1932–33 Aston Villa F.C. season

1932–33 season of Aston Villa

Aston Villa 1932–33 football season

Aston Villa
1932–33 season
Manager	Billy Smith
Stadium	Villa Park
First Division	2nd
FA Cup	Fourth round
← 1931–32 1933-34 →

Second City Derby Football team season

Second City Derby
20--11--12
← 1931–32 1933-34 →

Aston Villa played the 1932–33 English football season in the Football League First Division. Billy Smith remained trophy-less going into his seventh season.^[1]

Going into the New Year fixtures, the Influenza season was creating havoc with so many ill that clubs were struggling to field full teams. The Times noted that the main threat to Arsenal came "as usual" from Aston Villa.^[2] In the Second City derby both teams won their home fixtures.^[3]

There were debuts for Archie Watkins, Joe Nibloe, Ernie Callaghan, Ollie Tidman, Ken Tewkesbury, Arthur Cunliffe and Ronnie Dix.^[4]

League table

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GAv	Pts
1	Arsenal (C)	42	25	8	9	118	61	1.934	58
2	Aston Villa	42	23	8	11	92	67	1.373	54
3	Sheffield Wednesday	42	21	9	12	80	68	1.176	51
4	West Bromwich Albion	42	20	9	13	83	70	1.186	49
5	Newcastle United	42	22	5	15	71	63	1.127	49

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

Squad statistics

Eric Houghton, 45 appearances
Harry Morton, 44 appearances, conceded 73
George Brown, 41 appearances
Jimmy Gibson, 41 appearances
Danny Blair, 40 appearances
Tommy Mort, 36 appearances
Billy Walker, 33 appearances
Joe Tate, 30 appearances
Jack Mandley, 28 appearances
Dai Astley, 28 appearances
Alec Talbot, 21 appearances
Joe Beresford, 20 appearances
Billy Kingdon, 18 appearances
Billy Simpson, 13 appearances
Tommy Wood, 13 appearances
Joe Nibloe, 12 appearances
Archie Watkins, 8 appearances
Reg Chester, 6 appearances
Pongo Waring, 6 appearances
Ernie Callaghan 5 appearances
Tommy Smart, 2 appearances
Teddy Bowen, 1 appearance
Ollie Tidman 1 appearance
Ken Tewkesbury 1 appearance, Conceded 0
Arthur Cunliffe 1 appearance
Ronnie Dix 1 appearance ^[1]

References

^ ^a ^b AVFC History: 1932-33 season
^ Association Football, The Times 7 January 1933
^ "All Aston Villa's Matches". AVFC History. Retrieved 6 August 2023.
^ "Aston Villa's Seasons". AVFC History.

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