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Game #1595

Aston Villa

10-3-6, 23 PTS

Friday, 25 December 1931

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Won

8th

Last 5: 🟨 🟩 🟥 🟥 🟩

Division One

Middlesbrough

8-4-9, 20 PTS

Villa Park

Attendance: 33,774

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

Aston Villa

7-1

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Middlesbrough

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

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MATCH TIMELINE
Friday, 25 December 1931

⚽ | 2' Goal, 1-0, Eric Houghton
⚽ | 12' Goal, 2-0, Eric Houghton, Assist by Billy Walker
⚽ | 29' Goal, 3-0, Joe Beresford
⚽ | 34' Goal, 4-0, Eric Houghton
🥅 | 44' Goal, 4-1, (Middlesbrough), Camsell
🕒 | HT Aston Villa 4-1 Middlesbrough
🚑 | 46' Player injured on field of play, Tommy Mort
⚽ | Goal, 5-1, Joe Beresford
⚽ | Goal, 6-1, Joe Beresford
⚽ | Goal, 7-1, Tommy Mort, Assist by Joe Beresford
🕒 | FT Aston Villa 7-1 Middlesbrough

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

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ON THIS DAY
Friday, 25 December 1931
  • Eric Houghton and Joe Beresford score hat-tricks as Villa stop a run of ten goals conceded to hit Boro for seven at Villa Park 

  • Villa have now scored three or more goals ten times in nineteen games so far this season and five or more five times and seven twice.

  • Villa make it three clean sheets in 19 games so far in 1931-32.

  • Villa make it ten wins, three draws and six defeats in nineteen division one games this season.

  • Villa sit 8th but they are still to settle their two games in hand that would send them outright second in the table.

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

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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

Middlesbrough

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

FIXTURE HISTORY
Middlesbrough
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Previous 5 vs. Boro: 🟨 🟩 🟩 🟥 🟩

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

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

FIXTURE DETAILS
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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
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Manager: Billy Smith | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 1926-1934 led Management Committee
Referee: Unknown
HT Score: Unknown
FT Score: 🟩 7-1
FT Result: 🟩 Won
Last 5: 🟨 🟩 🟥 🟥 🟩

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

🕒 244 | 🟩 | 124 🟨 40 🟥 80 | 1.69

Villa Career Form:

Top 6

Billy Smith | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 1926-1934

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

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

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MATCH OFFICIALS

Referee: Unknown

REFEREE PROFILE

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

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

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TEAM NEWS
TEAM STATS

Billy Smith names an unchanged line up despite losing successive games and conceding ten goals.

Referee

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

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 Joe Beresford | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | ⚽ | ⚽ | ⚽ | 🔥 |
F Billy Walker | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 🔥 |

MANAGER

Peter McWilliam | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |

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Middlesbrough

Not recorded

Line Ups

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

SUBSTITUTES
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No Substitutions permitted in period

SUBSTITUTES

No Substitutions Permitted in Period

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Substitutes

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

MATCHDAY SQUAD BIOGRAPHIES
STARTING XI
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GK Harry Morton | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
5
5
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2
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14
1
0
0
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

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

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

MATCHDAY SQUAD
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MATCHDAY SQUAD
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None

UNAVAILABLE
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Not Recorded

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LEAGUE TABLE
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Tables & Programmes
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MATCHDAY PROGRAMME
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🟩 25 Dec 1931, Villa 7-1 Boro, Villa Park

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MATCH QUOTES
Quotes

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

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MATCH REPORTS

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Reports

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

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MATCH VIDEO
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