1934–35 Aston Villa F.C. season

Main article: History of Aston Villa F.C. (1874–1961)

Aston Villa

1934–35 season
Manager	Jimmy McMullan
Stadium	Villa Park
First Division	13th
FA Cup	Third round

Second City Derby

20--12--15

Aston Villa played the 1934–35 English football season in the Football League First Division. This was manager Jimmy McMullan's first season having been appointed as manager when Billy Smith retired at the end of the previous season.^[1][2]

The new year saw Aston Villa draw 1–1 away to Derby County, Eric Houghton scoring Villa's goal, leaving the club in 12th position.^[3]

In the Second City derby Villa lost away and could only manage a draw at home.^[4]

There were debuts for George Beeson, Jimmy Allen, Fred Butcher, Jimmy McLuckie and Frank Broome.^[5]

League table

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GAv	Pts
11	Preston North End	42	15	12	15	62	67	0.925	42
12	Chelsea	42	16	9	17	73	82	0.890	41
13	Aston Villa	42	14	13	15	74	88	0.841	41
14	Portsmouth	42	15	10	17	71	72	0.986	40
15	Blackburn Rovers	42	14	11	17	66	78	0.846	39

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

Squad statistics

Appearances

• John McGinn, 134 appearances
• Harry Morton, 43 appearances
• Eric Houghton, 42 appearances
• George Beeson, 41 appearances
• Danny Blair, 38 appearances
• Billy Kingdon, 36 appearances
• Jimmy Allen, 34 appearances
• Dai Astley, 33 appearances
• Tommy Gardner, 32 appearances
• Arthur Cunliffe, 26 appearances
• Pongo Waring, 25 appearances
• Ronnie Dix 24 appearances
• Joe Beresford, 23 appearances
• Jimmy Gibson, 12 appearances
• Bob Brocklebank, 12 appearances
• Archie Watkins, 11 appearances
• Alec Talbot, 10 appearances
• Reg Chester, 10 appearances
• Frank Broome, 7 appearances
• Tommy Mort, 5 appearances
• Billy Simpson, 3 appearances
• Fred Butcher, 2 appearances
• Jimmy McLuckie, 1 appearance
• George Brown, 1 appearance
• Tommy Wood, 1 appearance
• Ernie Callaghan, 1 appearance ^[6]

See also

• List of Aston Villa F.C. records and statistics

References

1. "Jimmy McMullan Dead". The Herald. Glasgow. p. 4. Retrieved 12 March 2016.
2. News in Brief 12 May 1934 The Times
3. Results And Tables The Times 7 January 1935
4. "All Aston Villa's Matches". AVFC History. Retrieved 6 August 2023.
5. "Aston Villa's Seasons". AVFC History.
6. AVFC History: 1934-35 season