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Game #1593

Aston Villa

9-3-5, 21 PTS

Saturday, 12 December 1931

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Lost

8th

Last 5: 🟥 🟩 🟨 🟩 🟥

Division One

Sheffield United

10-2-7, 22 PTS

Bramall Lane

Attendance: 24,831

🟥 12 Dec 1931, Villa 4-5 Sheffield United, Bramall Lane

Sheffield United

5-4

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Aston Villa

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🟥 12 Dec 1931, Villa 4-5 Sheffield United, Bramall Lane

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MATCH TIMELINE
Saturday, 12 December 1931

⚽ | 12' Goal, 1-0, Jimmy Gibson
🥅 | 22' Goal, 1-1, (Sheffield United), Dunne
🥅 | Goal, 1-2, (Sheffield United), Pickering
🥅 | Goal, 1-3, (Sheffield United), Pickering
🕒 | HT Sheffield United 3-1 Aston Villa
🥅 | 49' Goal, 1-4, (Sheffield United), Dunne
🥅 | 51' Goal, 1-5, (Sheffield United), Oswald
⚽ | Goal, 2-5, Pongo Waring
🚑 | Player retires from field of play with injury, Alec Talbot
⚽ | Goal, 3-5, Billy Walker, Assist by Eric Houghton
🚑 | Player returns to field of play with injury, Alec Talbot
⚽ | Goal, 4-5, Eric Houghton, Assist by Billy Walker
💥 | 87' Missed penalty, Tommy Smart
🕒 | FT Sheffield United 5-4 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

🟥 12 Dec 1931, Villa 4-5 Sheffield United, Bramall Lane

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ON THIS DAY
Saturday, 12 December 1931
  • Villa take the lead but United equalise with an offside goal before taking the lead against the run of play after a mix up in the Villa area.

  • Worse was to come as United handle in the box and a penalty is denied by referee Hull much to the chagrin of the Villa players and staff.

  • To add insult to injury United plunder a third, albeit legitimate goal before another just after half time and a fifth two minutes later and somehow Villa are trailing 1-5 after 51 minutes.

  • Pongo Waring scores for the twenty first time this season before Alec Talbot is rendered lame and has to leave the field of play but Villa score two more and miss a late penalty that would have pulled off a remarkable draw.

  • Villa score four away from home and have now scored three or more goals nine times in seventeen games so far this season and five or more four times.

  • Villa make it three clean sheets in 17 games so far in 1931-32.

  • Villa make it nine wins, three draws and five defeats in seventeen division one games this season.

  • Villa's defeat leaves them outright 8th in the table as they are still to settle their two games in hand that would send them outright third in the table behind leaders Everton and second placed Arsenal.

🟥 12 Dec 1931, Villa 4-5 Sheffield United, Bramall Lane

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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 United

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League Champions: 🏆
FA Cup Winners: 🏆🏆🏆🏆
Last Trophy: 1924–25

FIXTURE HISTORY
Sheffield United
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Previous 5 vs. Sheffield United: 🟩 🟩 🟨 🟩 🟩

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

🟥 12 Dec 1931, Villa 4-5 Sheffield United, Bramall Lane

FIXTURE DETAILS
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Season | 1931-32 |
Matchday | #17 |
League Match | #17 |
Manager Game | #243 |
Saturday, 12 December 1931

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🟥 12 Dec 1931, Villa 4-5 Sheffield United, Bramall Lane

MATCH SUMMARY
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Manager: Billy Smith | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 1926-1934 led Management Committee
Referee: H. E. Hull | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Burnley, 1931-1937
HT Score: 🟥 1-3
FT Result: 🟥 Lost
FT Score: 🟥 4-5
Last 5: 🟥 🟩 🟨 🟩 🟥

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

🕒 242 | 🟩 | 123 🟨 40 🟥 79 | 1.69

Villa Career Form:

Top 6

Billy Smith | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 1926-1934

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

🟥 12 Dec 1931, Villa 4-5 Sheffield United, Bramall Lane

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MATCH OFFICIALS

Referee: H. E. Hull | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Burnley, 1931-1937

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

🟥 12 Dec 1931, Villa 4-5 Sheffield United, Bramall Lane

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TEAM NEWS
TEAM STATS

Reg Chester replaces Jack Mandley.

Referee

🟥 12 Dec 1931, Villa 4-5 Sheffield United, Bramall Lane

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 Jimmy Gibson | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | ⚽ |
W Eric Houghton | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | ⚽ | 🔥 |
W Reg Chester | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CF Pongo Waring | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | ⚽ |
F Dai Astley | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 |
F Billy Walker | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 🔥 | ⚽ |

MANAGER

John Nicholson | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

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Sheffield United

Kendall
Thorpe
Hooper
Gooney
Holmes
Green
Oxley
Barclay
Dunne
Pickering
Oswald

Line Ups

🟥 12 Dec 1931, Villa 4-5 Sheffield United, Bramall Lane

SUBSTITUTES
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No Substitutions permitted in period

SUBSTITUTES

No Substitutions Permitted in Period

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Substitutes

🟥 12 Dec 1931, Villa 4-5 Sheffield United, Bramall Lane

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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🟥 12 Dec 1931, Villa 4-5 Sheffield United, Bramall Lane

MATCHDAY SQUAD BIOGRAPHIES
STARTING XI
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GK Harry Morton | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
3
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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

🟥 12 Dec 1931, Villa 4-5 Sheffield United, Bramall Lane

SQUAD STATS
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SQUAD STATS
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🟥 12 Dec 1931, Villa 4-5 Sheffield United, Bramall Lane

MATCHDAY SQUAD
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MATCHDAY SQUAD
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🟥 12 Dec 1931, Villa 4-5 Sheffield United, Bramall Lane

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LEAGUE TABLE
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Tables & Programmes
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MATCHDAY PROGRAMME
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🟥 12 Dec 1931, Villa 4-5 Sheffield United, Bramall Lane

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MATCH QUOTES
Quotes

🟥 12 Dec 1931, Villa 4-5 Sheffield United, Bramall Lane

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MATCH REPORTS

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Reports

🟥 12 Dec 1931, Villa 4-5 Sheffield United, Bramall Lane

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MATCH VIDEO
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