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Game #1597

Aston Villa

11-4-6, 26 PTS

Monday, 28 December 1931

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Won

3rd=

Last 5: 🟥 🟥 🟩 🟨 🟩

Division One

Newcastle United

12-2-7, 26 PTS

Villa Park

Attendance: 42,441

🟩 28 Dec 1931, Villa 3-0 Newcastle, Villa Park

Aston Villa

3-0

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Newcastle United

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Assist(s) | Eric Houghton | 10' | Joe Beresford | 83' | 87' |

🟩 28 Dec 1931, Villa 3-0 Newcastle, Villa Park

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MATCH TIMELINE
Monday, 28 December 1931

⚽ | 10' Goal, 1-0, Reg Chester, Assist by Eric Houghton
🚑 | 25' Player retires from field of play with injury, (Newcastle United), Mathieson
🕒 | HT Aston Villa 1-0 Newcastle United
⚽ | 83' Goal, 2-0, Pongo Waring, Assist by Joe Beresford
⚽ | 87' Goal, 3-0, Eric Houghton, Assist by Joe Beresford
🕒 | FT Aston Villa 3-0 Newcastle United

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

🟩 28 Dec 1931, Villa 3-0 Newcastle, Villa Park

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ON THIS DAY
Monday, 28 December 1931
  • Reg Chester scores for the second successive game to make it two wins in three unbeaten.

  • Villa extend their unbeaten run to three as they beat Newcastle but ridiculously this is one of their belated games in hand that the league have decided to schedule in the already packed Christmas holiday schedule.

  • The incompetence of the League, given these games had been outstanding for more than three months - through no fault of either Villa or Arsenal, is simply staggering.

  • Villa however manage to raise themselves for a third game in four days including a trip to the North East to secure their second win in two.

  • Villa also record their fourth clean sheet in 21 games so far in 1931-32.

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

  • Villa make it eleven wins, four draws and six defeats in twenty one division one games this season.

  • Villa, by virtue of winning one of their games in hand, move to a much more representative third in the table, one point behind Albion who have played two games more and five behind leaders Everton.

  • Up next is the return fixture against Newcastle as Villa are forced to play five games in eight days at the behest of the League.

🟩 28 Dec 1931, Villa 3-0 Newcastle, 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

Newcastle United

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League Champions: 🏆🏆🏆🏆
FA Cup Winners: 🏆🏆
Last Trophy: 1926-27

FIXTURE HISTORY
Newcastle United
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Previous 5 vs. Newcastle: 🟥 🟨 🟩 🟥 🟩

League 🕒 59 | 🟩 21 | 🟨 15 | 🟥 23 | ⚽ 101 | 🥅 96 |
FA Cup 🕒 4 | 🟩 3 | 🟨 0 | 🟥 1 | ⚽ 14 | 🥅 3 |
Home 🕒 32 | 🟩 19 | 🟨 9 | 🟥 4 | ⚽ 76 | 🥅 29 |

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

🟩 28 Dec 1931, Villa 3-0 Newcastle, Villa Park

FIXTURE DETAILS
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Season | 1931-32 |
Matchday | #21 |
League Match | #21 |
Manager Game | #247 |
Monday, 28 December 1931

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🟩 28 Dec 1931, Villa 3-0 Newcastle, Villa Park

MATCH SUMMARY
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Manager: Billy Smith | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 1926-1934 led Management Committee
Referee: William Bunnell | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Preston
HT Score: 🟩 1-0
FT Result: 🟩 Won
FT Score: 🟩 3-0
Last 5: 🟥 🟥 🟩 🟨 🟩

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

🕒 246 | 🟩 | 125 🟨 41 🟥 80 | 1.69

Villa Career Form:

Top 6

Billy Smith | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 1926-1934

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

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MATCH OFFICIALS

Referee: William Bunnell | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Preston, 1921-

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

🟩 28 Dec 1931, Villa 3-0 Newcastle, Villa Park

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TEAM NEWS
TEAM STATS

Billy Smith names an unchanged line up.

Referee

🟩 28 Dec 1931, Villa 3-0 Newcastle, Villa Park

MANAGER

Billy Smith | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 1926-1934

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Aston Villa

GK Harry Morton | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
FB Tommy Smart | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
FB Teddy Bowen | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
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

Andy Cunningham | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |

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Newcastle United

McInroy
Nelson
Fairhurst
Mathison
Davison
Weaver
Boyd
Richardson
Allen
McMenemy
Lang

Line Ups

🟩 28 Dec 1931, Villa 3-0 Newcastle, Villa Park

SUBSTITUTES
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No Substitutions permitted in period

SUBSTITUTES

No Substitutions Permitted in Period

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Substitutes

🟩 28 Dec 1931, Villa 3-0 Newcastle, 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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🟩 28 Dec 1931, Villa 3-0 Newcastle, Villa Park

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

🟩 28 Dec 1931, Villa 3-0 Newcastle, Villa Park

SQUAD STATS
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SQUAD STATS
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MATCHDAY SQUAD
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MATCHDAY SQUAD
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LEAGUE TABLE
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Tables & Programmes
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MATCHDAY PROGRAMME
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MATCH QUOTES
Quotes

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MATCH REPORTS

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Reports

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MATCH VIDEO
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