1933–34 Aston Villa F.C. season
Appearance
1933–34 season | |
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Manager | Billy Smith |
Stadium | Villa Park |
First Division | 13th |
FA Cup | Semi-Finals |
Aston Villa played the 1933–34 English football season in the Football League First Division. Billy Smith remained trophy-less going into his eighth season.[1] Jimmy McMullan was appointed as manager when Billy Smith retired in May 1934.[2]
On 30 December 1933, Villa drew 1-1 away Leicester City, Dai Astley equalizing in the final seconds of the game.[3]
League table
Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GAv | Pts | Relegation |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Arsenal (C) | 42 | 25 | 9 | 8 | 75 | 47 | 1.596 | 59 | |
2 | Huddersfield Town | 42 | 23 | 10 | 9 | 90 | 61 | 1.475 | 56 | |
3 | Tottenham Hotspur | 42 | 21 | 7 | 14 | 79 | 56 | 1.411 | 49 | |
4 | Derby County | 42 | 17 | 11 | 14 | 68 | 54 | 1.259 | 45 | |
5 | Manchester City | 42 | 17 | 11 | 14 | 65 | 72 | 0.903 | 45 | |
6 | Sunderland | 42 | 16 | 12 | 14 | 81 | 56 | 1.446 | 44 | |
7 | West Bromwich Albion | 42 | 17 | 10 | 15 | 78 | 70 | 1.114 | 44 | |
8 | Blackburn Rovers | 42 | 18 | 7 | 17 | 74 | 81 | 0.914 | 43 | |
9 | Leeds United | 42 | 17 | 8 | 17 | 75 | 66 | 1.136 | 42 | |
10 | Portsmouth | 42 | 15 | 12 | 15 | 52 | 55 | 0.945 | 42 | |
11 | Sheffield Wednesday | 42 | 16 | 9 | 17 | 62 | 67 | 0.925 | 41 | |
12 | Stoke City | 42 | 15 | 11 | 16 | 58 | 71 | 0.817 | 41 | |
13 | Aston Villa | 42 | 14 | 12 | 16 | 78 | 75 | 1.040 | 40 | |
14 | Everton | 42 | 12 | 16 | 14 | 62 | 63 | 0.984 | 40 | |
15 | Wolverhampton Wanderers | 42 | 14 | 12 | 16 | 74 | 86 | 0.860 | 40 | |
16 | Middlesbrough | 42 | 16 | 7 | 19 | 68 | 80 | 0.850 | 39 | |
17 | Leicester City | 42 | 14 | 11 | 17 | 59 | 74 | 0.797 | 39 | |
18 | Liverpool | 42 | 14 | 10 | 18 | 79 | 87 | 0.908 | 38 | |
19 | Chelsea | 42 | 14 | 8 | 20 | 67 | 69 | 0.971 | 36 | |
20 | Birmingham | 42 | 12 | 12 | 18 | 54 | 56 | 0.964 | 36 | |
21 | Newcastle United (R) | 42 | 10 | 14 | 18 | 68 | 77 | 0.883 | 34 | Relegation to the Second Division |
22 | Sheffield United (R) | 42 | 12 | 7 | 23 | 58 | 101 | 0.574 | 31 |
Source: World Football
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal average; 3) Goals scored
(C) Champions; (R) Relegated
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal average; 3) Goals scored
(C) Champions; (R) Relegated
Squad statistics
Appearances
- Ronnie Dix 48 appearances
- Harry Morton, 48 appearances, conceded 86
- Eric Houghton, 47 appearances
- Dai Astley, 44 appearances
- Joe Nibloe, 40 appearances
- Arthur Cunliffe 39 appearances
- Danny Blair, 38 appearances
- Billy Kingdon, 37 appearances
- Alec Talbot, 33 appearances
- Jimmy Gibson, 28 appearances
- Pongo Waring, 28 appearances
- Joe Beresford, 27 appearances
- Tommy Wood, 20 appearances
- Tommy Mort, 16 appearances
- Tommy Gardner, 12 appearances
- Billy Simpson, 11 appearances
- George Brown, 6 appearances
- Jack Mandley, 6 appearances
- Billy Walker, 5 appearances
- Bob Brocklebank, 3 appearances
- Reg Chester, 2 appearances
- Teddy Bowen, 2 appearances
- Ernie Callaghan 2 appearances
- Joe Tate, 1 appearance [1]