Aston Villa
1930–31 season
ManagerBilly Smith
StadiumVilla Park
First Division2nd
FA CupThird round
Second City Derby
18--10--11

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

League table

Pos Team 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

See also

References

  1. ↑ Groot, Lucas Franciscus Michaël, Economics, Uncertainty and European Football: Trends in Competitive Balance; pp. 34-35 ISBN 178100823X
  2. ↑ "English League Leading Goalscorers". RSSSF. Retrieved 30 August 2017.
  3. ↑ AVFC History: 1930-31
  4. ↑ Goodyear, David; Matthews, Tony, p.161
  5. ↑ BBC, Aston Villa v Leeds United 23 Oct 2020 Premier League
  6. ↑ https://www.avfchistory.co.uk/game/1560
  7. ↑ https://www.avfchistory.co.uk/all-the-matches
  8. ↑ 31 Jan Villa 8-1 Middlesbrough
  9. ↑ 18 Feb Villa 4-2 Sunderland
  10. ↑ 28 Feb Villa 4-2 Leicester
  11. ↑ 14 Mar Villa 5-1 Arsenal
  12. ↑ 28 Mar Villa 4-1 Blackpool
  13. ↑ 7 Apr Villa 4-3 Newcastle
  14. ↑ 11 Apr Villa 4-0 Sheffield United
  15. ↑ 25 Apr Villa 4-2 Manchester City
  16. ↑ "Man Utd 'eaten alive' & Fernandes a 'disgrace'". Retrieved 6 August 2023 – via www.bbc.co.uk.
  17. ↑ "Aston Villa 1-1 Birmingham, 1930-31 Division One, 18 Oct 1930". AVFC History. Retrieved 6 August 2023.
  18. ↑ "Birmingham 0-4 Aston Villa, 1930-31 Division One, 21 Feb 1931". AVFC History. Retrieved 6 August 2023.
  19. ↑ "Aston Villa's Seasons". AVFC History.
  20. ↑ "Detailed bio". Aston Villa Database. Retrieved 4 June 2009.
  21. ↑ https://www.avfchistory.co.uk/all-the-matches
  22. ↑ James, Andrew & Kelly, Arsenal: The Complete Record. p160
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