Game #1595
Aston Villa
Friday, 25 December 1931


Won
Last 5: 🟨 🟩 🟥 🟥 🟩
Division One
Middlesbrough
Villa Park
Attendance: 33,774
🟩 25 Dec 1931, Villa 7-1 Boro, Villa Park
Aston Villa
7-1

Middlesbrough

Assist(s) | Not recorded
🟩 25 Dec 1931, Villa 7-1 Boro, Villa Park


MATCH TIMELINE
Friday, 25 December 1931
Not Recorded
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
🟩 25 Dec 1931, Villa 7-1 Boro, Villa Park

ON THIS DAY
Friday, 25 December 1931
Joe Beresford hits a hat-trick as Villa stop a run of two consecutive defeats and ten goals conceded to hit Boro for seven at Villa Park and make it ten wins, three draws and six defeats in nineteen division one games this season scoring FIFTY FIVE goals.
🟩 25 Dec 1931, Villa 7-1 Boro, 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
Middlesbrough


League Champions: ❌
FA Cup Winners: ❌
Last Trophy: ❌
🟩 25 Dec 1931, Villa 7-1 Boro, Villa Park
FIXTURE DETAILS


Season | 1931-32 |
Matchday | #19 |
League Match | #19 |
Manager Game | #245 |
Friday, 25 December 1931
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🟩 25 Dec 1931, Villa 7-1 Boro, Villa Park
MATCH SUMMARY


Manager: Billy Smith | 🏴 | 1926-1934 led Management Committee
Referee: Unknown
HT Score: Unknown
FT Score: 🟩 7-1
FT Result: 🟩 Won
Last 5: 🟨 🟩 🟥 🟥 🟩
MANAGERIAL RECORD

Billy Smith | 🏴 | 1926-1934
🕒 244 | 🟩 | 124 🟨 40 🟥 80 | 1.69
Villa Career Form:
Top 6
Games 🕒, Won 🟩, Drew 🟨, Lost 🟥, Points per Game
🟩 25 Dec 1931, Villa 7-1 Boro, Villa Park

MATCH OFFICIALS
Referee: Unknown
REFEREE PROFILE
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
🟩 25 Dec 1931, Villa 7-1 Boro, Villa Park

TEAM NEWS
TEAM STATS
Billy Smith names an unchanged line up despite losing successive games and conceding ten goals.
🟩 25 Dec 1931, Villa 7-1 Boro, 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 Reg Chester | 🏴 |
CF Pongo Waring | 🏴 |
F Joe Beresford | 🏴 | ⚽ | ⚽ | ⚽ |
F Billy Walker | 🏴 |
MANAGER
Peter McWilliam | 🏴 |

Middlesbrough
Not Recorded
🟩 25 Dec 1931, Villa 7-1 Boro, Villa Park
SUBSTITUTES

No Substitutions permitted in period
SUBSTITUTES
No Substitutions Permitted in Period

🟩 25 Dec 1931, Villa 7-1 Boro, 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
🟩 25 Dec 1931, Villa 7-1 Boro, Villa Park

MATCHDAY SQUAD BIOGRAPHIES
STARTING XI
🕒 | ✅ | ⚽ | 🔥 | 🟩 | 🟨 | 🟥 | 🥅 | ⛔ | Yellow | Red | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
GK Harry Morton | 🏴 | |
SUBSTITUTES
Player | 🕒 | 🔁 | ⚽ | 🔥 | 🟩 | 🟨 | 🟥 | 🥅 | ⛔ | Yellow | Red |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
UNUSED
Player | 🇺 |
---|---|
Games 🕒, Starts ✅, Substitute 🔁, Goals ⚽, Assists 🔥, Won 🟩, Drew 🟨, Lost 🟥, Conceded 🥅, Clean Sheets ⛔, Unused Substitute 🇺
🟩 25 Dec 1931, Villa 7-1 Boro, Villa Park
SQUAD STATS

SQUAD STATS

🟩 25 Dec 1931, Villa 7-1 Boro, Villa Park
MATCHDAY SQUAD

MATCHDAY SQUAD

🟩 25 Dec 1931, Villa 7-1 Boro, Villa Park
UNAVAILABLE

Not recorded
UNAVAILABLE

Not Recorded
LEAGUE TABLE


MATCHDAY PROGRAMME



🟩 25 Dec 1931, Villa 7-1 Boro, Villa Park


MATCH QUOTES
🟩 25 Dec 1931, Villa 7-1 Boro, Villa Park


MATCH REPORTS









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🟩 25 Dec 1931, Villa 7-1 Boro, Villa Park

