Game #1708
Aston Villa
13-7-16, 33 PTS
Monday, 2 April 1934
Won
17th
Last 5: 🟥 🟥 🟩 🟨 🟩
Division One
Sheffield United
11-6-20, 28 PTS
Villa Park
Attendance: 25,052
🟩 2 Apr 1934, Villa 3-0 Sheffield United, Villa Park
Aston Villa
3-0
Sheffield United
Assist(s) | Eric Houghton | 47' |
🟩 2 Apr 1934, Villa 3-0 Sheffield United, Villa Park
MATCH TIMELINE
Monday, 2 April 1934
🕒 | HT Aston Villa 0-0 Sheffield United
⚽ | 47' Goal, 1-0, Dai Astley, Assist by Eric Houghton
⚽ | 55' Goal, 2-0, Eric Houghton
⚽ | 80' Goal, 3-0, Joe Beresford
🕒 | FT Aston Villa 3-0 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
🟩 2 Apr 1934, Villa 3-0 Sheffield United, Villa Park
ON THIS DAY
Monday, 2 April 1934
Dai Astley scores his twenty seventh of the season as Villa record their best League run of the season with two wins and a draw in three games.
But the game itself sees bottom side Sheffield United dominate the first half with Harry Morton Villa's saviour before Villa hit three withour reply in the second 45' as the visitors suffer injuries that weaken their resilience.
Villa avoid defeat in three consecutive League games for the first time this season to make it thirteen wins, seven draws and sixteen defeats in thirty six division one games.
Villa keep their 7th clean sheet in 42 games.
Villa remain 17th in the table.
🟩 2 Apr 1934, Villa 3-0 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
🟩 2 Apr 1934, Villa 3-0 Sheffield United, Villa Park
FIXTURE DETAILS
Season | 1933-34 |
Matchday | #42 |
League Match | #36 |
Manager Game | #358 |
Monday, 2 April 1934
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🟩 2 Apr 1934, Villa 3-0 Sheffield United, Villa Park
MATCH SUMMARY
Manager: Billy Smith | 🏴 | 1926-1934 led Management Committee
Referee: William Bristow | 🏴 | Stafford
HT Score: 🟨 0-0
FT Result: 🟩 Won
FT Score: 🟩 3-0
Last 5: 🟥 🟥 🟩 🟨 🟩
MANAGERIAL RECORD
Billy Smith | 🏴 | 1926-1934
🕒 357 | 🟩 | 175 🟨 62 🟥 120 | 1.64
Villa Career Form:
Top 6
Games 🕒, Won 🟩, Drew 🟨, Lost 🟥, Points per Game
🟩 2 Apr 1934, Villa 3-0 Sheffield United, Villa Park
MATCH OFFICIALS
Referee: William Bristow | 🏴 | Stafford, 1928-
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
🟩 2 Apr 1934, Villa 3-0 Sheffield United, Villa Park
TEAM NEWS
TEAM STATS
Billy Smith names the same line up for the third successive game.
🟩 2 Apr 1934, Villa 3-0 Sheffield United, Villa Park
MANAGER
Billy Smith | 🏴 | 1926-1934
Aston Villa
GK Harry Morton | 🏴 |
FB Danny Blair | 🏴 |
FB Joe Nibloe | 🏴 |
CB Alec Talbot | 🏴 |
M Billy Kingdon | 🏴 |
M Tommy Gardner | 🏴 |
W Eric Houghton | 🏴 | 🔥 | ⚽ |
W Arthur Cunliffe | 🏴 |
F Ronnie Dix | 🏴 |
F Joe Beresford | 🏴 | ⚽ |
F Dai Astley | 🏴 | ⚽ |
MANAGER
Teddy Davison | 🏴 |
Sheffield United
Smith
Hooper
Wilkinson
Stacey
Holmes
Gooney
Williams
Barclay
Boyd
Pickering
Oswold
🟩 2 Apr 1934, Villa 3-0 Sheffield United, Villa Park
SUBSTITUTES
No Substitutions permitted in period
SUBSTITUTES
No Substitutions Permitted in Period
🟩 2 Apr 1934, Villa 3-0 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
🟩 2 Apr 1934, Villa 3-0 Sheffield United, 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 🇺
🟩 2 Apr 1934, Villa 3-0 Sheffield United, Villa Park
SQUAD STATS
SQUAD STATS
🟩 2 Apr 1934, Villa 3-0 Sheffield United, Villa Park
MATCHDAY SQUAD
MATCHDAY SQUAD
🟩 2 Apr 1934, Villa 3-0 Sheffield United, Villa Park
UNAVAILABLE
Injury | 2 |
M Jimmy Gibson | 🏴 |
CF Pongo Waring | 🏴 |
UNAVAILABLE
Not Recorded
LEAGUE TABLE
MATCHDAY PROGRAMME
🟩 2 Apr 1934, Villa 3-0 Sheffield United, Villa Park
MATCH QUOTES
🟩 2 Apr 1934, Villa 3-0 Sheffield United, Villa Park
MATCH REPORTS
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🟩 2 Apr 1934, Villa 3-0 Sheffield United, Villa Park