Game #1595
Aston Villa
10-3-6, 23 PTS
Friday, 25 December 1931
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
Middlesbrough
Assist(s) | Billy Walker | 12' | Joe Beresford | 7-1 |
🟩 25 Dec 1931, Villa 7-1 Boro, Villa Park
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
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
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
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
None
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