Game #1592
Aston Villa
9-3-4, 21 PTS
Saturday, 5 December 1931
Won
6th
Last 5: 🟩 🟥 🟩 🟨 🟩
Division One
Derby County
6-2-11, 14 PTS
Villa Park
Attendance: 32,871
🟩 5 Dec 1931, Villa 2-0 Derby, Villa Park
Aston Villa
2-0
Derby County
Assist(s) | Alec Talbot | 30' |
🟩 5 Dec 1931, Villa 2-0 Derby, Villa Park
MATCH TIMELINE
Saturday, 5 December 1931
⚽ | 30' Goal, 1-0, Eric Houghton, Assist by Alec Talbot
🕒 | HT Aston Villa 1-0 Derby County
⚽ | 80' Goal, 2-0, Eric Houghton
🕒 | FT Aston Villa 2-0 Derby County
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
🟩 5 Dec 1931, Villa 2-0 Derby, Villa Park
ON THIS DAY
Saturday, 5 December 1931
Eric Houghton scores a brace including a spectacular 40 yard free kick to secure Villa's third win in five.
Villa win for the third time in five to make it nine wins, three draws and four defeats in sixteen division one games this season.
Villa keep their third clean sheet in 16 games.
Villa climb to joint 6th but are still to settle their two games in hand that would send them outright second in the table behind leaders Everton.
🟩 5 Dec 1931, Villa 2-0 Derby, 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
Derby County
League Champions: ❌
FA Cup Winners: ❌
Last Trophy: ❌
🟩 5 Dec 1931, Villa 2-0 Derby, Villa Park
FIXTURE DETAILS
Season | 1931-32 |
Matchday | #16 |
League Match | #16 |
Manager Game | #242 |
Saturday, 5 December 1931
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🟩 5 Dec 1931, Villa 2-0 Derby, Villa Park
MATCH SUMMARY
Manager: Billy Smith | 🏴 | 1926-1934 led Management Committee
Referee: F. Robinson | 🏴 | Blackburn, 1930-1935
HT Score: 🟩 1-0
FT Result: 🟩 Won
FT Score: 🟩 2-0
Last 5: 🟩 🟥 🟩 🟨 🟩
MANAGERIAL RECORD
Billy Smith | 🏴 | 1926-1934
🕒 241 | 🟩 | 123 🟨 40 🟥 78 | 1.70
Villa Career Form:
Top 6
Games 🕒, Won 🟩, Drew 🟨, Lost 🟥, Points per Game
🟩 5 Dec 1931, Villa 2-0 Derby, Villa Park
MATCH OFFICIALS
Referee: F. Robinson | 🏴 | Blackburn, 1930-1935
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
🟩 5 Dec 1931, Villa 2-0 Derby, Villa Park
TEAM NEWS
TEAM STATS
Jimmy Gibson and Dai Astley replace Tommy Wood and Joe Beresford.
🟩 5 Dec 1931, Villa 2-0 Derby, Villa Park
MANAGER
Billy Smith | 🏴 | 1926-1934
Aston Villa
GK Harry Morton | 🏴 |
FB Tommy Smart | 🏴 |
LB Tommy Mort | 🏴 |
CB Alec Talbot | 🏴 | 🔥 |
M Joe Tate | 🏴 |
M Jimmy Gibson | 🏴 |
W Eric Houghton | 🏴 | ⚽ | ⚽ |
W Jack Mandley | 🏴 |
F Dai Astley | 🏴 |
CF Pongo Waring | 🏴 |
CF Billy Walker | 🏴 |
MANAGER
George Jobey | 🏴 |
Derby County
Wilkes
Cooper
Colling
Nicholas
Barker
Jessop
Crooks
Lewis
Bower
Ramage
Randall
🟩 5 Dec 1931, Villa 2-0 Derby, Villa Park
SUBSTITUTES
No Substitutions permitted in period
SUBSTITUTES
No Substitutions Permitted in Period
🟩 5 Dec 1931, Villa 2-0 Derby, Villa Park
UNUSED SUBSTITUTES
No Substitutions permitted in period
UNUSED SUBSTITUTES
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
🟩 5 Dec 1931, Villa 2-0 Derby, 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 🇺
🟩 5 Dec 1931, Villa 2-0 Derby, Villa Park
SQUAD STATS
SQUAD STATS
🟩 5 Dec 1931, Villa 2-0 Derby, Villa Park
MATCHDAY SQUAD
MATCHDAY SQUAD
🟩 5 Dec 1931, Villa 2-0 Derby, Villa Park
UNAVAILABLE
None
UNAVAILABLE
Not Recorded
LEAGUE TABLE
MATCHDAY PROGRAMME
🟩 5 Dec 1931, Villa 2-0 Derby, Villa Park
MATCH QUOTES
🟩 5 Dec 1931, Villa 2-0 Derby, Villa Park
MATCH REPORTS
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🟩 5 Dec 1931, Villa 2-0 Derby, Villa Park