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Game #1591

Aston Villa

8-3-4, 17 PTS

Saturday, 28 November 1931

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Drew

8th=

Last 5: 🟨 🟩 🟥 🟩 🟨

Division One

Manchester City

4-7-7, 15 PTS

Maine Road

Attendance: 27,334

🟨 28 Nov 1931, Villa 3-3 Manchester City, Maine Road

Manchester City

3-3

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Aston Villa

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🟨 28 Nov 1931, Villa 3-3 Manchester City, Maine Road

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MATCH TIMELINE
Saturday, 28 November 1931

🟢 | 1' Debut, Harry Morton
🕒 | HT Manchester City 0-0 Aston Villa
🥅 | 49' Goal, 0-1, (Manchester City), Tilson
🥅 | 60' Goal, 0-2, (Manchester City), Halliday
🥅 | Goal, 0-3, (Manchester City), Halliday
🚑 | Player retires from field of play with injury, Jack Mandley
⚽ | 75' Goal, 1-3, Tommy Smart, pen
🚑 | Player returns to field of play, Jack Mandley
⚽ | 77' Goal, 2-3, Eric Houghton
⚽ | 84' Goal, 3-3, Pongo Waring
🕒 | FT Manchester City 3-3 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

🟨 28 Nov 1931, Villa 3-3 Manchester City, Maine Road

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ON THIS DAY
Saturday, 28 November 1931
  • Pongo Waring scores his twentieth of the season but Villa are held at Maine Road.

  • Goalless at half time, Villa find themselves three behind before the ten men - with Jack Mandley injured - win a pen and soon add two more.

  • Notable however is the poor sportsmanship of the Manchester City support who behave, as is often the norm at Maine Road, with anything but gentlemans manners.

  • Villa make it eight wins, three draws and four defeats in fifteen division one games this season 

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

  • Villa now have two clean sheets in 15 games in 1931-32.

  • Despite picking up another point on the road Villa sit joint 8th in the table still to have their two games in hand scheduled by the League. Winning those would position Villa in outright second - the position in which they finished the previous season.

  • Goalkeeper Harry Morton makes his first appearance in a Villa shirt after the directors choose to field the young 'keeper ahead of long term #1 Fred Biddlestone

🟨 28 Nov 1931, Villa 3-3 Manchester City, Maine Road

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DEBUT APPEARANCES

🟢 GK Harry Morton | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #343 | Youth team promotion

FINAL APPEARANCES

None

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

Aston Villa

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

Manchester City

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League Champions: ❌
FA Cup Winners: 🏆
Last Trophy: 1903-04

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

League 🕒 49 | 🟩 23 | 🟨 7 | 🟥 19 | ⚽ 95 | 🥅 75 |
FA Cup 🕒 4 | 🟩 1 | 🟨 1 | 🟥 2 | ⚽ 5 | 🥅 4 |
Away 🕒 27 | 🟩 5 | 🟨 5 | 🟥 17 | ⚽ 35 | 🥅 51 |

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

🟨 28 Nov 1931, Villa 3-3 Manchester City, Maine Road

FIXTURE DETAILS
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Season | 1931-32 |
Matchday | #15 |
League Match | #15 |
Manager Game | #241 |
Saturday, 28 November 1931

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🟨 28 Nov 1931, Villa 3-3 Manchester City, Maine Road

MATCH SUMMARY
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Manager: Billy Smith | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 1926-1934 led Management Committee
Referee: A. Milsom | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Bristol, 1931-1932
HT Score: 🟨 0-0
FT Result: 🟨 Drew
FT Score: 🟨 3-3
Last 5: 🟨 🟩 🟥 🟩 🟨

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

🕒 240 | 🟩 | 122 🟨 40 🟥 78 | 1.69

Villa Career Form:

Top 6

Billy Smith | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 1926-1934

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

🟨 28 Nov 1931, Villa 3-3 Manchester City, Maine Road

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MATCH OFFICIALS

Referee: A. Milsom | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Bristol, 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

🟨 28 Nov 1931, Villa 3-3 Manchester City, Maine Road

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TEAM NEWS
TEAM STATS

Harry Morton is handed his debut in place of Fred Biddlestone.

Referee

🟨 28 Nov 1931, Villa 3-3 Manchester City, Maine Road

MANAGER

Billy Smith | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 1926-1934

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Aston Villa

GK Harry Morton | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 🟢 |
FB Tommy Smart | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | ⚽ |
LB Tommy Mort | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CB Alec Talbot | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Joe Tate | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Tommy Wood | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
W Eric Houghton | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
W Jack Mandley | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
F Joe Beresford | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CF Billy Walker | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CF Pongo Waring | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | ⚽ | ⚽ |

MANAGER

Peter Hodge | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |

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Manchester City

Langford
Ridley
Felton
Busby
Cowan
Bray
Toseland
Marshall
Halliday
Tilson
Brook

Line Ups

🟨 28 Nov 1931, Villa 3-3 Manchester City, Maine Road

SUBSTITUTES
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No Substitutions permitted in period

SUBSTITUTES

No Substitutions Permitted in Period

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Substitutes

🟨 28 Nov 1931, Villa 3-3 Manchester City, Maine Road

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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🟨 28 Nov 1931, Villa 3-3 Manchester City, Maine Road

MATCHDAY SQUAD BIOGRAPHIES
STARTING XI
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GK Harry Morton | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
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SUBSTITUTES
Player
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Player
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Games 🕒, Starts ✅, Substitute 🔁, Goals ⚽, Assists 🔥, Won 🟩, Drew 🟨, Lost 🟥, Conceded 🥅, Clean Sheets ⛔, Unused Substitute 🇺

Squad Bios

🟨 28 Nov 1931, Villa 3-3 Manchester City, Maine Road

SQUAD STATS
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SQUAD STATS
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🟨 28 Nov 1931, Villa 3-3 Manchester City, Maine Road

MATCHDAY SQUAD
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MATCHDAY SQUAD
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🟨 28 Nov 1931, Villa 3-3 Manchester City, Maine Road

UNAVAILABLE
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Injury | 1 |
M Jimmy Gibson | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |

UNAVAILABLE
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Not Recorded

Unavailable
LEAGUE TABLE
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MATCHDAY PROGRAMME
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🟨 28 Nov 1931, Villa 3-3 Manchester City, Maine Road

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MATCH QUOTES
Quotes

🟨 28 Nov 1931, Villa 3-3 Manchester City, Maine Road

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MATCH REPORTS

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Reports

🟨 28 Nov 1931, Villa 3-3 Manchester City, Maine Road

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MATCH VIDEO
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