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Game #1744

Aston Villa

11-9-9, 31 PTS

Saturday, 16 February 1935

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Won

9th

Last 5: 🟩 🟩 🟨 🟨 🟩

Division One

Grimsby Town

12-6-10, 30 PTS

Villa Park

Attendance: 32,030

🟩 16 Feb 1935, Villa 3-2 Grimsby, Villa Park

Aston Villa

3-2

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Grimsby Town

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🟩 16 Feb 1935, Villa 3-2 Grimsby, Villa Park

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MATCH TIMELINE
Saturday, 16 February 1935

⚽ | 22’ Goal, 1-0, Eric Houghton, Assist by Arthur Cunliffe
⚽ | 26’ Goal, 2-0, Billy Kingdon Assist by Arthur Cunliffe
🥅 | 29' Goal, 2-1, (Grimsby Town), Glover
⚽ | 38’ Goal, 3-1, Dai Astley, Assist by Arthur Cunliffe
🕒 | HT Aston Villa 3-1 Grimsby Town
🥅 | 56' Goal, 3-2, (Grimsby Town), Glover
🕒 | FT Aston Villa 3-2 Grimsby Town

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

🟩 16 Feb 1935, Villa 3-2 Grimsby, Villa Park

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ON THIS DAY
Saturday, 16 February 1935
  • Arthur Cunliffe contributes a hat-trick of assists as Villa win for the third time in five unbeaten games and Dai Astley hits his sixteenth of the season.

  • Villa score three or more for the third time in five as they extend their unbeaten run to five with three wins as they put the difficult form of their previous nine behind them. 

  • As a result Villa make it eleven wins, nine draws and nine defeats in twenty nine under Jimmy McMullan .

  • Villa with five clean sheets in thirty games under McMullan concede their 62nd goal.

  • Villa's win lifts them to 7th in the table - their highest position since December

🟩 16 Feb 1935, Villa 3-2 Grimsby, 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

Grimsby Town

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

FIXTURE HISTORY
Grimsby Town
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Previous 5 vs. Grimsby: 🟩 🟩 🟩 🟨 🟥

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

🟩 16 Feb 1935, Villa 3-2 Grimsby, Villa Park

FIXTURE DETAILS
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Season | 1934-35 |
Matchday | #30 |
League Match | #29 |
Manager Game | #30 |
Saturday, 16 February 1935

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🟩 16 Feb 1935, Villa 3-2 Grimsby, Villa Park

MATCH SUMMARY
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Manager: Jimmy McMullan | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | Falkirk, 1934-1936
Referee: William Walden | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Derby
HT Score: 🟩 3-1
FT Result: 🟩 Won
FT Score: 🟩 3-2
Last 5: 🟩 🟩 🟨 🟨 🟩

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

🕒 30 | 🟩 | 11 🟨 9 🟥 10 | 1.40

Villa Career Form:

Mid Table

Jimmy McMullan | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | 1934-1935

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

🟩 16 Feb 1935, Villa 3-2 Grimsby, Villa Park

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MATCH OFFICIALS

Referee: William Walden | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Derby, 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

🟩 16 Feb 1935, Villa 3-2 Grimsby, Villa Park

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TEAM NEWS
TEAM STATS

Jimmy McMullan names the same line up for the fourth successive game.

Referee

🟩 16 Feb 1935, Villa 3-2 Grimsby, Villa Park

MANAGER

Jimmy McMullan | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | 1934-1935

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Aston Villa

GK Harry Morton | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
FB George Beeson | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
FB Danny Blair | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
CB Jimmy Allen | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Tommy Gardner | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Billy Kingdon | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | ⚽ |
W Eric Houghton | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | ⚽ |
W Arthur Cunliffe | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 🔥 | 🔥 | 🔥 |
F Ronnie Dix | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
F Joe Beresford | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
F Dai Astley | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 | ⚽ |

MANAGER

Frank Womack | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

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Grimsby Town

Tweedy
Vincent
Kelly
Hall
Betmead
Buck
Dyson
Bestall
Glover
Craven
Holmes

Line Ups

🟩 16 Feb 1935, Villa 3-2 Grimsby, Villa Park

SUBSTITUTES
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No Substitutions permitted in period

SUBSTITUTES

No Substitutions Permitted in Period

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Substitutes

🟩 16 Feb 1935, Villa 3-2 Grimsby, 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

Squad Bios

🟩 16 Feb 1935, Villa 3-2 Grimsby, Villa Park

SQUAD STATS
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SQUAD STATS
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MATCHDAY SQUAD
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MATCHDAY SQUAD
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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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🟩 16 Feb 1935, Villa 3-2 Grimsby, Villa Park

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MATCH QUOTES
Quotes

🟩 16 Feb 1935, Villa 3-2 Grimsby, Villa Park

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MATCH REPORTS

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Reports

🟩 16 Feb 1935, Villa 3-2 Grimsby, Villa Park

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