1931–32 Aston Villa F.C. season

English football club season April 2022 Aston Villa 1931–32 Billy Smith President Patrick HannonAston Villa Meeting, Birmingham Evening Mail, 5 July 1941, p3 Villa Park First Division 5th FA Cup Fourth round 1930–31 1932–33 First Division 1931–32 Everton4th English title Grimsby TownWest Ham United Dixie Dean(44 goals)https://www.rsssf.org/tablese/engtops.html English League Leading Goalscorers RSSSF 2010-10-31 Everton 8–1 Newcastle United(31 October 1931)Everton 9–2 Leicester City(28 November 1931)Bolton Wanderers 8–1 Liverpool(7 March 1932) Blackburn 1–6 Sheffield Wed(29 April 1932) Everton 9–3 Sheffield Wednesday(17 October 1931) 462 1727 1930–31 1932–33 Second City Derby 19—10—12 1930–31 1932–33 History of Aston Villa F.C. (1874–1961) The 1931–32 English football season was Aston Villa's 40th season in The Football League, Villa playing in the First Division. Billy Smith remained trophy-less going into his sixth season.AVFC History: 1931–32 season https://web.archive.org/web/20210623030106/https://www.avfchistory.co.uk/1931-32-season 23 June 2021 Aston Villa had ended the previous season with nine consecutive home wins. On 29 August, the first day of the season, Villa beat Leicester 3–2 at home.https://www.avfchistory.co.uk/game/1577 Aston Villa 3–2 Leicester City, 1931–32 Division One, 29 Aug 1931 AVFC History 20 August 2024 This was followed by home wins against Grimsby,https://www.avfchistory.co.uk/game/1580 Aston Villa 7–0 Grimsby Town, 1931–32 Division One, 12 Sep 1931 AVFC History 20 August 2024 West Hamhttps://www.avfchistory.co.uk/game/1582 Aston Villa 5–2 West Ham United, 1931–32 Division One, 26 Sep 1931 AVFC History 20 August 2024 and Bolton.https://www.avfchistory.co.uk/game/1584 Aston Villa 2–1 Bolton Wanderers, 1931–32 Division One, 10 Oct 1931 AVFC History 20 August 2024 In the Second City Derby Villa won 3–2 at home and drew 1–1 away.https://www.avfchistory.co.uk/all-the-matches All Aston Villa's Matches AVFC History 6 August 2023 With a full programme of New Year fixtures across all four divisions, The Times highlighted in particular Aston Villa's clash with high-flying Newcastle United. Villa had recently beaten Newcastle 3–0.Association Football, The Times 1 January 1932 There were debuts for Dai Astley, Danny Blair, Harry Morton, George H Stephenson,https://www.avfchistory.co.uk/player/george-h-stephenson Billy Simpsonhttps://www.avfchistory.co.uk/player/billy-simpson and Tommy Moore.https://www.avfchistory.co.uk/player/tommy-moorehttps://www.avfchistory.co.uk/villa-seasons Aston Villa's Seasons AVFC History Diary 31 August 1931: Aston Villa draw 1 – 1 away at Huddersfield in front of a crowd of 13,226. First Division First Division y AVL Matches Date Opponent Venue Score Notes Scorers 29 Aug 1931 Leicester Home 3–2 — Eric Houghton 54'; Pongo Waring 71', 83' 31 Aug 1931 Huddersfield Away 1–1 — Pongo Waring 88' 5 Sep 1931 Liverpool Away 0–2 — None 12 Sep 1931 Grimsby Town Home 7–0 — Joe Beresford 4'; Eric Houghton 10', 64'; Jack Mandley 24', 51'; Pongo Waring 70'; Billy Walker 82' 19 Sep 1931 Chelsea Away 6–3 — Pongo Waring 20', 31', 75', 82'; Eric Houghton 32', 60' 26 Sep 1931 West Ham Home 5–2 — Pongo Waring 18', 21', 47', 78'; Eric Houghton 74' 3 Oct 1931 Sheffield Wednesday