1930–31 Aston Villa F.C. season

1930–31 season of Aston Villa

Aston Villa 1930–31 football season

Aston Villa
1930–31 season
Manager	Billy Smith
Stadium	Villa Park
First Division	2nd
FA Cup	Third round
← 1929–30 1931-32 →

Second City Derby Football team season

Second City Derby
18--10--11
← 1929–30 1931-32 →

Aston Villa played the 1930–31 English football season in the Football League 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), Reg Miles (16) and Percy Maggs (14).^[19] 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.^[20]

Diary of season

8 Nov 1930 Aston Villa lost 5–2 at Arsenal Stadium in front of a crowd of 56,417.^[21]
14th Mar 1931: Villa stopped Arsenal in their tracks with a 5–1 victory at Villa Park.^[22]

League table

Pos	Team v t e	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

References

^ Groot, Lucas Franciscus Michaël, Economics, Uncertainty and European Football: Trends in Competitive Balance; pp. 34-35 ISBN 178100823X
^ "English League Leading Goalscorers". RSSSF. Retrieved 30 August 2017.
^ AVFC History: 1930-31
^ Goodyear, David; Matthews, Tony, p.161
^ BBC, Aston Villa v Leeds United 23 Oct 2020 Premier League
^ https://www.avfchistory.co.uk/game/1560
^ https://www.avfchistory.co.uk/all-the-matches
^ 31 Jan Villa 8-1 Middlesbrough
^ 18 Feb Villa 4-2 Sunderland
^ 28 Feb Villa 4-2 Leicester
^ 14 Mar Villa 5-1 Arsenal
^ 28 Mar Villa 4-1 Blackpool
^ 7 Apr Villa 4-3 Newcastle
^ 11 Apr Villa 4-0 Sheffield United
^ 25 Apr Villa 4-2 Manchester City
^ "Man Utd 'eaten alive' & Fernandes a 'disgrace'". Retrieved 6 August 2023 – via www.bbc.co.uk.
^ "Aston Villa 1-1 Birmingham, 1930-31 Division One, 18 Oct 1930". AVFC History. Retrieved 6 August 2023.
^ "Birmingham 0-4 Aston Villa, 1930-31 Division One, 21 Feb 1931". AVFC History. Retrieved 6 August 2023.
^ "Aston Villa's Seasons". AVFC History.
^ "Detailed bio". Aston Villa Database. Retrieved 4 June 2009.
^ https://www.avfchistory.co.uk/all-the-matches
^ James, Andrew & Kelly, Arsenal: The Complete Record. p160

External links

Aston Villa football club match record: 1931

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