Game #1618
Aston Villa
19-7-13, 45 PTS
Saturday, 23 April 1932


Won
7th=
Last 5: 🟩 🟨 🟩 🟥 🟩
Division One
Sheffield United
20-6-14, 46 PTS
Villa Park
Attendance: 14,937
🟩 23 Apr 1932, Villa 5-0 Sheffield United, Villa Park
Aston Villa
5-0

Sheffield United

Assist(s) | George Brown | 20' | Joe Tate | 38' |
🟩 23 Apr 1932, Villa 5-0 Sheffield United, Villa Park


MATCH TIMELINE
Saturday, 23 April 1932
⚽ | 4' Goal, 1-0, Alec Talbot
⚽ | 20' Goal, 2-0, Pongo Waring, Assist by George Brown
⚽ | 38' Goal, 3-0, Dai Astley, Assist by Joe Tate
🕒 | HT Aston Villa 3-0 Sheffield United
⚽ | 73' Goal, 4-0, Dai Astley
⚽ | 76' Goal, 5-0, Jack Mandley
🚑 | Player retires from field of play with injury, Eric Houghton
🕒 | FT Aston Villa 5-0 Sheffield 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
🟩 23 Apr 1932, Villa 5-0 Sheffield United, Villa Park

ON THIS DAY
Saturday, 23 April 1932
Dai Astley (second goal on 73') scores Villa's 100th goal of the season as they secure their fifth win in eight as they beat Sheffield United at Villa Park.
Villa have now scored three or more goals fifteen times in fourty two games so far this season and five or more seven times, seven twice and eight once.
Villa make it nineteen wins, seven draws and thirteen defeats in thirty nine division one games this season scoring ONE HUNDRED AND ONE goals.
Only leaders Everton have scored more.
Villa record their seventh clean sheet in 42 games so far in 1931-32 and their third in their last six.
Villa remain joint seventh in the table but are now one point off their opponents Sheffield United.
Villa now face third placed Arsenal.
🟩 23 Apr 1932, Villa 5-0 Sheffield United, 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
Sheffield United


League Champions: 🏆
FA Cup Winners: 🏆🏆🏆🏆
Last Trophy: 1924–25
🟩 23 Apr 1932, Villa 5-0 Sheffield United, Villa Park
FIXTURE DETAILS


Season | 1931-32 |
Matchday | #42 |
League Match | #39 |
Manager Game | #268 |
Saturday, 23 April 1932
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🟩 23 Apr 1932, Villa 5-0 Sheffield United, Villa Park
MATCH SUMMARY


Manager: Billy Smith | 🏴 | 1926-1934 led Management Committee
Referee: H. E. Hull | 🏴 | Burnley, 1931-1937
HT Score: 🟩 3-0
FT Result: 🟩 Won
FT Score: 🟩 5-0
Last 5: 🟩 🟨 🟩 🟥 🟩
MANAGERIAL RECORD

Billy Smith | 🏴 | 1926-1934
🕒 267 | 🟩 | 134 🟨 45 🟥 88 | 1.67
Villa Career Form:
Top 6
Games 🕒, Won 🟩, Drew 🟨, Lost 🟥, Points per Game
🟩 23 Apr 1932, Villa 5-0 Sheffield United, Villa Park

MATCH OFFICIALS
Referee: H. E. Hull | 🏴 | Burnley, 1931-1937
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
🟩 23 Apr 1932, Villa 5-0 Sheffield United, Villa Park

TEAM NEWS
TEAM STATS
Tommy Smart, Tommy Wood and Eric Houghton replace Tommy Mort, Jimmy Gibson and Reg Chester.
🟩 23 Apr 1932, Villa 5-0 Sheffield United, Villa Park
MANAGER
Billy Smith | 🏴 | 1926-1934

Aston Villa
GK Harry Morton | 🏴 |
FB Tommy Smart | 🏴 |
FB Danny Blair | 🏴 |
CB Alec Talbot | 🏴 | ⚽ |
M Joe Tate | 🏴 | 🔥 |
M Tommy Wood | 🏴 |
W Eric Houghton | 🏴 |
W Jack Mandley | 🏴 | ⚽ |
F Dai Astley | 🏴 | ⚽ | ⚽ |
CF George Brown | 🏴 | 🔥 |
CF Pongo Waring | 🏴 | ⚽ |
MANAGER
John Nicholson | 🏴 |

Sheffield United
Kendall
Gibson
Hooper
Gooney
Holmes
Green
Oxley
Barclay
Dunne
Pickering
Oswald
🟩 23 Apr 1932, Villa 5-0 Sheffield United, Villa Park
SUBSTITUTES

No Substitutions permitted in period
SUBSTITUTES
No Substitutions Permitted in Period

🟩 23 Apr 1932, Villa 5-0 Sheffield United, 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

🟩 23 Apr 1932, Villa 5-0 Sheffield United, Villa Park
MATCHDAY SQUAD BIOGRAPHIES
STARTING XI
SUBSTITUTES
Player | 🕒 | 🔁 | ⚽ | 🔥 | 🟩 | 🟨 | 🟥 | 🥅 | ⛔ | Yellow | Red |
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UNUSED
Player | 🇺 |
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Games 🕒, Starts ✅, Substitute 🔁, Goals ⚽, Assists 🔥, Won 🟩, Drew 🟨, Lost 🟥, Conceded 🥅, Clean Sheets ⛔, Unused Substitute 🇺
🟩 23 Apr 1932, Villa 5-0 Sheffield United, Villa Park
SQUAD STATS

SQUAD STATS

🟩 23 Apr 1932, Villa 5-0 Sheffield United, Villa Park
MATCHDAY SQUAD

MATCHDAY SQUAD

🟩 23 Apr 1932, Villa 5-0 Sheffield United, Villa Park
UNAVAILABLE

Injury | 2 |
W Eric Houghton | 🏴 |
M Jimmy Gibson | 🏴 |
UNAVAILABLE

Not Recorded
LEAGUE TABLE



MATCHDAY PROGRAMME


🟩 23 Apr 1932, Villa 5-0 Sheffield United, Villa Park


MATCH QUOTES
🟩 23 Apr 1932, Villa 5-0 Sheffield United, Villa Park


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🟩 23 Apr 1932, Villa 5-0 Sheffield United, Villa Park

