1930–31 Aston Villa F.C. season

Aston Villa played the 1930–31 English football season in the Football League First Division. Villa started the season with four successive league wins, a record not matched until the 2020–21 season.[1]

Aston Villa
1930–31 season
ManagerBilly Smith
StadiumVilla Park
First Division2nd
FA CupThird round

Villa scored 128 league goals in 42 matches, a First Division record.[2] Villa's Pongo Waring finished as the leagues top scorer with 49 goals,[3] overshadowing Eric Houghton who scored 30 goals.[4] As of 2020, this remains the Villa record season for goals scored.[5]

Other notable statistics included inflicting a 7-0 victory over Manchester United, the joint-heaviest competitive defeat for that club[6]

Richard York played just four times in the 1930–31 campaign, as Villa finished second in the league with an English record of 128 top-flight league goals scored.[7]

After a trial with Villa in October 1930, goalkeeper, Harry Morton 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.

Diary of season

League table

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GAv Pts Qualification or relegation
1 Arsenal (C) 42 28 10 4 127 59 2.153 66 League Champions
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:
(C) League Champions

References
  1. BBC, Aston Villa v Leeds United 23 Oct 2020 Premier League
  2. Groot, Lucas Franciscus Michaël, Economics, Uncertainty and European Football: Trends in Competitive Balance; pp. 34-35 ISBN 178100823X
  3. "English League Leading Goalscorers". RSSSF. Retrieved 30 August 2017.
  4. AVFC History: 1930-31
  5. Goodyear, David; Matthews, Tony, p.161
  6. https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/64856857
  7. "Detailed bio". Aston Villa Database. Retrieved 4 June 2009.
  8. James, Andrew & Kelly, Arsenal: The Complete Record. p160


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