score: 🟥 0-1
FT Result: 🟥 Lost
FT Score: 🟥 0-1
Last 5: 🟥 🟩 🟩 🟩 🟥

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

🕒 232 | 🟩 | 118 🟨 38 🟥 76 | 1.69

Villa Career Form:

Top 6

Billy Smith | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 1926-1934

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

🟥 3 Oct 1931, Villa 0-1 Wednesday, Hillsborough

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MATCH OFFICIALS

Referee: Herbert Mee | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Mansfield, 1928-

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

🟥 3 Oct 1931, Villa 0-1 Wednesday, Hillsborough

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TEAM NEWS
TEAM STATS

Billy Smith names the same line up for the seventh consecutive game.

Referee

🟥 3 Oct 1931, Villa 0-1 Wednesday, Hillsborough

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

Robert Brown | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

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Sheffield Wednesday

Brown
Beeson
> insop
Strange
Davison
Smith
Hooper
>
Ball
Burgess
Rimmer

Line Ups

🟥 3 Oct 1931, Villa 0-1 Wednesday, Hillsborough

SUBSTITUTES
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No Substitutions permitted in period

SUBSTITUTES

No Substitutions Permitted in Period

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Substitutes

🟥 3 Oct 1931, Villa 0-1 Wednesday, Hillsborough

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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🟥 3 Oct 1931, Villa 0-1 Wednesday, Hillsborough

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

🟥 3 Oct 1931, Villa 0-1 Wednesday, Hillsborough

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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None

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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🟥 3 Oct 1931, Villa 0-1 Wednesday, Hillsborough

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MATCH QUOTES
Quotes

🟥 3 Oct 1931, Villa 0-1 Wednesday, Hillsborough

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MATCH REPORTS

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Reports

🟥 3 Oct 1931, Villa 0-1 Wednesday, Hillsborough

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MATCH VIDEO
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