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Game #1588

Aston Villa

7-2-3, 16 PTS

Saturday, 7 November 1931

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Won

7th=

Last 5: 🟩 🟩 🟥 🟨 🟩

Division One

Blackpool

3-2-9, 8 PTS

Villa Park

Attendance: 40,448

🟩 7 Nov 1931, Villa 5-1 Blackpool, Villa Park

Aston Villa

5-1

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Blackpool

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Assist(s) | Jimmy Gibson | 8' | Eric Houghton | 44' | 85' | Billy Walker | 87' |

🟩 7 Nov 1931, Villa 5-1 Blackpool, Villa Park

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MATCH TIMELINE
Saturday, 7 November 1931

🟢 | 1' Debut, Danny Blair
⚽ | 8' Goal, 1-0, Pongo Waring, Assist by Jimmy Gibson
⚽ | 44' Goal, 2-0, Pongo Waring, Assist by Eric Houghton
🕒 | HT Aston Villa 2-0 Blackpool
⚽ | 47' Goal, 3-0, Eric Houghton, pen
⚽ | 85' Goal, 4-0, Pongo Waring, Assist by Eric Houghton
⚽ | 87' Goal, 5-0, Joe Beresford, Assist by Billy Walker
🥅 | 88' Goal, 5-1, (Blackpool), Longden
🕒 | FT Aston Villa 5-1 Blackpool

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

🟩 7 Nov 1931, Villa 5-1 Blackpool, Villa Park

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ON THIS DAY
Saturday, 7 November 1931
  • Pongo Waring hits a hat-trick to make it sixteen for the season as Villa sweep aside Blackpool

  • Villa make it seven wins, two draws and three defeats in twelve division one games this season 

  • After topping the scoring charts in 1930-31, Villa have 35 goals in 12 games already this season with only leaders Everton having scored more.

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

  • Villa now have two clean sheets in 12 games in 1931-32.

  • Villa continue to have two games in hand on the rest of the League as their seventh win in twelve leaves them in joint 7th.

  • Crazily Villa have three games in hand on their next opponents - the local derby against Albion who sit second on 19 points.

  • Villa have 16 points, winning those games in hand would put them in the outside lead at the top of the table, one ahead of Everton but little is being done about making up the shortfall in the offices of the League.

🟩 7 Nov 1931, Villa 5-1 Blackpool, Villa Park

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DEBUT APPEARANCES

🟢 FB Danny Blair | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | #342 | £7,000 signing from Clyde

FINAL APPEARANCES

None

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

Aston Villa

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

Blackpool

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

FIXTURE HISTORY
Blackpool
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Previous 5 vs. Blackpool: 🟨 🟩

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

🟩 7 Nov 1931, Villa 5-1 Blackpool, Villa Park

FIXTURE DETAILS
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Season | 1931-32 |
Matchday | #12 |
League Match | #12 |
Manager Game | #238 |
Saturday, 7 November 1931

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🟩 7 Nov 1931, Villa 5-1 Blackpool, Villa Park

MATCH SUMMARY
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Manager: Billy Smith | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 1926-1934 led Management Committee
Referee: H. Bateson | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Leeds, 1931-1932
HT Score: 🟩 2-0
FT Result: 🟩 Won
FT Score: 🟩 5-1
Last 5: 🟩 🟩 🟥 🟨 🟩

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

🕒 237 | 🟩 | 121 🟨 39 🟥 77 | 1.70

Villa Career Form:

Top 6

Billy Smith | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 1926-1934

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

🟩 7 Nov 1931, Villa 5-1 Blackpool, Villa Park

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MATCH OFFICIALS

Referee: H. Bateson | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Leeds, 1931-1932

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

🟩 7 Nov 1931, Villa 5-1 Blackpool, Villa Park

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TEAM NEWS
TEAM STATS

Danny Blair (debut) and Tommy Wood replace Tommy Smart and Joe Tate.

Referee

🟩 7 Nov 1931, Villa 5-1 Blackpool, Villa Park

MANAGER

Billy Smith | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 1926-1934

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Aston Villa

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

MANAGER

Harry Evans | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

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Blackpool

Maggs
Grant
Ramsay
Upton
Longden
Smalley
Rattray
Oxberry
Hampton
Douglas
Quinn

Line Ups

🟩 7 Nov 1931, Villa 5-1 Blackpool, Villa Park

SUBSTITUTES
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No Substitutions permitted in period

SUBSTITUTES

No Substitutions Permitted in Period

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Substitutes

🟩 7 Nov 1931, Villa 5-1 Blackpool, 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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🟩 7 Nov 1931, Villa 5-1 Blackpool, Villa Park

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

Squad Bios

🟩 7 Nov 1931, Villa 5-1 Blackpool, Villa Park

SQUAD STATS
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SQUAD STATS
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🟩 7 Nov 1931, Villa 5-1 Blackpool, Villa Park

MATCHDAY SQUAD
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MATCHDAY SQUAD
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🟩 7 Nov 1931, Villa 5-1 Blackpool, Villa Park

UNAVAILABLE
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International Duty | 1 |
M Joe Tate | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

UNAVAILABLE
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Not Reported

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LEAGUE TABLE
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Tables & Programmes
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MATCHDAY PROGRAMME
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MATCH QUOTES
Quotes

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MATCH REPORTS

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Reports

🟩 7 Nov 1931, Villa 5-1 Blackpool, Villa Park

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MATCH VIDEO
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