1934–35 Aston Villa F.C. season

Aston Villa
1934–35 season
Manager	Jimmy McMullan
Stadium	Villa Park
First Division	13th
FA Cup	Third round

The 1934–35 English football season was Aston Villa's 43rd season in The Football League, Villa playing in the First Division. This was manager Jimmy McMullan's first season having been appointed as manager when Billy Smith retired at the end of the previous season.^[1]^[2]

The new year saw Aston Villa draw 1–1 away to Derby County, Eric Houghton scoring Villa's goal, leaving the club in 12th position.^[3]

In the Second City derby Villa lost away and could only manage a draw at home.^[4]

There were debuts for George Beeson,^[5] Jimmy Allen, Fred Butcher, Jimmy McLuckie and Frank Broome.^[6]

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GAv	Pts
11	Preston North End	42	15	12	15	62	67	0.925	42
12	Chelsea	42	16	9	17	73	82	0.890	41
13	Aston Villa	42	14	13	15	74	88	0.841	41
14	Portsmouth	42	15	10	17	71	72	0.986	40
15	Blackburn Rovers	42	14	11	17	66	78	0.846	39

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

Matches

Date	Opponent	Venue	Result	Notes	Scorers
25 Aug 1934	Birmingham	St Andrew's	1–2	—	Pongo Waring 87' ^[7]
27 Aug 1934	Wolverhampton Wanderers	Villa Park	2–1	—	Dai Astley 40', Ronnie Dix 46'
1 Sep 1934	Derby County	Villa Park	3–2	—	Eric Houghton 25', Pongo Waring 82', 85'
3 Sep 1934	Wolverhampton Wanderers	Molineux	2–5	—	Ronnie Dix 42', Eric Houghton 61'
8 Sep 1934	Leicester City	Filbert Street	0–5	—	—
15 Sep 1934	Sunderland	Villa Park	1–1	—	Dai Astley 20'
22 Sep 1934	Tottenham Hotspur	White Hart Lane	2–0	—	Pongo Waring 15', Eric Houghton 75'
29 Sep 1934	Preston North End	Villa Park	4–2	—	Dai Astley 25', 46', 81', Pongo Waring 87'
6 Oct 1934	Grimsby Town	Blundell Park	1–5	—	Dai Astley 10'
13 Oct 1934	Everton	Villa Park	2–2	—	Dai Astley 28', Pongo Waring 60'
20 Oct 1934	Stoke City	Victoria Ground	1–4	—	Pongo Waring 68'
27 Oct 1934	Manchester City	Villa Park	4–2	—	Dai Astley 26', Pongo Waring 30', 40', Eric Houghton 31'
3 Nov 1934	West Bromwich Albion	The Hawthorns	2–2	—	Own goal 11', Eric Houghton 90'
10 Nov 1934	Sheffield Wednesday	Villa Park	4–0	—	Pongo Waring 1', 15', Dai Astley 48'
17 Nov 1934	Arsenal	Highbury	2–1	—	Eric Houghton 50', Bob Brocklebank 58'
26 Nov 1934	Portsmouth	Villa Park	5–4	—	Reg Chester 2', 64', Eric Houghton (pen), Bob Brocklebank
1 Dec 1934	Liverpool	Anfield	1–3	—	Pongo Waring 21'
8 Dec 1934	Leeds United	Villa Park	1–1	—	Own goal 40'
15 Dec 1934	Middlesbrough	Ayresome Park	1–4	—	Dai Astley 88'
22 Dec 1934	Blackburn Rovers	Villa Park	1–1	—	Pongo Waring 52'
25 Dec 1934	Chelsea	Stamford Bridge	0–2	—	—
26 Dec 1934	Chelsea	Villa Park	0–3	—	—
29 Dec 1934	Birmingham	Villa Park	2–2	—	Dai Astley 35', Pongo Waring 60'
5 Jan 1935	Derby County	Baseball Ground	1–1	—	Eric Houghton 15'
19 Jan 1935	Leicester City	Villa Park	5–0	—	Dai Astley 16', 52', 56', Arthur Cunliffe 36', Joe Beresford 40'
2 Feb 1935	Tottenham Hotspur	Villa Park	1–0	—	Ronnie Dix 48'
6 Feb 1935	Sunderland	Roker Park	3–3	—	Arthur Cunliffe 4', Joe Beresford 43', Ronnie Dix 65'
9 Feb 1935	Preston North End	Deepdale	0–0	—	—
16 Feb 1935	Grimsby Town	Villa Park	3–2	—	Eric Houghton 22', Billy Kingdon 26', Dai Astley 38'
23 Feb 1935	Everton	Goodison Park	2–2	—	Dai Astley 44', 52'
2 Mar 1935	Stoke City	Villa Park	4–1	—	Ronnie Dix 39', Dai Astley 48', 70', 76'
9 Mar 1935	Manchester City	Maine Road	1–4	—	Eric Houghton 22'
23 Mar 1935	Sheffield Wednesday	Hillsborough	1–2	—	Arthur Cunliffe 1'
30 Mar 1935	Arsenal	Villa Park	1–3	—	Eric Houghton 57'
3 Apr 1935	West Bromwich Albion	Villa Park	2–3	—	Ronnie Dix 30', Archie Watkins
6 Apr 1935	Portsmouth	Fratton Park	1–0	—	Archie Watkins 52'
13 Apr 1935	Liverpool	Villa Park	4–2	—	Arthur Cunliffe 12', Archie Watkins 30', Frank Broome 79', 85'
19 Apr 1935	Huddersfield Town	Villa Park	1–1	—	Archie Watkins 44'
20 Apr 1935	Leeds United	Elland Road	1–1	—	Billy Kingdon 43'
24 Apr 1935	Huddersfield Town	Leeds Road	1–1	—	Frank Broome 82'
27 Apr 1935	Middlesbrough	Villa Park	0–3	—	—
4 May 1935	Blackburn Rovers	Ewood Park	0–5 ^[7]	—	—

