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Game #1616

Aston Villa

18-7-12, 43 PTS

Saturday, 9 April 1932

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Won

7th=

Last 5: 🟨 🟩 🟩 🟨 🟩

Division One

Manchester City

13-10-16, 36 PTS

Villa Park

Attendance: 18,170

🟩 9 Apr 1932, Villa 2-1 Manchester City, Villa Park

Aston Villa

2-1

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Manchester City

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🟩 9 Apr 1932, Villa 2-1 Manchester City, Villa Park

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MATCH TIMELINE
Saturday, 9 April 1932

🥅 | 21' Goal, 0-1, (Manchester City, pen), Brook
⚽ | 40' Goal, 1-1, Reg Chester, pen
🕒 | HT Aston Villa 1-1 Manchester City
⚽ | 83' Goal, 2-1, George Brown, Assist by Alec Talbot
🕒 | FT Aston Villa 2-1 Manchester City

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

🟩 9 Apr 1932, Villa 2-1 Manchester City, Villa Park

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ON THIS DAY
Saturday, 9 April 1932
  • Villa extend their unbeaten run to six, winning four as they beat Manchester City at Villa Park

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

  • Only leaders Everton have scored more.

  • Villa make it six clean sheets in 40 games so far in 1931-32.

  • Villa remain joint 7th with another mid-table side Derby up next

🟩 9 Apr 1932, Villa 2-1 Manchester City, 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

Manchester City

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League Champions: ❌
FA Cup Winners: 🏆
Last Trophy: 1903-04

FIXTURE HISTORY
Manchester City
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Previous 5 vs. Manchester City: 🟥 🟩 🟥 🟩 🟨

League 🕒 50 | 🟩 24 | 🟨 7 | 🟥 19 | ⚽ 97 | 🥅 76 |
FA Cup 🕒 4 | 🟩 1 | 🟨 1 | 🟥 2 | ⚽ 5 | 🥅 4 |

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

🟩 9 Apr 1932, Villa 2-1 Manchester City, Villa Park

FIXTURE DETAILS
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Season | 1931-32 |
Matchday | #40 |
League Match | #37 |
Manager Game | #266 |
Saturday, 9 April 1932

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🟩 9 Apr 1932, Villa 2-1 Manchester City, Villa Park

MATCH SUMMARY
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Manager: Billy Smith | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 1926-1934 led Management Committee
Referee: A. Milsom | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Bristol
HT Score: 🟨 1-1
FT Result: 🟩 Won
FT Score: 🟩 2-1
Last 5: 🟨 🟩 🟩 🟨 🟩

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

🕒 265 | 🟩 | 133 🟨 45 🟥 87 | 1.68

Villa Career Form:

Top 6

Billy Smith | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 1926-1934

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

🟩 9 Apr 1932, Villa 2-1 Manchester City, Villa Park

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MATCH OFFICIALS

Referee: A. Milsom | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Bristol, 1931-

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

🟩 9 Apr 1932, Villa 2-1 Manchester City, Villa Park

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TEAM NEWS
TEAM STATS

Reg Chester and Joe Beresford replace Eric Houghton and Pongo Waring.

Referee

🟩 9 Apr 1932, Villa 2-1 Manchester City, Villa Park

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 Reg Chester | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | ⚽ |
W Jack Mandley | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
F Joe Beresford | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
F Dai Astley | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 |
CF George Brown | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | ⚽ |

MANAGER

Wilf Wild | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

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Manchester City

Langford
Cann
Dale
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Marshall
McMullan
Toseland
Tilson
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Brook

Line Ups

🟩 9 Apr 1932, Villa 2-1 Manchester City, Villa Park

SUBSTITUTES
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No Substitutions permitted in period

SUBSTITUTES

No Substitutions Permitted in Period

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Substitutes

🟩 9 Apr 1932, Villa 2-1 Manchester City, 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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🟩 9 Apr 1932, Villa 2-1 Manchester City, Villa Park

MATCHDAY SQUAD BIOGRAPHIES
STARTING XI
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🔥
🟩
🟨
🟥
🥅
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Red
GK Harry Morton | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
26
26
0
0
11
6
9
44
4
0
0
SUBSTITUTES
Player
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🔁
🔥
🟩
🟨
🟥
🥅
Yellow
Red
UNUSED
Player
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Games 🕒, Starts ✅, Substitute 🔁, Goals ⚽, Assists 🔥, Won 🟩, Drew 🟨, Lost 🟥, Conceded 🥅, Clean Sheets ⛔, Unused Substitute 🇺

Squad Bios

🟩 9 Apr 1932, Villa 2-1 Manchester City, Villa Park

SQUAD STATS
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SQUAD STATS
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🟩 9 Apr 1932, Villa 2-1 Manchester City, Villa Park

MATCHDAY SQUAD
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MATCHDAY SQUAD
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🟩 9 Apr 1932, Villa 2-1 Manchester City, Villa Park

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International Duty | 2 |
W Eric Houghton | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CF Pongo Waring | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

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

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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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🟩 9 Apr 1932, Villa 2-1 Manchester City, Villa Park

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MATCH QUOTES
Quotes

🟩 9 Apr 1932, Villa 2-1 Manchester City, Villa Park

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MATCH REPORTS

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Reports

🟩 9 Apr 1932, Villa 2-1 Manchester City, Villa Park

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MATCH VIDEO
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