1932–33 Aston Villa F.C. season

Aston Villa
1932–33 season
Manager	Billy Smith
Stadium	Villa Park
First Division	2nd
FA Cup	Fourth round

The 1932–33 English football season was Aston Villa's 41st season in The Football League, Villa playing in the First Division. Billy Smith remained trophy-less going into his seventh season.^[1]

Going into the New Year fixtures, the Influenza season was creating havoc with so many ill that clubs were struggling to field full teams. The Times noted that the main threat to Arsenal came "as usual" from Aston Villa.^[2] In the Second City derby both teams won their home fixtures.^[3]

There were debuts for Archie Watkins,^[4] Joe Nibloe, Ernie Callaghan, Ollie Tidman, Ken Tewkesbury, Arthur Cunliffe and Ronnie Dix.^[5]

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GAv	Pts
1	Arsenal (C)	42	25	8	9	118	61	1.934	58
2	Aston Villa	42	23	8	11	92	67	1.373	54
3	Sheffield Wednesday	42	21	9	12	80	68	1.176	51
4	West Bromwich Albion	42	20	9	13	83	70	1.186	49
5	Newcastle United	42	22	5	15	71	63	1.127	49

Source: World Football
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal average; 3) Goals scored
(C) Champions

Matches

Date	Opponent	Venue	Score	Notes	Scorers
27 Aug 1932	Middlesbrough	Away	2–0	—	George Brown 53'; Billy Walker 64'
29 Aug 1932	Sunderland	Home	1–0	—	George Brown 19'
3 Sep 1932	Bolton	Home	6–1	—	George Brown 2', 21', 30', 63'; Joe Beresford 44', 87'
7 Sep 1932	Sunderland	Away	1–1	—	George Brown 43'
10 Sep 1932	Liverpool	Away	0–0	—	None
17 Sep 1932	Leicester	Home	4–2	—	George Brown 14', 78'; Billy Walker 48'; Eric Houghton 58'
24 Sep 1932	Portsmouth	Away	4–2	—	George Brown 44', 63'; Dai Astley 60', 89'
1 Oct 1932	Chelsea	Home	3–1	—	Jimmy Gibson 2'; Dai Astley 82'; 2–0
8 Oct 1932	Huddersfield	Away	0–0	—	None
15 Oct 1932	Sheffield United	Home	3–0	—	Billy Walker 21'; Eric Houghton 44'; George Brown 57'
22 Oct 1932	Birmingham	Home	1–0	—	Eric Houghton 59'
29 Oct 1932	West Bromwich Albion	Away	1–3	—	Eric Houghton 65'
5 Nov 1932	Blackpool	Home	6–2	—	Eric Houghton 6', 16'; Jack Mandley 24'; Billy Walker 30', 78'; George Brown 87'
12 Nov 1932	Everton	Away	3–3	—	Dai Astley 1–1; George Brown 46'; Jack Mandley 65'
19 Nov 1932	Arsenal	Home	5–3	—	Jimmy Gibson 22'; Eric Houghton 29', 58'; Jack Mandley 72'; George Brown 76'
26 Nov 1932	Manchester City	Away	2–5	—	Dai Astley 30'; Eric Houghton 2–5
3 Dec 1932	Sheffield Wednesday	Home	3–6	—	George Brown 14'; Dai Astley 2
10 Dec 1932	Leeds	Away	1–1	—	Eric Houghton 51' (pen)
17 Dec 1932	Blackburn	Home	4–0	—	Dai Astley 18', 30?; George Brown 23', 4–0
24 Dec 1932	Derby County	Away	0–0	—	None
26 Dec 1932	Wolves	Home	1–3	—	Dai Astley 11'
27 Dec 1932	Wolves	Away	4–2	—	George Brown 51', 52'; Jack Mandley 81'; Joe Beresford 88'
31 Dec 1932	Middlesbrough	Home	3–1	—	Eric Houghton 43' (pen); Jack Mandley 81'; Joe Beresford 84'
7 Jan 1933	Bolton	Away	1–0	—	Jack Mandley 21'
21 Jan 1933	Liverpool	Home	5–2	—	Pongo Waring 1', 3–1; Eric Houghton 8'; Jimmy Gibson 4–2; Joe Beresford 5–2
4 Feb 1933	Portsmouth	Home	4–1	—	George Brown 4'; Archie Watkins 26'; Pongo Waring 60', 61'
9 Feb 1933	Leicester	Away	0–3	—	None
11 Feb 1933	Chelsea	Away	1–0	—	Jack Mandley 75'
18 Feb 1933	Huddersfield	Home	0–3	—	None
8 Mar 1933	Birmingham	Away	2–3	—	George Brown 54'; Jack Mandley 84'
11 Mar 1933	West Bromwich Albion	Home	3–2	—	Dai Astley 13', 82'; George Brown 88'
18 Mar 1933	Blackpool	Away	2–6	—	Reg Chester 1–5; Billy Simpson 82'
25 Mar 1933	Everton	Home	2–1	—	George Brown 29'; Joe Beresford 82'
1 Apr 1933	Arsenal	Away	0–5	—	None
8 Apr 1933	Manchester City	Home	1–1	—	George Brown 39'
15 Apr 1933	Sheffield Wednesday	Away	2–0	—	Tommy Wood 43'; George Brown 67'
17 Apr 1933	Newcastle	Away	1–3	—	George Brown 45'
18 Apr 1933	Newcastle	Home	3–0	—	Tommy Wood 30'; George Brown 67', 85'
22 Apr 1933	Leeds	Home	0–0	—	None
24 Apr 1933	Sheffield United	Away	0–1	—	None
29 Apr 1933	Blackburn	Away	5–0	—	George Brown 67', 68', 71', 74'; Eric Houghton 87'
6 May 1933	Derby County	Home	2–0	—	Arthur Cunliffe 46'; Dai Astley 55'

Source: avfchistory.co.uk

FA Cup

Squad statistics

Eric Houghton, 45 appearances
Harry Morton, 44 appearances, conceded 73
George Brown, 41 appearances
Jimmy Gibson, 41 appearances
Danny Blair, 40 appearances
Tommy Mort, 36 appearances
Billy Walker, 33 appearances
Joe Tate, 30 appearances
Jack Mandley, 28 appearances
Dai Astley, 28 appearances
Alec Talbot, 21 appearances
Joe Beresford, 20 appearances
Billy Kingdon, 18 appearances
Billy Simpson, 13 appearances
Tommy Wood, 13 appearances
Joe Nibloe, 12 appearances
Archie Watkins, 8 appearances
Reg Chester, 6 appearances
Pongo Waring, 6 appearances
Ernie Callaghan 5 appearances
Tommy Smart, 2 appearances
Teddy Bowen, 1 appearance
Ollie Tidman 1 appearance
Ken Tewkesbury 1 appearance, Conceded 0
Arthur Cunliffe 1 appearance
Ronnie Dix 1 appearance ^[1]

References

^ ^a ^b AVFC History: 1932-33 season
^ Association Football, The Times 7 January 1933
^ "All Aston Villa's Matches". AVFC History. Retrieved 6 August 2023.
^ https://www.avfchistory.co.uk/player/archie-watkins
^ "Aston Villa's Seasons". AVFC History.

[avfc-1] AVFC History: 1932-33 season

[2] Association Football, The Times 7 January 1933

[3] "All Aston Villa's Matches". AVFC History. Retrieved 6 August 2023.

[4] ttps://www.avfchistory.co.uk/player/archie-watkins

[5] "Aston Villa's Seasons". AVFC History.

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