1935–36 Aston Villa F.C. season

Aston Villa
1935–36 season
Manager	Jimmy McMullan
Stadium	Villa Park
First Division	21st
FA Cup	Third round

The 1935–36 English football season was Aston Villa's 44th season in The Football League, Villa playing in the Football League First Division.

This was manager Jimmy McMullan's 2nd. season. After 11 matches (3W 6L 2D) McMullan was sacked after with no new manager appointed that season.^[1] Aston Villa and Blackburn Rovers were relegated from the First Division and therefore became the last two founder members of the Football League to lose top flight status for the first time. At the start of the season The Times had tipped Villa as a Championship contender.^[2]

Gordon Hodgson transferred to Aston Villa on 8 January 1936 and scored 11 goals in 28 appearances for the Villans.^[3] Hodgson made his Villa debut in a 3–0 defeat against Preston North End at Deepdale on 18 January 1936.^[4] His first goal for Villa came in a 4–3 defeat against Bolton Wanderers at Burnden Park on 15 February 1936.^[4] He was relegated with Aston Villa at the end of the 1935–36 season, his four goals in 15 league appearances not enough to help them beat the drop.

In the Second City derby Villa held Birmingham to a draw at St Andrews before beating them 2–1 at Villa Park.^[5] There were debuts for Alex Massie, Norman Young,^[6] Tom Griffiths, George Cummings, Charlie Drinkwater, Jack Palethorpe, Jackie Williams, John Maund, Gordon Hodgson and Charlie Phillips.^[7]

Table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GAv	Pts	Relegation
18	West Bromwich Albion	42	16	6	20	89	88	1.011	38
19	Liverpool	42	13	12	17	60	64	0.938	38
20	Sheffield Wednesday	42	13	12	17	63	77	0.818	38
21	Aston Villa (R)	42	13	9	20	81	110	0.736	35	Relegation to the Second Division
22	Blackburn Rovers (R)	42	12	9	21	55	96	0.573	33	Relegation to the Second Division

