1930–31 Aston Villa F.C. season

Main articles: History of Aston Villa F.C. (1874–1961) and Villa records
Aston Villa
1930–31 season
ManagerBilly Smith
StadiumVilla Park
First Division2nd
FA CupThird round
Second City Derby
18—10—11

The 1930–31 English football season was Aston Villa's 39th season in The Football League, Villa playing in the in the First Division. Villa scored 128 league goals in 42 matches, a First Division record.[1] Villa's Pongo Waring finished as the leagues top scorer with 49 goals,[2] overshadowing Eric Houghton who scored 30 goals.[3] As of 2023, this remains the Villa record season for goals scored.[4]

Villa started the season with four successive league wins, a record not matched until the 2020–21 season.[5] On 17 January 1931 Villa beat Bolton 3–1.[6][7] They would go on to win their eight remaining home games and thus had nine consecutive home wins to end the season.[8][9][10][11][12][13][14][15] Other notable statistics included inflicting a 7–0 victory over Manchester United, the joint-heaviest competitive defeat for that club[16] In the Second City derby, following a 1–1 home draw,[17] Villa beat Birmingham 4–0 at St Andrews with goals by Joe Beresford, Eric Houghton, Jack Mandley and Joe Tate.[18]

There were debuts for Tommy Wood (71),[19] Reg Miles (16) [20] and Percy Maggs (14).[21][22] After a trial with Villa in October 1930, goalkeeper, Harry Morton (192) was signed as an amateur and made his club debut for the reserves in a Central League game against Everton Reserves on 22 November 1930. He went on to sign as a professional in March 1931. Richard York (356) played just four times in the 1930–31 campaign.[23]

Diary of season

League table

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GAv Pts
1 Arsenal (C) 42 28 10 4 127 59 2.153 66
2 Aston Villa 42 25 9 8 128 78 1.641 59
3 Sheffield Wednesday 42 22 8 12 102 75 1.360 52
4 Portsmouth 42 18 13 11 84 67 1.254 49
5 Huddersfield Town 42 18 12 12 81 65 1.246 48
Source: World Football
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal average; 3) Goals scored
(C) Champions

Matches

Date Opponent Venue Result Notes Scorers
30 Aug 1930 Manchester United Away 4–3 — Pongo Waring 27', 47', 48', 89'
1 Sep 1930 Sheffield Wednesday Home 2–0 — Pongo Waring 57'; George Brown 63'
6 Sep 1930 West Ham Home 6–1 — Eric Houghton 8'; Billy Walker 2–0; Pongo Waring 27', 53', 66'; 6–1
9 Sep 1930 Grimsby Town Away 2–1 — Pongo Waring 24'; Eric Houghton 29'
13 Sep 1930 Bolton Away 1–1 — Pongo Waring 81'
15 Sep 1930 Grimsby Town Home 2–0 — Eric Houghton 22'; Pongo Waring 43'
20 Sep 1930 Liverpool Home 4–2 — Eric Houghton 27'; George Brown 37'; Billy Walker 44'; Pongo Waring 83'
27 Sep 1930 Middlesbrough Away 1–3 — Joe Beresford 17'
4 Oct 1930 Huddersfield Home 6–1 — Eric Houghton 1–0, 66'; Billy Walker 10', 62', 63'; Pongo Waring 48'
11 Oct 1930 Sunderland Away 1–1 — Eric Houghton 42'
18 Oct 1930 Birmingham Home 1–1 — Pongo Waring 35'
25 Oct 1930 Leicester Away 1–4 — Pongo Waring 67'
1 Nov 1930 Blackburn Home 5–2 — Pongo Waring 1–0, 4–1; Joe Beresford 27'; Eric Houghton 16', 83'
8 Nov 1930 Arsenal Away 2–5 — Pongo Waring 42'; 2–4
15 Nov 1930 Derby County Home 4–6 — Eric Houghton 9' (pen), 55'; Alec Talbot 41'; Pongo Waring 74'
22 Nov 1930 Blackpool Away 2–2 — Reg Chester 25'; Jack Mandley 84'
3 Dec 1930 Portsmouth Home 2–2 — Jimmy Gibson 1–0; Jack Mandley 2–0
6 Dec 1930 Sheffield United Away 4–3 — Pongo Waring 6', 11'; Eric Houghton 3–1; Billy Walker 82'
13 Dec 1930 Leeds United Home 4–3 — Jack Mandley 8'; Eric Houghton 30'; Pongo Waring 41'; Billy Walker 73'
20 Dec 1930 Manchester City Away 1–3 — Pongo Waring 62'
25 Dec 1930 Chelsea Away 2–0 — Pongo Waring; Billy Walker
26 Dec 1930 Chelsea Home 3–3 — Pongo Waring 1–1, 2–1; Eric Houghton 3–3 (pen)
27 Dec 1930 Manchester United Home 7–0 — Jack Mandley 8', 66'; Eric Houghton 22' (pen), 28' (pen); George Brown 55', 69'; Joe Beresford 76'
1 Jan 1931 Newcastle Away 0–2 — None
3 Jan 1931 West Ham Away 5–5 — Joe Beresford 4', 61'; George Brown 40'; Billy Walker 30'; Eric Houghton 53' (pen)
17 Jan 1931 Bolton Home 3–1 — Eric Houghton 22'; Pongo Waring 52'; Jack Mandley 80'
24 Jan 1931 Liverpool Away 1–1 — Billy Walker 79'
31 Jan 1931 Middlesbrough Home 8–1 — Joe Beresford 6'; Pongo Waring 25', 66'; Billy Walker 40'; Eric Houghton 42', 84'; Jack Mandley 72'
7 Feb 1931 Huddersfield Away 6–1 — Pongo Waring 16', 75'; Eric Houghton 48', 71'; Jimmy Gibson 85'; Joe Beresford 87'
18 Feb 1931 Sunderland Home 4–2 — Pongo Waring 5', 13', 36'; 4–1
21 Feb 1931 Birmingham Away 4–0 — Joe Tate 26'; Jack Mandley 58'; Eric Houghton 72'; Joe Beresford 80'
28 Feb 1931 Leicester Home 4–2 — Pongo Waring 31'; Joe Beresford 44', 81', 88'
7 Mar 1931 Blackburn Away 2–0 — Joe Beresford 24'; Pongo Waring 82'
14 Mar 1931 Arsenal Home 5–1 — Pongo Waring 1', 37'; Billy Walker 44'; Eric Houghton 65', 80'
21 Mar 1931 Derby County Away 1–1 — Eric Houghton 87'
28 Mar 1931 Blackpool Home 4–1 — Pongo Waring 20', 81', 89'; Eric Houghton 2–0
4 Apr 1931 Portsmouth Away 0–5 — None
7 Apr 1931 Newcastle Home 4–3 — Billy Walker 33', 40'; Eric Houghton 52' (pen); Pongo Waring 85'
11 Apr 1931 Sheffield United Home 4–0 — Billy Walker 35'; Eric Houghton 48' (pen); Pongo Waring 80', 82'
18 Apr 1931 Leeds United Away 2–0 — Pongo Waring 42'; Reg Chester 50'
25 Apr 1931 Manchester City Home 4–2 — Reg Chester 2'; Joe Beresford 7'; Pongo Waring 53'; Eric Houghton 85'
2 May 1931 Sheffield Wednesday Away 0–3 — None

Source: avfchistory.co.uk

FA Cup

Main article: 1930–31 FA Cup

See also

References

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