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Game #1615

Aston Villa

17-7-12, 41 PTS

Saturday, 2 April 1932

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Drew

7th=

Last 5: 🟩 🟨 🟩 🟩 🟨

Division One

Birmingham City

14-7-16, 35 PTS

St Andrew's

Attendance: 35,671

🟨 2 Apr 1932, Villa 1-1 Birmingham, St Andrew's

Birmingham

1-1

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Aston Villa

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Assist(s) | Jack Mandley | 11' |

🟨 2 Apr 1932, Villa 1-1 Birmingham, St Andrew's

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MATCH TIMELINE
Saturday, 2 April 1932

⚽ | 11' Goal, 1-0, Eric Houghton
🥅 | 34' Goal, 1-1, (Birmingham), Smith
🕒 | HT Birmingham 1-1 Aston Villa
🕒 | FT Birmingham 1-1 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

🟨 2 Apr 1932, Villa 1-1 Birmingham, St Andrew's

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ON THIS DAY
Saturday, 2 April 1932
  • Villa extend their unbeaten run to five but despite Eric Houghton scoring for the third successive game Villa are held by neighbours Birmingham.

  • Villa make it seventeen wins, seven draws and twelve defeats in thirty six division one games this season scoring NINETY THREE goals.

  • Only leaders Everton have scored more.

  • Villa make it six clean sheets in 39 games so far in 1931-32.

  • Villa remain joint 7th with mid-table Manchester City due at Villa Park next.

🟨 2 Apr 1932, Villa 1-1 Birmingham, St Andrew's

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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

Birmingham City

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

FIXTURE HISTORY
Birmingham City
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Previous 5 vs. Birmingham: 🟩 🟨 🟨 🟩 🟩

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

🟨 2 Apr 1932, Villa 1-1 Birmingham, St Andrew's

FIXTURE DETAILS
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Season | 1931-32 |
Matchday | #39 |
League Match | #36 |
Manager Game | #265 |
Saturday, 2 April 1932

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🟨 2 Apr 1932, Villa 1-1 Birmingham, St Andrew's

MATCH SUMMARY
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Manager: Billy Smith | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 1926-1934 led Management Committee
Referee: James Williams | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Bolton
HT Score: 🟨 1-1
FT Result: 🟨 Drew
FT Score: 🟨 1-1
Last 5: 🟩 🟨 🟩 🟩 🟨

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

🕒 264 | 🟩 | 132 🟨 45 🟥 87 | 1.67

Villa Career Form:

Top 6

Billy Smith | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 1926-1934

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

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MATCH OFFICIALS

Referee: James Williams | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Bolton, 1929-

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

🟨 2 Apr 1932, Villa 1-1 Birmingham, St Andrew's

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TEAM NEWS
TEAM STATS

Billy Smith names an unchanged line up.

Referee

🟨 2 Apr 1932, Villa 1-1 Birmingham, St Andrew's

MANAGER

Billy Smith | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 1926-1934

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Aston Villa

GK Harry Morton | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
LB Tommy Mort | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
FB Danny Blair | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
CB Alec Talbot | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Joe Tate | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Jimmy Gibson | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
W Eric Houghton | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | ⚽ |
W Jack Mandley | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 🔥 |
F Dai Astley | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 |
CF George Brown | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CF Pongo Waring | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

MANAGER

Leslie Knighton | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

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Birmingham City

Hibbs
Liddell
Cringan
Stoker
>
> Fillingham
Briggs
Grosvenor
Smith
>
Curtis

Line Ups

🟨 2 Apr 1932, Villa 1-1 Birmingham, St Andrew's

SUBSTITUTES
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No Substitutions permitted in period

SUBSTITUTES

No Substitutions Permitted in Period

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Substitutes

🟨 2 Apr 1932, Villa 1-1 Birmingham, St Andrew's

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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🟨 2 Apr 1932, Villa 1-1 Birmingham, St Andrew's

MATCHDAY SQUAD BIOGRAPHIES
STARTING XI
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🔥
🟩
🟨
🟥
🥅
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Red
GK Harry Morton | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
25
25
0
0
10
6
9
43
4
0
0
SUBSTITUTES
Player
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🔁
🔥
🟩
🟨
🟥
🥅
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Red
UNUSED
Player
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Games 🕒, Starts ✅, Substitute 🔁, Goals ⚽, Assists 🔥, Won 🟩, Drew 🟨, Lost 🟥, Conceded 🥅, Clean Sheets ⛔, Unused Substitute 🇺

Squad Bios

🟨 2 Apr 1932, Villa 1-1 Birmingham, St Andrew's

SQUAD STATS
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SQUAD STATS
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🟨 2 Apr 1932, Villa 1-1 Birmingham, St Andrew's

MATCHDAY SQUAD
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MATCHDAY SQUAD
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🟨 2 Apr 1932, Villa 1-1 Birmingham, St Andrew's

UNAVAILABLE
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Injury | 2 |
CF Billy Walker | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
FB Tommy Smart | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

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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🟨 2 Apr 1932, Villa 1-1 Birmingham, St Andrew's

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MATCH QUOTES
Quotes

🟨 2 Apr 1932, Villa 1-1 Birmingham, St Andrew's

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MATCH REPORTS

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Reports

🟨 2 Apr 1932, Villa 1-1 Birmingham, St Andrew's

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MATCH VIDEO
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