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

Matches

Date	Opponent	Venue	Result	Notes	Scorers
31 Aug 1935	Sheffield Wednesday	Villa Park	1–2	—	Arthur Cunliffe 72'
4 Sep 1935	Middlesbrough	Ayresome Park	2–1	—	Pongo Waring 28', Eric Houghton
7 Sep 1935	Portsmouth	Fratton Park	0–3	—	—
9 Sep 1935	Middlesbrough	Villa Park	2–7	—	Ronnie Dix 46', 70'
14 Sep 1935	Preston North End	Villa Park	5–1	—	Eric Houghton (pen) 39', Dai Astley 44', 48', Pongo Waring 53', Billy Kingdon 89'
16 Sep 1935	Sunderland	Villa Park	2–2	—	Pongo Waring 38'
21 Sep 1935	Brentford	Griffin Park	2–1	—	Pongo Waring 20', Dai Astley 39'
28 Sep 1935	Derby County	Villa Park	0–2	—	—
5 Oct 1935	Everton	Goodison Park	2–2	—	Frank Broome 50', 70'
12 Oct 1935	Bolton Wanderers	Villa Park	1–2	—	Eric Houghton (pen) 80'
19 Oct 1935	West Bromwich Albion	Villa Park	0–7	—	—
26 Oct 1935	Leeds United	Elland Road	2–4	—	Dai Astley 8', Ronnie Dix 30'
2 Nov 1935	Grimsby Town	Villa Park	2–6	—	Jimmy McLuckie 54', Eric Houghton 76'
9 Nov 1935	Liverpool	Anfield	2–3	—	Eric Houghton 37', Frank Broome 87'
16 Nov 1935	Chelsea	Villa Park	2–2	—	Charlie Drinkwater 5', Jack Palethorpe 58'
23 Nov 1935	Birmingham	St Andrew’s	2–2	—	Dai Astley 9', 24'
30 Nov 1935	Stoke City	Villa Park	4–0	—	Ronnie Dix 37', Jackie Williams 50', 86', Eric Houghton 66'
7 Dec 1935	Manchester City	Maine Road	0–5	—	—
14 Dec 1935	Arsenal	Villa Park	1–7	—	Jack Palethorpe 64'
21 Dec 1935	Blackburn Rovers	Ewood Park	1–5	—	Frank Broome 87'
25 Dec 1935	Huddersfield Town	Villa Park	4–1	—	Dai Astley (3), Eric Houghton
26 Dec 1935	Huddersfield Town	Leeds Road	1–4	—	Ronnie Dix
28 Dec 1935	Sheffield Wednesday	Hillsborough	2–5	—	Eric Houghton 2', Jackie Williams 20'
1 Jan 1936	Sunderland	Roker Park	3–1	—	Ronnie Dix 32', Alex Massie
4 Jan 1936	Portsmouth	Villa Park	4–2	—	Dai Astley 5', 13', Eric Houghton 64', 85'
18 Jan 1936	Preston North End	Deepdale	0–3	—	—
25 Jan 1936	Brentford	Villa Park	2–2	—	Jackie Williams 26', Gordon Hodgson 75'
1 Feb 1936	Derby County	Baseball Ground	3–1	—	Charlie Phillips 20', Jackie Williams 35', Dai Astley 71'
8 Feb 1936	Everton	Villa Park	1–1	—	Dai Astley 44'
15 Feb 1936	Bolton Wanderers	Burnden Park	3–4	—	Gordon Hodgson 6', Dai Astley 68', Eric Houghton 88'
29 Feb 1936	Liverpool	Villa Park	3–0	—	Gordon Hodgson 10', John Maund 49', Dai Astley 57'
7 Mar 1936	Stoke City	Victoria Ground	3–2	—	Dai Astley 6', 8', Charlie Phillips 44'
14 Mar 1936	Leeds United	Villa Park	3–3	—	Dai Astley 9', Alex Massie 23', John Maund 83'
21 Mar 1936	Chelsea	Stamford Bridge	0–1	—	—
28 Mar 1936	Birmingham	Villa Park	2–1	—	Frank Broome 58', 69'
1 Apr 1936	West Bromwich Albion	The Hawthorns	3–0	—	Dai Astley 35', Frank Broome 80', 84'
4 Apr 1936	Grimsby Town	Blundell Park	1–4	—	Frank Broome 40'
10 Apr 1936	Wolverhampton Wanderers	Villa Park	4–2	—	Eric Houghton 2', Frank Broome 9', 59', Dai Astley 74'
11 Apr 1936	Manchester City	Villa Park	2–2	—	Eric Houghton 11', Gordon Hodgson 12'
13 Apr 1936	Wolverhampton Wanderers	Molineux	2–2	—	Gordon Hodgson, Eric Houghton 44'
18 Apr 1936	Arsenal	Highbury	0–1	—	—
25 Apr 1936	Blackburn Rovers	Villa Park	2–4	—	Frank Broome 33', Eric Houghton (pen) 52'

Source: avfchistory.co.uk

FA Cup

References

^ "Aston Villa Football Club | the official club website".
^ Association Football The Times, 31 August 1935
^ "Aston Villa Player Database". Astonvillaplayerdatabase.com. Retrieved 2 April 2015.
^ ^a ^b "Gordon Hodgson". 11v11.com. Retrieved 2 April 2015.
^ "All Aston Villa's Matches". AVFC History.
^ https://www.avfchistory.co.uk/player/norman-young
^ "Aston Villa's Seasons". AVFC History.

[1] "Aston Villa Football Club | the official club website".

[2] Association Football The Times, 31 August 1935

[Aston_Villa_profile-3] "Aston Villa Player Database". Astonvillaplayerdatabase.com. Retrieved 2 April 2015.

[11v11.com-4] "Gordon Hodgson". 11v11.com. Retrieved 2 April 2015.

[5] "All Aston Villa's Matches". AVFC History.

[6] ttps://www.avfchistory.co.uk/player/norman-young

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

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