Away 0–1 — None 10 Oct 1931 Bolton Home 2–1 — Eric Houghton 31'; Billy Walker 69' 17 Oct 1931 Portsmouth Away 3–0 — Billy Walker 66'; Joe Beresford 84'; Dai Astley 89' 24 Oct 1931 Everton Home 2–3 — Eric Houghton 25'; Jack Mandley 46' 31 Oct 1931 Arsenal Away 1–1 — Pongo Waring 58' 7 Nov 1931 Blackpool Home 5–1 — Pongo Waring 8', 44', 85'; Eric Houghton 47'; Joe Beresford 87' 14 Nov 1931 West Bromwich Albion Away 0–3 — None 21 Nov 1931 Birmingham Home 3–2 — Billy Walker 5'; Pongo Waring 37', 65' 28 Nov 1931 Manchester City Away 3–3 — Tommy Smart 75' (pen); Pongo Waring 77', 84' 5 Dec 1931 Derby County Home 2–0 — Eric Houghton 30', 80' 12 Dec 1931 Sheffield United Away 4–5 — Jimmy Gibson 12'; Pongo Waring 2–5; Billy Walker 3–5; Eric Houghton 4–5 19 Dec 1931 Blackburn Home 1–5 — Billy Walker 63' 25 Dec 1931 Middlesbrough Home 7–1 — Eric Houghton 2', 12', 34'; Joe Beresford 29', 5–1, 6–1; Tommy Mort 7–1 26 Dec 1931 Middlesbrough Away 1–1 — Reg Chester 32' 28 Dec 1931 Newcastle Home 3–0 — Reg Chester 10'; Eric Houghton 83'; Pongo Waring 87' 1 Jan 1932 Newcastle Away 1–3 — Joe Beresford 30' 2 Jan 1932 Leicester Away 8–3 — George Brown 6', 23', 54', 82', 89'; Joe Beresford 24'; Billy Walker 33', 43' 16 Jan 1932 Liverpool Home 6–1 — Eric Houghton 21'; George Brown 26', 55', 62'; George Stephenson 53'; 6–1 30 Jan 1932 Chelsea Home 1–3 — Eric Houghton 84' 2 Feb 1932 Grimsby Town Away 2–2 — Jack Mandley 1–2; Pongo Waring 2–2 6 Feb 1932 West Ham Away 1–2 — Joe Beresford 86' 20 Feb 1932 Bolton Away 1–2 — Pongo Waring 1–2 24 Feb 1932 Sheffield Wednesday Home 3–1 — Billy Walker 24'; Eric Houghton 45'; Pongo Waring 3–1 27 Feb 1932 Portsmouth Home 0–1 — None 5 Mar 1932 Everton Away 2–4 — Dai Astley 58'; Pongo Waring 84' 19 Mar 1932 Blackpool Away 3–1 — Pongo Waring 15', 2–1; Eric Houghton 75' (pen) 25 Mar 1932 Sunderland Away 1–1 — Dai Astley 75' 26 Mar 1932 West Bromwich Albion Home 2–0 — Dai Astley 1–0; Eric Houghton 79' 28 Mar 1932 Sunderland Home 2–0 — George Brown 1–0; Eric Houghton 2–0 2 Apr 1932 Birmingham Away 1–1 — Eric Houghton 11' 9 Apr 1932 Manchester City Home 2–1 — Reg Chester 40' (pen); George Brown 83' 16 Apr 1932 Derby County Away 1–3 — Reg Chester 43' 23 Apr 1932 Sheffield United Home 5–0 — Alec Talbot 4'; Pongo Waring 20'; Dai Astley 38', 73'; Jack Mandley 76' 25 Apr 1932 Arsenal Home 1–1 — Jack Mandley 8' 30 Apr 1932 Blackburn Away 0–2 — None 7 May 1932 Huddersfield Home 2–3 — Pongo Waring 24'; Tommy Moore 84' Source: avfchistory.co.uk FA Cup 1931–32 FA Cup Appearances List of Aston Villa F.C. records and statistics Alec Talbot, 45 appearances Tommy Smart, 39 appearances Eric Houghton, 39 appearances Pongo Waring, 38 appearances Tommy Mort, 37 appearances Jimmy Gibson, 37 appearances Joe Tate, 35 appearances Joe Beresford, 34 appearances Jack Mandley, 33 appearances Harry Morton, 31 appearances, conceded 50 Billy Walker, 31 appearances George Brown, 17 appearances Dai Astley, 15 appearances Fred Biddlestone, 14 appearances, conceded 22 Reg Chester, 13 appearances Tommy Wood, 13 appearances Danny Blair, 10 appearances Teddy Bowen, 5 appearances George Stephenson, 4 appearances Billy Simpson, 2 appearances Billy Kingdon, 2 appearances Tommy Moore, 1 appearance References Category:Aston Villa F.C. seasons Aston Villa F.C. season