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Game #1585

Aston Villa

6-1-2, 13 PTS

Saturday, 17 October 1931

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Won

5th=

Last 5: 🟩 🟩 🟥 🟩 🟩

Division One

Portsmouth

2-2-7, 6 PTS

Fratton Park

Attendance: 20,915

🟩 17 Oct 1931, Villa 3-0 Portsmouth, Fratton

Portsmouth

0-3

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Aston Villa

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Assist(s) | Tommy Smart | 66' | Jack Mandley | 89' | 84' |

🟩 17 Oct 1931, Villa 3-0 Portsmouth, Fratton

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MATCH TIMELINE
Saturday, 17 October 1931

🟢 | 1' Debut, Dai Astley
🕒 | HT Portsmouth 0-0 Aston Villa
⚽ | 66' Goal, 1-0, Billy Walker, Assist by Tommy Smart
⚽ | 84' Goal, 2-0, Joe Beresford, Assist by Jack Mandley
⚽ | 89' Goal, 3-0, Dai Astley, Assist by Jack Mandley
🕒 | FT Portsmouth 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

🟩 17 Oct 1931, Villa 3-0 Portsmouth, Fratton

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ON THIS DAY
Saturday, 17 October 1931
  • Dai Astley makes a goalscoring debut as Villa win for the fifth time in six.

  • Villa win for the second time on the road in three games.

  • Villa have now scored three or more goals five times in nine games so far this season and five or more three times.

  • Villa keep their second clean sheet in nine games.

  • Villa record their fifth victory in six games to make it six wins, a draw and two defeats in nine division one games this season.

  • Forward Dai Astley makes his debut appearance in a Villa shirt after impressing in the Central League team for Villa.

  • Villa climb to joint fifth in the table with second placed Everton, three points ahead but having played two games more, up next at Villa Park where Villa have four consecutive wins in 1931-32.

🟩 17 Oct 1931, Villa 3-0 Portsmouth, Fratton

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DEBUT APPEARANCES

🟢 F Dai Astley | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 | #341 | £1,500 signing from Charlton

FINAL APPEARANCES

None

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

Aston Villa

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

Portsmouth

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

FIXTURE HISTORY
Portsmouth
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Previous 5 vs. Portsmouth: 🟥 🟩 🟥 🟨 🟥

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

🟩 17 Oct 1931, Villa 3-0 Portsmouth, Fratton

FIXTURE DETAILS
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Season | 1931-32 |
Matchday | #9 |
League Match | #9 |
Manager Game | #235 |
Saturday, 17 October 1931

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🟩 17 Oct 1931, Villa 3-0 Portsmouth, Fratton

MATCH SUMMARY
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Manager: Billy Smith | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 1926-1934 led Management Committee
Referee: Lionel Gibbs | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Reading
HT Score: 🟨 0-0
FT Result: 🟩 Won
FT Score: 🟩 3-0
Last 5: 🟩 🟩 🟥 🟩 🟩

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

🕒 234 | 🟩 | 120 🟨 38 🟥 76 | 1.70

Villa Career Form:

Top 6

Billy Smith | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 1926-1934

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

🟩 17 Oct 1931, Villa 3-0 Portsmouth, Fratton

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MATCH OFFICIALS

Referee: Lionel Gibbs | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Reading, 1931-

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

🟩 17 Oct 1931, Villa 3-0 Portsmouth, Fratton

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TEAM NEWS
TEAM STATS

Billy Smith makes his first changes of the season as Reg Chester and Dai Astley (debut) replace Eric Houghton and Pongo Waring.

Referee

🟩 17 Oct 1931, Villa 3-0 Portsmouth, Fratton

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 Reg Chester | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
W Jack Mandley | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 🔥 | 🔥 |
F Dai Astley | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 | 🟢 | ⚽ |
F Joe Beresford | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | ⚽ |
CF Billy Walker | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | ⚽ |

MANAGER

Jack Tinn | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

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Portsmouth

Gilfillan
Mackie
Hough
Nichol
Allen
Smith W.
Forward
Maidmeat
Patemen
Easson
Cook

Line Ups

🟩 17 Oct 1931, Villa 3-0 Portsmouth, Fratton

SUBSTITUTES
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No Substitutions permitted in period

SUBSTITUTES

No Substitutions Permitted in Period

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Substitutes

🟩 17 Oct 1931, Villa 3-0 Portsmouth, Fratton

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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🟩 17 Oct 1931, Villa 3-0 Portsmouth, Fratton

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

🟩 17 Oct 1931, Villa 3-0 Portsmouth, Fratton

SQUAD STATS
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SQUAD STATS
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🟩 17 Oct 1931, Villa 3-0 Portsmouth, Fratton

MATCHDAY SQUAD
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MATCHDAY SQUAD
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🟩 17 Oct 1931, Villa 3-0 Portsmouth, Fratton

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International Duty | 2 |
W Eric Houghton | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CF Pongo Waring | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

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LEAGUE TABLE
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Tables & Programmes
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MATCHDAY PROGRAMME
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🟩 17 Oct 1931, Villa 3-0 Portsmouth, Fratton

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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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