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Game #1726

Aston Villa

5-2-5, 12 PTS

Saturday, 27 October 1934

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Won

10th=

Last 5: 🟩 🟥 🟨 🟥 🟩

Division One

Manchester City

6-2-4, 14 PTS

Villa Park

Attendance: 38,136

🟩 27 Oct 1934, Villa 4-2 Manchester City, Villa Park

Aston Villa

4-1

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Manchester City

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Assist(s) | Bob Brocklebank | 26' | Dai Astley | 30' |

🟩 27 Oct 1934, Villa 4-2 Manchester City, Villa Park

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MATCH TIMELINE
Saturday, 27 October 1934

⚽ | 26' Goal, 1-0, Dai Astley, Assist by Bob Brocklebank
⚽ | 30' Goal, 2-0, Pongo Waring, Assist by Dai Astley
⚽ | 31' Goal, 3-0, Eric Houghton
🥅 | 38' Goal, 3-1, (Manchester City), Tilson
⚽ | 40' Goal, 4-1, Pongo Waring
🕒 | HT Aston Villa 4-1 Manchester City
🥅 | 85' Goal, 4-2, (Manchester City), Herd
🕒 | FT Aston Villa 4-2 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

🟩 27 Oct 1934, Villa 4-2 Manchester City, Villa Park

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ON THIS DAY
Saturday, 27 October 1934
  • Eric Houghton scores his 100th League goal and Pongo Waring hits a brace to make it nine for the season as Villa win for the first time in four under Jimmy McMullan.

  • Villa now have just one clean sheet in twelve games under McMullan, conceding 31.

  • Villa make it five wins, two draws and five defeats in his twelve games in charge.

🟩 27 Oct 1934, Villa 4-2 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: 1933-34

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

League 🕒 55 | 🟩 25 | 🟨 9 | 🟥 21 | ⚽ 104 | 🥅 85 |
FA Cup 🕒 5 | 🟩 1 | 🟨 1 | 🟥 3 | ⚽ 6 | 🥅 10 |

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

🟩 27 Oct 1934, Villa 4-2 Manchester City, Villa Park

FIXTURE DETAILS
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Season | 1934-35 |
Matchday | #12 |
League Match | #12 |
Manager Game | #12 |
Saturday, 27 October 1934

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🟩 27 Oct 1934, Villa 4-2 Manchester City, Villa Park

MATCH SUMMARY
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Manager: Jimmy McMullan | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | Falkirk, 1934-1935
Referee: Reg Rudd | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Middlesex
HT Score: 🟩 4-1
FT Result: 🟩 Won
FT Score: 🟩 4-2
Last 5: 🟩 🟥 🟨 🟥 🟩

Scorers
Timeline
On This Day
Trophies
Fixture
Manager
MANAGERIAL RECORD
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Jimmy McMullan | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | 1934-1935

🕒 12 | 🟩 | 5 🟨 2 🟥 5 | 1.42

Villa Career Form:

Top 8

Jimmy McMullan | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | 1934-1935

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

🟩 27 Oct 1934, Villa 4-2 Manchester City, Villa Park

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MATCH OFFICIALS

Referee: Reg Rudd | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Middlesex, 1927-

VAR PROFILE (from 2021)

CARDS
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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

🟩 27 Oct 1934, Villa 4-2 Manchester City, Villa Park

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TEAM NEWS
TEAM STATS

Bob Brocklebank replaces Ronnie Dix.

Referee

🟩 27 Oct 1934, Villa 4-2 Manchester City, Villa Park

MANAGER

Jimmy McMullan | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | 1934-1935

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Aston Villa

GK Harry Morton | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
FB George Beeson | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
FB Danny Blair | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
CB Alec Talbot | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Tommy Gardner | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Billy Kingdon | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
W Arthur Cunliffe | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
W Eric Houghton | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | ⚽ |
F Bob Brocklebank | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 🔥 |
F Dai Astley | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 | ⚽ | 🔥 |
CF Pongo Waring | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | ⚽ | ⚽ |

MANAGER

Wilf Wild | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

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Manchester City

Swift
Dale
Barkas
Busby
Cowan
Bray
Toseland
Herd
Tilson
Heale
Brook

Line Ups

🟩 27 Oct 1934, Villa 4-2 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

🟩 27 Oct 1934, Villa 4-2 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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🟩 27 Oct 1934, Villa 4-2 Manchester City, Villa Park

MATCHDAY SQUAD BIOGRAPHIES
STARTING XI
SUBSTITUTES
Player
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🟨
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Red
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Games 🕒, Starts ✅, Substitute 🔁, Goals ⚽, Assists 🔥, Won 🟩, Drew 🟨, Lost 🟥, Conceded 🥅, Clean Sheets ⛔, Unused Substitute 🇺

Squad Bios

🟩 27 Oct 1934, Villa 4-2 Manchester City, Villa Park

SQUAD STATS
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SQUAD STATS
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🟩 27 Oct 1934, Villa 4-2 Manchester City, Villa Park

MATCHDAY SQUAD
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MATCHDAY SQUAD
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🟩 27 Oct 1934, Villa 4-2 Manchester City, Villa Park

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LEAGUE TABLE
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Tables & Programmes
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MATCHDAY PROGRAMME
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🟩 27 Oct 1934, Villa 4-2 Manchester City, Villa Park

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MATCH QUOTES
Quotes

🟩 27 Oct 1934, Villa 4-2 Manchester City, Villa Park

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MATCH REPORTS

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Reports

🟩 27 Oct 1934, Villa 4-2 Manchester City, Villa Park

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MATCH VIDEO
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