1931–32 Aston Villa F.C. season

Aston Villa
1931–32 season
Manager	Billy Smith
Stadium	Villa Park
First Division	5th
FA Cup	Fourth round
	← 1930–31 1932-33 →

Aston Villa played the 1931–32 English football season in the Football League First Division. Billy Smith remained trophy-less going into his sixth season.^[1]

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.^[2]

Diary[]

31 August 1931: Aston Villa draw 1 - 1 away at Huddersfield in front of a crowd of 13,226.

First Division[]

Pos	Team v t	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GAv	Pts
3	Sheffield Wednesday	42	22	6	14	96	82	1.171	50
4	Huddersfield Town	42	19	10	13	80	63	1.270	48
5	Aston Villa	42	19	8	15	104	72	1.444	46
6	West Bromwich Albion	42	20	6	16	77	55	1.400	46
7	Sheffield United	42	20	6	16	80	75	1.067	46

Source:^{[citation needed]}

Squad statistics[]

Appearances[]

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
, 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
, 1 appearance ^[1]

References[]

^ Jump up to: ^a ^b AVFC History: 1931-32 season
^ Association Football, The Times 1 January 1932

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