Source: avfchistory.co.uk

FA Cup

Squad statistics

Appearances

Harry Morton, 43 appearances
Eric Houghton, 42 appearances
George Beeson, 41 appearances
Danny Blair, 38 appearances
Billy Kingdon, 36 appearances
Jimmy Allen, 34 appearances
Dai Astley, 33 appearances
Tommy Gardner, 32 appearances
Arthur Cunliffe, 26 appearances
Pongo Waring, 25 appearances
Ronnie Dix 24 appearances
Joe Beresford, 23 appearances
Jimmy Gibson, 12 appearances
Bob Brocklebank, 12 appearances
Archie Watkins, 11 appearances
Alec Talbot, 10 appearances
Reg Chester, 10 appearances
Frank Broome, 7 appearances
Tommy Mort, 5 appearances
Billy Simpson, 3 appearances
Fred Butcher, 2 appearances
Jimmy McLuckie, 1 appearance
George Brown, 1 appearance
Tommy Wood, 1 appearance
Ernie Callaghan, 1 appearance ^[8]

References

^ "Jimmy McMullan Dead". The Herald. Glasgow. p. 4. Retrieved 12 March 2016.
^ News in Brief 12 May 1934 The Times
^ Results And Tables The Times 7 January 1935
^ "All Aston Villa's Matches". AVFC History. Retrieved 6 August 2023.
^ https://www.avfchistory.co.uk/player/george-beeson
^ "Aston Villa's Seasons". AVFC History.
^ ^a ^b https://www.avfchistory.co.uk/aston-villa/matches/league/1934-35
^ AVFC History: 1934-35 season

[1] "Jimmy McMullan Dead". The Herald. Glasgow. p. 4. Retrieved 12 March 2016.

[2] News in Brief 12 May 1934 The Times

[3] Results And Tables The Times 7 January 1935

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

[5] ttps://www.avfchistory.co.uk/player/george-beeson

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

[avfc3435-7] ttps://www.avfchistory.co.uk/aston-villa/matches/league/1934-35

[avfc-8] AVFC History: 1934-35 season

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